
The recent National Resistance Movement (NRM) Primary Elections ahead of the 2026 General Elections has been contested and been creating havoc. It is natural that this gets discussed and the narratives are being told. As the only party allowed to gather, run party operations and be a mass-party without interference from the authorities or security organizations. Therefore, the word of the biggest opposition leader and the Party President Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine.
Bobi Wine dropped a short note or statement. There wasn’t much too, but the gist is compelling. The opposition leader needs to be swift and sincere, but being to calculated can be costly. As the National Unity Platform (NUP) needs to hold momentum and prove their value ahead of their second elections as a force to be reckon with.
Just read this…
“So many NRM politicians are crying foul over the electoral fraud witnessed in their primaries. We all saw the violence and intimidation. We saw children lining up to vote. We saw the voter bribery. We’ve seen the allegations regarding the inflation of the registers in many areas. Legitimate results swapped in favour of losing candidates! Election officials bribed to declare losing candidates as winners. Most of the people complaining now are the ones who have been persistently dismissing our demand for electoral integrity. They have been quiet or dismissive whenever we have demanded for the withdrawal of the military from partisan politics. In fact, they cemented this recently when they passed that UPDF Amendment Bill!” (Bobi Wine, 20.07.2025).
He is painting a grim picture, but what he says is true. The NRM is showing how they are running elections and how they are rigging their own. That is common knowledge and their tricks are well known by everyone in 2025. There is nothing new under the sun, but the NRM is just showing their true face. Bobi wine just shows this with the usage of very few words.
Nevertheless, the call of Election Integrity is fine in itself, but useless in a dictatorship. As the burden of law is the word of the President. The words of the President becomes law. In a society like that… independent state organizations cannot exist or be working with a tyrant. The tyranny persist and it thrives on the misgivings of the state party and the ones in the inner circle. That’s why the call of Election Integrity is a justified one, but won’t go anywhere, as it isn’t something gives the President and his party power. Therefore, that won’t happen and they cannot alter their “winning formula”. Which happens to be the way the NRM Primaries was run…
“Well, the same evils have happened to them and they’re now crying out bitterly. They bred and raised the very serpent which is eating them up now. The same impunity which they have shielded and defended all along is catching up with them. It is time for all patriotic citizens to fight for ELECTORAL INTEGRITY across political parties, regions, religions and ethnic origins. WE CAN DO IT” (Bobi Wine, 20.07.2025).
It is ironic that the Minister and incumbent NRM MPs are calling foul. It is just really telling when they are being vocal about the misgivings of the system. A system which these people thrived in and where they made their career.
Again, calling for Election Integrity under the guise of the tyrant is flawed. That can only happen the day that the tyranny is over. There is no incentive or motivation for a supreme leader and all power man to make himself less powerful. That won’t happen no what and he won’t risk doing so. Peace.
















