The Electoral Commission, the body holding the constitutional mandate to compile, maintain, and update the national voters’ register, has rescheduled the exercise in preparations for the 2025/2026 general elections, to run between January 20, and February 10, 2025, from the earlier schedule of January 3 to 24, 2025.
The update exercise will be conducted at updated stations throughout Uganda, starting from 8:30am to 6:00pm on each of the appointed dates, including weekends.
According to a press release issued by the EC Chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama Mugyenyi dated 24th December 2025, the purpose of the update exercise is to enable eligible Ugandan citizens of 18 years and above, who are not yet registered as voters, to do so, enable registered voters who wish to transfer to new voting locations, to apply for such transfer, enable registered voters to check and confirm that their particulars are correct and appear on the Voters Register at the voting locations that they indicated during registration.
The exercise is also intended to enable students who were registered by the National Identification and Registration Authority (NIRA) and have since attained the age of 18 years to present their particulars, that is, the National Identification Number (NIN), for updating and assignment of a polling station within their parish of residence or origin.
Byabakama urges students of 18 years and above to take advantage and register or update their particulars during this exercise before they return to school.
The Electoral Commission appeals to all stakeholders in the electoral process to participate in the General Update exercise, following the guidelines that will be issued for the exercise.