Kampala, Uganda | Xinhua | President Yoweri Museveni has known as on voters to reject voter bribery before the 2026 presidential, parliamentary, and native council elections.
In an announcement issued slow Wednesday by the Dispute Condo, Museveni urged Ugandans to stand in opposition to corruption and manufacture electoral selections according to solutions and nationwide hobby, somewhat than non permanent financial incentives that can per chance well well undermine democratic outcomes.
“Why whenever you be influenced and throw away your vitality to elect your desired candidate? Therefore, whenever you watch someone bringing money that you have got got selected, steer certain of them. You like the vitality; don’t throw it away,” Museveni stated.
The president made the remarks whereas addressing a public rally at the conclusion of his nationwide Parish Model Model Zonal Tour in Kituntu Subcounty, positioned within the central district of Mpigi.
Museveni, also chairman of the ruling Nationwide Resistance Hurry (NRM) occasion, stated the authorities has implemented measures to discontinuance vote rigging.
He notorious that within the 2021 elections, the opposition rigged 2.7 million votes attributable to negligence by some members of the ruling occasion. “We like got now launched biometric machines to make certain everyone votes once. We is no longer going to permit vote rigging anymore.”
In accordance to Electoral Price, nominations for presidential and parliamentary candidates will happen between Sept. 17 and October 3. Campaigns are scheduled to launch within the 2d week of October, with polling for presidential and parliamentary elections keep of abode for Jan. 12, 2026.
In the 2021 overall elections, a total of 11 presidential candidates were nominated, including the incumbent Museveni, who won with 58.64 p.c of the votes. ■
