{UAH} Katerega:GENERAL SECRETARY LIKELY TO REPLACE SECRETARY GENERAL

Ahmed,
You, guys, in NRM are giving too much powers to president Museveni. I don't think it's right for the ruling party to behave like this. What you are likely to have after the 15th December delegates conference, is a "king" in NRM rather than a party chairman, and that's very unfortunate. Museveni should listen to Hajji KK as I understand he raised similar concerns in the recently concluded NEC meeting at statehouse.

Abbey

On 22 Oct 2014 06:53, "Ahmed Kateregga Musaazi" <katereggamusaazi.ahmed@gmail.com> wrote:

After 1996 elections, a bill was drafted for setting up Movement system structure. Some had opinion that the National Political Commissar and directors at the Movement Secretariat should be elected by the National Conference other than appointed by Chairperson of the Movement.
One of the eraly aspirants was Dr. Kizza Besigye, a former NPC, and Maj. John Kazzora, a former SDA/DA/CGR/RDC Kabale and Kampala.
There was no doubt that Besigye, bhad already developed preskidential ambitions and he wanted to use the strategic position to fight from within.
Eventually there was consesus in the 6th Parliament that the NPC and other directors should be appointed by the Chairperson and approved by the National Conference.
The Speaker of the 6th Parliament James Wapakhabulo resigned and was appointed NPC, and according to the then New Vision's Political Writer, Ofwono Opondo, he was being groomed as a Presidential Successor.
Among the directors appointed was Eng. Winnie Byanyima who was Director of Information. She never worked and when she spear headed the censure of cabinet ministers Maj. Jim Muhwezi and Sam Kahamba Kuteesa, among other things, she was sacked and replaced by Ofwono Opondo.
After 2001 elections, Wapakhabulo was elavated to Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Dr. Cryspous Kiyonga was made Minister without portfolio and National Political Commissar.
The NRM background which feared to separate Chairperson of the executive committee from the legislative organ as a result between the late Prof. Yusuf Lule and Prof.Edward Rugumayo in 1979, and a clash between the Political Commission chairperson Godfrey Binaisa and Military Commission, the late Paulo Muwanga in 1980, in 1986 made Chairperson of NRM to be to be automatically the Chairperson of /NRA High Command and NRC, and since 2005 the National Chairperson of NRM is automatically the Chairperson of the Central Executive Committee, the National Executive Committee and the National Conference.
It is likely that in the coming National Conference meeting in December, the party constitution is likely to be amended so that the National Chairperson is likely to get powers to appoint a General Secretary and a Deputy General Secretary as it is the case with some parties like ANC, to replace a Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General elected by the National Conference.

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