District Security Committee Threatens to Stop Joint Campaigns in Maracha Constituency If Chaos Continues.
Story by Osuta Yusuf.
Maracha District.
8-July-2025.
Click here on the link https://www.youtube.com/live/Xgzu-S0qNe0 to watch the joint campaign at Andeni primary school playground in Oluvu Sub-county which turned chaotic.What You Need to Know:
●Three candidates (Drasiga Dan Elvis, Obeta Moses Drakua, and Uhuru Nelson) were duly nominated by the NRM Party Secretariat, Kampala, to contest in the upcoming 17-7-2025 NRM Party primary elections for the Maracha Constituency MP seat.
● The two Candidates, Mr Obeta Moses Drakua and Uhuru Nelson, have accused themselves of planning to kill each other.
Maracha district security committee comprising the RDC office, the DPC, and the DISO, have on Tuesday 8-July-2025 held an emergency security meeting in which they also summoned the three Candidates (Drasiga Dan Elvis, Obeta Moses Drakua, and Uhuru Nelson) who were duly nominated to contest in the upcoming 17-7-2025 NRM Party primary elections for Maracha Constituency.
The emergency security meeting came after the joint campaigns in Maracha Constituency turned chaotic and bloody on Monday 7-7-2025 4pm at Andeni primary school playground in Oluvu Sub-county between the supporters of Mr Obeta Moses Drakua and Mr Uhuru Nelson, leading to physical fights in which more than 10 people who are supporters of both Obeta Moses and Uhuru Nelson are said to be nursing injuries and fractures in the hospital as a result of the weapons they used during the physical backlash.
When the district security committee questioned Mr Uhuru Nelson to narrate his side of the story on why and what exactly happened leading into such physical fight amongst their supporters, he blamed Mr Obeta Moses Drakua for being the causer of the fight by ferrying supporters from his Sub-county of origin, doze them with alcohol to morale boost him during the joint campaigns henceforth leading into such unavoidable circumstances.
Mr Uhuru also accused some of the Sub-county NRM Registrars and officials of favoring Mr Obeta Moses by not reigning in him and his supporters when they started to make noise at the rally.
In his recommendations, Uhuru suggested continuation of the joint campaigns but with strict adherence to the guidelines.
Similarly, Mr Obeta Moses Drakua, who was asked by the district security committee to explain what transpired, equally accused Mr Uhuru Nelson of fueling such conflicts by ferrying supporters from other Sub-counties and also buying for them alcohol to become drunk before starting to boost morale.
Unlike Mr Uhuru Nelson and Drasiga Dan Elvis, who proposed the continuation of the joint campaigns, Mr Obeta requested that the district security committee and the NRM Party leadership at the district ban the joint campaigns, citing danger to his life if the rallies continue in the current manner.
Drasiga Dan Elvis, another Candidate contesting in the NRM Party primary elections for Maracha Constituency MP seat, who travels alone for the joint campaigns without carrying agents or supporters with him, spoke from a neutrality point of view, pinning both Mr Obeta Moses Drakua and Mr Uhuru Nelson for all playing roles in both ferrying their supporters other Sub-counties to attend rallies in another Sub-county and also intoxicating them with alcohol, henceforth increasing the higher chances of quarrels, imminent disruption of other candidate's speeches and also confrontations with other supporters.
He equally proposed for the continuation of the joint campaign and urged the two candidates, Mr Obeta Moses Drakua and Uhuru Nelson, to regulate and control their agents and supporters to avoid unnecessary fracas in the joint campaigns.
NRM Party Registrar for Maracha District, Mr Letia Jimmy vowed to disqualify any candidate who may continue with such conduct prohibited by the joint campaign guidelines.
“The joint campaign guidelines emphasized Decorum while at the venue of the campaigns! But why would a candidate or some candidates decide to contravene that by engaging themselves in personal attacks or hateful speeches or fueling physical fights?” Mr Letia wondered as he advised the candidates to preach peace, unity, and love because there is life after politics.
Following allegations of bias by some of the Sub-county NRM Registrars, the DISO for Maracha District, Nichodem Mwezi Mayombo, advised the district NRM Registrar to rein in such biased Registrars so that there is level ground for all the Candidates to do their campaigns and present manifestos to the crowd.
The DPC for Maracha District, SP Taban Swaibu, condemned scenarios where the Candidates ferry and intoxicate with alcohol, the supporters from other Sub-counties to go and attend rallies in another Sub-county, hence causing clashes amongst the supporters.
He warned the Candidates to desist from such practices or else he would suspend the joint campaigns, and the Candidates would start doing their individual campaigns.
Koliba Monica Kotevu, the Deputy RDC for Maracha District who chaired the meeting on Tuesday 8-July-2025, cautioned the candidates to abide by the guidelines issued to all the Candidates in the country, by the NRM Party Secretariat.
“Whatever you have been doing contrary to the start of the joint campaigns, stop it and start following and abiding by the guidelines issued by the party secretariat”, Koliba stated, insinuating possible repercussions for any candidate who will not rein in their supporters and agents who might be fueling such conflicts.
However, in conclusion, the district security committee meeting passed the following resolutions:
● To deploy both soldiers and police officers to all the venues in the remaining 4 days of the rallies as the joint campaigns for Maracha Constituency MP Candidates are scheduled to end on 11 July 2025.
●No ferrying of supporters from other Sub-counties to go and attend rallies in another Sub-county.
●Each Candidate must move to the campaign venue with a maximum of 3 agents.
●Any candidate found ferrying people or distributing alcohol to supporters, will be penalized.
●If the chaos continues, joint campaigns will be banned and each candidate will start to organize and address their rallies individually.
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