Dokolo, Uganda | Senior leaders of Uganda’s ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) have pledged unity and total support for all party flagbearers in Dokolo District as the 2026 general elections approach.
The leaders said their collective goal was to strengthen the party’s influence and ensure smooth coordination between local leaders and the central government.
During a mobilisation meeting on Thursday in Adok Subcounty, NRM Subcounty Chairperson Okori David said he is committed to ensuring overwhelming support for all NRM candidates in the area.
He urged residents to avoid propaganda and focus on building the party’s reputation.
Okori noted that Joseph Jones Ogwal, the NRM flagbearer for Dokolo North Constituency, had a well-defined and realistic agenda that reflected the people’s needs.
The LCIII Chairperson for Adok Subcounty, Ogwali Rubby, said the NRM had this time fielded strong and credible candidates capable of delivering results.
He remarked that Ogwal had demonstrated patience and consistency in his political journey, having begun preparing for leadership as early as 2016.
Rubby added that Ogwal had supported youth development through sports and community work, including the purchase of a mowing machine that helped in clearing bushes around schools, a contribution he said greatly benefited Adok residents.
Dokolo District NRM Chairperson Geoffrey Opio Ekong explained that his mission in the area is to mobilise support for President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and other NRM flagbearers such as Ogwal, Janet Adongo Elau, and James Otto Apili.
He said his team had come to engage the people with leaders who could identify and provide practical solutions to community problems.
Ekong added that the district needs representatives who could maintain a good working relationship with the president to attract development rather than politicians who spent time criticising government programmes.
He observed that many residents, including the elderly, persons with disabilities, and unemployed youth, depended on government interventions and needed leaders who could advocate for them.
NRM Woman MP flagbearer Janet Rose Adongo Elau said her decision to contest was driven by a desire to represent the people’s voice before President Museveni, recalling that the NRM flag was handed to her in broad daylight by the President himself.
She stressed that electing only NRM candidates would make it easier to coordinate with the district chairperson and the area MP in implementing development programmes.
Dokolo North MP flagbearer Joseph Jones Ogwal said that once elected, he would focus on representing the people’s concerns in Parliament.
He noted that development efforts would be more effective because the entire leadership team would belong to the same party.
Ogwal announced that the long-awaited Adok Seed Secondary School project was already in the pipeline, with the contractor confirmed and a groundbreaking ceremony planned for December.
He said he had already secured land to establish an adult and youth skilling centre and procured sewing machines for young girls to train in tailoring.
Ogwal also promised to support 5 students to train as doctors and 30 others as nurses from the constituency.
He said he would work closely with women’s groups to enhance their financial capacity and called for affirmative action to grant university admission points to students from Lango, arguing that the region had long suffered from past insurgencies.
Ogwal further pledged to advocate for improved access to clean water and electricity across the constituency and to push for legislation that empowers cultural leaders to manage customary land.
He said the NRM manifesto already provided a strong framework for wealth creation, infrastructure, and education and that his mission is to translate those promises into real change for the people.
Dokolo District LCV Chairperson James Otto Apili, who is seeking re-election on the NRM ticket, said he had worked to rehabilitate roads across Adok and the entire district, improving farmers’ access to markets.
He noted that he is lobbying for the upgrading of Amulakere Health Centre and proposed the division of Adok Subcounty into two units to enhance service delivery due to its large size.
Apili added that he would continue to promote women’s economic empowerment to ensure that every household benefits from government initiatives.
The rally in Adok Subcounty is viewed as a major show of unity for the NRM in Dokolo District, with local leaders expressing optimism that the party would secure an overwhelming victory for President Museveni and all its flagbearers in the 2026 general elections.
