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Opposition leader Bobi Wine rejects Uganda’s election process citing ballot stuffing and abductions as a nationwide internet blackout casts a shadow over President Museveni’s bid for a sixth term.

As millions of Ugandans queued under the scorching sun to cast their ballots, the digital lights went out. In a move that has drawn global condemnation, opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, has rejected the unfolding electoral process, citing "massive ballot stuffing" and the systemic abduction of his party agents amidst a total nationwide internet shutdown.
The blackout, which began 48 hours prior to polling, has severed the country from the outside world, creating an information vacuum that opposition leaders claim is being used to engineer a predetermined victory for President Yoweri Museveni, who is seeking to extend his four-decade rule. Wine’s National Unity Platform (NUP) describes the environment not as an election, but as a "military operation."
"They have switched off the internet to hide their crimes in the dark," Bobi Wine posted on X (formerly Twitter) via a satellite connection, his only lifeline to the international community. "We have concrete evidence of pre-ticked ballots in the Western and Central regions. Our polling agents are being arrested by military police and driven to unknown locations. This is not democracy; it is a coronation."
Security forces have been deployed heavily across Kampala, with armored personnel carriers patrolling key intersections. The atmosphere is thick with tension as reports trickle in of biometric voter kits failing in opposition strongholds, disenfranchising thousands of young voters who form the backbone of Wine’s support base.
The international community’s hands are tied by the blackout, with observers unable to verify results in real-time. As the counting begins in the dark, the fear is not just of a rigged result, but of the violent crackdown that may follow if the restless youth take to the streets to defend their vote.
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