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Uganda’s President Museveni takes strong lead in early election results

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KAMPALA, Jan 16 (Reuters) – Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has a strong lead in this week’s election, early results released by the election commission on Friday showed.

The commission told a briefing that Museveni had about 76% of votes counted so far, compared to about 20% for his main challenger Bobi Wine.

(Writing by Vincent Mumo Nzilani and Alexander Winning;Editing by Aaron Ross)

Disclaimer: This report is auto generated from the Reuters news service. ThePrint holds no responsibility for its content.

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