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: Have an education system that will empower both the graduates and the semi-educated by going more vocational and providing education that the market needs.
Pledge Text: Police officers to get a minimum of USD 500 monthly from the Central Government and a monthly allowance from the federal governments that will be established.
Pledge Text: Children of security officers like police and army will be well taken care of, get free education plus school requirements and their parents will get better housing facilities.
Pledge Text: Engage the UPDF (Uganda People's Defence Forces) only in meaningful wars and only after sanction by the Parliament.
Pledge Text: Establish the Federal Economic Empowerment Programme which is equitably going to help the youth especially and the young women to get jobs.
Pledge Text: Scrap Operation Wealth Creation, Parish Development Model and all those fake programmes which have not developed the country.
Pledge Text: Boost agriculture by reviving the cooperatives and establishing farmer banks that provide affordable loans and inputs to farmers.
Pledge Text: Construct the Aggrey Kiyingi Memorial Complex to house a nursing home, youth rehabilitation centre and heart institute in the Bunyoro region.
Pledge Text: Revamp Entebbe International Airport and rename it Sir Edward Mutesa II International Airport; and construct Wesley Mumbere Airport in Kasese, and a new airport in Fort Portal City.
Pledge Text: Base the recruitment and deployment of police officers on their region of origin.