For supporters of Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, his resounding victory in the just-concluded election is a vindication of his 40-year-long rule.
He won with 72% of the vote, close to his highest-ever tally of 74% in Uganda's first direct presidential election in 1996.
It reinforces the 81-year-old's claim that he still commands the support of the overwhelming majority of Ugandans, after seizing power as a rebel commander in 1986 ending the rule of the Milton Obote regime.
But Museveni's main election rival - the charismatic former pop star Bobi Wine - dismissed the result as "fake" and said he had gone into hiding following a raid on his home by the security forces.
Museveni campaigned largely on his track-record, arguing that he has delivered political and economic stability in an era of global uncertainty.
