BY IGNATIUS SSUUNA
KIGALI, Rwanda (AP) — Rwandans are voting Monday in a presidential election that is expected to extend the long rule of President Paul Kagame, who has held power since 1994.
Some voters in the capital Kigali arrived as early as 5 a.m. and waited for polls to open. There were long lines at some polling stations.
“This is going to be my first time to vote. I am voting for President Kagame because I have never seen a leader like him before,” said passenger motorcyclist Jean Claude Nkurunziza.
Election authorities say 9.5 million Rwandans are registered to vote in the population of 14 million. Provisional results are expected later on Monday.
The outcome will almost certainly be in favor of Kagame, an authoritarian leader who is running virtually unopposed.
His opponents are Frank Habineza of the Democratic Green Party of Rwanda and independent candidate Philippe Mpayimana, both
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