What is at stake in Uganda’s presidential election?
A worker arranges boxes containing electoral materials before their distribution from the Uganda Electoral Commission warehouse, ahead of the country's general election, in Ntinda suburb of Kampala, Uganda January 8, 2026.
Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni will seek to extend his four-decade rule on Thursday in an election that has renewed questions about the 81-year-old leader's eventual succession.
While political analysts say Museveni's stranglehold on Ugandan institutions makes victory for him and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) party a near certainty in presidential and parliamentary elections, how the vote unfolds could have important implications for the country's path forward.
