2026 elections: Security set for nomination festivities
At a joint security meeting held at the Uganda Police Force headquarters, Naguru, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, the security personnel discussed a robust security framework to mitigate the risks associated with presidential nominations ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday nominations.
AIGP Frank Mwesigwa, the director of operations chairing a joint security meeting at Naguru Police headquarters. (Credit: Uganda Police)
By Paul Kiberu
Journalists @New Vision
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The security agencies, including the Army and the Police, are ready to provide security and maintain public order for the two-day presidential nominations scheduled for Tuesday and Wednesday of next week.
At a joint security meeting held at the Uganda Police Force headquarters, Naguru, on Saturday, September 20, 2025, the security personnel discussed a robust security framework to mitigate the risks associated with presidential nominations ahead of Tuesday and Wednesday’s (September 22-23) nominations, plus related processions and candidates' rallies.
AIGP Frank Mwesigwa, the director of operations chairing a joint security meeting at Naguru Police headquaters. (Credit: Uganda Police)
The joint security meeting, which was chaired by AIGP Frank Mwesigwa, the Director of Operations, guided on a comprehensive and multi-layered approach while maintaining public order and operational continuity.
His audience included Police commanders, Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) officers and other security agencies.
Police officers deliberating during the joint security meeting held at Naguru Police headquarters. (Credit: Uganda Police)
On Saturday, the Electoral Commission announced that only two aspirants out of the 38 who returned nomination papers had fulfilled all the requisites to be nominated as presidential candidates.
Those cleared are the incumbent President Yoweri Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and Nathan Nandala Mafabi of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC).
Julius Mucunguzi, the electoral commission spokesperson, said that the commission has so far notified 27 aspirants out of the 38 who returned their presidential nomination requirements.
UPDF officers particpated in the joint security meeting at the Uganda Police headquarters in Naguru. (Credit: Uganda Police)
Mucunguzi encouraged the other camps to study the reports given to them, explaining the gaps and reorganise themselves.
He reiterated that for a person to be nominated as a presidential candidate, one should have at least 100 signatures from 99 districts out of the 146 districts of Uganda.