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

烏干達(dá)總統(tǒng)和議會(huì)選舉投票星期四正式開始，但由于運(yùn)送選票延誤，一些投票站推遲開門，選民們大排長(zhǎng)龍。

VOAs 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.

美國(guó)之音記者克雷格從烏干達(dá)首都坎帕拉發(fā)來(lái)報(bào)道說(shuō)，很多投票站在投票規(guī)定的開始時(shí)間兩小時(shí)后還沒(méi)有開門。據(jù)克雷格報(bào)道，坎帕拉的一些投票站外面排著長(zhǎng)隊(duì)，選民們?cè)缟?點(diǎn)以前就趕到投票站，在炎熱的天氣下等候，感到非常不滿。

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

烏干達(dá)選舉委員會(huì)發(fā)言人布肯亞對(duì)美國(guó)之音說(shuō)，選舉材料已全部發(fā)放完畢。

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.

執(zhí)政長(zhǎng)達(dá)30年的烏干達(dá)總統(tǒng)穆塞韋尼面臨著其他7名候選人的挑戰(zhàn)，其中最著名的是反對(duì)派領(lǐng)袖貝西耶，他在以往的總統(tǒng)選舉中曾三次敗給穆塞韋尼。