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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) \u2014 Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni<\/a>, who has ruled the country for 40 years, had an early lead Friday in a tense presidential election<\/a> marred by an internet shutdown, voting delays and opposition allegations of ballot stuffing and detentions by security forces.<\/p>\n

Provisional results from half of the polling stations tallied so far showed Museveni with more than 70% of the vote while his main challenger Robert Kyagulanyi, the musician-turned-opposition leader best known as Bobi Wine<\/a>, had 19%, according to the national electoral commission. Wine asked his supporters to \u201cignore fake results being announced.\u201d<\/p>\n

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