Eleven people have so far been arrested across the country for elections related malpractices as President Yoweri Museveni expresses disgust at the chaotic NRM primaries in some districts and vowed that the perpetrators will face the full force of the law.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni, also the NRM national chairperson, expressed concern over what he described as \u201cunpatriotic actors\u201d who allegedly tampered with the party\u2019s democratic process through result manipulation, register tampering, voter bribery, and violence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThese are politically and ideologically wrong and must be condemned by all lovers of the NRM and Uganda,\u201d Museveni said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He disclosed that 9.22 million members participated in the primaries, a turnout he described as commendable, given it took place mid-week on a working day. However, he noted that this figure represents about 50% of the confirmed 18.5 million NRM members.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni noted the there was altering of election results despite the transparency of lining behind candidates, the tampering with registers, some of which appeared bloated despite an earlier clean-up on May 6, 2025, the use of violence in some areas, which resulted in injuries and even loss of life, and the use of money and materials to bribe voters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Museveni ordered the prosecution of individuals involved in these electoral malpractices, beginning with those who tampered with results in full view of the public. He warned that the entire village knew who voted for whom during the lining-up process, making result-alteration both obvious and traceable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt is not only the registrar that knows the results village by village. If you altered the results, we are coming for you,\u201d he warned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The president also said those behind the violence will be pursued, especially as such incidents were widely witnessed by the public. He urged a close examination of the involvement of soldiers and police officers, asking whether any incidents were due to mistakes by security personnel or provocations by hired goons linked to bankrupt political actors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Musesveni called for scrutiny of the voter registers, noting that despite earlier verification, some irregularities were still discovered after voting. Beyond the primaries, Museveni reminded party members that the fundamental goal of electing leaders is to solve the people\u2019s problems, a process he termed kukyenuura<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the challenges, Museveni noted that overall the voting process went well in many parts of the country and appreciated the big turn-up of the NRM political base.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Eleven people have so far been arrested across the country for elections related malpractices as President Yoweri Museveni expresses disgust<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/NRM-supporters-queuing-up-to-vote-in-primaries.webp","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15750,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-doesnt-support-nrm-mps-who-lost-in-party-primaries-to-stand-as-independents-state-house\/","url_meta":{"origin":14959,"position":0},"title":"President Museveni doesn\u2019t support NRM MPs who lost in party primaries to stand as independents -State House","author":"MOSES SSERWANGA","date":"October 15, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"State House has issued a statement in which it was clarified that the Resistance Movement (NRM) MPs who lost in the party primaries have not been allowed by President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to stand as independents in the forthcoming general elections. 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