President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has offered a glimpse of what could form the core of his 2026 campaign manifesto, pledging to catapult Uganda’s economy into unprecedented territory.
As he heads into his seventh presidential bid under the 1995 Constitution, Museveni has set his sights on transforming Uganda into a $500 billion economy in the next 15 years, an ambitious goal that would represent more than an eightfold increase from current levels.