More than 10,200 leaders of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have been invited to attend the May 12 swearing-in ceremony of President Museveni, who is also the party’s long-serving national chairman.
The delegates, drawn from Uganda’s 146 districts and cities, include members of party structures at district, city and municipality levels.
Each district or city is expected to send around 40 representatives, while municipalities and city divisions will each send an additional 30 delegates.
Speaking to party leaders yesterday, NRM National Treasurer Barbara Nekesa Oundo said the mobilisation structure that delivered what she described as the party’s “mass victory” would also anchor preparations for the swearing-in celebrations.
Internal NRM documents indicate that delegates from Acholi sub-region will receive between Shs80,000 and Shs120,000 for transport, while those from Bukedi will receive up to Shs60,000 for travel to Kampala and similar facilitation for return journeys.
Delegates from Busoga are expected to receive between Shs50,000 and Shs60,000 depending on district location, while representatives from Bunyoro, Ankole, Teso and Greater Masaka will receive between Shs40,000 and Shs120,000.
Leaders from Sebei, Kigezi, Mukono and Mubende will receive between Shs20,000 and Shs40,000, while delegates from Karamoja are expected to receive up to Shs140,000 because of distance and transport costs.
The party has also allocated at least Shs200,000 for accommodation of travelling party officials, alongside an additional budget exceeding Shs300 million to support district-level publicity activities linked to President Museveni’s seventh elective swearing-in ceremony.
GOVERNMENT TO PAY TRANSPORT FOR NRM LEADERS TO ATTEND MUSEVENI’S SWEARING CEREMONY
