Ugandan voters started pouring into the country’s polling stations today, to participate in the national elections that are widely the expected to give Yoweri Museveni, Uganda’s president for the past 25 years, another term in office.So far the elections are going on smoothly with no major incidents reported. There were however, complaints of some polling stations opening up late, and one international observer has reported suspicious activities near a military base where ballot boxes full of votes were discovered before the official opening time that had been scheduled for 7 a.m.
Voting in the West Nile where thousands had turned up to cast their votes, some have learn t that their names are missing on the register while others were shocked to learn that some people had already voted on their behalf. This has already been reported and the Uganda’s electoral body is investigating the matter.
President Museveni, a former rebel who seized power in 1986 has managed to cultivate the notion of being the father of the modern Uganda and being the only leader who lifted the land-locked country from the shackles of civil war in the early 70s and 80s.
Museveni is facing stiff completion from his former personal doctor, Kizza Besigye who enjoys support among the urban Ugandan voters. The polls are expected today evening, with the preliminary results expected over the weekend.
Shadrack Mbaka,
Editor, The African Tribune Blog
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