Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni elected for 6th term

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni elected for 6th term

Yoweri Museveni, a longtime president of the African nation of Uganda, has been elected president for the sixth time. The 76 - year - old has been President of Uganda for 34 years since 1986. There was a particular conversation in those days about Yoweri Museveni who also visited Sri Lanka during Mahinda Rajapaksa's presidency. The opposition has accused the election of being rigged, but the president has denied the allegations. Yoweri Museveni received 59% of the vote, while his opponent Bobby Rhine received only 35% of the vote.