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State House takes down post with Uhuru congratulating Museveni on re-election
Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.
•Museveni won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), the Electoral Commission said at a news conference on the final results from Thursday's election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.
Image: FILE
State House on Sunday took down social media posts with President Uhuru Kenyatta's congratulatory message to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on his re-election after they were flagged as containing 'false' information.
The posts appeared to have been erroneously flagged by Facebook after the photo used in the accompanying messages was one similar to one used in an unrelated fake post.
Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.
•Museveni won 5.85 million votes, or 58.6%, while main opposition candidate Wine had 3.48 million votes (34.8%), the Electoral Commission said at a news conference on the final results from Thursday's election.
President Uhuru Kenyatta and Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni.
Image: FILE
State House on Sunday took down social media posts with President Uhuru Kenyatta's congratulatory message to Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on his re-election after they were flagged as containing 'false' information.
The posts appeared to have been erroneously flagged by Facebook after the photo used in the accompanying messages was one similar to one used in an unrelated fake post.