Museveni hunts for votes in Pallisa, Butebo
Museveni, who is the National Resistance Movement party chairperson and Presidential candidate, polled 53,788 (64.89%) in Pallisa in the 2021 general election, while his main opponent, National Unity Platform party candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, garnered 16,362 (19.74%).
Museveni is campaigning under the theme: “Protecting the Gains, Making a Qualitative Leap into High Middle-Income Status.” (Credit: Simon Peter Tumwine)
PALLISA - President Yoweri Museveni today, Wednesday (November 12, 2025), took his vote hunt to the districts of Pallisa and Butebo as he seeks another five-year term in the 2026 general election.
By the time of writing this story, Museveni was set to hold his first campaign rally of the day at Kameke Primary School playground in the rural Kameke sub-county, Pallisa, and the second and final political event at the grounds of Butebo district headquarters.
Pallisa has a population of 334,697,21 people scattered across 21 sub-counties/town councils and 498 villages.
About 90% of the households in Pallisa are engaged in subsistence agriculture, fishing, and livestock, among others. The farmers depend on rain-fed agriculture, which has resulted in low crop harvests because of changes in weather patterns.
This is according to the information from the Office of the Prime Minister in Kampala.
In the last general election, Pallisa had 131,370 registered voters; out of these, 86,834 (66.09%) voted.
Museveni, who is the National Resistance Movement party chairperson and Presidential candidate, polled 53,788 (64.89%) in Pallisa in the 2021 general election, while his main opponent, National Unity Platform party candidate Robert Kyagulanyi, garnered 16,362 (19.74%).
Pallisa now has 159,561 registered voters, an increase of 28,191. The polling stations are 378, up from 277 in 2021.
In Butebo, 171,433 inhabitants live in 17 sub-counties/town councils and 268 villages.
In the last general election, Butebo had 51,443 registered voters; out of these, 36,735 (71.41%) voted.
Museveni polled 23,532 (65.7%) votes while Kyagulanyi got 10,890 (30.4%).
Butebo now has 64,771 registered voters, an increase of 13,328. The polling stations are 165, up from 119 in 2021.
Museveni is campaigning under the theme: “Protecting the Gains, Making a Qualitative Leap into High Middle-Income Status.”
The theme focuses on safeguarding achievements over the past 39 years, such as peace and development, while aiming to propel Uganda to high middle-income status.
Other gains include wealth creation initiatives, job opportunities, service delivery, market access, as well as unity and political stability.