Two days after the polls closed and with the tallying far from completed, Uganda’s Electoral Commission announced on Jan. 16, 2021, that Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the army general who has ruled Uganda for 35 years, had “won” his sixth presidential term. That such an announcement would be made had never been seriously in doubt. However, the manner of its procurement should alarm Uganda’s partners. They should also understand that what happens next is very much open to their influence.