♦ Uganda’s president, Yoweri Museveni, won a seventh term in office at 81 on 17 January 2026.

♦ Official results showed Museveni got a landslide with 72% of the vote.

♦ The whereabouts of the opposition leader, Bobi Wine, won 25% of the vote.

♦ Museveni's journey began in 1944, when he was born into a family of cattle keepers in Ankole, western Uganda.

♦ At 81, Museveni is the third-longest serving president in the world.

♦ In power since 1986 and currently Africa's third longest-ruling head of state, Museveni's latest win means he will have been in power for nearly half a century when his new term ends in 2031.