Museveni takes vote hunt to Bundibugyo, Ntoroko
This will be his second day in Rwenzori after campaigning in the neighbouring districts of Kasese and Bunyangabu.
President Yoweri Museveni arriving at Bumadu Primary School Playground in Bundibugyo district. (Photos by Eddie Ssejjoba)
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President Yoweri Museveni is today, December 5, 2025, hunting for votes in the neighbouring districts of Bundibugyo and Ntoroko in the Rwenzori region.
This will be his second day in Rwenzori after campaigning in the neighbouring districts of Kasese and Bunyangabu.
In 2010, the northern part of Bundibugyo was removed to form Ntoroko to enable the Government to bring services closer to the people.
The two districts, together with Kasese, are part of the Rwenzururu Kingdom.
According to the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM) in Kampala, Bundibugyo is relatively isolated from the rest of Uganda, being the only district that lies west of the Ruwenzori Mountains.
Though it is still a part of the Nile Basin, the OPM says in one of its reports about Bundibugyo that it is ecologically and culturally part of Central Africa.
Bundibugyo’s people and customs are more similar to those of eastern DR Congo than the rest of Uganda, despite being politically in Uganda and East Africa, it says.
It has a population of 264,778 people scattered across 27 sub-counties/town councils and 838 villages.
In the 2021 general election, Bundibugyo had 113,472 registered voters and out of these, 73,918 (65.1%) voted.
Museveni polled 52,408 (73%) votes while Robert Kyagulanyi of the National Unity Platform party garnered 18,076 (25.2%).
Bundibugyo now has a total of 128,214 voters, an increase of 14,742. The polling stations also increased to 384, up from 298 in 2021.
Ntoroko has 114,858 inhabitants living in 10 sub-counties/town councils and 178 villages.
In the 2021 general election, Ntoroko had 38,098 registered voters, and out of these, 25,285 (66.4%) voted.
Museveni got 19,670 (80.2%) votes while Kyagulanyi polled 4,212 (17.2%).
Ntoroko now has a total of 49,348 voters, an increase of 11,250. Just like its mother district, Ntoroko’s polling stations also increased to 132, up from 85 in 2021.
Museveni is seeking re-election for a seventh term in office next year on the National Resistance Movement party ticket.
He 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 East African political federation.
By the time of writing this story, Museveni was set to hold his first campaign rally of the day at Bumaadu Primary School playground in Bundibugyo, and at Karugutu Primary School playground in Ntoroko for his second and final political event.