Ugandans began voting Thursday in a highly charged election as long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni seeks a seventh term against main challenger Bobi Wine, with the head of the electoral commission revealing he has received direct threats against declaring opposition candidates victorious.
Simon Byabakama, chairman of the Electoral Commission, said senior state officials had warned him not to announce certain presidential results, in an apparent reference to opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, better known as Bobi Wine.
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