Presidential Nominations Announced Ahead Of Uganda's 2026 General Election

WAKISO, UGANDA - SEPTEMBER 23: President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni addresses the press after being nominated for presidential elections 2026 at the Electoral Commission offices in Lweza on September 23, 2025 in Wakiso District, Uganda. Uganda's next general election is scheduled to be held on January 12, 2026. Nominations are taking place to determine challengers to President Yoweri Museveni, who at age 80 is seeking to remain in office as the presidential nominee for the National Resistance Movement (NRM), the governing party he has led since ousting the former military regime during an armed uprising in 1986. (Photo by Hajarah Nalwadda/Getty Images)