I have been following Uganda votes on Twitter and the support for sitting President Museveni looks very strong. Africa.com has this news just minutes ago:
Breaking: #Uganda sources report a #Museveni win to be announced at 12am giving him 67% of vote. #Ugandavotes
Most results on Ugandavotes favor Museveni strongly. There have been sporadic reports of irregularies and involvement of the military but I have not seen much of that.
Ugandan readers: what are you seeing?
gross incompetence displayed by the electoral commission, very low awareness among voters… sugar, salt and soap… i did my bit but elections seem pointless under the prevailing circumstances. que sera, sera…
I wonder how Museveni decided that the victory would be 67%
I couldn’t vote due to severe logistics issues in the polling station nearest to me. The Electoral Commission people are not renowned for their competence. Who will win the elections? It is a no-brainer really.
LOL,
before the first vote was cast, nobody would have taken any bets on who was likely to win the presidential polls. That, as Maazi says, is a ‘no brainer’.
Remember, Saddam used to win his referenda with 99.9% of the vote. Oooooops…. Mubarak won the last election with 83% of the vote. A no brainer, really.
Maazi – would have this benefitted M7 or the challengers? Not saying there was deliberate tampering, just wondering.
Indeed – M7’s victory, now all but confirmed, was a foregone conclusion (I never doubted it).
The outcome of the parliamentary elections may be more interesting (the father of a good friend of mine kept his seat, though the result was quite close, I gather; however it seems that a number of his fellow ministers have lost theirs).
Obviously, it is bad that some (including our very own ‘Maazi NCO’) didn’t get the chance to exercise their right to vote, but it does appear that these elections have been more peaceful than previous ones – which is good.
Conducting primaries was, IMHO, a ‘political masterstroke’ on the part of the NRM.
Indeed – M7’s victory, now all but confirmed, was a foregone conclusion (I never doubted it).
The outcome of the parliamentary elections may be more interesting (the father of a good friend of mine kept his seat, though the result was quite close, I gather; however it seems that a number of his fellow ministers have lost theirs).
Obviously, it is bad that some (including our very own ‘Maazi NCO’) didn’t get the chance to exercise their right to vote, but it does appear that these elections have been more peaceful than previous ones – which is good.
Conducting primaries was, IMHO, a ‘political masterstroke’ on the part of the NRM.
LOL,
before the first vote was cast, nobody would have taken any bets on who was likely to win the presidential polls. That, as Maazi says, is a ‘no brainer’.
Remember, Saddam used to win his referenda with 99.9% of the vote. Oooooops…. Mubarak won the last election with 83% of the vote. A no brainer, really.
gross incompetence displayed by the electoral commission, very low awareness among voters… sugar, salt and soap… i did my bit but elections seem pointless under the prevailing circumstances. que sera, sera…
I wonder how Museveni decided that the victory would be 67%
Maazi – would have this benefitted M7 or the challengers? Not saying there was deliberate tampering, just wondering.
I couldn’t vote due to severe logistics issues in the polling station nearest to me. The Electoral Commission people are not renowned for their competence. Who will win the elections? It is a no-brainer really.