NRM MPs

NRM MPs worried about pressure from their party on Parliamentary issues

The NRM members of parliament have expressed divergent views over the ongoing NRM caucus meeting. This followed reports that among things to be discussed were the Dura Cement report tabled before parliament last week. Some members of parliament have expressed fears that this caucus meeting could be aimed at protecting the people implicated in the […]

NRM MPs fail to agree on Uganda oil development bill

NRM MPs fail to agree on Uganda oil development bill

Members of NRM caucus have failed to agree on petroleum and oil development bill that is currently being debated by parliament.   In an impromptu caucus meeting chaired today by the party’s chief whip Justine Lumumba, members failed to harmonize the amendments proposed by the natural resources committee, and individual members including Theodore Ssekikubo and […]

NRM MPs warn about interfering with national IDs report

Some members of Parliament from the National Resistance Movement have vowed to block a proposal by the party caucus seeking to disregard the contents of the report into the national ID project that implicated government officials accused of causing financial loss to the government. The findings by parliament defence and internal affairs committee implicates three […]

NRM MPs regret having lifted presidential term limits

  The debate for reinstatation of term limit has taken a center stage in Uganda including in the ruling National Resistance Movement circles. Yesterday I was invited to a public Dialogue on the diction of presidential term limits, organized by Uganda Governance Monitoring Platform (UGMP) in conjunction with other civil society organizations (CSO) like Citizens […]

National Resistance Movement to celebrate Museveni Victory in 2011 Uganda elections

All roads will on Friday February 25th lead to Kololo Airstrip in Kampala as the National Resistance Movement members celebrate the victory of their flag bearer, President Yoweri Museveni in the just concluded Presidential elections.   The Electoral Commission on Sunday declared Museveni to have won the 2011 Presidential elections by amassing over 68 percent […]