Uganda: Kesigye trailing Museveni in early results

Uganda opposition leader, Kizza Besigye is trailing  incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, according to early results of the presidential election.

Figures  from the Electoral Commission today  show that Museveni garnered 1.36 million votes out of a total 2.32 million votes counted from 6,448 polling stations out of a total 28,010 stations.

The tally gave Museveni 61.75 percent of the votes counted, followed by  Besigye with 33.47 percent.