Long queues stretching out of select poll stations were witnessed in the historic election that saw the East African country shut down the internet and communication channels. Voters who were still in the queue by the official closing time, were allowed the poll agents to vote. We gathered that the electoral commission assured the public that it was doing everything within its means to relay the first batch of results starting 9 pm on the election day.
The presidential results will be officially announced after 48 hours, basically two days after the exercise. Heavy security A contingent of military officers were witnessed in violence hotspots such as Kampala and its environs with reports indication several media personalities were denied access in some centres.
The reporters were required to get an authorisation letters from resident district commissioners, the initial accreditation were issued by the media council and the electoral commission. Earlier in the morning, the poll agency admitted several Biometric Voter Verification machines that had been deployed to 34,684 polling stations failed.
