East African Gazette
Kampala
The National Resistance Movement (NRM) ruling party is currently conducting training for its registrars in preparation for the upcoming update of the party register.
The nationwide display and update of the party register is scheduled to commence from March 13th to 17th, 2024. Registrars have been given the responsibility of updating the party register.
During a meeting with registrars and leaders in Wakiso and Kampala districts, the party’s Deputy Secretary General, Rose Namayanja Nsereko, reassured registrars and other stakeholders of the Secretariat’s dedication to ensuring a smooth registration process down to the grassroots level.
Namayanja expressed her appreciation to the community leaders for supporting the NRM party at the local level.
She stressed the significance of maintaining an updated registry, which involves classifying various groups like special interest groups, promoting gender sensitivity, and eliminating deceased persons from the records.
“The registrars are tasked to uphold honesty and transparency throughout the activity to establish a trusted system for use in the NRM primaries,” she noted.
She reaffirmed the party’s commitment to democracy, highlighting the significance of voter registration as the foundation for the party primaries and the selection of NRM leaders.
“We are following the roadmap our National Chairman, General Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, launched on February 28th, 2024. We are conducting meetings at the district level, training sub-county registrars who will then train Parish and Village registrars. Over 90% of the districts have received all the necessary materials for the registration exercise, ensuring thorough verification of materials and a credible register acceptable to all members,” Namayanja said.
Speaking at a training session in Nansana Division, she urged district registrars to expedite the registration process to ensure a clean register and a wider participation in the NRM voting process.
“We need a clean register promptly. The membership and voting registers are crucial for consolidating democracy, patriotism, Pan-Africanism, and socio-economic transformation in Uganda. Democracy begins with the voting process, and that process begins with the register,” she added.
Salim Uhuru, the Mayor of Kampala Central Division, reiterated the significance of discipline in the registration process, highlighting the NRM’s preparedness to tackle any obstacles that may arise during the primaries.