00:00Ugandan opposition candidate Bobby Wine brought his presidential campaign to the Kampala slum where he grew up, ahead of Thursday's election.
00:09Wine is challenging incumbent Yoweri Museveni for a second time.
00:14In 2021, he took 35% of the vote to Museveni's 58%, establishing Wine as a serious contender for power.
00:24The 43-year-old singer-turned-politician has a strong following among working-class people in urban areas,
00:30but his rallies have seen violent crackdowns by security forces using tear gas and beatings against his supporters.
00:39Museveni has been in office since 1986.
00:43Term and age limits have been scrapped to allow him to run for a seventh time.
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