A group of nine independent leaning members elected to the 12th parliament have shown interest in working with the ruling NRM party.
The nine MPs including Esther Achom( Serere), Peter Ojiji(Pingire), Mercy Kanyesigye( national female youth), Rose Muntonyi(Manafwa), Ronald Mutego(Butaleja), Emmanuel Illukol( Bukora County), Anthony Tumwesigye(Isingiro), Spellanza Baguma(Kyenjojo) and Richard Ssenteza from Buikwe were on Wednesday afternoon presented to the NRM headquarters by the party second national vice chairperson( female), Anita Among.
Among said as the dean of independents in parliament, she had approached them and they agreed to come and work with the ruling party.
“These are members already gazeted and wish to work with the party(NRM) They are members of the party but maybe didn’t get enough votes(during primaries) and ended up going independent and were fortunate enough to win in the parliamentary election,” Among said, applauding the MPs-elect for showing interest in working with NRM.
Among applauded these MPs for contributing to President Museveni’s victory in the just-concluded 2026 presidential elections.
The NRM deputy Secretary General, Rose Namayanja welcomed the MPs for seeking to work with the ruling party.
She said the group will be taken through formal procedures before signing a Memorandum of Understanding to work with the NRM.
The NRM director for legal affairs, Enoch Barata said the process culminating into signing of the MoU will begin after swearing-in of all MPs.
He however noted that accepting to work with NRM doesn’t necessarily mean crossing to the ruling party.
“The general idea of this cooperation is not that one has changed their party to NRM but we only enter into an agreement to cooperate on several issues. This usually comes mainly in cooperating IN supporting resolutions of the NRM parliamentary caucus,” Barata said.