BY DAVID ISABIRYE
The 2026 Presidential and General Elections in Uganda will go done in annuals of the country’s political sphere as one of the most intriguing, controversial and poorly organized.
All sorts of ill acts ranging from intimidation of candidates and their supporters, deeds of hooliganism and violence, abductions, creation of ghost voting stations and votes, ballot stuffing, confiscation of voters’ materials to declaration of wrong winners happened.
Mavis Nakitende, a former Kampala Central Woman Lord Councillor (2021-2026) for the tenure 2021 to 2026, also serving as the LC5 Lord Councillor (Kampala Central).
Affiliated to National Unity Platform (NUP), the biggest opposition party in Uganda, Nakitende endured a torrid time throughout the period of service.
Christened as “Maama Nsasage”, Nakitende was a vivid and shrewd leader for a mass mobilization group (foot soldiers) in People Power tagged as Kunga in Kampala Central District and Metropolitan.
Towards the eagerly awaited election day (27th January 2026).
At some point in 2023, she allegedly fled to Canada before returning towards the election campaign time to seek for a second term in office.
Nakitende sought re-election as the Division councilor for Kololo 1 and Kamwkoya 1 confines.
Often, she received strange threatening calls from unknown assailants towards the eagerly awaited election Day.
On the D-Day, the situation remained tense and unpredictable. Many of her polling agents disappeared mysteriously.
According to her family, she could not be reached.
The family alleges that unknown gunmen searched her home in Masooli as they wanted her dead or alive.
To date, relatives confess with boldness that her whereabouts remain scanty and appeal for key leads to locate her.
It remains a mystery for her current whereabouts with close family members also left pondering.
In Uganda many opposition parties and rights organizations have previously documented allegations of arrests, illegal detentions and enforced disappearances involving opposition supporters in Uganda, while authorities have often disputed or denied wrongdoing.
