The Movement house; Did NRM steal even its own money?

The Movement house; Did NRM steal even its own money?

• Shs20bn of the projected Shs30bn budget was raised, according to press reports.

President Museveni launched the NRM House project with a fundraiser in 2012, where Shs4bn was raised. It was announced that the building would be ready in two years.

In 2012, Rwanda’s Paul Kagame also announced plans for his party RPF’s headquarters and did a ground breaking. The offices have been opened.

Kagame at the new RPF headheadqtrs

A total of Shs16 billion was collected at the two fundraising dinners NRM chairman Yoweri Museveni hosted at State House in Entebbe 2015 to mobilise funds for the construction of the 27-storey Movement House. Sudhir Ruparelia raised Shs3.3bn for the project.

The NRM National Treasurer, Ms Rose Namayanja, said the party has already secured the land title for the site, which she said is behind Crested Towers.

“.. we shall break ground and construction will start immediately. That is our priority. We want to build a strong sustainable financial base for the party,” Ms Namayanja told the monitor news 2012

 

The auditorium of RPF’s headquarters.

By June 2015, the last time words came up about the NRM house was presentation of the artistic impressions and fundraisers that raised Shs16bn. Sudhir Ruparelia raised Shs3.3bn for the project.

What happened to the money and project? Could this be proof Museveni has no single interest in developing NRM the party but building his own monarchy?