In a move aimed at bolstering support ahead of the next general elections, members of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) have teamed up with leaders from the National Resistance Movement (NRM) to intensify grassroots mobilization efforts in the Tooro sub-region.
The collaboration, which launched over the weekend in Fort Portal City, is targeting a 90 percent voter success rate for the ruling party by engaging communities at the village level through coordinated political outreach.
According to campaign organizers, the initiative will employ door-to-door sensitization efforts to remind residents of the NRM government’s achievements while also acknowledging pending development projects as part of a broader appeal for continuity in leadership.
“We are moving village to village, speaking directly to the people about what the NRM government has done for them. But we are also honest about what hasn’t yet been achieved—because that becomes the reason to give the President more time to finish what he started,” said Henry Basariza, PLU Coordinator for the Tooro region.
The campaign has received strong backing from Fort Portal City leadership, with officials promising logistical and political support to ensure the message reaches all communities.
“This unity between PLU and NRM shows commitment to development and stability,” said Deputy Resident City Commissioner (RCC) Emmanuel Businge.
“As the city leadership, we welcome this move because it strengthens our political base and ensures continued peace and prosperity.”
Businge emphasized that the peace established under the NRM government remains the cornerstone of Uganda’s broader development trajectory.
“Without peace, there would be no infrastructure, no schools, no hospitals, and no investment. The NRM government has ensured peace, and that’s why Uganda continues to develop,” he noted.
The joint mobilization effort in Tooro is part of a broader national strategy by the NRM and PLU to consolidate political support in regions traditionally aligned with the ruling party, as the country inches closer to the next electoral cycle.