Does the main opposition candidate looking to unseat long-serving President Yoweri Museveni have any hope of winning?

Ugandans went to the polls on January 15 to vote for their next president, with the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni still seeking another term. The Kenya Times will continue to provide updates as official results steadily trickle in.

Uganda's opposition leader told AFP on Monday that he would call for protests if President Yoweri Museveni rigs this week's election and said he would welcome an intervention by the United States.More than 20 million people are registered to vote in the east African country on Thursday,

Bobi Wine alleged widespread irregularities in Uganda's 2026 General Election, citing ballot stuffing and arrests of opposition figures amid an internet shutdown.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni seeks to extend his rule amid restricted internet and high tensions. The election against popular singer Bobi Wine tests Museveni's grip on power. Internet restrictions,

Preliminary results from Uganda’s 2026 presidential election, released shortly before 11pm Thursday, show incumbent President Museveni of the NRM leading with 14,232 votes (61.7%). Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu (Bobi Wine) of the NUP follows with 7,753 votes (33.64%).

Bobi Wine, a musician-turned-politician whose real name is Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, wore a flak jacket and helmet as he waved at supporters from the top of a vehicle on his way to the rally in Mukono.

Uganda was on edge as polls opened on Thursday, with President Yoweri Museveni expected to extend his 40-year rule amid an internet shutdown and a police crackdown on the opposition.

Addressing supporters yesterday at Agha Khan Grounds in Old Kampala, Mr Kyagulanyi called on his supporters to overcome fear that he said was occasioned by intimidation by security operatives and officials of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party.

Uganda’s main opposition candidate, Bobi Wine, has alleged widespread electoral malpractice, arrests and a nationwide internet shutdown on Election Day. In a tweet shared on X on Thursday, the opposition leader accused authorities of orchestrating what he described as a coordinated clampdown on the electoral process and opposition figures.