Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Thomas Tayebwa and Top Minister Robinah Nabbanja beget been duly nominated to contest within the Nationwide Resistance Traipse (NRM) necessary elections before the 2026 total elections.
Tayebwa was once nominated because the NRM aspirant for Ruhinda North Constituency in Mitooma District. Speaking quickly after his nomination, he expressed self belief that the campaigns would stay restful and that the outcomes may perchance be glorious at some level of the country.
He known as upon all nominated candidates to speed field-basically basically basically based campaigns and refrain from the employ of abusive language, stressing the importance of put up-election team spirit and reconciliation.
Tayebwa also emphasized the need for team spirit among leaders, noting that he was once nominated by dwelling leaders, including Mitooma District Lady MP Juliet Bashiisha and the district’s Deputy Speaker. He mentioned trend is extra effective when leaders work together and pledged to cooperate with Cupboard Minister Gen. Kahinda Otafiire, Bashiisha, and the District Chairperson to take care of shared challenges and reinforce carrier supply.
In the period in-between, Top Minister Robinah Nabbanja was once nominated to contest for the Lady Member of Parliament seat in Kakumiro District under the NRM flag. Nabbanja mentioned that the authorities is absolutely willing to retain peace at some level of the 2026 election duration. She is establish to face Harriet Tibulihwa Ssali Abwooli, a mobilizer under the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), a stress neighborhood led by Standard Muhoozi Kainerugaba.
Tibulihwa picked nomination forms last week however is but to return them. Nabbanja also outlined a number of of the authorities’s key achievements under the NRM management, including improved access to dapper water, upgraded health amenities, building of most stylish faculties, and a low cost in college dropout charges. She reaffirmed the authorities’s dedication to continued trend and the improved welfare of Ugandans.
The NRM Upright Department, headed by Attorney Enoch Barata and joined by other factual experts including Anthony Bazira, verified and scrutinized the nomination paperwork before the candidates were formally cleared by NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi. No matter heavy presence of supporters, security personnel blocked a total lot from gaining access to the NRM headquarters on Kyadondo Avenue in Kampala.
Most attention-grabbing licensed participants were allowed entry, with roads main to the premises cordoned off. Other candidates nominated this afternoon consist of Muhammad Muyanja Ssentayi for Bukoto Midwest in Lwengo District, veteran presidential candidate Retired Lt. Gen. Henry Tumukunde for Rukungiri Municipality, and Voice Minister within the Office of the Vice President Diana Mutasingwa, who seeks to reclaim the Buikwe District Lady MP seat.
Kobusingye Olivia has also been nominated for the Nationwide Female Childhood MP seat. She is anticipated to face Diana Ampaire Kampe and Fiona Nakku, each of whom expressed hobby last week however are but to return their nomination forms. The 2-week nomination exercise commenced on the original time, with successful candidates establish to compete within the NRM primaries scheduled for July 16, 2025, via the liner-up capacity.
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