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Ugandan challenger Bobi Wine claims he won presidential election ‘by far’ despite early results
Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine on Friday claimed victory in a presidential election, rejecting early results which gave President Yoweri Museveni a wide lead as a “joke”.“I am very confident that we defeated the dictator by far. I call upon all Ugandans to reject the blackmail. We have certainly won the election and we’ve won it by far,” he told journalists.The 38-year-old former reggae singer turned politician has been the main rival to Uganda’s veteran leader who has been in power since…