Leaders of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) from the Lango Sub-region have asked the ruling party to divorce with the opposition Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party ahead of the 2026 general elections.
Apac District Woman Member of Parliament (MP) Betty Engola and several NRM members said the alliance between NRM and UPC, which was done ahead of 2016 polls, is recording negative impacts.
The alliance involved President Museveni, who belongs to NRM and UPC President Jimmy Akena.
“This marriage of UPC and NRM must be divorced because it’s causing huge problems to us,” Apac District Woman Member of Parliament (MP) Betty Engola said at a consultative meeting chaired by NRM Secretary General Richard Todwong.
According to Ms Engola, UPC is persistently de-campaigning NRM in Lango Sub-region, which she said accounts for NRM’s defeat in 2023 Oyam North and 2024 Dokolo Woman MP by-election.
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