Voters in the Munyonyo area of the Ugandan capital Kampala said they were not given presidential ballots in the Feb. 18 election - just ballots for parliamentary elections. That, combined with the late arrival of the ballots, sparked a protest that ended with police firing tear gas at demonstrators.
Ugandan Police Put Down Protest by Angry Voters in Kampala
![Police in Kampala leave a polling place with empty ballot boxes, spilling many boxes onto the road as they hastily departed. E. Paulat/VOA](https://gdb.voanews.com/851699D0-8176-43E0-B257-A48D2554B1D5_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Police in Kampala leave a polling place with empty ballot boxes, spilling many boxes onto the road as they hastily departed. E. Paulat/VOA
![Angry voters in Kampala who say they were denied their ballots march on the police line with a Kizza Besigye poster.](https://gdb.voanews.com/ECE096C6-C49F-4572-80EA-B0C805675145_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Angry voters in Kampala who say they were denied their ballots march on the police line with a Kizza Besigye poster.
![Two police officers in riot gear talk as the line of angry voters in Kampala advances. E. Paulat/VOA](https://gdb.voanews.com/B55DB876-603D-4B70-BEB8-1263167AF8FA_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Two police officers in riot gear talk as the line of angry voters in Kampala advances. E. Paulat/VOA
![Military police arrived on the scene not long after to secure the area. E. Paulat/VOA](https://gdb.voanews.com/F89EB450-9C3F-41BF-929F-D6CF0CE81E78_w1024_q10_s.jpg)
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Military police arrived on the scene not long after to secure the area. E. Paulat/VOA