UPC Party

The UPC Party tricolour flag consists of three horizontal stripes representing
Black for the African Personality;
Red for Human Equality and Brotherhood;
Blue for Peace and Justice.

Akena on UPC NRM Alliance -
Press Statement - December 11, 2015 RE: Court Case Press Statement - November 16, 2015 RE: UPC Position on 2016 General Elections (download/read here) Press Statement - October 31, 2015 (download/read here)
UPC Party Cabinet Members: Party President -- Hon Jimmy Akena,M.P Vice President -- Hon Patrick Mwondha Secretary General -- Mr Edward Segganyi Asst Secretary General -- Hon Fred Ebil Ebil,MP National Chairman -- Mr Lawrence Engirot Okae Vice National Chairman -- Mr Ben Bakabulindi National Treasurer --- Hon Maxwell Akora,M.P Asst National Treasurer -- Mr Godfrey Okwi National Youth Leader -- M/s Brenda Atim Kinyera Asst National Youth Leader -- Mr Dan Isimbwa Workers Leader -- Mr Fahad Kinyiri Woman Leader -- M/s Kellen Mugizi Asst Woman Leader -- M/s Lucy Nachomit Pwd Leader -- Mr Stephen Olebe Party Spokesman -- Mr Micheal Osinde Orach Regional Vice Chairperson Lango -- Mr Chris Ongom Regional Vice Chairperson Teso -- Mr Karl Peters Emokon Regional Vice Chairperson Bugisu -- Mr Mike Kasola Regional Vice Chairperson Kigezi -- M/s Viola Nahabwe Regional Vice Chairperson Ankole -- Mr Herbert Byoreko Regional Vice Chairperson Bunyoro -- Mr Abel Asiimwe Regional Vice Chairperson Rwenzori -- Mr Bala Manyindo Regional Vice Chairperson Busoga -- Mr Ayub Mwambala Regional Vice Chairperson Westnile -- M/s Susan Ezatia Regional Vice Chairperson Acholi -- Mr Walter Odong Regional Vice Chairperson Karamoja -- Mr Polex Kolibi Regional Vice Chairperson Sebei -- M/s Evelyn Cheptoris Regional Vice Chairperson Greater Kampala -- Dr Gideon Akomo Regional Vice Chairperson Greater Masaka -- Mr Joseph Lubowa Regional Vice Chairperson Greater Luwero -- Hajji Khalid Musisi Regional Vice Chairperson Greater Mukono -- Mr Fred Wako
DEATH OF UPC VICE PRESIDENT HON PATRICK MWONDHA Uganda Peoples Congress with sadness announces the untimely death of our Vice President Hon. Patrick .J. Mwondha which occurred today the 19^th January, 2016 at Mulago Hospital. Late Hon Patrick Mwondha was a dedicated son of Uganda Peoples Congress and Uganda; he flew both the flag of UPC and that of Uganda high during his time of service as a Minister and Member of Parliament. We have lost a great Congressman of high repute. On behalf of the Party, we extend our sympathy to the families of Hon. Patrick Mwondha and Uganda Peoples Congress at this tragic moment. Party members and the Public will be able to pay their last respects at Uganda House where the body will lie for viewing from 12.00PM on 20^th January 2016. The body will then be moved to the family residence at Katalemwa at 3.00PM. where the vigil will be held. The Funeral Service will be held at All Saints Cathedral on Thursday 21^st January 2016 at 10.AM. Thereafter the body will be carried to his ancestral home in Ntanda, Bugiri where he will be laid to rest at Noon on 21^st Friday 2016. Our Sincere thoughts and prayers are with the Family. May his soul Rest in Eternal Peace. FOR GOD AND MY COUNTRY HON J. AKENA, M.P PRESIDENT
UPC National Council Deliberations (Press Release August 19, 2015 - Download / Read PDF)
Press Statement - July 29, 2015 - Download / Read - PDF HERE
FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE REVOLUTION By Yoga Adhola With independence attained, Uganda and the Uganda People's Congress were now at a threshold. Engels once said: So long as a viable nation is fettered by an alien conqueror, it necessarily directs all its efforts, all its aspirations and all its energy against the external enemy; so long as its internal life is paralyzed in this way, it is incapable of fighting for social emancipation." (Engels, F. 1869; also quoted in Brutents, K.N 1977:168) The kind of emancipation Uganda was poised for is national-democratic liberation and the Uganda People's Congress was in the saddle to lead this transformation. By national-democratic liberation it is meant the changes that not only remove colonial obstacles, but also lay important premises for socio-economic development. Initially the leadership of UPC did not have a clear picture of national-democratic liberation; however, the lack of clarity on this matter was not a fatal obstacle. The situation the UPC leadership found itself in was somehow similar to what Fredrick Engels noted in his analysis of The Paris Commune when he observed that much as the organization was led by people with the wrong ideology, the group took a correct line, as he states:
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UGANDA PEOPLE'S CONGRESS AND NATIONAL RESISTANCE MOVEMENT By Yoga Adhola The National Resistance Movement (NRM) is a movement to resist UPC or what UPC stands for, i.e. national-democratic liberation. The earliest incidence of this resistance is given to us by none other than the founder of the NRM, Yoweri Museveni. He recounts: We were staunchly anti-Obote. On 22 February 1966, the day he arrested five members of his cabinet, three of us, Martin Mwesigwa, Eriya Kategaya and myself went to see James Kahigiriza, who was the Chief Minister of Ankole, to inquire about the possibility of going into exile to launch an armed struggle. Kahigiriza discouraged us, saying that we should give Obote enough time to fall by his own mistakes. We saw him again a few weeks later and he gave us the example of Nkrumah, who had been overthrown in Ghana by a military coup two days after Obote's abrogation of the Uganda constitution. Kahigiriza advised us that Nkrumah's example showed that all dictators were bound to fall in due course. Inwardly we were not convinced. We knew that dictators had to be actively opposed and that they would not just fall off by themselves like ripe mangoes. Later I went to Gayaza High School with Mwesigwa to contact Grace Ibingira's sister in order to find out whether
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UPC Website Launch Message By A. Milton Obote

(Office of the President)

Today, 9 October 1999 is the 37th Anniversary of the Independence of the Republic of Uganda.

The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) was the leading political Party in the struggle for Uganda's Independence.

It is the mission of the UPC that the Independence of Uganda means that, at all times, every citizen of Uganda must be independent, enjoy and exercise the inalienable, God given, human rights and freedoms. [Read the complete speech]