Tempers flared in several districts of Uganda amid long delays to voting caused by the late delivery of ballot papers. The country went to the polls on February 18 in a presidential election that could see the end of President Yoweri Museveni’s 30-year rule.While the Election Commission said the delays would not affect the voting of people who turned up to vote by 4pm, voting was cancelled in one district south of Kampala, according to a reporter at the scene.
Video by the journalist, Michael O’Hagan, shows a van packed with what appear to be election materials. “No voting here today,” he reported from Ggaba, south of Kampala. The video shows the van driving off.
According to the Red Pepper, a local paper, and other news outlets, the polling station in Ggaba was closed after locals clashed with police, who fired tear gas. There were also initially unconfirmed reports on soc