Both the National Unity Platform (NUP) and National Resistance Movement (NRM) have assembled their party leaders to support their respective candidates as the campaign period comes to an end tomorrow. In the next two days, President Museveni and Mr. Robert Kyagulanyi are anticipated to join the campaign.
Campaigning for the Hoima LC5 by-election is at its height, with Mr. Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu of the NUP and the NRM's party leaders preparing for a confrontation. The September 1 campaign cycle is now in its last days as candidates make their final pitches to win over the 100,396 registered voters.
September 14 is the day set aside for the by-election. After Kadiri Kirungi's passing on March 17 in a car accident near Bukomero Town Council, on the Kampala-Hoima Highway in Kiboga District, the seat fell vacant. Both the NUP and NRM camps have organized their party leaders to support their candidates as the campaign season draws to a close.
Mr. Moses Aguuda, the party's nominee, is in charge of the NUP's campaign. He affirmed that starting today, NUP party leaders from the headquarters would assist their camp. He said that starting today, Mr. Kyagulanyi, president of the NUP, would camp out in the Hoima District for two days to conduct campaigning. Aguuda expressed confidence in Kyagulanyi's capacity to persuade voters and predicted that their candidate will receive more support as a result of his visit. However, the NRM party has a substantial following.
existence in the Hoima District, where the campaign has been backed since last Thursday by Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja and other noteworthy individuals. Other NRM figures include, among others, the director for mobilization Rosemary Sseninde, the party's national vice chairman Moses Kigongo, and the NRM's deputy secretary general Rose Namayanja. The NRM encouraged President Museveni to travel to Hoima District on the final day of the campaign, according to Mr. Emmanuel Dombo, the NRM's Director for Communications and Public Relations. This was done to help their candidate.
