The Electoral Commission (EC) has dismissed allegations by a group of promoters for the so-called People Power Front (PPF) that the organization was registered as a political party in Uganda.
People Power Front is similar to People Power Movement, the political arm of Uganda’s main opposition National Unity Platform (NUP) led by singer and politician Robert Kyagulanyi.
On April 03, a group gathered at Mestil Hotel in Kampala to launch People Power Front (PPF).
Musa Misango claimed to be the national chairman, Achilles Spartan Mukaagyi its secretary General, and lawyer Robert Rutaro as its central region coordinator.
Mukaagyi, claimed that they reserved the name, slogan, symbol and color combinations in December 2023.
“Our colour combinations are red, black and gold. The symbol is the clenched fist and our emblem is a clenched fist of the right arm inserted in the map of Uganda with the slogan of ‘People Power, Our Power,” explained Mukaagyi said.
Mukaagyi then went on to dissociate People Power Front from Bobi Wine’s NUP which he compared to a cult.
“We are not a faction of NUP but a regroup of people who had the original people power. We had a leadership of people power, which was a movement and wasn’t registered, and it is why we registered this party. Electoral Commission wouldn’t go ahead to register a political party that would cause contravention in terms of similar particulars for political parties,” claimed Mukaagyi.
“Most of them have been disenchanted and disillusioned by the political architecture of Uganda that is premised on extremism, cultism, smear campaigns, blackmail and intolerance. We are presenting to Uganda transformational politics and alternative governance.”
“The idea of people power embraces the principle of power belonging to the people of Uganda and affirms participatory and inclusive approaches that affirm that Ugandans are at the helm of critical decision making for this country. If you are in NRM and I am in NUP but issues affecting us are the same, we need to have a conversation on how best we can push Uganda ahead. It shouldn’t be a crime for us to sit together. However, the current political space doesn’t allow us to operate that way. We want to change this.” — Achilles Spartan Mukaagyi, SG, People Power Front
But the EC has issued a notice, saying People Power Front was yet to be registered as a political party.
“The Electoral Commission would like to inform the general public that as of 4th April 2025, it has not registered or issued a certificate of registration to any political party or organization called People Power Front or PPF,” it said in a statement.
It should be remembered that this same group attempted to block the registration of Dr Kizza Besigye’s People’s Front for Freedom (PFF). See Details Here.
For Bobi Wine, his NUP party has had to fight off those who want to grab it or stop but have failed. (See Details Here and There).
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