Kamya is the only woman candidate in the race and the second woman to contest for the highest office in the land after Miria Obote who contested in the 2006 presidential elections on a UPC ticket
Kamya ye mukyala yekka ali mu lwokaano ku abo abeesimbyewo era ye mukyala ow'okubiri okuvuganya mu kifo ekya waggulu mu ggwanga, eyasooka yali Miria Obote eyeesimbawo mu 2006 okuvuganya ku bwa pulezidenti ng'asinziira mu kibiina kya UPC.