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Daily Monitor
Saturday April 24 2021
Summary
Despite the reluctance of the old guard within the NRM to give way, younger members of the party are pushing hard for change within their party and government in general, and the NRM has big decisions to make.
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Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda last week got out of his customary shell to make an attention-grabbing statement, looking straight into the camera and declaring that he is not about to retire from politics.
The amiable politician, who many refer to as Ndugu, Kiswahili for ‘comrade’, was unassuming in his statement made at Parliament on April 13, taking a moment to focus on himself as he outlined his mission in politics.
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We are ready for Bobi Wine petition - NRM
Monday February 01 2021
NRM secretary general Kasule Lumumba (third left) addressing journalists at the NRM headquarters in Kampala in November 2020. PHOTO/ STEPHEN OTAGE
Summary
Mr Kyagulanyi expressed pessimism on account that Supreme Court judges are appointed by President Museveni, who is the respondent in the petition.
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The National Resistance Movement (NRM) has said the party has made all the necessary preparations to handle the National Unity Platform (NUP)’s presidential election petition which is slated to be filed in the Supreme Court today.
The NUP leader, Mr Robert Kyagulanyi, alias Bobi Wine, is seeking to challenge President Museveni’s victory in the January 14 presidential election.