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Daudi Kabanda, Member of Parliament for Kasambya County and Executive Secretary of the office of the National Chairman of the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU), has rejected as false a report claiming that senior National Resistance Movement (NRM) leaders blocked a proposal to endorse General Muhoozi Kainerugaba as President Yoweri Museveni's successor in the 2031 elections.
Kabanda made the dismissal on Thursday, November 12, 2026, responding to an alleged AFP report based on accounts from five party insiders.
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According to AFP, senior NRM figures pushed back against the proposal during a closed-door session of the party's Central Executive Committee on November 10, 2026.
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The sources said four members had voted in favour of backing Kainerugaba's candidature and three against before the vote was abandoned altogether, with several members openly challenging the plan.
