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: Continue to demarcate and restore degraded wetlands including those along river banks and lake shores.
Pledge Text: Promote and support wetland alternative livelihood options such as fish farming against rice growing.
Pledge Text: Promote sustainable, water-based economic activities, such as regulated fishing, and eco-tourism to create jobs and foster prosperity while maintaining the ecological health of our lakes and rivers.
Pledge Text: Establish a wood processing hub at Nyabyeya Forestry College to provide students with practical training and equipping graduates to meet industry demands.
Pledge Text: Promote private investment in forestry and forestry products.
Pledge Text: Continue promoting the use of alternative sources of energy for cooking, away from charcoal and firewood, including supporting livestock farmers to invest in bio-digestors for biogas production.
Pledge Text: Support value addition for sustainable commercial forestry.
Pledge Text: Invest in urban forestry/greening of cities and other urban areas.
Pledge Text: Strengthen regulation and enforcement against degradation of our environment, including protection of our water bodies.
Pledge Text: Expand and develop the sewage treatment system in Gaba and Mukono sub-catchments in the Greater Kampala Metropolitan Area.