By Kisembo Elia The spiritual aspects that informed the NRM ideological commitment to the people’s plight is being eroded. Africa is a continent that did not form a political and economic ideology of its own in the recent past. The political and economic ideologies that we use were just imposed …
Read More »NRM must recognise Buganda’s value
By Paulo Wangoola After subduing the rest of Uganda’s historical power centres, Museveni now is frontally taking on Buganda There is no doubt the coming to power by Yoweri Museveni and NRM in 1986, and remaining popular for 15 years, was directly linked to the unequivocal political support of Buganda …
Read More »NRM’s tough choices Why Museveni will not support Mbabazi against independents
By eriasa mukiibi sserunjigi On Dec. 20, President Yoweri Museveni will take his re-election campaign to Kamuli district, home to three important members of his government. There will be no controversy around Deputy Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga, who is looking to retain her seat as district Woman MP on …
Read More »NRM’s internal fights heat up
By the independent team Bukenya, Otafiire dropped from Museveni campaign team Mbabazi named in the plot Mid this year, President Yoweri Museveni received an intelligence report written against Vice President Gilbert Bukenya. Signed by then chief of Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Amos Mukumbi, the confidential report claimed that Bukenya was …
Read More »Independents expose holes in NRM socks
By Andrew M.Mwenda With nominations for parliamentary candidates finished, independents (largely malcontents who lost in the NRM primaries) are now the largest political party in the contest albeit a non-organised and unconscious one. By November 30, out of the 238 directly contestable seats, independents had fielded 269 candidates (in 95 …
Read More »Why NRM losers don’t join FDC
By Andrew M. Mwenda An important feature of the recently concluded NRM election primaries was the violence and fraud that characterised the process across almost the entire country. This produced a large number of aggrieved NRM politicians who have declared they want to run as independents. This is intriguing because …
Read More »`We don’t want your NRM jobs’
By Eriasa Mukiibi Sserunjogi & Dicta Asiimwe Why party losers are defying Museveni On Sept. 20 President Yoweri Museveni met about 3,000 supporters of his party, the National Resistance Movement (NRM), from Mawokota North constituency in Mpigi district. The meeting was organised by the newly elected queen of the area, …
Read More »Election chaos leaves NRM in mess could widen rift within party ranks
By Mubatsi Asinja Habati Election chaos and controversy that threatened to derail the NRM primaries two weeks ago continued to haunt the party up to September 12 when it elected its national leadership at Nambole Stadium. Tempers flared and the delegates held their breath as the fire-spitting NRM stalwart Maj. …
Read More »NRM fears trouble in 2011 after primaries
By Isaac Mufumba Alex Kamugisha is angry. After losing in the just concluded primaries for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flag-bearers’ race for the 2011 general election, he believes the Rujumbura County elections were rigged. Under the NRM constitution, Kamugisha is expected to drop his candidature and support …
Read More »NRM elections and Uganda’s agony
By Andrew M. Mwenda The continuing primary elections for the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) provides an important insight into the political health of our country. For more than two weeks now, we have been witnesses to a political party election that is both a sham and a farce. The …
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