Yoweri Kaguta MUSEVENI will be able to run for a third term following an amendment to the 1995 constitution which limited the presidential office to two consecutive five-year terms.
Independent candidate Nasser Ntege SEBAGGALA quit the presidential race on December 28 and asked his supporters to vote the Democratic Party's candidate John Ssebaana KIZITO.
Parliamentary elections will also take place on February 23.