State Minister for Local Government and Masaka City Woman MP Justine Nameere Nsubuga has publicly endorsed Chief of Defence Forces Gen Muhoozi Kainerugaba for the 2031 presidency, marking a dramatic turn in the relationship between the two politicians after days of a bitter public confrontation.
Nameere made the endorsement yesterday after visiting the Patriotic League of Uganda (PLU) national secretariat in Naguru, Kampala, where she was received by PLU Secretary General Fadil Twalla.
Twalla announced the development on X, describing Nameere as his “sister” and saying she had joined millions of Ugandans backing Gen Muhoozi for president in 2031 and beyond.
He also said Nameere had donated endorsement books for Masaka City. Another PLU supporter, Mwesigye Frank, said Nameere had picked 25 endorsement books, one for each of the 25 wards in Masaka City, as part of the mobilisation exercise.
The development is significant because Nameere had recently been at the centre of a public confrontation with Muhoozi, with the CDF demanding that she apologise over remarks contained in a video clip circulating on social media.
From Opponent To Endorser
The latest endorsement represents a sharp change in Nameere’s public position towards Muhoozi’s political ambitions.
The minister had previously questioned or opposed calls for Muhoozi to succeed President Yoweri Museveni, arguing that Museveni remained the country’s political leader and was still active.
The disagreement became more pronounced as the PLU stepped up its campaign to collect endorsements for Muhoozi ahead of the 2031 presidential election.
The PLU has in recent weeks organised a national endorsement campaign, with politicians, business personalities and other public figures publicly expressing support for Muhoozi’s proposed presidential bid. The organisation says it is building structures and collecting physical endorsements across the country.
Five Ankole MPs, for example, formally endorsed Muhoozi earlier this month after visiting the PLU headquarters, while other political and business figures have also joined the endorsement drive. Nameere’s decision now puts her among the public figures participating in that mobilisation.
The Video That Triggered The Clash
The dispute between Nameere and Muhoozi intensified after a video clip circulated on social media appearing to show the minister making critical remarks directed at the CDF.
The controversy centred on whether Nameere had been attacking Muhoozi or whether the video had been edited to change the meaning of her remarks.
According to reports, a longer version of the recording showed that Nameere was addressing former PLU Secretary General and Kasambya County MP Daudi Kabanda rather than Muhoozi.
The shorter version that circulated online appeared to remove the portion identifying Kabanda as the person being addressed, creating the impression that Nameere was confronting the CDF.
Nameere subsequently maintained that the video had been maliciously edited and that she had never intended to attack Muhoozi.
The controversy nevertheless escalated, with Muhoozi warning that Nameere could face political consequences.
On September 16, Muhoozi gave the minister seven days to apologise, warning that failure to do so would have consequences.
The dispute later intensified when Muhoozi issued another warning giving Nameere 72 hours to apologise or face removal from her ministerial position, according to reports published on September 20.
Nameere Apologises
Nameere eventually issued a public apology, although she continued to insist that the offending video had been manipulated.
In her message addressed to Muhoozi, she apologised over the video and said she could never attack him, referring to him as her brother.
She also invoked Proverbs 6:19 in accusing those responsible for circulating the disputed version of the video of attempting to sow discord.
Her apology therefore did not amount to an admission that she had actually made the remarks attributed to her. Rather, she said the material had been edited and that Muhoozi’s name had been inserted into the controversy. Muhoozi subsequently accepted the apology and declared the matter settled. He also directed members of PLU to stop attacking Nameere.
Daudi Kabanda an aide to Muhoozi later said he would comply with Muhoozi’s directive and stop his confrontation with the minister.
The intervention effectively brought the public confrontation between the two camps to an end.
From Apology To Endorsement
Within days of the reconciliation, Nameere has now gone a step further by physically visiting the PLU headquarters and endorsing Muhoozi for the presidency in 2031.
Her appearance at the PLU secretariat also places her directly within the movement’s current nationwide mobilisation programme.
Twalla said Nameere had joined those endorsing Muhoozi and thanked her for the donation of endorsement books intended for Masaka City.
Mwesigye said the minister had collected 25 books for the city’s wards, suggesting that the endorsement exercise could now extend into her political base.
The development is particularly notable given the recent disagreement over Muhoozi’s political activities and Nameere’s earlier reservations about discussions surrounding the 2031 succession.
Muhoozi’s Political Campaign
Muhoozi, who is also chairman of PLU, has increasingly been associated with a political mobilisation programme centred on the 2031 presidential election.
The PLU has publicly described its current activities as an endorsement campaign and has been distributing physical endorsement books through its structures around the country. Its official website lists public statements from several political figures supporting its broader agenda and Muhoozi’s future leadership.
The campaign has attracted MPs, business figures and other public personalities.
However, the question of who will contest the 2031 presidential election remains a political matter that will ultimately depend on the electoral process and the decisions of individual political actors.
For Nameere, her latest move provides a striking contrast with the events of the previous week.
Masaka Factor
The endorsement books for Masaka City could give the development an additional local political dimension.
Nameere represents Masaka City in Parliament and serves as State Minister for Local Government. Her decision to take endorsement books for the city’s wards means supporters of the Muhoozi project will now have an opportunity to mobilise in an area represented by a minister who had only recently been involved in a public dispute with the PLU leadership.
The reconciliation also removes an immediate source of tension between Nameere and PLU officials, particularly after Kabanda had publicly criticised her and questioned aspects of her political standing in Masaka.
Muhoozi’s instruction that PLU members stop attacking Nameere further signalled an attempt to close the dispute.
A Dramatic Political Reversal
Nameere’s journey from disagreement, through an apology, to endorsement has therefore unfolded within a matter of days.
What began with a disputed video escalated into an ultimatum involving her ministerial position and political future before ending with Muhoozi accepting her apology.
Her subsequent appearance at PLU headquarters and endorsement of Muhoozi’s 2031 bid now provides a new chapter in the relationship.
For the PLU, the development adds another public figure to its growing list of supporters.
For Nameere, it signals a new public alignment with a political movement whose leadership she had recently been involved in a bitter confrontation with.
The minister’s decision to take 25 endorsement books to Masaka City also means the reconciliation may now move beyond the personalities involved and into a wider political mobilisation exercise in the constituency she represents.
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