Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has paid 40 million shillings for expression of hobby costs as the National Resistance Shuffle (NRM) flag bearer for the presidency and as occasion chairperson.
Dr. Tanga Odoi, the chairperson of the NRM Electoral Commission, confirmed on Thursday that Museveni will formally bid his hobby on the NRM occasion headquarters on Saturday. He stated that the President has already deposited the required quantity in the bank, 20 million shillings for each and each of the 2 positions.
Attributable to the planned focus on about with by the occasion chairperson, the NRM Electoral Commission has adjusted its agenda. All actions and nominations space for Friday, June 27, will enact by 2 p.m. to facilitate preparations for Museveni’s appearance.
Dr. Odoi furthermore announced the commencement of the expression of hobby exercise for positions on the Central Government Committee (CEC), the occasion’s best choice-making physique. He worthy that the nomination job for CEC participants will shut on July 4, 2025, a date which has furthermore been booked for Museveni to entire his expression of hobby.
Handiest invited journalists, newly elected NRM district chairpersons, and fresh CEC participants will be allowed access to the venue all the way thru Museveni’s focus on about with.
In March 2019, all the way thru the NRM parliamentary caucus retreat at Kyankwanzi, MPs handed a motion moved by Evelyn Anite, who’s the Converse Minister for Investments, endorsing Museveni as the only real occasion candidate for the presidency in the 2021 elections and past.
Correct days after, the Central Government Committee -CEC retreat in Chobe, adopted a resolution designating Museveni as the unopposed NRM flag bearer and occasion chairperson for its 2021 elections and past.
Closing week, there used to be drama on the Commission offices when a 36-365 days-extinct man, Julius Tumuhimbise from Bushenyi, showed up irritating to opt nomination kinds to contest for the presidency on the NRM occasion label.
However, he used to be without warning grew to change into away by the Commission officials, who told him the occasion had not yet opened the job for expression of hobby in the presidential dwelling. Tumuhimbise claimed he had each and each merely as a occasion member to vie for the highest seat.
Except for the 20 million shillings paid by the Birthday party Chairman contenders, others vying for CEC positions love 1st and 2nd National Vice Chairperson are required to pay 10 million shillings, National Vice Chairpersons for regions particularly Eastern, Northern, Western, Central, Karamoja and Kampala pay 5 million shillings and League Chairpersons love NRM Childhood League pay 1 million shillings.
The Electoral Commission has furthermore reported being overwhelmed by the turnout on the essential day of CEC nominations, with more than 60 folks collecting nomination kinds.
Meanwhile, nominations for parliamentary flag bearers are ongoing and will bustle till June 30, 2025. The NRM predominant elections are scheduled for July 16, 2025.
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