President Yoweri Museveni has slammed the National Unity Platform (NUP) for their “shallowness” in the recently concluded Bukedea District nomination exercise which saw Speaker Anita Among elected unopposed as Bukedea Woman Representative.
During Museveni’s campaign tour in Bukedea this afternoon, Among, who is also the NRM 2nd National Vice Chairperson [Female] publicly unveiled Florence Asio, the purported NUP flagbearer for Bukedea Woman seat, whom the opposition party alleged had been kidnapped and blocked during Electoral Commission nomination exercise which ended on 23rd October 2025.
“Your Excellency, this is Asio Florence, my daughter whom NUP brought to contest against me. She has never been in NUP. She has never been a politician,” Speaker Anita Among said as Asio was ushered in for a photo moment with Museveni.
Indeed, a few days after nominations, Asio, in a video, emphatically refuted the allegations of kidnap, saying her decision not to appear on the day of nomination was as a result of family pressure considering her relationship with Among.
In response, President Museveni thanked the people of Bukedea for electing Among unopposed and slammed NUP for failing to carry out due diligence on their party members.
“The people of Bukedea, I want to thank you for electing my daughter, Anita Among unopposed and showing how shallow and bogus NUP is because the girl I took a picture with is a relative of Anita Among,” Museveni said.
He added, “She is the one they were hoping to stand against Anita Among because they didn’t even know who their members are.”
He also thanked David Omagor for stepping down for the NRM flagbearer, Hon. Patrick Isiagi for Kachumbala County.
“Thank you for not wasting time and resources to compete just for the sake of competing,” he said.
