The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has launched a nationwide mobilisation and monitoring exercise ahead of the forthcoming Local Council (LC) and Women Council elections, deploying senior party leaders and cadres across the country to coordinate campaigns and support its flag bearers.
Speaking at the NRM Secretariat in Kampala, the party’s Secretary General, Rt. Hon. Richard Todwong, said the party had closely followed the roadmap issued by the National Electoral Commission and completed key internal preparations for the grassroots elections.
Todwong said the NRM elected its LC1 flag bearers in May 2025 before conducting village barazas on July 10, 2026, to fill vacancies created by the withdrawal, relocation or death of some candidates.
He added that NRM parish registrars endorsed nomination papers for the party’s candidates between July 11 and 14, while the official nomination exercise is being conducted from July 15 to 19.
“I can confirm without fear of contradiction that the NRM has flag bearers in all villages for the LC1 chairperson positions and Women Council elections,” Todwong said.
He described the elections as critical to strengthening grassroots governance and ensuring the effective implementation of government programmes.
Todwong said the election of competent grassroots leaders was particularly important for the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM), noting that LC2 chairpersons automatically serve as chairpersons of Parish Development Committees.
“It is very important that we elect leaders who support government and can work smoothly with it to ensure that our people fully participate in PDM programmes,” he said.
NRM Deputy Secretary General, Rt. Hon. Rose Namayanja Nsereko, said the Secretary General had constituted nationwide coordination teams comprising members of the NRM Secretariat and other party cadres.
The teams will serve as sub-regional coordinators under the supervision of members of the Central Executive Committee (CEC).
Namayanja said the teams would begin with sub-regional meetings involving district chairpersons, administrative secretaries, registrars and Members of Parliament to harmonise mobilisation strategies and provide guidance on the party’s electoral roadmap.
The exercise will then move to the sub-county level, where the teams will meet NRM leaders and flag bearers before culminating in village barazas across the country.
She announced that the NRM would hold village barazas in every village on July 22 to campaign for its flag bearers, promote party unity and mobilise support ahead of polling.
National Treasurer Amb. Barbara Oundo Nekesa said the CEC had approved modest financial resources to facilitate and support NRM flag bearers during the grassroots election campaigns.
She added that the Secretariat’s mobilisation teams would remain deployed across the country until all the Women Council and Local Council elections are concluded.
The NRM Director for Mobilisation, Dr Rosemary Sseninde, said the mobilisation programme had been structured around three categories of meetings in every region to ensure effective coordination and message delivery.
She explained that the teams would conduct meetings at the sub-regional, sub-county and village levels, enabling the party to engage leaders, flag bearers and supporters at every stage of the electoral process.
The deployment of the nationwide mobilisation teams marks the NRM’s final phase of grassroots preparations as the party intensifies efforts to secure victory in the forthcoming Local Council and Women Council elections across Uganda.
