Uganda’s opposition rejects Museveni re-election as ‘fraud’

Soldiers on patrol outside opposition leader Bobi Wine’s home in Kampala. Picture: Nicholas Bamulanzeki/AP

Uganda’s opposition party has dismissed the results of the country’s presidential election, dismissing the results as “fraud” and calling for the release of their leader, Bobi Wine, who has allegedly been under house arrest since polling day.

President Yoweri Museveni won a sixth five-year term, extending his rule to four decades, according to official results announced on Saturday.