UPC president, Hon Jimmy Akena reveals plans by the party top brass to set up a special team that will negotiate with the sitting party (NRM) to draw plans on how the two political parties will corporate. Addressing journalists at the party headquarters today, Akena confirms that this was reached upon following a retreat held […]
Some of the opposition members of parliament have said that the former UPC president Ambassador Dr. Olara Otunnu should reverse his decision of quitting the county’s politics. This as Ambassador Otunnu has categorically promised to leave active politics after handing over power to the right UPC president. The member of parliament for Masaka municipality Mathias Mpuuga […]
Uganda People’s Congress-UPC has rubbished allegations by FDC presidential candidate Rt Col Kizza Besigye. This follows Besigye on 1st this month saying that Uganda has never experienced a peaceful power transition without wars. UPC secretary General Edward Sseganyi says UPC in the 60’s captured power from then President Idi Amini’s regime by peace and then from Tito […]
Division in the Uganda People’s Congress party is not about to end. The party which has ever been in power twice finds that some of its Members of Parliament are calling for the current party president Jimmy Akena to vacate the party offices. The UPC MPs are divided over their two rivals: the ousted UPC president Olara […]
Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) members opposed to Jimmy Akena leadership have been given an ultimatum of one month to come back to the party. Acting Party Secretary General, Fred Ebil, while speaking to Journalists at Parliament, said the move was reached to control the confusion in the party as well to create harmony among the […]
Seven candidates nominated for Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) party presidency say that are not scared of the former party president’s son Jimmy Akena in this race. This follows the son of late Milton Obote forcing the party president Olara Otunu to ignore the party election guidelines and allow him, Jimmy Akena, to be nominated for […]
The traditional adage in Luganda says that when people are advising the children from well to do families, the children of the poor have to keep listening. The president of Uganda Peoples Congress Dr. Olara Otunu has advised supporters of the ruling political party in Uganda to stop mistreating people. He says that when the […]
Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has called for an extra ordinary meeting over leadership wrangles surrounding the management of Milton Obote Foundation. According to sources, the meeting has been influenced by the family members of late Milton Obote. We are reliably informed that the meeting will take place on 17th April 2012 on the 11th […]
The funders of Uganda’s opposition parties from Europe have today held closed door meeting with the leaders of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Social Democratic Party and Democratic Party (DP). The meeting we are told took place in Kasangati in the home of Col. Kiiza Besigye of FDC. In attendance was […]
In a surprising move, Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has hired the lawyer of LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony, Ayena Odongo to represent it in the high Court. The UPC members hired Ayena at a cost of 20 million shillings to represent them in a petition they want to file in the high court against their […]