{"id":108469,"date":"2025-08-31T17:53:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:53:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss"},"modified":"2025-08-31T17:54:58","modified_gmt":"2025-08-31T17:54:58","slug":"opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss","title":{"rendered":"Opondo Questions her Defenders after NRM vice Chairperson Loss"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span><b>Former government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has sharply criticized former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following her defeat to Speaker Anita Among in the NRM Vice Chairperson for Women race, questioning both her legacy in Busoga and the consistency of her defenders.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Kampala, Uganda \u2013 Government spokesperson and NRM stalwart Ofwono Opondo has launched a scathing critique of former Speaker of Parliament Rebecca Kadaga after she lost the race for National Resistance Movement (NRM) National Vice Chairperson for Women to Speaker Anita Among.<\/p>\n<p>Opondo accused Kadaga of failing to embrace the ruling party\u2019s principles of generational transition and suggested she should have conceded gracefully to a younger leader.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have leaders in NRM who do not appreciate the principles of NRM. I had thought that Hon. Rebecca Kadaga would have taken it with grace that a younger woman was vying for her position,\u201d Opondo said.<\/p>\n<p>Kadaga, who served as NRM\u2019s Second Vice Chairperson for two decades, was unseated in an election seen as a marker of shifting political dynamics within the ruling party.<\/p>\n<p>Opondo also dismissed her record in Busoga, arguing that she had ample time to drive development in the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf there is something she could have delivered for Busoga, she should have delivered by now,\u201d Opondo added.<\/p>\n<p>The government spokesperson further challenged the sincerity of Kadaga\u2019s defenders, singling out former Kamuli Woman MP Salaamu Musumba, who recently criticized the treatment of Kadaga after her defeat.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf Hon. Salaamu Musumba thinks the Rt. Hon. Kadaga was too good, why did she at some point stand against her in the parliamentary elections?\u201d Opondo asked.<\/p>\n<p>Analysts argue that Kadaga\u2019s loss to Among represents more than just a personal setback, but also signals a generational shift within the NRM\u2019s women\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n<p>However, Kadaga\u2019s camp has not issued a formal response to Opondo\u2019s criticisms.<\/p>\n<p>The election outcome is expected to influence political alignments in Busoga and may reshape Kadaga\u2019s role within the ruling party as internal debates on succession and generational transition continue.<\/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. Former government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has sharply criticized former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following her defeat to Speaker Anita Among in the NRM Vice Chairperson for Women race, questioning both her legacy in Busoga and the consistency of her defenders. Kampala, Uganda \u2013 Government spokesperson and NRM stalwart Ofwono Opondo has launched a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":108467,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[234],"class_list":["post-108469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","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>Opondo Questions her Defenders after NRM vice Chairperson Loss - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Former government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has sharply criticized former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following her defea ...\" \/>\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\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Opondo Questions her Defenders after NRM vice Chairperson Loss\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Former government spokesperson Ofwono Opondo has sharply criticized former Speaker Rebecca Kadaga following her defea ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\" \/>\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=\"2025-08-31T17:53:48+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-08-31T17:54:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/08\/sm_1756650253.664019.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\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Opondo Questions her Defenders after NRM vice Chairperson Loss\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-08-31T17:53:48+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-08-31T17:54:58+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\"},\"wordCount\":357,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2025\/08\/sm_1756650253.664019.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/opondo-questions-her-defenders-after-nrm-vice-chairperson-loss\",\"name\":\"Opondo Questions her Defenders after NRM vice Chairperson Loss - 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