Uganda vote marred by machine failures as millions turn out, opposition cries foul

Millions of Ugandans took to the polling stations to elect their next president in an exercise that was marred with extensive late opening of polls amidst widespread technological failures. Several polling stations reported failing voter identification devices forcing electoral officials to revert to manual identification of voters, using printed registers. Opposition presidential candidate Robert Kyangulanyi, Alias Bobi Wine, has claimed that the machines failures were a deliberate attempt by the ruling party to manipulate the vote to the benefit of incumbent president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni who seeks a seventh five-year term. President Museveni says despite early morning glitches, voter identification machines were functioning properly during the day. At this hour, vote counting is underway across Uganda with vote tallying and collation expected in the coming days