Uganda’s longtime president, President Yoweri Museveni, has been declared the winner for a record sixth term, amid an Internet blackout and fraud charges.
“Uganda’s election campaigns have been hampered by harassment by opposition candidates, campaign officials and supporters; suppression of the activities of the media and civil society organizations; and a national internet shutdown before, during and after polling day”, said the post.
Speaking through one of his associates, Wine said he was out of food and that Brown could not leave anything to him.
Wine rejected Saturday’s election results, saying he had evidence of fraud and intimidation. He did not provide details about the alleged evidence, saying his team would share it when the lines of communication were restored.
CNN received no response to requests for comment from the Ugandan government.
“For Natalie to cast doubts that the elections would not be ‘credible’ simply because the U.S. Embassy voluntarily went out of observation, it is an aimless shot,” he said in the article, which he posted on his Twitter page.
“From now on, Natalie should be the last person to give unqualified talks on electoral integrity.”
The United States has decided not to observe the elections due to the electoral commission’s decision to deny more than three-quarters of its accreditation requests, Brown said in a statement on Wednesday, the day before the elections.
The embassy asked Museveni’s government to respect the “human rights and fundamental freedoms” of its citizens and “respect international human rights standards”.