The opposition candidate earlier said: “I will be happy to share the videos of all the fraud and irregularities as soon as the internet is restored.”
But speaking after being declared the winner, Mr Museveni said: “Voting by machines made sure there is no cheating.
“But we are going to audit and see how many people voted by fingerprints and how many of those voted by just using the register.”
Mr Museveni also warned that “foreign meddling will not be tolerated”.
The EU, United Nations and several rights groups have raised concerns. Aside from an African Union mission, no major international group monitored the vote.
Claims of election fraud are taken seriously here, but not in the USA. Hypocrisy much?
Is he, in our conservative terms, a goody or a baddy? Because if he’s a goody then I don’t care. That’s the correct attitude these days, isn’t it?
Claims of election fraud (different methods, but same result) – see Tower Hamlets, Birmingham etc, – are pretty much ignored here, too. No doubt it’s to not upset ‘community cohesion’.