By Editorial,
A 30-year-old Boda-Boda rider, Mr. Francis Mawejje, has declared his candidacy for Uganda’s presidency in the upcoming 2026 general elections.
A graduate of Diplomacy and International Relations, Mr. Mawejje casts himself as a voice for the voiceless and a leader of a new generation determined to challenge the status quo. While launching his bid at Mengo-Lungujja in Kampala yesterday, Mr. Mawejje took aim at what he described as “four decades of suffering” under the ruling National Resistance Movement, pledging to usher in reformatory leadership rooted in economic justice, social equity, and systemic reform—principles he has bundled under the term “Boda-Boda Economy,” which he uses to describe Uganda’s pervasive hand-to-mouth existence. END