Greetings from the Inter-Religious Council of Uganda (IRCU). We want to thank all Ugandans who participated in the recently concluded presidential and parliamentary elections. We were encouraged by the resilience exhibited by the political actors and voters, sometimes against many odds.

Now that the Electoral Commission has announced the outcome, we would like to congratulate His Excellency Yoweri Museveni on being elected to another term in office. We also extend our congratulations to all the other candidates who took part in the presidential and parliamentary elections.

To those who were successful, we urge you to celebrate responsibly and to serve all Ugandans regardless of their political affiliations and to those who were not successful, we encourage you to take heart, there is always another opportunity.

We also wish to commend the Electoral Commission, security agencies, and the election observers for completing the first phase of the elections.

As you may be aware, IRCU was one of the observers of this election. Today, we have invited you to share some of our findings and recommendations following the January 15, 2026 presidential and parliamentary elections. Our technical team is preparing a detailed election observation report, which will be shared with the public at a later date. In the meantime, allow us to highlight some of the key findings.

Please find the details of the full statement in the link below:

IRCU Press statement