Vice President Jessica Alupo has praised the conduct of the recently concluded elections, emphasizing the importance of peaceful participation and unity in the aftermath of the polls. “In every election, there is always a winner and those that may not win. That must not be the end of the story,” Alupo said, highlighting the need…
Rwakitura — President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has confirmed that Uganda’s oil production is expected to commence later this year, emphasising that the revenues should be invested in long-term national assets rather than distributed directly to local governments. Speaking while receiving his re-election results at his country home in Rwakitura, Museveni highlighted the importance of using…
Rwakitura —President Yoweri Museveni addressed the 2026 election results, attributing part of his success to a lower voter turnout among National Resistance Movement (NRM) supporters. “The opposition were lucky because 10 million of our people did not turn up to cast their ballot,” Museveni stated in his victory speech, adding that the NRM had secured…
Opposition leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has rejected the presidential election results announced by the Electoral Commission, alleging widespread fraud, ballot stuffing and a violent security crackdown targeting him, his family and members of the National Unity Platform (NUP). Announcing the results on Saturday evening, Electoral Commission chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama…
The Chairperson of the African Union Commission, H.E. Mahmoud Ali Youssouf, has commended the conduct of Uganda’s 2026 general elections and congratulated President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on his re-election. In a statement issued following the announcement of the final results, Youssouf praised Uganda’s electoral process and confirmed that Museveni had secured victory with 71.65 per…