Agency
The Electoral Commission has brought forward the nomination dates for candidates for the presidential elections slated for January 2026.
Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC Chairperson, says that nominations of presidential candidates will be conducted between Sept 23 and Sept. 24, 2025.
This decision, according to Byabakama, was reached after considering the activities that the EC and the candidates are required by law to carry out between the end of the nominations and the start of the official campaigns.
Presidential campaigns will be conducted between October 4, 2025 and January 12, 2026.
He says the nominations of candidates for elective positions for Local Government, including those of Special Interest Groups candidates, will be conducted from September 3 to September 12, 2025, with the specific dates set to be announced after the nominations exercise.
According to the schedule, nominations for parliamentary election candidates will run from September 16 to September 17, 2025, while their campaigns will formally begin on September 23, 2025 and end on January 12, 2026.
Elections of President, MPs and Local Government Councils, including Districts, Cities, Municipalities, Divisions and Subcounties and the representatives of Special Interest Groups will run between January 12 and February 9, 2026.
