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President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who also serves as the National Chairman of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), has called on all party members to actively participate in the upcoming party elections.
In a statement issued on Sunday, Museveni announced the suspension of the Monday Cabinet meeting and requested the Speaker of Parliament, Annet Anita Among, to suspend Tuesday’s parliamentary sitting to allow ministers and Members of Parliament to join the exercise.
The President added that he would personally participate in the verification exercise at Rwakitura village, while the First Lady, Janet Museveni, would do the same in Ntungamo’s Ireenga village.
However, Museveni clarified that he would not endorse any candidate.
The NRM exercise is part of preparations for the 2026 general elections scheduled for January.
Political parties are already implementing their electoral roadmaps to select flagbearers for various positions.
In DP, party president Norbert Mao declared his intention to continue leading the party and, by extension, stand as its presidential flagbearer. In FDC, party president Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi both picked nomination forms to contest for the flagbearer position.
