Nandala says his Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party will soon announce its next course of action after analysing what he describes as a deeply flawed electoral process.

Data shows that while the National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate Robert Kyagulanyi remained strong in several urban areas, his overall support declined, even as Museveni posted gains in many of the same districts.

At 81, the man known simply as “Mzee” in the corridors of State House or the “old man with a hat” in other circles, some politicians argue that Museveni’s political journey is akin to the story of Terminator, a blockbuster action movie by American actor, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

The silence that defined the streets for the last five days, is being replaced by the familiar heavy traffic on Kampala road and all roads leading to and out of the city, pedestrians heavily concentrated downtown and arcades reopening for businesses.

“Corruption annoys our people,” President Museveni says....... “I will be very harsh in this Kisanja,” he said.

After the results were announced, Museveni secured 71.65% of the vote, far ahead of his closest challenger, National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, who got 24.72%.

Ruto's congratulatory message, dated January 18, comes almost 24 hours after the Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) announced Museveni as the winner of the General Election with a majority of valid votes cast in his favour.

Rogers Mulindwa, the NRM senior manager for information, communication and public relations, said the ruling party drew confidence from President Museveni’s showing against his closest challenger, National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.

Addressing supporters, Toyota said Museveni’s win was not only a victory for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) but for all Ugandans, noting that the President’s continued leadership guarantees peace and national stability.

Museveni secured 7,946,772 votes (71.65%) of the 11,366,201 valid votes cast out of the about 21.6 million registered voters. Kyagulanyi secured 2,741,238 votes (24.7%).

The incumbent, President Yoweri Museveni, garnered nearly eight million votes out of the over 11 million votes cast.

NRM’s senior manager for information, communication and public relations, Rogers Mulindwa, says NRM was encouraged by President Museveni’s commanding lead over the closest challenger, National Unity Platform (NUP) leader Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.

Ugandans are set to know the identity of their next president this afternoon.

The latest arrests were made yesterday after groups of rowdy youths attempted to stage violent protests by blocking roads and setting tyres ablaze in parts of Mukono, Kampala, Wakiso and Luwero districts.

Museveni has so far garnered 7,643,778 votes, which is 71.88% of the valid votes counted so far.

Kampala City had 1,572,856 voters and the votes counted so far were 52,893; the valid votes were 51,629, while the invalid votes were 1,264,  Museveni scored 26,826, representing 51.96, and Kyagulanyi scored 23,753 votes, representing 46.01% of the total votes

Museveni pledged to raise Parish Development Model (PDM) to sh300m per parish from the current sh100m.

The announcement today, January 16, 2026, follows the General Election a day earlier.

Mao, who contested under the Democratic Party ticket, obtained 7,359 votes, defeating Onen, who got 5,562 votes and Tony Kitara (2,867 votes).

The Electoral Commission had by 6pm Friday tallied results from 35,491 polling stations, representing 69.95% of the total number of polling stations.

There was also the issue of pressure of mobilisation versus order and one could tell that candidates were balancing energetic outreach with the legal and security frameworks that govern campaigns.

Museveni has so far garnered 5,148, 845 votes, which is 75.38% of the valid votes counted so far.

According to the Kakumiro district returning officer, Honest Baguma, a total of 120,427 valid votes were counted, with President Museveni obtaining 109,927 votes, representing 91.28%.

Byabakama said the commission learnt about the BVVK failure in several polling stations on Thursday January, 15, 2026, morning as the country voted for presidential and parliamentary candidates.

Many voters were seen asking the use of the ballot bags which were issued to them as they received the ballot papers.

In declarations made on Friday morning by the district elections administrator (DEA), Hajj Hassan Takwana, at the district tally centre set at Kitoba sub-county headquarters, Pius Wakabi, Beatrice Wembabazi and Gerald Kasigwa, all NRM flagbearers, were announced as victors.

The arrests followed isolated incidents of violence, voter bribery, ballot stuffing, obstruction of security personnel and attacks on police facilities, according to the Police director of operations, Assistant Inspector General of Police Frank Mwesigwa.

He revealed that the tallying of results started on Thursday and is expected to conclude on January 17, 2026, before 5:00 pm in accordance with the Constitution and the Presidential Elections Act.

After casting his vote at Makerere Community Hall polling station in Kawempe division yesterday, Common Man’s Party presidential candidate Mubarak Munyagwa decried the biometric voter verification kits failure.

“I have participated in all elections since I attained voting age. It is true the exercise started late, but the elections were conducted peacefully,” Besigye, 83, said.

From the presidential vote to the directly elected Member of Parliament and Woman MP, the ruling party secured overwhelming support from voters, with results exceeding 80 per cent across the district.

Over 21.6 million registered voters were, yesterday, Thursday January 15, 2026, expected to participate in the voting at 50,739 polling stations across the 146 districts in the country.

EC will not allow voters to remain at polling stations

“That is why we expect, as a commission, at 6:00 pm today, all campaign rallies will come to a halt or be concluded. For those who have radio programmes, those ones can go on until Tuesday midnight. After midnight, no program on radio or TV that is of a campaign nature or in support of any candidate will be aired,” Byabakama said.

“We are very confident that President Museveni is going to win these elections with a big margin because we have done a lot of mobilisation and the feedback has been positive,” Mwangu said.

She urged the thousands who attended to safeguard the future of their children by voting for President Museveni and all NRM flag bearers.

During a stakeholders engagement organisedd by the Kiira regional Electoral Commission (EC) at the Uganda Civil Service College in Jinja city, the commission said it would be improving its polling assistants to help PWDs.

‘‘We are confident that, in addition to the 5.85 million votes President Museveni secured in 2021, we project that he will get an increment of 3.3 million votes from approximately 21.6 million registered voters that are on the Electoral Commission register."

Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) presidential candidate Maj. Gen. (rtd) Gregory Mugisha Muntu says that it will be history once he is elected into power come January 15, 2026.

Nandala framed agriculture as the backbone of Teso’s economy and promised to prioritise mechanisation and value addition, particularly in cassava production, which he described as the region’s strongest comparative advantage.

“The future of Kasese is very clear in my head. The wealth and jobs must come from three key sectors: commercial agriculture, services like tourism, including wildlife and mountaineering, and manufacturing.”

“Kyagulanyi and his evil foreigners that back him fail to understand that Uganda is a land of spiritual and political martyrs. The spiritual martyrs like Karooli Lwanga and political martyrs