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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 ...
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.
In 2021, Aguti contested for the woman MP seat for Dokolo district and lost to Cecilia Ogwal who got 32,223 votes compared to her 10,460 votes. [1] [2] [5] [6]Aguti was declared the flag bearer for UPC on 19 February 2024 during the party district conference at Dokolo catholic parish, [1] [2] after other two party members withdrawn their interests.
KAMPALA (Reuters) - Ugandan police have arrested another five people and discovered five more explosives around the capital Kampala in a bombing plot linked to an Islamist rebel group, the force said.
Olara A. Otunnu (born 6 September 1950) [1] [2] is a Ugandan politician, diplomat, and lawyer. He was President of the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), a political party, from 2010 to 2015 and stood as the party's candidate in the 2011 presidential election. [3]
Jimmy Akena Obote contested for Lira municipality Member of Parliament in 2006 immediately after his return from exile in 2005 under the flag of UPC which is a political party founded by his late father and won the elections that year. Since then he continued to retain the position in 2011,2016 and the recent elections of 2021. [3] [4]
On 24 August, Obote, with the UPC having consolidated a majority in Parliament, declared that the coalition with KY was dissolved. [15] In 1969, Kabaka Yekka was banned along with all other opposition parties when Obote declared the UPC Uganda's only official party.
The elections in 1980 were won by Obote's Uganda People's Congress (UPC) party. However, the UPC's opposition believed that the elections were rigged, [37] which led to a guerrilla war by Yoweri Museveni's National Resistance Army (NRA) and several other military groups. [10] Obote held the additional title of Minister of Finance. [38] [39]