FDC Katonga jubilate after PFF party  gazetted

KAMPALA - The Katonga Road-based Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) faction is delighted that the Electoral Commission (EC) has finally gazetted its People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party.

This is seen as a major milestone in the faction’s quest to register PFF as a political party and use it as a vehicle to run campaigns in the 2026 general elections.

Former Nakawa MP and the faction’s interim electoral commission chairman, Michael Kabaziguruka, said on Friday (May 16) that being gazetted means PFF has now fulfilled all the requirements to be registered as a political party.

“We assure the country that we are on course to have PFF registered as a political party under the Political Parties and Organisations Act. We look forward to the issuance of the certificate after the gazette period of 14 days,” he said.

Justice Simon Byabakama, the EC chairman, signed a notification of application for the PFF party’s registration that was published in the Uganda Gazette of May 16, 2025.

The Katonga faction, which is led by Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, started collecting signatures of 50 registered voters from at least two-thirds of all the 146 districts in the country in early October 2024 after being cleared by the EC.

It broke away from the Najjanankumbi-based FDC in July 2023 over the source of the last general election campaign funds.

The EC notice in the Gazette says the PFF party’s address is Plot 6, Katonga Road, P.0 Box 29628, Kampala, and that the mobile phone handset is its symbol.

The colour is white with a stripe of royal blue, and the slogan is “freedom for all-All for freedom”.

“Any person who has grounds opposing this application should do so within 14 days from the date of this Gazette notice by lodging an objection to the Electoral Commission,” Byabakama said.

He also informed the general public that the PFF party application can be inspected at the EC head office in Industrial Area, Kampala.

The EC boss issued the notice in accordance with Section 6 (4) of the Political Parties and Organisations Act, Cap. 178 on May 13, 2025.

The Uganda Gazette is an official Government publication that contains notices, Government declarations and supplements, Bills, statutes, statutory instruments and legal notices.

It is a weekly publication that is open and accessible to the general public.

The EC roadmap says the next general election will take place on January 12 and February 9, 2026, but candidates for presidential, parliamentary and local government seats will be nominated from June to October 2025.