President Yoweri Museveni will be nominated tomorrow, Saturday July 5, as the NRM Chairman and Presidential flag bearer for the 2026 race.
According to a press release from the State House Presidential Press Unit, the President will present his nomination papers backed by more than the required 100 endorsements from members of the NRM National Conference.
Museveni’s just-concluded nationwide wealth creation tour, which swept through all 18 zones of Uganda, turned into a rolling endorsement festival. The official goal was to promote the Parish Development Model, but in district after district, the crowds made it about something else, keeping him in charge.
In Gulu, farmers waved sugarcane over his convoy. In Mityana, an elderly woman clutched a framed photo of the President, saying, “He gave us peace, he cannot leave us now.”
In Soroti, boda riders lit up the dusty roads chanting his name. Even school children shouted “Tova Ku Main!” the now-iconic slogan that has become both campaign chant and cultural anthem.
The President’s team didn’t need to beg for support. Uganda practically volunteered.
The State House press team, while announcing tomorrow’s nomination, acknowledged the “overwhelming calls” for Museveni to stay calls that came not from politicians, but from village markets, churches, cattle corridors, and boda stages.
While opposition critics question whether the 79-year-old should still be in the ring, Museveni’s followers say there’s no alternative. “We are not ready to experiment with peace,” one supporter shouted during a recent stop in Bushenyi.
Now, as the yellow machine prepares to shift into campaign mode, tomorrow’s nomination is more than just party procedure. For millions of Ugandans, it is confirmation that their “General of Peace” is still in the trenches and the battlefield is 2026.
