The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has unveiled a set of eight strategic resolutions aimed at mobilising citizens and opposition forces to counter what it describes as the growing militarisation of politics and capture of state institutions by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM).
The resolutions, dubbed the Kasangati Declarations, were adopted during a two-day closed-door retreat on March 13 and 14 in Kasangati, as the party charts a post-election strategy after the 2026 polls, in which PFF secured only two parliamentary constituencies.
The declarations focus on strengthening citizen resilience, fostering opposition unity, and confronting what the party calls shrinking democratic space in Uganda.
According to PFF spokesperson Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda, the retreat highlighted lessons from the heavily militarised elections and informed the party’s shift toward nationwide mobilisation.
“We will mobilise citizens to push back against human rights abuses,” Ssemujju said. “We are ready to face arrests and brutality as we mobilise citizens to build resilience against bad governance.”
The eight resolutions include defeating high-level militarisation of politics, promoting unity and dialogue among opposition parties, and advocating for the release of political prisoners.
Party officials said the measures will now be forwarded to various organs for discussion and eventual nationwide implementation.
Ruling NRM, however, has dismissed the accusations, insisting that security forces acted within the law.
NRM communications officer Rogers Mulindwa said, “The police and the army have been playing their constitutional roles treating all parties equally. When the long arms catch up with people then they blame it on NRM, that is wrong.”
PFF leadership emphasises that sustained citizen engagement, combined with closer cooperation among opposition forces, will be central to confronting what it describes as the erosion of democratic space in Uganda.