Promises galore: Inside Ugandan candidates’ manifestos in continuity or rapture race
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni campaigns in the West Nile region (left), while opposition leader Bobi Wine of the National Unity Platform (NUP) addresses supporters at a campaign rally in Kampala ahead of the January 15, 2026 general elections.
Ugandans go to the polls on January 15 to elect their next president from a pool of eight candidates, but the race is expected to go down between the two frontrunners -- as political analysts have described this contest as a typical two-horse race.
In a legacy-defining election for incumbent President Yoweri Museveni, the 81-year-old in power since 1986 will for the second time go against the 43-year old the musician-turned-politician Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known by his stage name Bobi Wine.
