Technical failures at polling places have caused disruptions, and the opposition has warned of government vote rigging amid an internet blackout.

Idi Amin, Yoweri Museveni, and the Making of the Ugandan State, anthropologist Mahmood Mamdani explains the factors and characters – Idi Amin and Yoweri Museveni – that shaped post-independence Uganda.

Billboards of Uganda President and National Resistance Movement (NRM) presidential candidate Yoweri Museveni are seen in Kampala, Uganda, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026.

Z style” mobilisations under the political leadership of the NUP and other factions of the Ugandan bourgeoisie subordinate the social demands of youth and workers to a programme that leaves capitalist exploitation,

Uganda’s president will seek a seventh term on 15 January. Robert Kyagulanyi – better known as Bobi Wine – will again be his main challenger. But the result of their duel looks less uncertain than the question of who will succeed the former guerrilla leader at the top of the Ugandan state.

MTN Uganda, a subsidiary of South Africa’s MTN Group, has been urged to switch on its internet services amid concerns of human rights abuses in the country, as Ugandans cast their ballots on Thursday,

Museveni Leads Bobi Wine across most regions ahead of Presidential Elections, new poll shows Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | As Uganda goes to the polls in five days’ time, a new national opinion poll has indicated National Resistance Movement flagbearer and President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni as a runaway favourite to beat his main challenger