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Uganda’s President-Elect, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has described his 71% victory in the 2026 presidential elections as a clear resurgence of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) across the country, attributing the win to renewed grassroots mobilisation and national unity.
In his first national address since being declared President-Elect by the Electoral Commission, Museveni said the NRM successfully galvanised support countrywide, securing victory at both presidential and parliamentary levels.
Addressing the nation from his residence in Rwakitura, Kiruhura District, Museveni commended security forces, religious and cultural leaders, and the general population for ensuring a peaceful electoral period.
He cautioned opposition groups against what he termed subversive activities, warning that Uganda’s hard-earned peace would not be undermined.
Museveni further called for investigations into the low turnout of an estimated ten million registered NRM supporters who did not participate in the polls, despite the party’s voter register growing from eight million countrywide.
Museveni said the NRM, backed by the population, restored peace in Uganda and would not allow any individual or group to discredit national unity, stability and development.
