UGANDA PEOPLES CONGRESS NATIONAL SECRETARIAT
Plot 8-10, Kampala Road, Uganda House, P.O Box 37047, Kampala. Phone/Fax:
+256-41-236748
PRESS STATEMENT
(Embargoed for release at 11.00 am, 27TH JUNE, 2007 )
UPC OYAM SOUTH VICTORY PREGNANT WITH HUGE
GAINS
1. The Uganda Peoples Congress would like to congratulate the newly
elected Member of Parliament for Oyam South Constituency Mr. Ishaa Otto Amiza
for a strategic well deserved victory for UPC after defeating the Independent
candidates Adea Nelson, Ataala Ruth Adupa and NRM Ogwang Adaa. The Headquarters
of UPC is very proud of the youthful legislator and will cordially work with
him to continuously mobilize, recruit and retain members of the party from Oyam
and the entire country.
2. The election of Mr.Ishaa Otto Amiza has not only changed the political
roadmap of Lango Sub-region in terms of UPC reclaiming its traditional
political territory but his victory came hardly three months after the
successful election of Mr. Nicolas Opio Bunga as the LCV Chairman of Apac
District on UPC ticket. The political pattern of the elections proves that UPC
is progressively working its way towards victory in the general elections of
2011.
3. The defeats of the Independent candidate who was heavily backed by
Hon. Cecilia Ogwal and her networks including the leader of opposition in
Parliament Hon. Prof Ogenga Latigo and the NRM candidate seriously backed by
the NRM heavy weights and resourced by the NRM Secretariat is a warning bell to
all the political players in Uganda. The UPC victory is like unstoppable
torrent that will not only sweep all the independents and NRM's in Lango Sub
region but will move on to sweep all the remaining by elections in Bugiri
District-Bukooli South Constituency, Busia District-Samia Bugwe South
Constituency, Masaka District-Kalungi East Constituency, Iganga
District-Bugweri Constituency.
4. UPC expresses its disappointment at the behavior of some leaders of
opposition political parties who decided to campaign for an independent
candidate during the Oyam by elections. Independents much as are
constitutionally and legally recognized but they either belong to Opposition or
the Government. Any leader of opposition political party who supports
independents is a supporter of the discredited individual merit form of
elections and governance and an opponent to the growth of multiparty democracy
in Uganda.
5. When the party was engaged in the most prolonged struggle for its
very existence during the NRM dictatorship, the bulk of the youth who had not
been formally recruited into the party missed a historic opportunity to
shoulder the burden of leading the Third Liberation of Uganda. The youth
therefore could not play leading roles in the struggle for the return to
multiparty democracy.
6. With the return of the multiparty democracy and not withstanding all
shortcomings and constraints that still exist in our polity, destiny has now
landed the most fertile opportunity to the youth of leading in the rebuilding
of UPC and of our beloved Country, Uganda . That is why the National Executive
under my leadership has decided that, henceforth 60% of all the leadership
positions available in the UPC structures should be occupied by the youth.
7. UPC calls upon the youth of the party to emulate the devotion and
loyalty of Mr. Ishaa Otto to the party. The youth should set an example of hard
work, team work and zeal in the performance of the party duties and actively
contest for elective offices as they prepare themselves to lead the party and
the country.
8. Finally the Uganda Peoples Congress salutes the people of Oyam for
electing Mr. Ishaa Otto and sending very clear message to the people of Uganda
and in particular congress members that, they at the grass root are firm with
the party and intent on building institutions which will deepen democracy. We
in UPC recognize that the votes cast for Adea are essentially UPC votes and
therefore we will continue to advocate for reconciliation of all the UPC
members.
For God and my County
Mama Miria Kalule Obote
President, Uganda peoples Congress
Notes for Editors
-More information on UPC and these specific matters can be found in our
website at www.upcparty.net
-We actively encourage you to visit the President's Corner and in particular
access 'Notes on Concealment of Genocide in Uganda"
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