Uganda Law Society endorses Bobi Wine, Lukwago in 2026 polls.

The Uganda Law Society (ULS) has formally abandoned its longstanding tradition of political neutrality by issuing an executive order that endorses a slate of opposition candidates for the 2026 general elections.

The order describes the step as a necessary defense of the rule of law amid what it calls the systemic collapse of democratic institutions. ULS president Isaac Kimaze Ssemakadde signed Executive Order No. 6 of 2025, December 21, framing the decision as a response to "extraordinary circumstances" that have made neutrality "tantamount to complicity."

The document cites a series of grave concerns, including the "excessive militarisation of civilian and political life," a culture of "corruption and impunity," and the "total capture of state institutions, including the judiciary."

It further accuses the government of weaponising security forces to suppress dissent through abductions, torture and extrajudicial killings.

"The judiciary has been systematically undermined through deliberate coercion, rigged appointments, manipulated rulings, and clandestine judicial postings," the order states, arguing the institution now acts as "a rubber stamp of militarism and political repression."