Entebbe Municipality Deputy Resident District Commissioner Hakim Kiriggwa expressed his satisfaction with the political unity for development. He highlighted that hunger does not discriminate between supporters of the ruling party and the opposition and that the government's development objectives are intended to improve household incomes.
Moses Ali Jjemba, an NRM carder and a resident of Mbogo Village in Kawempe North, said that he is contesting to bridge the political gaps in Kawempe North, which he seeks to fill.
Elizabeth Pacuryema, mayor’s wife, said they are feeling the emotional and financial impact of the detention on their family. She appealed for forgiveness and reconciliation, urging those who oppose her husband to end the ongoing conflict and restore peace in the community.
In Nabweru, Nansana Municipality, Agatha Mulawa, a local resident, woke up to find people sitting on benches near the town council offices. Surprised, she learned that the Electoral Commission (EC) officials were on-site to register new voters and update the existing voter register. A first-time voter, Mulawa had assumed that registration was automatic after receiving a national ID.
Under the multi-party dispensation, Dr. Gerald Siranda Blacks, the DP’s Secretary General argues that the Administration of Parliament Act and Rule 196 of the Rules of Procedure of Parliament allows parties to nominate members for designation by their respective Whips in the House but the same rules undermine powers to recall the nominees.
Atekere cited the impassable Teladwong-Lugore Road, Awach-Unyama Road, Paicho-Omel and Lugore-Patiko Road among others including uplifting Awach Health IV to spur economic development.
“You could see from the declaration forms that the number of votes in some places are more than the number of people and those are concerns we are talking about” Onguti explained.
The group led by the incumbent Kyotera LC V Chairperson, Patrick Kintu Kisekulo and Magdalene Nasolo, a prominent NRM mobiliser and Mutukula NRM chairperson, says that they cannot work with Haruna Kyeyune Kasolo, the incumbent Kyotera County MP, who they accuse of fueling the internal party differences.
The incident occurred at Nakatoogo trading centre in Nabigasa sub-county at a campaign rally for John Paul Mpalanyi, the Democratic Party Candidate for Kyotera Constituency.
Many posters of National Resistance Movement (NRM) party candidates and those of the opposition have been defaced, igniting counter-accusations among rival groups.
Speaking to the media on Sunday at Queen Of Peace Kasana Cathedral in Luwero town, Mao said that veterans and affected families will not be compensated by the NRM government because this is not among its priorities.
All the leaders behind the rejuvenation of Party structures have now crossed to National Unity Platform plunging the party in a leadership crisis. Among them is Erasto Kibirango, the DP District Chairperson, the former District Woman MP Brenda Nabukenya who has been serving as Secretary for Women Affairs and Lawrence Sewino, the Secretary for Youths Affairs.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the Aswa River Regional Police Spokesperson says the restriction falls within the guidelines of COVID-19 established for political parties to follow while conducting activities.
But according to Mao, Dr Kizza Besigye has been a formidable force in challenging Museveni’s rule and that next year’s election is going to be the biggest test for FDC. He says that even though nature abhors a vacuum, Besigye leaves a vacuity that can never be filled.
On January 9th 2020, the DP President General, Norbert Mao issued guidelines on the party road map leading to the National Delegate’s Conference where he directed the sub-branch and branch executive committees be elected based on the party register.
The party had rolled out its 2021 General Election roadmap listing mass recruitment and registration of new members as the first activity, preceding grassroots elections. As part of the process, the party distributed registration books also known as the green books, to be used as voter registers.
