President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has advised the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Members of Parliament who lost in the recent party primaries not to stand as independents in the forthcoming elections.
“Where there are NRM and opposition candidates, I wouldn’t advise you to come as independent, because if you do and things go wrong, you will be the one to blame. Where there are only NRMs in the race, even there I would prefer you use the law, so that you don't confuse our people,” he said.
The President, in the company of the First Lady and Minister of Education and Sports, Maama Janet Museveni made the remarks yesterday during a meeting with NRM Members of Parliament and Independent MPs who had signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the NRM at State Lodge Arua. The team participated in the party primaries and lost. Now the majority of them declared to stand as independents in the forthcoming elections while some opted to stay out of the elections.
During the meeting, some MPs claimed that they were cheated during the primaries, explaining that their competitors altered the results and by the end of the day, they were irregularly declared winners.
According to the President, in their case, these particular MPs were provoked by selfish people but advised that what is crucial is how they react to the provocation.
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