📸 Saturday presidential campaign trail round-up

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As the 2026 general election draws nearer, presidential candidates from major political parties continued their campaigns across the country this weekend, outlining key priorities and engaging with supporters in different regions.

Vision group journalists were on ground to cover events as they unfolded.

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National Resistance Movement (NRM)

Museveni highlights NRM’s achievements and future plans

President Museveni welcomed by enthusiastic supporters at the campaign rally.

An NRM supporter waving President Museveni's campaign flyer.

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, was campaigning in Buduuda and Namisindwa. Museveni urged Ugandans to maintain their trust in the ruling party, citing 40 years of peace, stability, and development under NRM leadership.

“Our new manifesto has seven key points summarising what we have achieved and what we plan to do next,” he said. “The first is peace, which you have witnessed yourselves, followed by development, in roads, electricity, water, and the railway. This is what we call economic infrastructure.”

National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni, addressing voters at the rally.

Museveni also emphasised investments in social infrastructure such as schools and hospitals, encouraging citizens to evaluate visible progress in their localities. He underscored wealth creation as the next phase of development, adding that programs like Emyooga, National Agriculture Advisory Services (NAADS), Operation Wealth Creation, and the Parish Development Model (PDM) were designed to help households increase incomes.

“When you talk about development without wealth creation, that’s not right,” the President stated. “That’s why we introduced these programs. Where funds are misused, I have directed arrests.”

President Museveni in a group photo with NRM flag bearers.

He further reflected on NRM’s gradual approach to national progress, citing the movement’s long-term focus on peace and stability. “Even our soldiers live modestly because they chose to defend the country first,” he said.

(Photos by Eddie Ssejjoba & Simon Peter Tumwine)
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Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) 

Nandala Mafabi rallied supporters in Soroti City

Nandala Mafabi welcomed by supporters.

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate James Nandala Mafabi addressed supporters at the Arrow Square Grounds in Soroti City. He was warmly welcomed by enthusiastic supporters who turned up to listen to his campaign message. (Photos by Alfred Ochwo).

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Alliance for National Transformation (ANT)

Muntu calls for political tolerance

Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu.

Muntu addressing voters.

Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) leader Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu condemned recent attacks on National Unity Platform (NUP) supporters in Kiruhura District. Speaking during a rally at Pajule Trading Centre in Pader District, Muntu urged security agencies to ensure fairness and non-partisanship during the election period.

His convoy was later forced to turn back from Pader due to the poor road network in the area, highlighting infrastructure gaps that he said require urgent government attention.

(Photos by Stuart Yiga)
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National Unity Platform (NUP) 

Kyagulanyi draws supporters in Ntungamo

Kyagulanyi and wife Barbie waving to supporters.

National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, popularly known as Bobi Wine, drew supporters in Ntungamo District. Supporters lined the streets to welcome him and his wife, Barbie Kyagulanyi, expressing enthusiasm and hope for change ahead of the 2026 polls.

(Photos by Ponsiano Nsimbi & Richard Sanya)