NRM SG Todwong Calls for Second Round of Village Barazas Ahead of LC Elections

What the report says

SoftPower News reports that National Resistance Movement Secretary General Richard Todwong has called on party leaders, supporters and voters to take part in a second round of nationwide Village Barazas ahead of Uganda’s Local Council elections. The meetings are scheduled for Wednesday, July 22, 2026, according to the supplied source snippet.

The reported mobilisation is aimed at the NRM’s grassroots structures as the party prepares for the LC polls. Todwong’s message, as described by the publisher, targets both party officials and ordinary voters, signalling an effort to consolidate local participation before electoral activity at village and council level. The available article excerpt says the barazas form part of an intensified mobilisation drive, but it does not provide further detail on venues, agenda items, candidates or election timelines.

Village barazas are commonly used in Uganda as community-level forums where political actors and residents discuss local issues, accountability and mobilisation. In the context of Local Council elections, such gatherings can be important because LC positions are the closest elected leadership structures to communities and often influence service delivery, dispute resolution and local administration.

The supplied material contains a mismatch between the headline and the public article text line, which refers to Uganda Airlines and Boeing aircraft. This summary therefore relies only on the SoftPower News headline and snippet about Todwong, the NRM and the planned second round of Village Barazas, and should be treated as pending editorial verification.