The ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party held its party primaries on Thursday, July 17, 2025. Party members lined up agents or posters of their preferred candidates. The Pearl Times’ 2026 Decision Desk brings you NRM primaries 2025 winners and losers.
The winners will hold their party’s flags in the 2026 general elections.
By the time The Pearl Times filed this report, the following had either been declared winners or were projected winners, according to tallies by The Pearl Times Decision Desk:
Winners
- Abdu Kiyimba — Busiro East
- Abdul Bisasao — Kassanda South
- Abubaker Kalume — Katikamu South
- Adrine Mwebesa – Sheema (DWR)
- Agnes Kirabo — Luweero District WMP
- Alima Joyce Reni — Gulu City WMP
- Amanya Cohen — Igara West
- Amelia Kyambadde — Mawokota County
- Amelia Kyambadde – Mawokota North (Mpigi)
- Amina Nalugoda — Bugweri District WMP
- Anderson Burora — Nakawa West
- Anita Among — Bukedea (DWR)
- Annet Katusiime Mugisha – Bushenyi (DWR)
- Annet Nabirye – Luuka (DWR)
- Annet Nabirye — Luuka District WMP
- Arthur Kazoora – Ruhinda South (Mitooma)
- Atima Jackson Lee — Arua Central
- Beatrice Anywar — Kitgum Municipality
- Bright Rwamirama Kanyontore – Isingiro North –
- Charity Kibaaju — Mbarara City (CWR)
- Charles Nsereko — Nakaseke South
- Charles Tamwenya — Kibuku County
- Chris Bakashaba — Mbarara City North
- Cohen Kyampene – Igara West
- David Kabanda – Kasambya
- Dedan Mubangizi – Buwekula South
- Dennis Namara – Buyaga West
- Dicksons Kateshumbwa – Sheema Municipality.
- Doreen Katushabe Birungi — Lyantonde (DWR)
- Doreen Keita — Makindye West
- Dr Crispus Kiyonga – Bukonzo West (Kasese)
- Dr. Charles Ayume — Koboko
- Dr. Chrispus Kiyonga — Bukonzo West
- Dr. Julius Monday Rude — Bukonzo East
- Dr. Patrick Wakida — Kabweri County
- Dr. Robert Kiyini — Bamunanika County
- Dulu Angel Mark — Adjumani East
- Edison Rugumayi — Ntoroko County
- Edson Rugumayo – Ntoroko
- Elioda Tumwesigye – Sheema North
- Eng. Ben Sebbugga Kimeze — Budyebo County
- Enos Asiimwe — Kabula (Lyantonde)
- Ephraim Kamuntu – Sheema South
- Esther Ndayanabo — Mityana Municipality
- Eunice Namatente — Bugiri District WMP
- Farida Nambi — Kawempe North
- Faridah Nambi – Kawempe North
- Frank Tumwebaze — Kibaale County
- Frank Tumwebaze – Kibaale East
- Fred Ruhindi — Nakawa East
- Fredrick Munirwa — Kagoma County
- Gaddafi Nasur — Katikamu North
- Gen. Kahinda Otafiire (Internal Affairs Minister) — Ruhinda County
- Geniva Arinaitwe — Rubirizi District Woman
- Godfrey Matembu Wakooli — Butiru County
- Hamson Obua (Gov’t Chief Whip) — Ajuri County
- Hashim Sulaiman — Nebbi Municipality
- Henry Tumukunde – Rukungiri Municipality
- Idd Basajjabalaba — Bushenyi–Ishaka Municipality
- Iddi Bassajja – Bushenyi-Ishaka Municipality
- Isaac Kamulegya — Kassanda North
- Jackson Kafuuzi – Kyaka South
- Jackson Kafuzi — Kyaka South
- Jacob Oboth Oboth — West Budama Central
- Jane Frances Acilo – Oyam (DWR)
- Jane Francis Acilo — Oyam District WMP
- JB Bamuturaki — Kashaari South
- Jenifer Mujungu — District Woman MP
- Jessica Ababiku — Adjumani District WMP
- Jessica Alupo – Katakwi (DWR)
- Jim Muhwezi – Rujumbura (Rukungiri)
- Jim Muhwezi (Security Minister) — Rujumbura County
- John Francis Okecho — Bugiri Municipality
- John Musila — Bubulo West
- John Patrick Kasajja — Bulamogi North West
- John Wamboga — Industrial Division, Mbale City
- Joseph Kabuye Kyofatogabye — Nakaseke Central
- Joseph Mugenyi – Burahya (Kabarole)
- Joseph Mugenyi — Burahya County
- Judith Nabakooba — Mityana Woman
- Judith Nuwabaine — Makindye East
- Kahinda Otafiire – Ruhinda
- Katusiime Annet Mugisha — Bushenyi District WMP
- Kibedi Nsegumire — Mityana North
- Loydah Muhimbuura — Mbarara (DWR)
- Lydia Wanyoto — Mbale City WMP
- Madina Nsereko — Rubaga South
- Mapenduzi Ojara – Bardeje-Layibi
- Mariam Seif – Iganga (DWR)
