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Uganda: tensions between police and protesters as Museveni leads polls

Police in the Ugandan capital of Kampala lobbed tear gas at protesters and put out fires lit after the Ugandan electoral commission announced early results showing incumbent president Yoweri Museveni leading a presidential ballot.

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00:00Clouds of tear gas, smoke and running citizens.
00:04Clashes between protesters and police erupted in Uganda
00:08on the eve of the announcement of the presidential election results.
00:12The protests come as incumbent president Jawari Museveni
00:16is leading with almost 75% of the votes, according to provisional polls.
00:21At the same time, the party of leading opposition candidate Bobi Wine
00:26said that Wine had been forcibly taken to an unknown location by the armed forces,
00:31which are controlled by Museveni.
00:33The claim has not been verified so far,
00:36and senior party officials are also awaiting confirmation.
00:40Wine alleged massive voter fraud in the election.
00:44Meanwhile, according to police and a local MP,
00:48violence broke out on Friday in the countryside near Kampala.
00:52When accounts of the events vary, several people were reportedly killed.
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