In 2002 the Constitutional Court ruled that the Movement was a political party disguising as a “system” because it had a chairman and all structures of a party no matter what one called it.
Mu 2002 kkooti ya ssemateeka yasalawo nti NRM kyali kibiina kya bya bufuzi wadde nga kyali kyefula okuba omugendo obugendo kubanga kyalina ssentebe na byonna ebikigwanyiza okuba ekibiina.