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The Uganda People's Union together with the Obote-led faction of the UNC formed a new party, the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), in March 1960. The DP and UPC parties became major political parties in Uganda. The UNC became less of a force, mainly because DP became popular and a new party, Kabaka Yekka, emerged. [7]
The Uganda People's Congress (UPC; Swahili: Congress ya Watu wa Uganda) is a political party in Uganda. [2] [3] UPC was founded in 1960 by Milton Obote, who led the country to independence alongside UPC member of parliament A.G. Mehta. [4] Obote later served two presidential terms under the party's banner. Obote was still the party head when he ...
Parliament of Uganda; Members: 426: Speaker: Jacob Oulanyah (until 20 March 2022) Anita Among (from 25 March 2022) Deputy Speaker: Thomas Tayebwa (from 25 March 2022) Leader of the Opposition: Mathias Mpuuga (until 9 January 2024) Joel Ssenyonyi (from 9 January 2024) Party control: National Resistance Movement
Until a constitutional referendum in July 2005, only one political organization, the Movement (also called the National Resistance Movement) was allowed to operate in Uganda. The president, who also chairs the Movement, maintained that the Movement was not a political party , but a mass organization that claimed the loyalty of all Ugandans.
In March 1960, Obote became the first president of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) which was born from the merger of the Uganda National Congress (UNC) and the Uganda People's Union (UPU) which had been established in 1959 by some members of the Legco. [3] This event further strengthened Obote's position in national politics.
This period marked the return to power of Milton Obote and the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), following the disputed national elections of 1980. The speaker of the Fourth Parliament was Francis Butagira , a Harvard -trained lawyer. the Fourth Parliament ended when General Basilio Olara Okello overthrew Obote and the UPC government in 1985.
This is a list of members elected to the tenth Parliament of Uganda (2016 to 2021) in the 2016 general election. It was preceded by the ninth Parliament (2011 to 2016) and succeeded by the eleventh Parliament (starting 2021).
Maxwell Ebong Patrick Akora (born 31 August 1965) is a Ugandan politician and a member of the parliament representing Maruzi county in Apac District on the ticket of Uganda People's Congress (UPC). [1] [2] [3]