After late deliveries of voting materials, Ugandans waited in the unbearable heat to vote in the Ugandan presidential and parliamentary elections amid claims by the main opposition party that the delays were deliberate and in favour of current president Yoweri Museveni (NRM).

At 12pm, with more than 15 million people registered to vote, including members of parliament as well as the president himself, polling stations were experiencing a waiting time of five hours, and some polling stations in the Ugandan capital of Kampala had still not received their ballot boxes. The boxes, which had arrived at certain polling stations, came mid-morning, but with still no ballots cast, people were left to form long lines, sweltering in the heat. At other polling stations in Kampala, the wait to vote was"Nothing will discourage me."

People from the Karamojong tribe wait in line to vote during elections in a village near Kaabong District, Uganda Goran Tomasevic/ ReutersSome areas were experiencing a delay of up to five hours to vote as people were forced to wait in the blistering heatGoran Tomasevic/ ReutersA Karamojong tribeswoman casts her ballot during the presidential elections in Kaabong District, UgandaGoran Tomasevic/ ReutersA Karamojong tribesman sits as he waits to vote in the Karamoja region, UgandaGoran Tomasevic/ Reuters

The spokesman for Kizza Besigye's party, the Forum for Democratic Change, said the delivery delays were a "deliberate attempt to frustrate" voters in urban areas where Besigye is believed to be very popular, especially Kampala and the neighbouring district of Wakiso. The seven opposition candidates are striving to beat the