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Melissa Chemam

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine under house arrest as Museveni leads vote

A campaign billboard of Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni, leader of the ruling National Resistance Movement party, stands in Kampala on 16 January 2026, a day after the country’s general elections. REUTERS - Thomas Mukoya

Uganda’s main opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, was under house arrest, his party said, as early results on Friday showed veteran President Yoweri Museveni with a commanding lead in the presidential election.

Partial results released in the capital, Kampala, showed Museveni well ahead of his closest rival, as analysts said the outcome and further pressure on the opposition had been widely expected.

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