Hope Nankunda Wins NRM Flag for Kassanda District Women Council Chairperson Unopposed

What the report says

Hope Nankunda has been declared the National Resistance Movement’s flagbearer for chairperson of the Kassanda District Women Council Committee after emerging unopposed in the party’s internal selection, according to Watchdog Uganda. The article says the district-level flagbearer form listed Nankunda as the only candidate for the chairperson slot, with the process documented by NRM electoral officials.

The same form also names the rest of the unopposed team for the Kassanda District Women Council Committee: Harriet Nabasirye as vice chairperson, Janet Nakato as secretary for publicity, and Aidah Nakawuma as secretary for finance. Watchdog Uganda reports that the form was filled by the district elections officer and endorsed for transmission to the NRM Electoral Commission headquarters in Kampala, following party procedures for district-level selections.

The report places the document’s endorsement on 21 August 2026 and notes that the formal district nominations were expected later in the month, alongside campaigning and polling set out in the Electoral Commission roadmap. Nankunda is described by the publisher as an adolescent counsellor, Rotarian, and girls’ rights advocate.

The development matters because it shows how the ruling party is organizing its grassroots women’s leadership structures ahead of the Women Council elections. Watchdog Uganda also says similar unopposed declarations have been reported in other districts, reflecting broader internal mobilization within the NRM.