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Uganda Opposition Leader Asks Court to Nullify Museveni's Reelection

Halima Athumani

   KAMPALA, UGANDA - Uganda's opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi, best
   known as Bobi Wine, filed a petition on Monday contesting the January
   14 reelection of President Yoweri Museveni.

   Wine's lawyers said they want the court to nullify the election but
   also ensure Museveni, who won a sixth term in office, can never run
   again.

   Just a little after 1 p.m., lawyers representing Wine walked to the
   Supreme Court and submitted volumes of documents they said prove why
   the January 14 election should be nullified.

   Lead lawyer Medard Segona said solders were seen invading polling
   stations and stuffing pre-ticked ballots into ballot boxes to inflate
   Museveni's vote totals.

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