The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is in the process of digitizing its membership register to improve party mobilization and ensure more transparent internal election processes.
The Director of Mobilization and Cadre Identification at the NRM Secretariat, Hon. Rosemary Nansubuga Sseninde, explained that such a register forms the basis for organizing and engaging party members in a more effective manner.
“This exercise has created a mobilization opportunity,” Hon. Sseninde explained, highlighting that young people involved in the data entry and verification are being empowered and naturally positioned as future party supporters and mobilizers. "By engaging the youth, the initiative not only provides them with income but also integrates them into the NRM's long-term vision."
The absence of a proper register in previous elections created significant challenges, including disputes during primaries.
According to Sseninde, who is also the team leader for the party digitization in Greater Mpigi, Wakiso and Kampala, the digital register aims to address previous challenges by ensuring a clean and accurate database that supports both mobilization and transparent elections.
During a media briefing on Monday, Sseninde shared impressive progress from the digitalization centres. The register is already facilitating targeted mobilization efforts.
Butambala and Gomba districts have achieved 100% data coverage, while Mpigi is at 81%, Wakiso at 76%, and Kampala at 54%.
Viola Asiimwe, one of the supervisors at the digitalization centre in Kira Municipality, says data entry is way up because the clerks learned the new system quickly, and the verification team is doing a fantastic job.
In Kampala, the NRM digitalization project is almost finished. IT Supervisor Adler Nishkeka says they overcame early network problems. They have strong checks in place – people checking the data, and the system itself catching mistakes like duplicate entries or wrong birth dates, genders, and IDs.