More than 10,200 leaders of the ruling National Resistance Movement have been invited to attend the May 12 swearing-in ceremony of President Yoweri Museveni, who also serves as the party’s long-serving national chairman.
The delegates, drawn from Uganda’s 146 districts and cities, include members of various party structures at district, city, and municipality levels.
Under the arrangement, each district or city is expected to send about 40 representatives, while municipalities and city divisions will each send an additional 30 delegates.
Speaking to party leaders on Monday, Barbara Nekesa Oundo said the same mobilisation structure that delivered what she described as the party’s “mass victory” in the elections would also coordinate preparations for the swearing-in celebrations.
According to internal NRM planning documents, delegates from the Acholi sub-region will receive between Shs80,000 and Shs120,000 for transport facilitation, while those from Bukedi are expected to receive up to Shs60,000 for travel to Kampala and return journeys.
Delegates from Busoga are expected to receive between Shs50,000 and Shs60,000 depending on their 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 are expected to receive between Shs20,000 and Shs40,000, while delegates from Karamoja will reportedly receive up to Shs140,000 because of the longer travel distance and higher transport costs.
The party has also allocated at least Shs200,000 for accommodation of travelling officials, in addition to a publicity budget exceeding Shs300 million to support district-level mobilisation activities linked to President Museveni’s seventh elective swearing-in ceremony.
