NO ONE CAN REPLACE MBABAZI AS NRM SECRETARY GENERAL TILL 2016 WHEN HE WILL BE VYING FOR NRM CHAIRPERSONSHIP AND LATER ON PRESIDENT OF UGANDA. The NRM deputy spokesperson Ofwono Opondo reveals that Mbabazi had reported at his NRM office between Monday and Wednesday this week to perform his duties. Nevertheless, Ofwono Opondo, the NRM deputy spokesman, told The Observer on Thursday that Mbabazi was still the substantive secretary general with Todwong only assigned specific party activities. “No one can replace Mbabazi; not even the CEC (Central Executive Committee),” Opondo clarified. “Even if CEC took that decision, it cannot be effective until the national delegates’ conference that elected him is convened to endorse it,” M7 ‘S ANXIOUS YELLOW GIRLS AND BOYS YEARNING FOR HON.AMAMA MBABAZI’S BLOOD TO SHOWCASE THEIR SUPPORT FOR THE BIG MAN“ SEE THE MESS WE ARE DRAGGING OURSELVES INTO.” The minister-led regional teams arose from the recommendations of two internal reports – the Museveni sole candidate popularisation, and the chaotic 2010 NRM primaries. In the countryside, the ministers are delivering a message from President Museveni packaged in a 10-page document. This message is to be distributed right up to the village level, The Observer has learnt. The document details the NRM government’s record in service delivery and makes a case for sticking with the ruling party. The meetings, according to our sources, are attracting at least 120 delegates per district and each is paid a transport refund of Shs 100,000. MPs, on the other hand, are getting Shs 300,000. The NRM leaders suggested that they would continue relating with Mbabazi by virtue of his position as secretary general but Namayanja poured cold water on that. She said Mbabazi, who was elected secretary general during the NRM delegates’ conference at Namboole stadium in 2010, now has just the title but not the position. “It is not a circus; the truth is, the two comrades [Mbabazi and Museveni] fell out and it is part of the reason why I am here to confirm to you that what you have been hearing is real,” Namayanja said. The minister, one of those mentioned as a possible post-Mbabazi secretary general, heads the team dispatched by the NRM chairman to monitor the delivery of services, build party cohesion and rejuvenate the party’s grassroots structures in Buganda region. Lumumba heads the eastern region team, while Frank Tumwebaze, the minister for the Presidency and Kampala, is in charge of western Uganda, and Todwong has taken charge of the north. Although their assignment says otherwise, it is believed that the real essence of the tours is to prepare the ground for Mbabazi’s removal. Lumumba told NRM supporters in Manafwa district on Monday that the party had upheld a resolution that Todwong replaces Mbabazi as secretary general, in acting capacity, until fresh elections are held next year. “Mr Todwong was appointed by the NRM caucus sitting in Entebbe early this year to act in the position of secretary general. Therefore, Mr Mbabazi was relieved of this docket and should not be allowed to hold any activities whatsoever on behalf of the party till fresh elections are held,” she said, according to Daily Monitor. Interestingly, some NRM leaders had been quick to suggest, in the aftermath of his sacking, that Mbabazi was relieved of his duties so as to concentrate on his job as secretary general. Mbabazi himself has repeatedly said that he will continue to do his work for the party. Indeed, this week Hon.Amama Mbabazi sent out letters inviting CEC members to yesterday’s CEC meeting, his first notable action as secretary general after being dropped out of Cabinet. THE GROUND NO LONGER HOLDS FOR PRO-M7 CAMP; PRESSURES MOUNT AS HON.AMAMA SWEEPS THE GROUND Rosemary Namayanja Nsereko (Information and National Guidance) and Justine Kasule Lumumba (Chief Whip), however, gave conflicting information with regard to Mbabazi’s successor. Speaking in Masaka on Tuesday, Namayanja said President Museveni, the party chairman, had assumed Mbabazi’s roles, while in the Elgon sub-region Lumumba pointed to Richard Todwong, the minister in charge of Political Mobilisation as the de facto secretary general. Namayanja had earlier been asked to explain the ongoing “circus” between President Museveni and his former confidant Mbabazi. NRM PARTY MEMBERS STICK ON MBABAZI AS THE PARTY SECRETARY GENERAL The NRM leaders in Lwengo, Masaka, Kalungu and other parts of the country have suggested that they would continue relating with Hon.Amama Mbabazi by virtue of his position as secretary general of the NRM ruling Party.
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