Speaking during the launch of the NRM party manifesto at Jinja city conference hall on Saturday, the NRM candidates said they are financially constrained because of the just concluded primary elections. They argued that it is hard for them to battle their rivals from other political parties, most of whom are using money to win over voters.
The national resistance movement-NRM Kaliro district woman parliamentary flag bearer, Brenda Namukuta recieves the party's manifesto from the speaker of parliament Rt.Hon. Rebecca Kadaga.
National Resistance Movement-NRM party candidates in Busoga sub-region want the party secretariat to facilitate them to counter their
opposition rivals who they accuse of funding a smear campaign against them. The
NRM candidates say they risk losing their seat due to lack of campaign funds.
Speaking during the launch of the NRM party manifesto at Jinja
city conference hall on Saturday, the NRM candidates said they are financially constrained
because of the just concluded primary elections. They argued that it is hard
for them to battle their rivals from other political parties, most of whom are
using money to win over voters.
Brenda Namukuta, the Kaliro District Woman NRM parliamentary candidate, said
the National Unity Platform-NUP candidates have adopted the door to door
campaign, which has demoralized NRM mobilisers due to lack of funds. According
to Namukuta, the tales of President, Yoweri Museveni’s achievements have been
watered down by the opposition.
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Rachel Magoola, the Bugweri District NRM Woman Parliamentary
candidate, said the opposition members are using petty cash to manipulate the
poorly facilitated party structures into supporting their preferred candidates.
Magoola stressed that NRM chairpersons at the village level are proving campaign
platforms to opposition leaders at the expense of their party candidates due to
lack of funds.
//Cue in: “Bugweri…
Cue out…elitusensela,”.
Robert Kanusu, the Jinja City NRM Mayoral candidate, wants the government to
devise means of addressing the sugarcane question in the region as most
opposition players are using the low sugarcane prices to de-campaign them.
Kanusu
argues that, on top of the low cane prices, most farmers have been denied
permits to sell their sugarcane to the surrounding factories, which has left
them in the web of debts as they cannot earn from their agricultural
investments.
//Cue in: “the issue of…
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However, the Kamuli District Woman MP and Speaker of Parliament, Rebecca Kadaga,
said the government is committed to fulfilling all its’ pledges within the region
and asked the mobilizers not to give up on rallying support for Museveni.
