Uganda Elections 2026 in pictures
The electorate is also voting for Members of Parliament from different political parties, vying for 499 parliamentary seats.
Election officials give President Yoweri Museveni a ballot paper at Kaaro polling station in Rwakitura, Kiruhura district on January 15, 2026, as he prepared to cast his vote. (Credit: Eddie Ssejjoba)
KAMPALA - Ugandans went to the polls on Thursday after three months of presidential campaigns, with 21,681,491 voters expected to cast their vote from 50,739 polling stations across the country.
Among the candidates the electorate is voting for is the incumbent, and of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, also seeking a fifth term.
Other candidates are Robert Kyagulanyi of National Unity Platform (NUP), Nathan Nandala Mafabi of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Mugisha Muntu of Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), Robert Kasibante of National Peasants Party (NPP), Mubarak Munyagwa of Common Man’s Party (CMP), Frank Kabinga of Revolutionary People’s Party (RPP), and Joseph Mabirizi of Conservative Party (CP).
The electorate is also voting for Members of Parliament from different political parties, vying for 499 parliamentary seats.
Below is a picture highlight how voting is taking place from various parts of the country;
Meanwhile, the incumbent, Museveni, cast his ballot in the Western district of Kiruhura at Kaaro polling station in Rwakitura, directing for a probe to establish which officials failed to send the biodata to the Biometric Voter Verification Kits (BVVK) that have since failed to operate on polling day.
The President further said somebody at EC delayed sending the photos and entering the user’s biodata into the machines. Museveni then asked the area returning officer to explain how the machine operators were recruited. (Eddie Ssejjoba captured the president as he cast his vote);
Immediately after casting his vote, the president spoke to the press.
Here, a female voter casts her vote in Shauriyako, Kampala, on Thursday. (All Photos by Stuart Yiga)
A mother, carrying her baby, casts her vote along William Street on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
The presidential ballot paper
A returning officer interacts with candidates' agents before the voting kicked off in Shauriyako on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Voters queue up to vote in Shauriyako on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Russian election observers interact with a female returning officer at William Street on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Russian election observers interact with a female returning officer at William Street on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Russian delegates observing the voting progress at City House in Kampala on Thursday, January 15, 2026.
Candidates’ agents making some election material verification process on William Street.
A voter casts his vote along William Street.
A polling official displays a polling box to indicate that it has not been interfered with.
The elderly cast their vote at Lungujja polling station, Lubaga North in Kampala. (Photos by Patrick Kibirango)
