Published: Feb. 25, 2011 at 8:38 AM
KAMPALA, Uganda, Feb. 25 (UPI) -- Uganda's opposition presidential candidate claims the country's election was rigged and he wants residents to peacefully protest its outcome, officials said.
Incumbent President Yoweri Museveni kept his presidency with 68 percent of the vote, but opposition candidate Kizza Besigye said both the presidential and parliamentary votes were rigged, the BBC reported Friday.
Besigye received 26 percent of the vote in Sunday's election.
Besigye's call for action came a day after the electoral commission delayed the mayoral election in the capital, Kampala, because of alleged fraud.
A senior election commission official said he found evidence of ballot stuffing at several polling places in Kampala.
"The time is now for the people of Uganda to rise and peacefully protest against the outcome of the 2011 elections," Besigye said.
This is the third time he has challenged Museveni for the presidency. Prior to the election, Museveni said he would not tolerate protests similar to those in Egypt, Tunisia and elsewhere in Africa.
Election observers for the African Union said the elections in Uganda couldn't be described as fair.