Since 2001, Uganda has seen a steady decline in voter participation. What began at 69% in 2006dropped to 59% in 2011, surged momentarily to 67% in 2016, then fell sharply to 57% in 2021,leaving millions of registered voters on the sidelines, analysts call voter apathy. In recent 2025 by-elections, turnout sunk as low as 14%. […]