Museveni faces seven opponents in Uganda's 2026 presidential elections [Uganda Decides 2026]

Eight candidates have been duly nominated to run for the 2026 presidential election. The Electoral Commission (EC) on Wednesday, September 24, 2025, cleared those that will vie for the 2026 general elections at their grounds in Lweza - Lubowa, Wakiso District.

The incumbent President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) will face off with former army commander Maj. Gen. Rtd Mugisha Muntu from the Alliance of National Transformation (ANT),  Robert Kasibante from the National Peasants Party (NPP), Nathan Nandala Mafabi from the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu from the National Unity Platform  (NUP), and Joseph Mabirizi from the Conservative Party (CP)

Others are, Munyagwa Mubarak Sserunga from the Common Man’s Party (CMP) and Frank Bulira Kabinga from the Revolutionary People's Party (RPP).

EC says all candidates were nominated in accordance with the requirements of the Presidential Elections Act, Cap 179.

Reporting by: Isaac Nuwagaba, Charles Etukuri, John Masaba, Stuart Yiga, and Simon Masaba