The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has released a road map to be followed by the party ahead of 2021 General Elections. The road map was released on Wednesday, June 24 at the party headquarters in Kampala.

The party secretary-general, Fred Ebil, said the decision was informed by the party’s top leadership meeting that was held on Tuesday, June 23.

“The UPC party cabinet sat on Tuesday June 23, and approved the party internal roadmap and guidelines,” Mr Ebil said.

Peter Walubiri, the party president in the Olara Otunu faction, also said the party’s top organ was compelled to adjust their roadmap since the Electoral Commission (EC) had issued a revised roadmap last week.

“Before the Covid-19 outbreak, we had released a roadmap detailing the party’s activities leading to the delegate’s conference from March to July,” Walubiri said.

“But we now have a new roadmap from the Electoral Commission and we had to revise our own internal programming,” he added.

Walubiri, however, said the party may have to fully adhere to the party roadmap if circumstances necessitate.

“A lot will depend on how many candidates express interest. For example, if we don’t have more than one candidate in a constituency, then we may have to forego some of the internal processes such as primaries and so on and we just have that one candidate,” Mr Walubiri revealed.

Asked about the party’s take on the proposed scientific campaigns, Walubiri a said the party is not in support of the EC’s revised roadmap, saying it is in contravention with the Constitution.

“We don’t accept that [because] it is illegal to stop people from campaigning openly. So we shall be challenging the decision by EC,” Mr Walubiri said.