烏干達投票出現延誤

Voting has officially begun in Uganda's presidential and parliamentary elections, but voters are facing long lines and delayed openings at some polling stations Thursday because of late ballot deliveries.

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VOA's Jill Craig reports from Kampala that many polling stations were still closed two hours after voting was scheduled to start. She said there were long lines outside some Kampala polling stations, and people who had gotten there before 7 a.m. were restless and frustrated as they waited in the heat.

Paul Bukenya, spokesman for the Electoral Commission, told VOA that all election materials have now been distributed.

President Yoweri Museveni, in power for the past 30 years, faces a challenge from seven opponents, most prominently opposition leader Kizza Besigye, who has lost to him three times in the past.烏干達總統和議會選舉投票星期四正式開始，但由於運送選票延誤，一些投票站推遲開門，選民們大排長龍。

美國之音記者克雷格從烏干達首都坎帕拉發來報道說，很多投票站在投票規定的開始時間兩小時後還沒有開門。據克雷格報道，坎帕拉的一些投票站外面排着長隊，選民們早上7點以前就趕到投票站，在炎熱的天氣下等候，感到非常不滿。

烏干達選舉委員會發言人布肯亞對美國之音說，選舉材料已全部發放完畢。

執政長達30年的烏干達總統穆塞韋尼面臨着其他7名候選人的挑戰，其中最著名的是反對派領袖貝西耶，他在以往的總統選舉中曾三次敗給穆塞韋尼。