Uganda People’s
Congress(UPC) party President Jimmy Akena has started grassroots mobilization of the party in Kisoro district .
Akena told our reporter on Thursday
that he is traversing all areas in Kisoro district mobilizing support for the
party ahead of the 2026 elections. Akena says that
Museveni is campaigning as well as analyzing the political ground for the
coming general elections because he is aware the PDM program is not progressing. Museveni is currently in eastern Uganda assessing the progress of the PDM program that is aimed at helping the poor get out of poverty.
He says that PDM cannot prosper better than cooperative societies that the
ruling government deliberately undermined and destroyed to reduce UPC
party influence in communities.
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Akena also says that
during the mobilization as well as
registering new members, he will also sensitize people on how to live a
life outside confined land to prevent the projected crisis of
land shortage in the area.
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Akena’s presence in
Kisoro comes at a time when the party is struggling for support in the
area.
In the Kisoro District Woman Member of Parliament by-election last month, UPC party Candidate Meble Ingabire received only 362 votes
and lost to Independent candidate Grace Akifeza Ngabirano, who garnered 50,459
votes.
Ingabire argued that the one-week campaign period scheduled by the
Electoral Commission was not enough. She explained that the limited time made
it difficult for her to traverse all areas of Kisoro District to garner
support.
But, during the
election of the flag bearer, UPC members were left divided protesting the
fronting of Ingabire and dropping Suzan Natukunda, a student at Metropolitan
International University.
After being dropped, Natukunda declined to
support Ingabire and announced her support to Aisha Chimpaye of the People’s
Progressive (PPP) Party.
