Kiwanuka affirmed his make stronger for Museveni and said he became no longer strong the president’s management but offering to aid with the event chairmanship role.
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Briton Kiwanuka, 30, became this day change into some distance from the Nationwide Resistance Circulate (NRM) Electoral Commission places of work after arriving to right interest in contesting against event chairperson President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. He became told that there were no nomination kinds on hand.
Kiwanuka, who became accompanied by dozens of his supporters, became told to return on Friday at noon. This is despite the ongoing expression of interest window for aspirants searching for Central Govt Committee (CEC) positions, which formally closes on July 1, 2025.
NRM Electoral Commission Chairperson Dr. Tanga Odoi confirmed that the nomination kinds weren’t yet fascinating but would be on hand on Friday, July 4, which coincidentally is the closing day of the nomination duration.
Dr. Odoi warned aspirants against acquiring kinds from unofficial sources, emphasizing that the particular paperwork undergo security seals. He added that the delay became no longer an strive and block contenders but on account of the procedural preparation of the types.
Satirically, Friday will even be the closing day of nominations, giving Kiwanuka supreme hours to rating seconders and endorsements, while Museveni—his opponent—has had the entire week and has already been dispensed a assorted day to return his nomination papers on Saturday, July 5.
Talking to Uganda Radio Network after being bounced, Kiwanuka expressed frustration over the disorganization. “I will’t pay 20 million shillings and then be told there are no kinds—namely on this demanding economy,” he said. “I heard they gave my mentor, Standard Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, nomination kinds on Saturday, June 28. So, did they print supreme one construct? That’s my quiz.”
Despite his complaint, Kiwanuka affirmed his make stronger for Museveni and said he became no longer strong the president’s management but offering to aid with the event chairmanship role.
Kiwanuka said event members in general war to fulfill Museveni, adding that the tasks of chairing the NRM could well per chance well be delegated to any individual adore him, whom he described as “his grandson.” In accordance to banking paperwork equipped by Kiwanuka, he already paid the 20 million shillings nomination payment at Centenary Rural Trend Bank, Nkrumah Branch, in Kampala earlier this day.
“Although the tree grows taller and bigger, at one point it wants branches to put the fruits,” he added metaphorically. He questioned the equity of the nomination timeline, given that the event announced that expression of interest for CEC positions would fling from June 26 to July 1, 2025. He wonders how he’s predicted to gain kinds on Friday, after the deadline.
Kiwanuka is a registered voter from Kivubuka B, Ivunamba Ward, Jinja North Division in Jinja District. Over the weekend, President Museveni paid 40 million shillings to retain each and every his positions as NRM presidential flag bearer for the 2026 elections and Celebration Chairperson—roles he has held since the NRM’s inception. The NRM has beforehand ring-fenced these high positions for Museveni.
In March 2019, at some point soon of the event’s parliamentary caucus retreat in Kyankwanzi, Reveal Minister for Investments Evelyn Anite moved a hump to endorse Museveni because the sole real candidate for the presidency in 2021 and beyond. The Central Govt Committee (CEC) later adopted the resolution at a retreat in Chobe, making Museveni the unopposed flag bearer and event chairperson.
Two weeks up to now, identical drama unfolded on the NRM EC places of work when Julius Tumuhimbise, 36, from Bushenyi, also tried to determine on nomination kinds to fling for president on the NRM be conscious. He became change into away with the reason that the task for presidential nominations had no longer yet been opened. Tumuhimbise argued he had every just appropriate as a event member to imprint the cease seat.
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