ON March 2, 2016, NRM’s flag-bearer, Majid Batambuze was declared the new Mayor of Jinja Municipality, in Jinja district after defeating incumbent and Democratic...
John Patrick Amama Mbabazi announced in June this year that he would compete for the position of chairman of the National Resistance Movement and...
Major (RTD) Benon Biraro is one of the presidential candidates in the 2016 Uganda Presidential Elections. He was born in Isingiro District and was...
Otunnu is a politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was elected president of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party in 2010 and contested...
Maureen Kyalya Walube, the only female presidential candidate has rapped the Electoral Commission (EC) chairperson for the ineffectiveness that has marred the presidential and...
The Electoral Commission has cleared former prime minister Amama Mbabazi to go ahead with his consultative meetings in preparations for his nomination for the...
Abed Bwanika combines different backgrounds into one fold. He is veterinarian, politician and pastor. The 48-year-old is the president of the People’s Development Party.
He...
More than 30 women are contesting against men for positions of directly elected MPs, in addition to 112 district positions reserved for Woman MPs...
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Lilian Aber an independent candidate has been voted the National Youth Council chairperson after beating four other contestants.
Aber was on Wednesday evening declared winner...
Democratic Party DP
The Democratic Party was founded by seven revolutionary Catholics to fight for Uganda’s Independence and national unity.
They were the products of the famous Catholic...
National Resistance Movement (NRM)
The National Resistance Movement (NRM), commonly referred to as the Movement, is the ruling political organisation in Uganda.
It has over 263 legislators in the...
Candidate Promises to Scrap Parking Fees
The Rukungiri Municipality NRM flag-bearer for Rukungiri mayor, Geoffrey Tindarwesire Kenzigye, has vowed to scrap parking fees once elected mayor to encourage residents own...
2026 Uganda Elections Results
The Electoral Commission on Saturday (January 17) has released the 2026 Uganda presidential election results.
Shortly after 4pm, EC chairperson Justice Simon Byabakama delivered the...
President Yoweri Museveni Wins Seventh Term: Electoral Commission
Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni has been re-elected to a seventh term, the Electoral Commission has announced.
Museveni, 81, won with 71.65 percent of the vote,...
NUP’s Kyagulanyi Decries Slow Pace of Development in Kisoro and Rubanda
The NUP Presidential Candidate Robert Kyagulanyi has campaigned in Kisoro and Rubanda Districts of Western Uganda. He started the day with a radio talk...
Registered Political Parties
As of September 2025, the Uganda Electoral Commission lists 26 registered political parties on its website. Some of the listed parties include the following:
Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), founded on December 16, 2004, is one of the top opposition parties in Uganda.
FDC was founded as an...
President Museveni Campaigns in Adjuman
EC does not rig for me
Museveni also commented on concerns by the Opposition that the Independent Electoral Commission is biased.
Museveni said that although he...
Nominations: EC Outlines Guidelines for Candidates
The Electoral Commission on Tuesday issued fresh guidelines for the process of the nomination of candidates for the Parliamentary elections that starts today.
Candidates heading for nominations...
