Gen. Moses Ali, First Deputy Prime Minister, secured 12,854 votes to defeat FDC's Patrick Tandrupasi's 11,770 and an independent, focusing his campaign on finishing a Nile bridge at Laropi. The retired military officer and former teacher, born in 1939, beat younger rivals in the NRM stronghold amid Museveni's seventh term win with 72% of votes. Online reactions mixed shock at his frailty in rally videos, defenses of voter choice, and quips blaming Ugandans for slow leadership renewal.
