📸In pictures: Key highlights from Wednesday's presidential campaigns

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Presidential candidates spent the day crisscrossing the country with varied campaign messages; Museveni pushing wealth creation in Kiryandongo and Masindi, Kyagulanyi rallying supporters for change in Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo, Muntu addressing water and service gaps in Mayuge, and Nandala Mafabi promising economic empowerment and a gold refinery for Buhweju.

Vision Group journalists captured key highlights from Wednesday's presidential campaigns.

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NRM

President Museveni welcomed by NRM supporters to the campaign rally. (Credit: Simon Peter Tumwine)

President Museveni campaigned in Kiryandongo and Masindi, urging citizens to focus on wealth creation through commercial agriculture and the four-acre model. He promised to fast-track Masindi’s urban development, include it in the new USMID programme, address land-grabbing, and protect sugarcane farmers. Museveni also pledged more tractors and a new Lake Albert ferry to boost trade. He said oil production starting in 2026 will fund infrastructure but warned against relying on it, emphasising sustainable farming for household income.

President Museveni waving to enthusiastic NRM supporters. (Credit: Simon Peter Tumwine)

President Museveni addressing at the campaign rally. (Credit: Simon Peter Tumwine)

NRM supporters at the campaign rally listening to president Museveni. (Credit: Simon Peter Tumwine)

(Photos by Simon Peter Tumwine)
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NUP

NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi.

NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi held rallies in Kyegegwa and Kyenjojo, promising transformative change and improved service delivery. He was accompanied by his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, who also engaged supporters and reassured them of better social services under a NUP government.

NUP supporters greeting Kyagulanyi.

(Photos by Ponsiano Nsimbi)
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ANT

Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu.

Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate, Maj. Gen. (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu, campaigned in Mayuge district, where residents urged him to address their most pressing concerns—access to clean water, establishment of a seed school, and the withdrawal of UPDF forces from Mabira Forest and surrounding lakes.

Muntu addressing voters.

An ANT supporter displaying a Muntu campaign poster.

Voters listening to Muntu.

Water scarcity remains a major challenge in Mayuge, with many residents trekking long distances to collect water from unsafe sources. Others are forced to buy water from private tanks at costs ranging from sh200 to sh500.
According to Bilal Maba, LC1 chairperson of Victoria Cell, Nkalanga Ward, Bwondha Town Council, more than 50,000 people near the lake shores and Bwondha landing site lack access to clean water.

Muntu all smiles during the campaign trail.

(Photos by Isaac Nuwagaba)
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FDC

FDC presidential candidate Nathan Nandala Mafabi with FDC supporters.

FDC presidential candidate Nathan Nandala Mafabi campaigned in Sheema, Buhweju and Bushenyi, focusing on economic empowerment. In Buhweju, he pledged to establish a modern gold refinery to support artisanal miners and improve safety and productivity. This commitment was made during a rally at Karungu Trading Centre.

Happy FDC supporters.

Mafabi addressing voters during the campaign trail.

FDC supporters listening to Mafabi.

Artisanal gold mining is currently carried out in three of the eight sub-counties in Buhweju district, and Mafaabi says a formalised refinery would significantly improve livelihoods.

Happy FDC supporters.

(Photos by Alfred Ochwo)

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