How Museveni Won Presidential Elections with 58.6% After Tough Battle with 38-Year Old Bobi Wine

On 14th January 2021, Ugandans headed out to vote for the new president of Uganda and the 76-year-old Yoweri Kaguta Musevenu, who took power in 1986 extended his 35-year rule after a battle with the 38 year old Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine.

Museveni won with 58.6% of the vote, seeing off a stiff battle from 38-year-old former ragga singer Bobi Wine, who fired up a youthful population where three quarters are under 30 years old.

Wine was under heavy guard at his home on the outskirts of Kampala as the results were announced, with his party saying he was under “effective house arrest.” The government said it was merely providing him with security.

The singer-turned-MP was among 10 opposition candidates and came second with 34.8% of the vote.

“The electoral commission declares Yoweri Museveni… elected President of the republic of Uganda,” said election commission chairman Justice Simon Mugenyi Byabakama.

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