President Yoweri Museveni has rebuked senior National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders, whom he says have been interfering in internal party elections.
The President, who was speaking during his State of the Nation Address (SoN), criticised what he described as self-serving behaviour among some top party figures, warning that such conduct threatens to undermine the party’s integrity and long-term unity.
“Subsequently, I started hearing stories that some of our leaders were taking sides in the election of the structures above the village,” he said.
“We are studying this information, and I will give my guidance in the coming weeks.”
In recent weeks, the NRM has been carrying out its internal party structure elections. However, the process has been marred, in some areas, by intense interference from influential party figures, who were reportedly working hard to ensure that their preferred candidates emerged victorious.
In certain locations, the competition escalated into violence.
“I was present, but I did not vote in my Rwakitura village. Why? A leader should not take sides in the structures below him or her.”
The President added that reports have reached him about senior NRM figures actively interfering in elections at higher levels, allegedly attempting to influence outcomes to favour their allies.
He, however, urged party members to remain calm as investigations into the alleged misconduct continue. He asked those with concrete evidence to submit written reports to either the NRM Secretariat in Kampala or district-level party offices, including clear illustrations or documentation of their claims.
Museveni’s remarks were laced with concern over what he described as “careerists” within the party, individuals more focused on personal gain than national progress. He contrasted their behaviour with the contributions of patriotic party members and wealth creators in agriculture, manufacturing, services, and ICT, all of whom he credited for Uganda’s fast economic growth.
“This is not about the opposition that has long failed to derail our progress. The real danger comes from internal mistakes that must be corrected.” Museveni said.
How can one submit evidence to the same office that is propagating interference? The NRM secretariat or the local district offices are the ones making all these buvuyo going on. And you want to report the same people to the same people? Be realistically.
Rwandese Museveni will spit on Ugandans as long as they let him own the zone fromed by their tribal lands & controls every institution!
Why are Ugandans still POWERLESS tribally divided without that just ONE National/Common Leader & just waiting for next fake elections to protect Museveni & ensure his 45 years in power?
[How can one submit evidence to the same office that is propagating interference? The NRM secretariat or the local district offices are the ones making all these buvuyo going on. And you want to report the same people to the same people? Be realistically.]
karim kibedi, thanks, but,
Rwandese Museveni knows as long as Ugandans remain in the tribalistic system he so so cleaverly put on, there will be no opposition to his ownership of Uganda & he does what he wants!
Museveni will rule with or without fake elections, so as Ugandans remain tribally divided POWERLESS, why will they go for next fake elections to protect the lifetime ruler?
If this long serving African government cannot organise properly its own political democratic national structures for the sake of democracy in this country, how can it have hope to try and organise free and fair national elections for this poor country? In the first place there was no funds to process multi party national democratic elections in the whole of the countryside. Where does the NRM obtain funds for such expensive local elections then when about 600 billion shillings is required to run national elections by 2026? It is on record that the Republican President of Uganda needs over 3 trillion shillings to campaign for his re election. That is why the Kingdom state of Buganda is not going to accept to participate in such expensive, violent and rigged national elections that are full of Gerrymandering. Such astronomical national electoral budgets definitely want to bankrupt the country of Buganda!