Track the pledges. Hold the candidates accountable.
Track the pledges. Hold the candidates accountable.
Welcome to the Uganda Presidential Election Promise Tracker 2026, an initiative of the African Centre for Media Excellence (ACME) in pursuit of our goal of promoting accountability journalism and civic engagement.
Designed primarily for journalists and news outlets, this tracker provides a central resource to help newsrooms and news platforms focus their reporting on the issues and commitments shaping Uganda’s 2026 general election. It documents the promises, pledges and manifesto commitments made by presidential candidates and their key party officials during the campaign period, giving the news media timely and verifiable information to use in their coverage.
For more information about the tracker and the data collection methodology used, visit the ‘About the tracker‘ page.
Pledge Text: Construct an additional industrial park dedicated to food production in Bunyoro to complement the existing Kabalega Industrial Park, as the production of petroleum and food cannot be safely located in...
Pledge Text: Establish another skilling hub in southern Bunyoro, since Masindi is too far.
Pledge Text: Set up cooperative movements to revise prices of sugar and guard against exploitation and monopoly.
Pledge Text: Prioritise constructing skilling centres in every district in Busoga sub-region to equip our youth on market-relevant skills, enabling them to participate in the economy.
Pledge Text: Bring discipline in the management of resources of the country, so that there is provision of drugs in hospitals and good pay for purposes of motivation of the health workers.
Pledge Text: Revive Uganda Commercial Bank.
Pledge Text: Introduce harvest insurance for farmers.
Pledge Text: At least 200 kilometers of tarmac roads in every district—including Buhweju—to support agriculture and mining.
Pledge Text: Regulate tea prices. Revive cooperative unions that will buy tea, set fair prices, and give interest-free seed capital to expand production.
Pledge Text: Invest heavily in local processing plants, particularly rice mills and sugar processing centres owned by cooperatives or district unions.