KAMPALA: Veteran Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni held a commanding lead in early presidential election results announced on Friday as conflicting accounts emerged of violence reported after the vote. Museveni, who is 81 and has ruled Uganda since seizing power in 1986, wants a decisive victory following a campaign marred by violence at opposition rallies. Results announced by the electoral commission from Thursday’s election showed Museveni with 76.25 percent of the vote based on tallies from nearly half of polling stations.

KAMPALA: Ugandans are set to vote Thursday in an election that is likely to extend the rule of the long-term president while raising concerns about transparency, hereditary rule,…

The election is a rematch between Bobi Wine and Yoweri Museveni, who has been president for 40 years.