By In a tense showdown at Kololo Independence Grounds, Speaker of Parliament Anita Among and First Deputy Prime Minister Rebecca Kadaga were on Wednesday each given three minutes to make their final appeals before delegates cast their votes in the ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) Central Executive Committee (CEC) elections.
Among, who is contesting for the position of NRM Second National Vice Chairperson, struck a unifying tone, thanking President Museveni for trusting her with the leadership of Parliament and for bringing her into the party. She pledged to be a strong mobiliser and to strengthen grassroots structures if elected.
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“I will mobilise for the party from north to east, west to central across the whole country. When you vote for Anita, you are voting for a unifier, a mobiliser, and a value-addition candidate,” she declared, drawing loud applause from sections of the delegates.
Kadaga, the incumbent in the same race, used her three minutes to raise alarm over what she described as “creeping voter bribery” in the campaigns. She alleged that some delegates had been promised iPads, while others had already received cash handouts of over Shs300,000.
“This commercialisation of our internal elections is dangerous for the party and undermines the integrity of leadership selection,” Kadaga warned.
The sharp contrast in their closing messages with Among stressing mobilisation and unity, while Kadaga called out corruption in the electoral process set the tone for one of the most closely watched battles in the NRM polls.
Delegates proceeded to vote immediately after the speeches, with results expected to shape the party’s women leadership and its broader mobilisation agenda ahead of the 2026 elections.
