National Resistance Movement

Museveni asks party members to hold strategic campaigns

Museveni asks party members to hold strategic campaigns

As political parties are fine-tuning their campaign strategies for the forthcoming 2016 general elections, the NRM 2016 presidential flag bearer Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has warned his party members against what he calls the campaigns of merely shouting and using threats. According to Museveni, campaigns should be strategically done by simply convincing people about the NRM […]

National and Regional arbitration teams appointed to address complaints arising from NRM party primaries

National and Regional arbitration teams appointed to address complaints arising from NRM party primaries

The NRM party chairman Yoweri Museveni has appointed National and Regional arbitration and reconciliation teams to receive and address complaints arising from the recently concluded NRM party primaries. Without giving details of the committee, the NRM party Secretary General Justine Kasule Lumumba says that the committees are comprised of the eminent persons who are to mediate […]

NRM has today confirmed dates for national delegates conference

NRM has today confirmed dates for national delegates conference

The National Resistance Movement has today confirmed the dates on which it will be hosting its national delegates conference with the party’s deputy secretary general confirming that the conference will be starting on 30th October till 2nd November 2015 at Namboole and Kololo respectively. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters today, The deputy secretary general, Hon. Richard Todwong, states that the conference slated to attract over […]

Opposition weigh’s in on Bukenya’s U-turn

Opposition weigh’s in on Bukenya’s U-turn

Some of the Opposition Members of parliament say that the former Vice President Gilbert Bukenya’s U-turn to NRM is just going to cause more confusion and promote indiscipline in the NRM Party. Mukono Municipality MP Betty Namboze Bakirekke  says this will encourage more NRM members to denounce the party and later return. Nambooze asked Prof. Bukenya […]

NRM sets primary election dates as members are warned about giving bribes

NRM sets primary election dates as members are warned about giving bribes

The NRM Electoral commission headed by Tanga Odoi yesterday castigated members of parliament who are trying to bribe their way back to parliament. Addressing the media at NRM EC offices, Odoi revealed that as a result of desire to bribe, some of the members have already fallen prey to city conmen who have fleeced millions […]

Reactions to Museveni’s sole candidature

Reactions to Museveni’s sole candidature

Butambala district woman Member of Parliament Mariam Nalubega says that there can never be democracy if there is sole candidature in any party. This after NRM party officially endorsed President Yoweri Museveni as sole candidate to contest with other political party candidates for 2016 elections. Nalubega says that the ruling party has not exhibited an example as […]

Parliamentary Committee opposes motion to protect a president crossing from one political party to another

Parliamentary Committee opposes motion to protect a president crossing from one political party to another

Members of Parliament on the Parliamentary Committee on Legal and Parliamentary Affairs have opposed the proposal tabled before them by the National Resistance Movement party seeking to protect any president who crosses from one political party to another. MPs on the committee chaired by Kajara MP Stephen Tashobya while receiving the NRM party proposals, noted […]

NRM embarks on fresh registration of its members

NRM embarks on fresh registration of its members

The National Resistance Movement, NRM yesterday embarked on a fresh process of registering its members after five years of demanding its register from the fired Prime Minister and former Secretary General NRM Amama Mbabazi but in vain. The party has also postponed its primaries. The primaries will now be held in September 2015 instead of […]

List of Uganda Permanent Secretaries announced May 2013

1. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT Katuramu Deborah 2. OFFICE OF THE PRIME MINISTER Guwatudde Kintu Christine 3. MINISTRY OF FINANCE, PLANNING & ECONOMIC DEV’T Muhakanizi Keith 4. MINISTRY OF DEFENCE Byengoma Rosette 5. MINISTRY OF AGRICULUTRE, ANIMAL INDUSTRY & FISHERIES Rubarema Vincent 6. MINISTRY OF ENERGY & MINERALS Kabagambe Kaliisa Fred 7. MINISTRY OF WORKS […]

Parlaiment Speaker rules that dismissed NRM MPs can retain their seats

The Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Rebecca Kadaga has delivered her much anticipated ruling on the MPs who were recently suspended by the rulling National Resistance Movement party over indiscipline. The MPs’ positions have been hanging in balance following fluid provisions of the constitution on whether an MP loses their seat if suspended by his or […]