“I must condemn, in the strongest terms, what I started hearing in some areas where some unpatriotic actors are alleged to have committed the following mistakes; altering results, tampering with the registers, using violence, including causing some deaths, apart from the injuries caused, the use of money and materials to bribe voters,” he said.
The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) national chairman, who also doubles as the President of Uganda, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has condemned the campaign and election violence, vote rigging, use of money and materials to bribe voters, the vices which marred the party parliamentary primary elections which were conducted on Thursday, July 17, 2025.
In his letter to the Bazzukulu released on Sunday, President Museveni has vowed to deal with the culprits.
“I must condemn, in the strongest terms, what I started hearing in some areas where some unpatriotic actors are alleged to have committed the following mistakes; altering results, tampering with the registers, using violence, including causing some deaths, apart from the injuries caused, the use of money and materials to bribe voters,” he said, adding;
“These are politically and ideologically wrong and must be condemned by all the lovers of the NRM and Uganda.”
President Museveni’s letter to the Bazzukulu in full details goes as follows;
The NRM members, especially the Bazzukulu.
Greetings and Congratulations on the NRM Primaries that were carried out on the 17th of July, 2025. On that day, one of our sources has now told me that 9.22million members of our Party participated in the Primaries supporting the different candidates.
This is about 50% of our total membership of 18.5 million confirmed on the 6th of May, 2025 when I also went back to Rwakyitura to check on the NRM membership in our village.
In Rwakyitura village, which has just been cut out of the bigger Nshwerenkye village, we confirmed 251 members from the original list of 350.
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One of the People we edited out of the list was Maama Janet who has been voting from Ireenga in Ntungamo ever since she decided to be politically active in our birth area of Ntungamo in the year 2005.
Therefore, 9.22 million members of our Party turning up on the 17th of July, 2025, for the NRM Primaries, on a working day and mid-week, is not bad. Congratulations.
However, I must condemn, in the strongest terms, what I started hearing in some areas where some unpatriotic actors are alleged to have committed the following mistakes:
- Altering results;
- Tampering with the registers;
- Using violence, including causing some deaths, apart from the injuries caused;
- And the use of money and materials to bribe voters.
These are politically and ideologically wrong and must be condemned by all the lovers of the NRM and Uganda. All our members need to know that the leaders we elect are in order to download Government programmes to kukyenuura (solve the solvable problems) of the Wanainchi. Omukyeno, is a problem that could be solved if the necessary actions were taken.
If my hair is not combed because I lack eshokozo (a comb), then I have omukyeno of eshokozo.
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If, however, I have a bald head like is the case with your Oldman, then that is no longer omukyeno, it is obuhaangwa (the way one was created by God).
Repeat, please. The purpose of electing leaders, is to rationally choose leaders and a Party that can kukyenuura (solve) our mikyeno (solvable problems).
Why should, then, the Wanainchi tolerate the one who deflects them from this by being violent, cheating, etc.? With more political maturity, such People, will be rejected.
Where the NRM programmes are well implemented, the kukyenuura, takes place. You want examples? Here below they are:
1) Security of person and property (part of the 10 points programme);
2) Immunization has eliminated polio, measles, etc;
3) Liberalization of the economy attracted so many investors that quickly helped us to end ebura (shortages) of the so called essential commodities (sugar, salt, soap, paraffin, beers, sodas, textiles, forex);
4) Shortage of public transport in the form of buses, taxis, not to talk of boda bodas, was ended;
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5) Ugandans living abroad as refugees was ended by the policy of reconciliation- Uganda’s 500,000 people were refugees in Congo and South Sudan by 1986;
6) People listening to the NRM message of Wealth creation getting out of poverty such as the People in the cattle corridor, Masaka with coffee, Kalangala with Palm oil, Bundibugyo with Palm oil and coffee, individuals like Nyakaana and Joseph Ijala, etc;
7) The families that have started receiving the PDM have got very strong testimonies; etc.
I, therefore, congratulate the NRM members. Where problems were encountered, do not be provoked. We shall get the culprits.
Signed:
Yoweri K. Museveni
Ssaabalwanyi
Ssemalungu
I am using these bush titles to sensitize the Bazzukulu about our history.