Uganda opposition leader Bobi Wine files election challenge in court
KAMPALA, Uganda - Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine filed a legal challenge in the country's supreme court on Monday seeking cancellation of the results of last month's presidential election that handed victory to incumbent Yoweri Museveni, his party's lawyer said.
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The former guerrilla leader, who has led the east African country since 1986, was declared winner of the 14 January 2021 poll with 59% of the vote while Wine was given 35%.
"We want the poll cancelled and repeated," said George Musisi, lawyer for Wine's National Unity Platform (NUP).
Source: Reuters (Reporting by Elias Biryabarema; Editing by Catherine Evans)
