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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 ...
Ignatius Kangave Musaazi (1905–1990) formed the first political party in Uganda, namely the Uganda National Congress (UNC) party on 2 March 1952. [1] Musaazi became its first president, and Abubaker Kakyama Mayanja was the party's first secretary general.
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.
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.
Uganda National Congress politicians (4 P) ... Uganda People's Congress politicians (28 P) Pages in category "Ugandan politicians by party"
The politics of Uganda occurs in an authoritarian context. Since assuming office in 1986 at the end of the Ugandan civil war, Yoweri Museveni has ruled Uganda as an autocrat. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Political parties were banned from 1986 to 2006 in the wake of the 2005 Ugandan multi-party referendum which was won by pro-democracy forces. [ 1 ]
He served as the Chairman of Uganda People's Congress in charge of Greater Kamuli District, in the first and second Uganda People's Congress (UPC) governments. He was a founder member of the Uganda National Congress, which eventually became UPC, under Apollo Obote. He also served on the National Executive Committee in between 1980 and 1985.