Uganda's National Unity Platform has made new rules for people who want to run for office under their party banner. The party wants to check school records before the 2026 elections happen. Chemutai Harriet leads the party's Election Management Committee and signed papers that explain what candidates must do.
People who have their original A-Level certificates from Uganda don't need extra papers from the exam board. They just have to show their real certificates when they hand over their forms. The committee will look at the real papers and give them back right away. Online applicants might need to come show their certificates later.
Candidates who lost their A-Level papers must ask the exam board for certified copies. People who went to school outside Uganda need special papers from the National Council for Higher Education. These papers prove their foreign certificates count the same as Ugandan ones.
The 2026 elections will be very competitive across Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni plans to run again and faces strong opposition groups. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu leads NUP and goes by the name Bobi Wine.
NUP became the top opposition party after the 2021 elections. The party wants more seats and has created better ways to check candidate qualifications. Uganda's election laws require certain education levels for different political jobs.
People who have their original A-Level certificates from Uganda don't need extra papers from the exam board. They just have to show their real certificates when they hand over their forms. The committee will look at the real papers and give them back right away. Online applicants might need to come show their certificates later.
Candidates who lost their A-Level papers must ask the exam board for certified copies. People who went to school outside Uganda need special papers from the National Council for Higher Education. These papers prove their foreign certificates count the same as Ugandan ones.
The 2026 elections will be very competitive across Uganda. President Yoweri Museveni plans to run again and faces strong opposition groups. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu leads NUP and goes by the name Bobi Wine.
NUP became the top opposition party after the 2021 elections. The party wants more seats and has created better ways to check candidate qualifications. Uganda's election laws require certain education levels for different political jobs.
