{"id":15750,"date":"2025-10-15T15:46:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=15750"},"modified":"2025-10-15T15:46:25","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T15:46:25","slug":"president-museveni-doesnt-support-nrm-mps-who-lost-in-party-primaries-to-stand-as-independents-state-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-doesnt-support-nrm-mps-who-lost-in-party-primaries-to-stand-as-independents-state-house\/","title":{"rendered":"President Museveni doesn\u2019t support NRM MPs who lost in party primaries to stand as independents -State House"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following a meeting with the National Chairperson of the NRM at State Lodge Arua yesterday, a group of NRM MPs who lost in the party primaries told the media that President Museveni has no problem with them standing as independents. This is not true.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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See below the <\/em><\/strong> PPU\u2019s press release about the matter:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ADVISES NRM MPS WHO LOST IN PARTY PRIMARIES NOT TO STAND AS INDEPENDENTS<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament who lost in the recent party primaries not to stand as independents in the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cWhere there are NRM and opposition candidates, I wouldn\u2019t advise you to come as independent, because if you do and things go wrong, you will be the one to blame. Where there are only NRMs in the race, even there I would prefer you use the law, so that you don\u2019t confuse our people,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The President, in the company of the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni made the remarks yesterday during a meeting with NRM Members of Parliament and Independent MPs who had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NRM at State Lodge Arua. The team participated in the party primaries and lost. Now the majority of them declared to stand as independents in the forthcoming elections while some opted to stay out of the elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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During the meeting, some MPs claimed that they were cheated during the primaries, explaining that their competitors altered the results and by the end of the day, they were irregularly declared winners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the President, in their case, these particular MPs were provoked by selfish people, but advised that what is crucial is how they react to the provocation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cIn this case if you are annoyed and stand as an independent, and then the other flagbearer is there, what if now you divide the vote and the opposition takes the constituency? How will you forgive yourself?\u201d he inquired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Museveni reminded the aggrieved MPs that in the last election, in Buganda, over 21 seats were lost because the NRM won but the votes were divided by the party candidates; the independents and the flagbearers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cSo this is where you need to be very careful. You should ask yourself should I be involved in the division of NRM?For me I wouldn\u2019t do that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf there are three of you, two NRMs and one opposition, it would be a big problem on your side. Now where you say there are only NRMs, there I can\u2019t sit here as Chairman of the NRM and say, you go and fight it out. There I have to keep quiet and watch but when I come I will hand the flag to the NRM flagbearer.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

President Museveni further advised that in case some candidate feels that he was cheated during the primaries, he\/she can use that law, that\u2019s if they have evidence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf it was an electoral offense why don\u2019t you get me the facts, if they altered the results, then we can act criminally against the people who were involved and they end up in prison. There\u2019s a legal way you can go about it and crime has no time limit, even a year and more, the one who did it can be acted upon. For me I think that one is better,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIn case you don\u2019t have proof because your agents were compromised, it means there\u2019s some political work you need to do and I would advise that in that case you give yourself time. This issue of using mercenaries to be your agents is very risky. You should have people who are committed to your vision in your area.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the other hand, President Museveni advised the politicians not to go into politics when they are poor or run into debts because of politics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t join politics when you are poor. In your case, the government can inject more money in the parliamentary SACCOs, take a soft loan, build yourself economically, as you support NRM, then when you are set, come back when you are financially stable. If you have like Shs400 million, inject at least 40 percent of it in politics, not all,\u201d he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou shouldn\u2019t go into debt because of politics. In that way we can be able to build a very stable leadership in this country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The meeting was also attended by the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Rt. Hon. Thomas Tayebwa, Ministers, NRM Central Executive Committee(CEC) members, among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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