By Christine Akankunda
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has stepped up its grassroots mobilization campaign, setting an ambitious target of winning 95 percent of the forthcoming LC1 and Women Council village elections.
The renewed push was announced during a regional mobilization meeting held on Monday at Fort Breeze Hotel in Fort Portal City, where party leaders urged elected officials and government representatives to intensify support for NRM flag bearers ahead of the polls.
Speaking at the meeting, the NRM’s Rwenzori Regional Team Leader for the village elections campaign, Jane Alisemera, said President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, who also serves as the party chairman, together with the NRM Secretary General, had directed party leaders to strengthen grassroots mobilization to secure victory.
Alisemera said the party will hold village barazas on Wednesday to bring together voters, local leaders, and NRM candidates. She explained that the meetings are intended to increase voter awareness, promote the party’s manifesto, and strengthen support for NRM candidates at the village level.
She also cautioned NRM Members of Parliament against allowing personal political differences to affect the party’s grassroots campaigns. According to Alisemera, some MPs have allegedly withheld support from LC1 candidates who did not back them during previous parliamentary elections.
She warned that such divisions could undermine the party’s performance in the elections and called for unity among all NRM leaders.
She added that electing NRM leaders at the village level would strengthen coordination between local councils and Members of Parliament, making it easier to lobby for government services and development projects in communities.
Fort Portal City NRM Chairperson Clare Dorcus Kasande also appealed to party leaders to remain united and fully implement the agreed mobilization strategies during the remaining campaign period.
Kasande urged party structures at all levels to intensify voter outreach to ensure the NRM performs strongly in the village elections.
The LC1 and Women Council village elections are expected to play a key role in shaping the party’s grassroots leadership and strengthening its local political structures ahead of future national elections