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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 ...
Uganda is a member of the East African Community (EAC), along with Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan. According to the East African Common Market Protocol of 2010, the free trade and free movement of people is guaranteed, including the right to reside in another member country for purposes of employment.
Despite this, the UPC sounded out a political alliance with the Baganda leaders and the Kabaka (King) of Buganda, Mutesa II. After several negotiations, the UPC and Baganda leaders held a conference whereupon an agreement was reached. Soon afterwards the Baganda created the Kabaka Yekka and joined an alliance with the UPC. [4]
The following is a list of constituencies (electoral districts) of Uganda. [1] There are 353 single-member districts which each elect one member of the Parliament of Uganda . [ 2 ]
The UPC, on the other hand, represented the grievances of the non-Baganda who had been dominated by Baganda since 1600. The Uganda National Congress, later to become the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), was led by Milton Obote. Like the Democratic Party, the UPC campaigned for a unitary modern state.
According to Akena Adoko, former head of the General Service Unit in Uganda, it took time for socialism to be established in Uganda because of the political realities of the time: [1] The first and nominal socialist phase was from 1952 to 1963 when the Uganda National Congress and later the UPC professed socialism.
Miria Obote returned to Uganda from Zambia in October 2005, [6] after 20 years in exile, to bury her husband. [7] Two months later, she was elected as head of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) and as its presidential candidate for the next election. The UPC was founded by her husband [8] and led by him until his death.
He was replaced by Godfrey Binaisa, a Muganda like Lule, but one who had previously served as a high-ranking member of Milton Obote's UPC. [citation needed] It was not an auspicious start to the rebuilding of a new Uganda, which required political and economic stability. Indeed, the quarrels within the NCC, which Binaisa enlarged to 127 members ...