People vote at the Railway Grounds polling station in Kampala as Uganda’s presidential and parliamentary elections got underway on January 15, 2026. Voter biometric verification machines failed to work in several polling stations across the country, forcing officials to resort to checking names in the registers. PHOTO/ABUBAKER LUBOWA

The government has barred live broadcasts of riots and “unlawful processions” as President Yoweri Museveni seeks another term.

Uganda, where President Yoweri Museveni is seeking to extend his 40-year rule with a seventh term on Thursday, has one of the world's youngest populations and is pinning its hopes on oil reserves