Museveni and first lady Janet. Courtesy Photo
President Yoweri Museveni’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party has released the revised nomination fees structure and updated election roadmap showing party primaries polling dates. According to the revised NRM nomination fees structure, some positions have become more expensive to be competed for.
As she and fellow party secretariat officials released the roadmap and revised nomination fees structure, NRM deputy secretary general Rose Namayanja Nsereko explained that the money – including that to be collected from increased fees – woll help in organizing internal elections or primaries.
Namayanja noted that the money paid by the candidates seeking the coveted NRM flag as nomination fees is not enough to cover the expenses incurred in conducting “all the activities we have but it’s just a small contribution.”
In any case, Namayanja further noted, the party helps pay the nomination fees, with the national Electoral Commission (EC), for its official flag bearers.
In the revised NRM nomination fees structure, any party member who wishes to contest to become the national chairman/chairperson – the position currently occupied by President Yoweri Museveni – will have to pay Shs20m up from Shs10m in the last election.
The fees for the first national vice chairperson (male) and second national vice chairperson (female), have been revised from Shs5m to Shs10m, each.
Other nomination fees NRM structure positions
National Vice Chairperson (regional): Shs5m
League chairpersons: Shs1m
Other Executive members: Shs500,000
NRM District/City Chairperson: Shs500, 000
Municipality /City Division Mainstream Chairperson: Shs200, 000
NRM District/City League Chairperson: Shs100,000
NRM District/City League Vice Chairperson: Shs100,000
General Secretary: Shs100, 000
Publicity Secretary -Shs100, 000
Secretary for Finance -Shs100, 000
District/City mainstream Vice Chairperson: Shs50, 000
General Secretary: Shs50,000
Publicity Secretary: Shs50,000
Secretary for Finance: Shs50,000
Municipality/City Division League Chairperson: Shs50,000
NRM Sub County Mainstream Chairperson: Shs50,000
Nomination fees for NRM flagbearers
President: Shs20m
Member of Parliament: Shs3m
Lord Mayor: Shs1.5m
LCV Chairperson: Shs1m
City Division Mayor: Shs1m
Municipal Mayor: Shs750,000
City Councillor: Shs500,000
LCV Councillor: Shs200, 000
Municipal/Division Councillor: Shs100, 000
Sub county chairperson: Shs20,000
Town council chairperson: Shs20,000
Division Municipal chairperson: Shs20,000
Sub-county councillor: Shs20, 000
Town council councillor: Shs20, 000
LC1 chairperson: Shs10,000
Meanwhile, the NRM has also released the party primaries polling dates, according to which the Elective National Conference will convene to elect the NRM presidential flag bearer, executive committee of the Central Executive Committee (CEC), executive committees of special organs at national level and special interest group MP flag bearers on August 25, 2025.
Party structure elections were held on May 6, 2025; Special Interest Group Committees elections – for youth, People with Disabilities (PwDs) and older persons – on May 24, 2025; while Member of Parliament – constituency, district and city women parliamentary flagbearer elections are scheduled for July 16, 2025.
NRM primaries for local government council and municipal or city division mayors will happen on July 24, 2025; local government council IV – municipal or city division councillors – on August 18, 2025; and local government council III – sub county or town council or municipal division – on August 15, 2025.
Meanwhile, Museveni recently apologized to Buganda and all Ugandans but some reacted telling him to peacefully hand over power — amidst his son Muhoozi’s diplomatic tensions with Germans over rebel funding. (See Details Here, There and Over There).
A recent poll indicated that Bobi Wine was ahead of Museveni. (See Details Here).
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-- Update on report first filed on April 16, 2025 at 2:45pm
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