Ugandan President Museveni, in power since 1986, to seek another term | Elections News

Yoweri Museveni urges supporters to again his imaginative and prescient for the longer term as he seeks to run for a report seventh time period.

Uganda’s long-time President Yoweri Museveni has been confirmed to face within the January 2026 elections, as he seeks to increase his almost 40-year rule within the African nation.

Museveni, who has been in energy since 1986, on Tuesday urged supporters to again his imaginative and prescient for the longer term after electoral officers close to the capital, Kampala, introduced that the 81-year-old chief can be on the poll.

The governing Nationwide Resistance Motion (NRM) social gathering formally confirmed him in June as its presidential candidate.

In a publish on X, Museveni thanked his supporters for entrusting him to run once more for the 2026-2031 time period.

“On this economic system, the GDP of Uganda has doubled at present within the latest Kisanja from $34 billion to $66 billion,” he wrote. He has promised to make Uganda a $500bn economic system within the subsequent 5 years.

“You may have every part at present that you just lacked prior to now: electrical energy, roads, telephones, manpower, the educated folks, and peace. That’s why we’re being flooded by many traders as a result of they’re in search of a peaceable and worthwhile space the place to speculate,” he added.

In an inventory of pledges for the subsequent time period, Museveni stated the social gathering’s priorities would give attention to wealth creation, schooling, infrastructure, crime, corruption, well being and water.

Our priorities for this time period embody:

1. Wealth creation: Everyone must be concerned within the cash economic system.
2. Schooling: All kids in authorities major and secondary colleges ought to examine totally free.
3. Infrastructure: Roads must be tarmaced on time and preserve the… pic.twitter.com/KhDcNeyJaH

— Yoweri Okay Museveni (@KagutaMuseveni) September 23, 2025

Museveni got here to energy in 1986 after his NRM social gathering waged a riot to depose the navy regime of Common Tito Okello.

After the NRM received the warfare, Museveni, the then-leader of the motion’s armed group, declared himself president. Since then, the president has been elected in subsequent elections.

In 2017, an modification to the structure eliminated the age restrict for presidential candidates, which had been set at 75, permitting Museveni to proceed ruling the nation.

However the chief’s important political opponent, Bobi Wine, a former musician, is anticipated to be introduced as a candidate within the upcoming election later this week.

In the course of the 2021 elections, Wine secured 35 p.c of the vote, with Museveni taking 58 p.c in his worst-ever consequence.

Whereas Wine accused Museveni of alleged voter fraud and poll stuffing, his efficiency in the course of the election positioned him because the strongest challenger to Museveni’s rule.

Wine additionally has a big following amongst working-class communities in city areas, together with his Nationwide Unity Platform social gathering holding essentially the most seats of any opposition social gathering within the nationwide meeting.