NRM begins vetting CEC candidates ahead of national conference

KAMPALA - The National Resistance Movement (NRM) will start vetting candidates vying for various Central Executive Committee (CEC) positions on August 20, 2025, according to party’s Secretary General Richard Todwong.

He said the three-day exercise will take place at State House in Entebbe till August 22.
Speaking to the New Vision at the party's head offices on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, Todwong said the National Executive Council (NEC) will also meet in Entebbe.

“CEC will start tomorrow and end on Friday (August 22), and on Saturday we shall have accreditation of NEC, which will sit on Sunday and later have a delegates conference for the special interest groups, and later we shall go for the main conference at Kololo,” he said.

A total of about 305 are vying for various CEC positions.

Todwong said the party is expecting about 45,000 delegates to attend, including 21,000 delegates from special interest groups and over 22,000 from the main conference.

He said invitations have been sent to major opposition political parties under the Interparty Organisation for Dialogue (IPOD) party members. But haven’t received feedback yet.

They include the Democratic Party (DP), Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Uganda People’s Congress (UPC), National Unity Platform (NUP), Justice Forum (JEEMA), People’s Progressive Party (PPP), among other parties with representation in parliament.

They also expect revolutionary parties from different African countries including the African National Congress (ANC) of South Africa Zimbabwe African National Union- Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) People's Movement for the Liberation of Angola (MPLA), Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF), Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) of Tanzania, SPLM of South Sudan among other parties.