People Power Front: New Political Party formed

Ahead of the 2026 general election, a new political party, named People Power Front has been launched.

Using red and black as its colours and members having red berets, the parry was launched during a function held at Mestil Hotel in Kampala on Thursday afternoon.

Speaking during the launch, the party secretary general, Achilles Mukaabi, described the completion of the new party as a big milestone towards achieving total democracy in Uganda.

“Ugandans have cooperated with us well and appended signatures on our forms to enable us register the party. This isa new party joining the political arena of Uganda,” Mukaabi said.

He said the name People Power Front was reserved in December 2023 including their symbol, colour combinations and the slogan.

“Our colour combinations are red, black and gold, symbol is the clenched fist, our emblem is a clenched fist of the right arm inserted in the map of Uganda with the slogan of ‘People Power, Our Power,” Mukaabi said.

He explained their objective is to take up power in Uganda.

“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.”

He said majority of the promoters of the new party have a footing in leading opposition political parties, noting that many are disgruntled members.

‘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.”

The launch of the new political party will leave many with tongues wagging since its symbols, colours and slogans are almost similar to ones used by the leading opposition political party, National Unity Platform(NUP) headed by Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu.