Browsing: 2026 Elections

A Ugandan MP has told Museveni to appoint Muhoozi vice president. Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni, aged 81 and Uganda’s ruler since 1986, is expected to unveil his 2026-2031 cabinet in coming months.

 Ugandan main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) leader and two-time presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has met US Democratic Congressman Gregory Meeks.

Deputy prime minister Rebecca Kadaga has reacted to a ‘leaked’ cabinet list that has been making rounds on social media. The so-called leaked cabinet list was…

Former intelligence chief Gen David Sejusa and Ofwono Opondo are in a war of words over Norbert Mao.

Norbert Mao, the Laroo-Pece MP-elect and the minister of justice and constitutional affairs, has sparked debate with his bid to wrestle the speakership from incumbent Anita Annet Among, the Bukedea District Woman MP.

Up to NRM 38 politicians were nominated for two EALA MP seats in an exercise conducted by Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement, the chairperson of the party’s Electoral Commission Dr Tanga Odoi has confirmed.

First daughter Pastor Patience Rwabwogo has postponed tomorrow’s special thanksgiving service for ‘Uganda’s peaceful elections,’ according to Covenant Nations Church elder Allen Kagina.

Parliament has set dates for the swearing-in of MPs elected in January 2026. But despite being on the list and being allocated a schedule for oath taking, at least 30 of the 529 elected legislators are having sleepless nights over election petitions seeking to overturn their victories. The Pearl Times delves into the list of MPs having sleepless nights over risk of losing parliamentary seats because of election petitions.

 Uganda’s president-elect Yoweri Kaguta Tibuhaburwa Museveni and his team of close and trusted advisors are on a mission to identify men and women that will be named cabinet ministers and junior ministers (ministers of state) in coming weeks. The 81-year-old, who will have ruled Uganda for 45 years by the end of his new term, may look at some old and experienced hands that have previously been in cabinet. In the second part of our series on Cabinet Fever 2026, The Pearl Times’ Samuel Kamugisha looks at ex-ministers Museveni is likely to appoint to his cabinet for 2026-2031.

Ugandan opposition leader and 2026 presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine has spoken out on talks with Museveni, hinted on return home as security leaves his Magere home.