- Matia Kasaija – Buyanja County (Kibaale)
- Matia Kasaija (Finance Minister) — Buyanja
- Maurice Kibalya — Bugabula South
- Michael Mawanda — Igara East
- Micheal Bukenya Kyabikoola — Bukuya
- Micheal Mawanda – Igara East
- Miriam Mukhaye — Mbale District WMP
- Molly Kamukama – Kazo (DWR)
- Monica Namukose — Jinja Woman
- Moses Ali – Adjumani West
- Moses Balyeku – Jinja West
- Moses Goire — Budaka County
- Moses Grace Balyeku — Jinja South West
- Moses Magogo — Budiope East
- Moses Okello — Erute South, Lira
- Noel Kataike — Budaka District WMP
- Nuluh Nakato — Butambala Woman
- Ojara Mapenduzi — Bardege–Layibi Division, Gulu City
- Ojasi Swaibu — Iganga Municipality
- Patrick Musinguzi – Kashari North
- Peace Tibyaza — Jinja District WMP
- Pedum Josephine — Ngora Woman
- Phiona Nyamutoro – Nebbi (DWR)
- Phionah Nyamutoro (State Minister for Energy) — Nebbi District WMP
- Prof. Wilber Ahebwa — Nakaseke North
- Rebecca Kadaga – Kamuli (DWR)
- Rebecca Kadaga (East African Affairs Minister) — Kamuli District WMP
- Rebecca Kyarampe Namanya – Mitooma (DWR)
- Rebecca Natukunda — Kassanda Woman
- Richard Mbaziira – Jinja South East
- Richard Mbazira — Jinja South East
- Robert Masereka Marule — Busongora North
- Robert Mudukol — Butebo County
- Robina Nabanja – Kakumiro (DWR)
- Robinah Nabbanja (Prime Minister) — Kakumiro District
- Rtd Maj Jessica Alupo (Vice President) — Katakwi District WMP
- Sadala Wandera — Bugweri County
- Sam Engola — Erute South
- Sarah Babirye Kityo — Bukoto East
- Sarah Babirye Kityo – Bukoto East (Masaka)
- Sarah Inachu — Soroti City
- Sarah Kabarokole — Bunyangabu District WMP
- Sarah Najumah — Nakaseke District WMP
- Shyaka Gashaija — Entebbe Municipality
- Shyaka Stephen Gashaija – Entebbe Municipality
- Solomon Silwayi (Parliamentary Commissioner) — Bukooli Central
- Sowedi Isma Mulemya — Busia Municipality
- Stephen Kissa — Luuka South County
- Steven Bugingo — Nakasongola County
- Suubi Katooko — Kibuku District WMP
- Swaibu Kampanya — Iki-Iki County
- Swaibu Ojasi – Iganga Municipality
- Sylia Katooko Damba – Kibuku (DWR)
- Sylvia Alinaitwe — Rukiga (DWR)
- Sylvia Katooko — Kibuku District WMP
- Thembo Gideon Mujungu — Busongora South
- Thomas Tayebwa – Ruhinda North (Mitooma)
- Tonny Eron — Kwania County
- Tonny Kitara — Laroo–Pece Division
- Victor Kalenzi — Bunyangabu County
- Victorious Zawedde — Nakasongola District WMP
- Vincent Nyanzi — Busujju County
Losers
- Agnes Nandutu — Bulambuli District WMP
- Andrawa Kiryowa— Bukoto East
- Annet Angenyo – Ngora District Woman
- Benon Rukundo Mayombo — Igara East
- Bernard Odoi — West Budama Central
- Clayeford Kirenzi – Igara East
- David Bahati — Ndorwa West (Kabaale)
- David Saturday — Ruhinda North
- Edson Tumwebaze — Kiira Municipality
- Elioda Mwesigye — Sheema North
- Emily Shiela Amulo — Soroti City
- Esther Mbayo — Luuka District WMP
- Eunice Akiteng – Ngora District Woman
- Frank Tumuhimbise — Ruhinda North
- Fred Kalema Pax — Bukoto East
- Hajathi Nakibule — Butambala Woman
- Herbert Kinobe — — Kibuku
- Herbert Ssenyonjo— Nakawa West
- Hudu Hussein — Northern City Division, Mbale
- Irene Muloni — Bulambuli District WMP
- Ivan Kabeeba — Nakawa West
- Jacqueline Amongin– Ngora District Woman
- Jennifer Namuyangu — Kibuku District WMP
- Joyce Kaducu — Moyo District WMP
- Kiwanda Suubi — Mityana North
- Margaret Natongo Zziwa — Nakawa West
- Musa Ecweru — Amuria County
- Obiga Kania — Terego County
- Peter Lokeris — Chekwii East
- Scholastica Najjemba — Kiira Municipality
- Shukla Mukesha Babuhhai — Nakawa West
- Solomon Kukundakwe — Ruhinda North
- Stephen Mugoolo — Kabweri
- Suzan Akiror Irene – Ngora District Woman
- Wilson Sanya — Koboko Municipality
The Pearl Times 2026 Decision Desk will keep updating this page as more results get confirmed.
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