Vote counting in Kampala. The atmosphere is tense, Besigye supporters are making noise every time they feel the insecure officials do not really know what they are doing. Police is watching the citizens suspiciously from close by.
From the crowd, people volunteer to represent the presidential candidates. Every ballot-paper that is a vote for Museveni, is given to a middle age man representing the president, every vote for Besigye to the younger guy representing his main challenger. A lady with a Minnie Mouse t-shirt happily volunteers to represent Betty Kamya.
The more votes are counted, the tenser the atmosphere gets. Museveni and Besigye are neck and neck, the other candidates hardly receive any votes. When a man watching from among the civilians loudly utters his disagreement, he is simple pushed out violently by the others.
Then Betty 'Minnie Mouse' Kamya finally receives a ballot-paper representing the first vote for the single female candidate in these presidential elections. As 'Betty' triumphantly holds high the ballot-paper, the whole crowd cheers and laughs as one. For one precious moment, the tension has disappeared.
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