{"id":105185,"date":"2025-07-23T19:19:58","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T19:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni"},"modified":"2025-07-24T04:41:36","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T04:41:36","slug":"victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","title":{"rendered":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supporters to \u201creclaim the soul\u201d of the area while promising to mobilize every vote to secure President Museveni\u2019s re-election in 2026.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Cadet clinched the NRM flag with 18,020 votes\u201461% of the total\u2014defeating incumbent John Twesigye Ntamuhira, who managed 9,971 votes (33%), and David Katureebe Tugume, who took 1,791 votes (6%).<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, Cadet threw a grand victory party at Nyakasharu Playground that attracted over 5,000 party delegates and supporters from across Western Uganda.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond celebrations and performances, the event marked the launch of a coordinated effort to boost grassroots support for Museveni\u2019s presidential bid.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is not just about me,\u201d said Cadet\u2019s campaign manager.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s about uniting Bunyaruguru behind a common vision. We will mobilize every resource, every vote, and every voice to ensure Benjamin\u2019s win\u2014and President Museveni\u2019s continued leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With representatives from more than 20 districts present, Benjamin\u2019s campaign team revealed plans for a regional tour aimed at building momentum for the NRM\u2019s national agenda.<\/p>\n<p>Political analysts see Benjamin as a rising power broker whose influence could extend well beyond Rubirizi.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBenjamin\u2019s ability to unite different factions and energize youth voters shows he\u2019s shaping the future of the party,\u201d said political strategist Dennis Olodi. \u201cHis victory party was a textbook example of coalition-building.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the 2026 elections approach, all eyes will be on Bunyaruguru\u2014not just for its parliamentary race but for the wider impact of Benjamin\u2019s leadership on Western Uganda\u2019s political landscape.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Uganda<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supporters to \u201creclaim the soul\u201d of the area while promising to mobilize every vote to secure President Museveni\u2019s re-election in 2026. Cadet clinched the NRM flag with 18,020 votes\u201461% of the total\u2014defeating incumbent John Twesigye [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":105184,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,7,10,258],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-105185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-head-lines","category-parties","category-to-homepage","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\"},\"wordCount\":276,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"head lines\",\"parties\",\"to-homepage\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\",\"name\":\"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni - Uganda","description":"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni","og_description":"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00","article_modified_time":"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni","datePublished":"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni"},"wordCount":276,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg","keywords":["uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","head lines","parties","to-homepage"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni","name":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg","datePublished":"2025-07-23T19:19:58+00:00","dateModified":"2025-07-24T04:41:36+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Benjamin Cadet, fresh from a decisive victory in the NRM primaries for Bunyaruguru Constituency, is rallying his supp ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/07\/sm_1753291371.754594.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victorious-cadet-aims-to-reclaim-bunyaruguru-for-museveni#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Victorious Cadet Aims to Reclaim Bunyaruguru for Museveni"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105185","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105184"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}