President Yoweri Museveni on Monday presented the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag to Gen Moses Ali, officially endorsing him as the party’s candidate for the Adjumani West parliamentary race. The handover took place ahead of Uganda’s general election scheduled for January 15, 2026.
Gen Ali has won all but one (2006) parliamentary races between 2001 and 2021. His camp maintains that this upcoming election for the term 2026 to 2031 is his last.
Adjumani has historically been an NRM stronghold, with occasional opposition victories. In the last elections, of 79,364 registered voters, Museveni received 35,125 votes (75.67 percent), followed by NUP’s Robert Kyagulanyi with 7,866 votes (16.94 per cent)
Who is Gen Moses Ali?
Gen Moses Ali, born on April 5, 1939, is a key figure in Uganda’s military and political spheres. He joined the army at a young age, receiving advanced training in Israel and the UK, and rose swiftly through the ranks—from 2nd Lieutenant in 1969 to Brigadier by 1974.
He served under Idi Amin as Minister of Interior and later Finance but fell out with the regime and lost his military privileges.
After Amin’s fall in 1979, Ali went into exile and later led the Uganda National Rescue Front (UNRF) rebel group during the 1980s. In 1986, he reconciled with President Museveni, integrating his fighters into the national army and earning the rank of Major General. He was promoted to Lieutenant General in 2003 and to General in 2012.
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