Uganda President Yoweri Museveni/XUganda’s electoral landscape is taking shape as President Yoweri Museveni establishes an early commanding lead in the 2026 presidential elections. The Uganda Electoral Commission (EC) released the second preliminary results on Friday, revealing that Museveni has so far garnered 3,960,438 votes, representing 76.25 percent of the total valid votes counted. The results, announced by Justice Simon Byabakama, Chairperson of the EC, are based on tallies from 22,758 polling stations, covering 5,194,338 valid votes. They include Frank Bulira has 23,267 votes (0.45%), Robert Kasibante 15,929 votes (0.31%), Joseph Mabirizi 10,910 votes (0.21%), Mugisha Muntu 29,504 votes (0.57%), Mubarak Munyagwa 14,742 votes (0.28%), and Nandala Mafabi 108,301 votes (2.08%). Uganda’s election process came under sharp focus on Thursday after President Yoweri Museveni himself was affected by biometric verification failures that disrupted voting across the country.

Source: The Star January 16, 2026 15:23 UTC