{"id":16290,"date":"2026-01-10T17:37:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T17:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=16290"},"modified":"2026-01-12T16:39:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T16:39:02","slug":"president-museveni-declares-two-days-of-public-holidays-ahead-of-general-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-declares-two-days-of-public-holidays-ahead-of-general-elections\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni Declares Two Days of Public Holidays Ahead of General Elections"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>President Yoweri Museveni Kaguta, who is also the NRM Party Presidential candidate has declared 15th and 16 the January,2026 as public days to enable the electorate vote candidates of their choice . <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to his notice dated January 8,2026, president Museveni says the Public Holidays Act (CAP.174) mandates him to make such declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His declaration for the public holidays dated January 8,2026 reads in parts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDeclaration of Public Holidays(Under Section 2 (2) of the Public Holidays Act, Cap. 174). IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred upon the President by Section 2 (2) of the Public Holidays Act, I declare 15th and 16th January, 2026 to be observed as public holidays throughout Uganda for the purpose of enabling citizens to participate in the Presidential and Parliamentary elections, \u201d President Museveni made his declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"878\" data-attachment-id=\"16291\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-declares-two-days-of-public-holidays-ahead-of-general-elections\/img-20260109-wa0782\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,926\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"IMG-20260109-WA0782\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782-1024x878.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16291\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Yoweri Museveni Kaguta, who is also the NRM Party Presidential candidate has declared 15th and 16 the January,2026 as<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/IMG-20260109-WA0782.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3510,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-declares-tomorrow-a-public-holiday-for-covid-19-national-prayers\/","url_meta":{"origin":16290,"position":0},"title":"PRESIDENT MUSEVENI DECLARES TOMORROW A PUBLIC HOLIDAY FOR COVID-19 NATIONAL PRAYERS","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"June 24, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"President Museveni has declared tomorrow Thursday June 25th , 2021 a public holiday to conduct national prayers as the country battles the rampaging Covid -19 pandemic that has left more than 750 Ugandans dead . 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