Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Deputy Secretary-General of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party Richard Todwong has said that Ambassador Matayo Kyaligonza was directed to step down from the Central Executive Committee race after failing to resign his job. Kyaligonza, Uganda’s ambassador to Burundi was defending his position as …
Read More »NRM upbeat about winning 2021 polls as Party register hooks 11.9m voters
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement [NRM] Party is confident that it will win the next general election with a landslide, owing to the numbers of voters on its register. Speaking at the party headquarters at Plot 10 Kyadondo Road in Kampala, Sam Engola, the party’s …
Read More »Richard Todwong: On being powerful but simple
Kampala, Uganda | AGNES E NANTABA | Richard Todwong, the powerful deputy secretary general of the ruling NRM party, maintains a simple and humble personality – a rare thing for a politician. Todwong served as MP for Nwoya County, was minister without portfolio in charge of political mobilisation, and commissioner at …
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