Kadaga urges members to give her another chance to serve on central executive committee

3 July 2025, 4:40 pm

By Ronald Ssemagonja

The first deputy prime minister of Uganda and woman member of parliament for Kamuli district, and also the minister of East African Community affairs, Hon. Rebecca Alitwala Kadaga, after being nominated to contest for Central Executive Committee (CEC) of National Resistance Movement (NRM) as the first vice national chairperson woman, has promised to cater for the issues of the women in the party and the country at large. Kadaga has been addressing the media after being nominated at the party Electoral Commission headquarters in Kyadondo, Kampala.

“I want to thank the NRM party Electoral Commission for organizing this exercise, I am confident that I am going to win this race. I want to clear the air which has been moving around that I stepped down, I am here and I have been duly nominated. I want to tell our voters to again give me the opportunity to serve them,” she said. The exercise has been moving well and also the minister of security, Jim Muhwezi, has also been nominated to represent the veterans on the Central Executive Committee.

“I want to tell the nation that the issues of the veterans has been handled in phases and I’m going to continue doing the same. In my tenure, the veterans have been able to get some help from government, through the defense ministry. I pledge to work with the veterans in order to solve the pending issues,” he said. Dr. Oredo Samuel, talking to the media, following his nomination to contest as the first national vice chairman, has confirmed that he has come to work as a bridge to connect people to the Central Executive Committee.

“All along the people have been not working for the people, and I have come to solve that. As a medical doctor, I have come to treat the diseases affecting our people and I believe that if I am given the opportunity by the party members, I will be able to serve the people,” Oredo said. The chairperson of the Electoral Commission of the National Resistance Movement, yesterday told the media that the party primaries will be held on 17th July 2025. The president and the chairman of the NRM party, Yoweri Museveni, is expected to be nominated on Saturday this week, for two positions namely; presidential flag bearer and also the chairman of the party.

According to the party Electoral Commission, the members who have been successfully nominated to contest for position of member of parliament, were advised to hold a joint campaign, in order save time. It should be remembered that this exercise started on 2nd June 2025, and is expected to end on 5th July 2025.