Update Uganda holidays: add 2026 general elections public holidays - #3701
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President Museveni declared 15 and 16 January 2026 public holidays for the general (presidential and parliamentary) elections, by Legal Notice under the Public Holidays Act. Add them via a new UgandaStaticHolidays class. Signed-off-by: uttam12331 <uttam12331@users.noreply.github.com>
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WalkthroughUganda now supports static “General elections” holidays on January 15 and 16, 2026. The country calendar loads the Uganda-specific configuration, with corresponding test assertions and snapshot entries. ChangesUganda static holiday support
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In `@tests/countries/test_uganda.py`:
- Around line 26-31: Update test_special_holidays to retain assertions that
“General elections” is absent for 1963–2025 and 2027–2049, while preserving the
existing 2026-01-15 and 2026-01-16 assertions.
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Last minute capitalization fixes
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| # General elections. | ||
| general_elections = "General elections" |
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IMO Elections should've been capitalized
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| # General elections. | |
| general_elections = "General elections" | |
| # General Elections. | |
| general_elections = "General Elections" |
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| "2026-01-15": "General elections", | ||
| "2026-01-16": "General elections", |
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| "2026-01-15": "General elections", | |
| "2026-01-16": "General elections", | |
| "2026-01-15": "General Elections", | |
| "2026-01-16": "General Elections", |
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| def test_special_holidays(self): | ||
| self.assertHolidayName( | ||
| "General elections", |
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| "General elections", | |
| "General Elections", |
| """Uganda special holidays. | ||
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| * [General elections 2026](https://web.archive.org/web/20260112000421/https://eagle.co.ug/2026/01/10/museveni-declares-jan-15-16-as-public-holidays-for-general-elections/) |
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| * [General elections 2026](https://web.archive.org/web/20260112000421/https://eagle.co.ug/2026/01/10/museveni-declares-jan-15-16-as-public-holidays-for-general-elections/) | |
| * [General Elections 2026](https://web.archive.org/web/20260112000421/https://eagle.co.ug/2026/01/10/museveni-declares-jan-15-16-as-public-holidays-for-general-elections/) |
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Proposed change
President Museveni declared 15 and 16 January 2026 public holidays to allow citizens to take part in Uganda's 2026 general (presidential and parliamentary) elections, by Legal Notice under the Public Holidays Act.
Adds them via a new
UgandaStaticHolidaysclass (Uganda had noStaticHolidaysgroup before).Source
Checklist
2026-01-15and2026-01-16= "General elections"; absent all other years.tests/countries/test_uganda.pypasses (23 passed);ruffclean.