KAMPALA- As the clock ticks to 2026, when Ugandans are slated to elect their leaders for the five year term, the National Resistance Movement NRM has released the party’y tentative program for their 2025 internal elections.
Here below is the detailed program:
April – May 2025
Call for Expression of Interest & Picking of Nomination Forms for Local Government Councils
Dates: April 15, 2025 – April 30, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Mobilization for Voter Register Display
Dates: April 15, 2025 – May 28, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General
Nomination of Candidates for Local Government Council Positions
Dates: May 2, 2025 – May 14, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Joint Campaigns for Local Government Council Positions
Dates: May 15, 2025 – May 22, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
District Conferences to Harmonize Leadership Structures
Dates: May 18, 2025 – May 30, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General
Primaries of SIG Committees at Village Level (Youth, PWDs, Older Persons)
Dates: May 24, 2025 – May 25, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Polling Period for Local Government Council Positions
Dates: May 24, 2025 – May 31, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Endorsement of Village SIG Committees Candidates
Dates: May 26, 2025 – June 1, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General
Call for Expression of Interest & Picking of Nomination Forms for MPs, LC V Chairpersons, and City Mayors
Dates: June 2, 2025 – June 15, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Primaries of SIG Committees at Parish Level
Dates: June 10, 2025 – June 12, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Nomination of Candidates for MPs, LC V Chairpersons, and City Mayors
Dates: June 16, 2025 – June 30, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Joint Campaigns for MPs, LC V Chairpersons, and City Mayors
Dates: July 1, 2025 – July 14, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
July 2025
Endorsement of Parliamentary and Local Government Flagbearers
Dates: July 20, 2025 – September 15, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General
Primaries of SIG Committees at District/City Level
Dates: August 3, 2025 – August 4, 2025
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Election of NRM Presidential Flagbearer, Executive Committee of CEC, ECs of Special Organs (National level)
Dates: August 22, 2025 – August 25, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General / NRM Electoral Commission
September 2025 – February 2026
Preparation and Presentation of NRM Presidential Candidate to NEC
Dates: September 3, 2025 – October 3, 2025
Responsible Office: Secretary General
Campaigns for Presidential, Parliamentary, and Local Government Candidates
Dates: September 1, 2025 – February 28, 2026
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Polling Period for General Elections
Dates: January 12, 2026 – February 9, 2026
Responsible Office: Independent Electoral Commission
March 2026 – August 2027
Compilation of General Election Returns
Dates: March 1, 2026 – March 31, 2026
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Election of NRM Parliamentary Caucus Executive Committee
Dates: May 20, 2026 – May 22, 2026
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Primaries for Party Flagbearers for Speaker & Deputy Speaker
Dates: May 20, 2026 – May 23, 2026
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral Commission
Primaries for Members of Parliament to the East African Legislative Assembly
Dates: August 20, 2026 – August 24, 2026
Responsible Office: NRM Electoral
