The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has announced that its party President, Jimmy James Micheal Akena, will continue his nationwide mobilisation tours by meeting with people in the Teso sub-region.
The tour, which began in the Lango sub-region last week, will now take Akena to Kaberamaido district on Saturday, March 1, 2025, before continuing to Kalaki district on Sunday, March 2, 2025.
According to UPC spokesperson Arach Oyat Sharon, the ongoing mobilisation exercise is part of the party’s overall preparations for the 2025/2026 general elections.
According to Arach, the party leadership has urged its members and the general public in Kaberamaido and Kalaki districts to turn out in large numbers and actively participate in the activities.
She also appealed to police not to interfere with their tours at the planned venues, challenging that such brutal and uncalled for actions on their supporters could initiate unnecessary political tensions.
Akena’s tour follows successful engagements in Alebtong and Otuke districts, where the UPC leader was greeted warmly on February 22 and 23, 2025.
The party expressed gratitude to the people of these districts for their unwavering support and commitment to the UPC cause.
During the mobilisation tours, UPC further reaffirmed its readiness to field candidates at all elective levels, including the presidency.
The party also urged its members to take part in the ongoing registration process, which is critical for strengthening its grassroots structures ahead of the 2026 elections.
Despite the enthusiasm surrounding the mobilisation efforts, the UPC has expressed concerns about last-minute cancellations and changes to political gathering venues, citing an incident that occurred on February 22, 2025, at Alira primary school in Akura sub-county, Alebtong district.
The supporters were abruptly dispersed and redirected to a different venue, more than three kilometres away from the original location.
UPC head of communications and media Faizo Muzeyi has now urged security forces, especially the police, to make sure that similar disturbances do not happen anywhere else, stressing the need to protect political space so that leaders can freely interact with voters.
“Our democracy needs to be safeguarded at all times. Political space ought to be expanded to enable political leadership to reach out to grassroots communities and engage directly with the people, who are the voters,” said Muzeyi.
As the UPC presidential mobilisation tours continue, all eyes will be on the party’s ability to consolidate its support base ahead of the upcoming general elections.
The next phase of engagements in the Teso sub-region will be critical in determining the party’s influence and readiness for the election.
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