President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has officially been nominated by the Electoral Commission to contest in the 2026 general elections.
Addressing thousands of his Nrm die hards President Museveni thanked NRM members for what he called renewed trust in his leadership and vowed to accelerate Uganda’s economic growth and social transformation if re-elected.
“I want to thank the NRM members for showing strong trust in me and electing me as the NRM chairperson,” he said.
He pledged to double ugandas economy focusing on tenfold economic growth adding that Uganda’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) has grown from $34 billion to $66 billion, despite global and domestic challenges.
“Doubling GDP in one term is not easy, but this is what we have achieved,” he stated
He attributed the growth to sustained investments in peace, electricity, roads, telecommunications, and human capital development.
According to the President,he intends to expand free education in government schools, strengthen healthcare through consistent medicine supply, and ensuring safe water access in all villages in his next term in office.
Museveni however emphasized the fight against corruption as central to sustaining progress.
“We need to ensure that all our population players get involved. The mass issues of health, education, safe water, and fighting corruption must be addressed if Uganda is to continue moving toward a first-world status,” Museveni stressed.
Uganda’s Tenfold Growth Strategy aims to increase the economy’s GDP from nearly $50 billion to $500 billion by 2040 by focusing on four key sectors: agro-industrialization, tourism, mineral-based industrialization, and science, technology, and innovation. The plan, which falls under the National Development Plan IV (NDPIV), seeks to accelerate export growth, build a knowledge economy, and leverage Uganda’s central location for trade and investment.