25/03/2025
Drama as NRM officials force market vendors to close business and join others in welcoming party secretary Richard Todwong to Arua City
On Saturday March 22, 2025 dramatic events rocked Arua city when the ruling National Resistance Movement party in its known signature, forced everyone to support the party and its chairman, Yoweri Museveni.
The officials descended on the vendors, especially those at the Arua Central Market and ordered everyone to close business and go cheer Todwong, who was sent by the party to drum up support for the president as the 2026 general elections draw closer.
Punched to the corner, the vendors were left with no option as they painfully closed businesses and joined others in the streets to cheer the party and its chairman.
Portraits of the President were distributed to the vendors, who were seen carrying them to the late Ibrahim Abiriga's home in Anyafio, a city suberb.
Fish vendors were the most affected. However, when the officials took their nonsensical action to the tomato vendors, they got it rough.
A lady only identified as Faiza didn't take their nonsense lightly as she confronted them with all clans of obscenity.
"Umbenga kulukundu NRM imi uku ocogo imi indula afura. Gobigobi ti ani sende koli. Imi ti yobo jere vita foam mattress dii", literally meaning: for how long do you NRM guys, with diluted s***m want to confuse us? You have the money but why are you growing thin like a cow [pathologically] suffering from anthrax? Play with your wide mouth that looks like vita foam mattress" Faiza barked at the officials, sending the onlookers to a thunderous laughter.
Not yet done, the daughter of a late TTC (Teachers Training College) tutor, who comes from Abiriamajo primary school in Yumbe district, Fai (as the crowd abridged her name) brandished a mingling stick and charged at the officials, who didn't take it anymore as they took off to their heels.
Cases of NRM forcing Ugandans to support the party and its chairman are rife and we only need citizens like this Arua city-based lady to stop that.
Bravo Fai