Published on 10/03/2024
The Minister of the State for Trade, Hon David Bahati has warned the Kabale District NRM party registrars against registering non-Uganda or underage persons as party members in the yellow book as registration of new members and register update exercise begins on Wednesday March 13th to 17th 2024.
Launched last month on Wednesday, 28, 2024 by H.E President Museveni who also doubles as the NRM National Chairman, the exercise for registering and updating details of members for the ruling party members is slated to kick off on March 13 ahead of the 2026 general election.

Mr Bahati, who is also the Kabale District National Resistance Movement (NRM) chairman was Saturday speaking to the party registrars during a workshop training on the rules of the registration exercise where he warned that anyone found guilty of such acts will be convicted of fraud, which attracts a minimum of 7 years in jail.
“Do not attempt to register non-Ugandans during the NRM party registration exercise. Any Sub County registrar or village coordinators involved in acts of illegal registration of members shall be convicted and sentenced to seven years imprisonment once proven guilty,” Minister Bahati warned.

“Make a clean NRM party register in your villages because this is the bottom line of strengthening our party,” he added.
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In case of disputes, Bahati advised the registrars to apply dialogue as members of one family. “Mobilize all our NRM party supporters to participate in the member registration exercise and remind them to always turn up for voting party members during party primary elections,” he said.
Mr Bahati further asked Ugandans to always be vigilant and support security agencies in fighting crime, citing the example of boda boda men who pursued and captured suspected killers of Buganda’s Ndiga clan head, Daniel Bbosa.
Nakawa Deputy Resident City Commissioner, Sheik Kassimu Kamugisha, who is also an aspiring Kabale municipality MP called for a transparent registration exercise that will keep all the party members united and ready to win all the political seats in the district.
Mr Kamugisha also reminded the Kabale NRM party leaders about the four NRM principles, that’s patriotism, pan-Africanism, social economic transformation and democracy.
The Kabale District NRM Registrar, Ms Barbra Ainebyoona asked the Sub County registrars to shun politicians who plan to use them for personal and political gains.