The Democratic Party has released an electoral road map for the party’s rebuilding processes ahead of the 2026 general elections.

While speaking to journalists at the party offices at City House in Kampala on March 26, 2024, the party Secretary General, Gerald Siranda, said that effective the end of March, the party will embark on a process of party rebuilding, which will include registering old and new party members in the DP registers.

“The strategic objectives of these engagements are two: one is to have the party rebuilding processes as it’s the most hit party by any wave, and second are the party structures, then the organ of the party at the national delegates conference this year,” Siranda said.

Siranda revealed the set dates and venues for the National Executive Committee (NEC) and the delegates’ conference.

“On April 19, 2024, we shall be in Mbale city for the National Executive Committee, where we shall host over 1800 delegates. In the last week of April, we shall have trainings for members who will hold the registration processes,” Siranda added.

He said that by the end of May, expressions of interest for all those who want to run for any leadership position will be out, and the receiving and vetting of applicants will take place in June. In August, the party will have a national delegates conference, which will give them a party presidential flag bearer.

When asked why they are looking for a flag bearer now, yet the elections are in 2026, Siranda said that as a party, they need time for reconciliation, conflict management, and allowing candidates to have time to move around Uganda.

The DP launch of registration for new and old party members came a few weeks after the NRM launched its countrywide registration exercise, where old members were confirming their allegiance to the party by re-registering and new members were also being registered.

In August 2023, Justice Simon Byabakama launched the 2026 election road map but cautioned political parties and organisations against engaging in a frenzy of campaign-related activities.

He reechoed that campaigns must follow a programme approved and regulated by the commission and urged parties to pursue peaceful coexistence before, during, and after the electoral process.