Lira NRM Fires Up Grassroots Machinery for 100% LC1 Victory

What the report says

Dokolo Post reported that National Resistance Movement leaders in Lira District are pushing for a complete win in the upcoming Local Council I and Women Council elections. At a mobilisation meeting in Agali Sub-county on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, Lira District NRM Vice Chairperson Abdul George told supporters the party should win every LC1 position, pointing to its earlier success in taking all constituency parliamentary seats and the district Woman MP seat.

According to the report, Abdul said the meeting was intended to prepare members for NRM village barazas planned for Wednesday, July 22. He urged supporters to back official party flag bearers, remain coordinated through polling day, and verify that mobilised voters are on the Electoral Commission register. He also warned that people who lost the NRM flag and then stand as independents should not be treated as the party’s candidates.

The article said Abdul appealed for unity and an end to internal political hostility, arguing that divisions could affect development and weaken the party’s local campaign. He also said President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the NRM national chairperson, had provided campaign support, including Shs100,000 for LC1 flag bearers to facilitate polling agents, with Women Council candidates also receiving funds for mobilisation.

The report placed the Lira mobilisation within a wider NRM push ahead of village-level polls. Nationwide barazas were scheduled as a final effort to reconcile supporters, limit vote-splitting by independents, and confirm party candidates across Uganda’s villages. The published timetable cited Village Women Committee elections on July 23 and LC1 chairperson elections on July 28, 2026.