Doubt, unrest overshadow Uganda vote counting

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Uganda's incumbent president, Yoweri Museveni, is leading the polls nationwide, relegating his challenger, Bobi Wine, to a far behind second place. DW's Sella Oneko gauges the mood in the capital, Kampala.

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00:00After yesterday's election, vote counting is underway here in Uganda.

00:04Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni is currently in the lead.

00:07His main challenger, Robert Chagulani, also known as Bobby Wine, is far behind him.

00:12We've been hearing reports of security forces using bullets and tear gas in some areas of

00:16Kampala.

00:17The police confirmed this.

00:19They also confirmed that some people died in an area 50 kilometers away from the capital,

00:24in Bhutanbala.

00:25They couldn't, however, confirm the number of people dead.

00:28Human rights advocates are reporting the targeting of opposition members in even more

00:32areas.

00:33We spoke to some residents of Kampala about their general feeling about the elections.

00:38What people are doubting, there is no internet, there is no word, so there is no connection

00:43anywhere.

00:44But what we hear right now, in every direction of Uganda, the same seven is leading, but according

00:52to the people, they said there is no fair results.

00:55Holding to what is going on, everyone should be calm and wait to the electoral commission,

01:00yeah, to submit the winner.

01:03Final election results are expected to come out on Saturday, and we'll keep monitoring the

01:07situation.

01:08the future.

01:24Yeah.

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