Uganda People's Congress
Uganda People's Congress Congress ya Watu wa Uganda | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Jimmy Micheal Akena |
| Founder | Milton Obote |
| Founded | 1960 |
| Split from | Uganda National Congress |
| Headquarters | Kampala |
| Ideology | Social democracy African nationalism Pan-Africanism Factions: Obotism African socialism |
| Political position | Centre-left to left-wing |
| National Assembly of Uganda | 9 / 529 |
| Party flag | |
| Website | |
| https://www.upcparty.net/ | |
| Uganda portal |
The Uganda People's Congress (UPC; Swahili: Congress ya Watu wa Uganda) is a political party in Uganda.
UPC was founded in 1960 by Milton Obote, who led the country to independence alongside UPC member of parliament A.G. Mehta. Obote later served two presidential terms under the party's banner. Obote was still the party head when he died in October 2005, although he had previously announced his intention to step down.
The party won nine out of 289 elected seats in the 2006 general election. In the presidential election of the same date, UPC candidate Miria Obote, the former first lady, won 0.8 percent of the vote.
On 14 May 2010, the party elected Olara Otunnu, a former United Nations undersecretary-general for children and armed conflict, to lead the party. He replaced Obote's widow Miria.