Minister Gidud Mafabi endors Captain Mukula For NRM Vice Chairperson, Eastern Uganda

The Minister Of State Elderly, Hon. Gidud Mafabi Has Endorsed Captain Mike Mukula For NRM Vice Chairperson, Eastern Uganda.

Speaking to this publication in a one-on-one with our Reporter, Gidud noted that on behalf of the Elderly forum, they have decided to front Captain Mukula as National Resistance Movement moves to hold its internal CEC Elections. 

Mukula has been the NRM Eastern Region Vice chairperson for more than 2 terms and has been massively winning his opponents, including Mr. Sajje Tanna, an Indian business from Tororo. 

Though source has it that other candidates may opt to join the race as the party gets closer to It's NRM CEC international Elections.

Preliminary reports show that Mukula, former Soroti Municipality MP and State minister for Health is destined for a landslide victory and is expected to beat Sanjay Tanna and others by over 70% of the total vote. Mukula who has been  unanimously endorsed by majority of the national delegates including; Busoga, Sebei, Teso, Lango, Acholi and Western Uganda.

Several, NRM district delegates habe praised Mukula for his enormous personal contribution in building the NRM Party. 

Most delegates, Ie, Hon. Bumali Mpiindi regarded him as a generous nationalist and Pan-Africanist who has selflessly served both the NRM Party and country. He is viewed as a loyal and prized mobiliser of the NRM Party. 

Mukula has been credited for uprooting and weakening the opposition parties in Eastern region. Mukula resigned from elective politics in 2015 and spent that entire period campaigning for NRM flag bearers and President Museveni in the 2016, 2021 elections. He won several hearts from the opposition who later defected to the NRM party.

Particularly in Teso sub region where he hails from, Mukula has been instrumental in ensuring that the then strongest opposition Party-Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) which had dominated the region, is weakened. In 2006, FDC party emerged as a very strong opposition party in Teso with a whopping 16 Members of Parliament. However, with concerted efforts of the likes of Mukula who was equally a strong force in the politics of Teso, FDC’s grip began dwindling in 2011 with the number of MPS reducing to 11 then finally in 2016, a huge nsumani swept the FDC where opposition party only recorded 3 MPs in the 10th Parliament, having knocked out even the likes of Patrick Amuriat (now FDC President), Alice Alaso, in 2021, Teso had only 2 Opposition MPs etc.

In terms of solving problems faced by Teso people, Mukula will forever be remembered for tabling the motion in the 6th Parliament that led to the disarmament of Karamojongs who were constantly killing and rustling cattle from the Iteso.

With the likes of Musa Ecweru (now state minister for Relief), Mukula also played a pivotal role in fostering security in Teso sub region where they mobilized gallant men and women from Teso to form Arrow Boys unit which gave a hand to UPDF to see Kong out of Teso and other regions like Lango and Acholi.