SENIOR NRM CADRES; KABWEGYERE, ELIODA, MUSHEMEZA REJECT PARTY, CONTEST AS INDEPENDENTS

By Wilber Muhwezi Kasibante

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In Greater Bushenyi—

Greater Bushenyi NRM senior cadres have discarded NRM party and decided to contest in 2021 parliamentary general elections.

The senior cadres are; Prof. Tarsis Kabwegeyere, Dr. Elioda Tumwesigye and Prof. Elijah Mushemeza Dickens.

Kabwegyere a former minister has been nominated to participate in the Igara west parliamentary elections while Dr. Elioda the current Sheema district NRM Chairman also minister of science technology and innovations wants to tussle it again with Dickson Kateshumbwa and FDC’s Virginia Plan Mugyenyi for Sheema municipality MP seat.

The third Elijah Mushemeza Dickens a secretary general for NRM Sheema district also former NRM electoral commission vice chairperson faces Ephraim Kamuntu the NRM flag bearer.

Kabwegyere said that he has not left the party revealing that he does not trust the NRM flag bearer Mbwatekamwa whose activities are against NRM.

“You can’t sit back when your house is on fire therefore I cannot see Mbwatekamwa destroying Igara West then I keep quiet,” Kabwegeyere was quoted.

Kabwegyere was surprisingly seconded by his former challenger Adam Kyakuwa who noted that flag bearer is not the right candidate to lead Igara West.

“Kabwegyere is better than Mbwatekamwa for Igara west seat” Kyakuwa noted.

In Sheema after nomination of Elioda and Mushemeza as senior party members, Prof. Ephraim Kamuntu attacked the two for discarding the party though they are senior members and advised votes to discard them.

Kamuntu asked the voters to choose party flag bearers adding that the two left the party because of their selfish interests.