“NRM’s Kansiime Annah has been officially declared unopposed District Woman MP for Rwampara in the 2026 Parliamentary Elections” (Red Pepper Uganda, 07.01.2026).
Today, there is yet another race sealed and silenced ahead of the General Elections of the 15th January 2026. The Electoral Commission is ensuring the National Resistance Movement (NRM) is getting ahead and having selected candidates or flagbearers prepared for the 12th Parliament without a vote or the will of the citizens. This is hand-picking candidates and giving them offices without proper vetting or even giving the people a choice. That’s evident, but not shocking.
Just like in the past, the NRM uses all tricks in the book to get a majority. It creates new districts, counties, municipalities and whatnot, which they can field candidates, but the opposition isn’t able. In this regard, the Electoral Commission is declaring unopposed candidates and dismissing others. They are ensuring the NRM a free ride and giving them a blank space to get elected offices. Therefore, they are practically taking the will of the people and their ability to vote on who they favour.
This isn’t beneficial for the people or the voters. It is only done to favour the State House and the NRM. They are getting MPs without any question or any proper mandate. These people are just chosen and token representatives. These haven’t been tested or proven their popularity to get there even. As the Electoral Commission and the state took that option away. This is disenfranchising the voters and their ability to assess who are standing. However, the President and Head of State doesn’t mind, because he cannot trust the will of the people anyway.
There are so many MPs who are now running around unopposed and ahead of the polls. Expect more to come. These number will rise and be historical at this point. The ones who thought the 1980 Election was bad. The percentages and the amount of MPs will be astonishing. That’s because of the levels of “rigging” and systemic abuse of the technicalities will be enforced against the opposition candidates.
The ones that celebrates these victories are fools. This is just a fake victories and the people deserves better. Because the people deserves the ability and have a say in whose representing them. Alas, this EC wants to bar them and take that option away. That’s what the EC is doing and doing it on behalf of the NRM. We aren’t seeing these things happening to the NRM, but to everyone else. That’s stating this is an edict or a decree to dismiss opposition candidates.
It will overshadow the lines of voters and the ballots dropping in the ballot boxes in the next few days. As this is just showing how dishonest the state is and what it is willing to do. That’s because it cannot trust or have faith in the people. If the state and the system had faith in the people, they wouldn’t do this and would have accepted their will. Alas, that isn’t the case and this is why they want as much as possible to be unopposed.
We see you, yes we see you and we will remember you. This Electoral Commission is the most fraudulent and dishonest one under this regime. The judiciary on the other hand is just aiding it and abiding by the same principles, which gives the opposition no levels of entry or ability to challenge these cases. Meanwhile, the NRM gets a majority and doesn’t even have to try. Peace.
MinBane 