Africa-Press – Uganda. The National Unity Platform (NUP) has kicked off the nomination process for its local government leaders, a crucial step in consolidating the party’s structures ahead of upcoming elections.
According to party officials, nominations will officially begin on Monday, with NUP Secretary General David Lewis Rubongoya overseeing the exercise in Kampala.
In Wakiso, the process will be handled by Deputy Secretary General Aisha Kabanda, while district registrars will manage nominations in other regions.
To ensure transparency, the party has established a four-member committee to handle complaints arising from the placements of local government leaders.
The committee, comprising Moses Kanaabi, Elotu Jonathan, Namata Jaqueline, and Saasi Marvin, will be supervised by Deputy SG Kabanda.
NUP stated that the committee’s mandate will strictly cover local government placements, and that no fresh complaints will be entertained beyond the two-day process.
Meanwhile, NUP Electoral Management Committee chairperson Harriet Chemutai has handed over vetted results of local council leaders, which will soon be published on the party’s official social media platforms.
Amid the ongoing nominations, NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi, also known as Bobi Wine, delivered a message of unity to party members.
He urged winners of the party card to remain humble and avoid mocking colleagues who were unsuccessful in the primaries.
Kyagulanyi stressed that securing the NUP card—one of the most coveted political endorsements in the country, particularly in the Central Region—was not an end in itself but the beginning of a larger responsibility to serve the people.
“The NUP card should never be a source of pride or arrogance. Leadership is not only about positions but about serving the people and advancing our common goals,” Kyagulanyi said.
He also appealed to aspirants who did not secure the party flag to stay loyal and committed to the movement, warning that arrogance and division could weaken the party’s strength ahead of national elections.
Observers note that with NUP’s dominance in the Central Region, the party card is widely viewed as a near-guarantee of electoral victory, making internal competition intense.
Kyagulanyi’s call for humility comes against a backdrop of heightened tensions, with reports of discontent among some aspirants who lost in the primaries.
As the nomination process unfolds, the party leadership hopes that both winners and losers will rally behind the common cause of strengthening NUP’s influence nationwide.
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