The choreography of inevitability: Uganda’s 2026 electoral charade
IN the sterile halls of Uganda's national tally centre in Lweza, electoral officials are performing an elaborate pantomime of democracy. They are counting votes, announcing percentages, updating spreadsheets with bureaucratic precision. The theatre is meticulous. The outcome was never in doubt. As tallies from nearly half of polling stations emerged Friday, President Yoweri Museveni commanded 76 percent of the vote, his main challenger Bobi Wine trailing with roughly 20 percent. The numbers scroll across screens like a script written long before the first ballot was cast. For this is not an election in any meaningful sense - it is a…
