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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