{"id":27213,"date":"2026-01-16T13:48:09","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:48:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/27213\/"},"modified":"2026-01-16T13:48:09","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T13:48:09","slug":"uganda-elections-violence-erupts-amid-controversy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/27213\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda Elections: Violence Erupts Amid Controversy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>At least seven people lost their lives overnight in central Uganda amid contentious national elections that seemed poised to prolong President Yoweri Museveni&#8217;s tenure further. The electoral commission announced Museveni&#8217;s lead with more than 75% of the votes tallied from 59% of polling stations.<\/p>\n<p>In contrast, principal rival Bobi Wine, the popular singer, captured about 21% of the vote while the rest was divided among six other candidates. Though the voting on Thursday transpired peacefully after a campaign fraught with opposition rally clashes and allegations of widespread intimidation, violence erupted overnight in Butambala, roughly 55 km southwest of Kampala.<\/p>\n<p>Local authorities provided conflicting narratives about the violence, with police asserting that opposition &#8216;goons&#8217; launched an organized attack, whereas MP Muwanga Kivumbi claimed the casualties were inside his home. Meanwhile, Wine&#8217;s camp reported a military and police surround of his home, further complicating the post-election atmosphere.<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<p>(With inputs from agencies.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; At least seven people lost their lives overnight in central Uganda amid contentious national elections that seemed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27214,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[2563,16653,1260,16655,5896,16654,153,1360,16656,2564],"class_list":{"0":"post-27213","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-bobi-wine","9":"tag-butambala","10":"tag-elections","11":"tag-house-arrest","12":"tag-internet-blackout","13":"tag-political-unrest","14":"tag-uganda","15":"tag-violence","16":"tag-vote-tally","17":"tag-yoweri-museveni"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27213\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27214"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}