�Reform will not register as party� By Mwanguhya C. Mpagi & Emma Mugarura April 27, 2004
KAMPALA � The Reform Agenda has made a U-turn and announced that it will not register as a party under the current Political Parties and Organisations Act. The announcement, made during the pressure group�s weekly news briefing yesterday, comes less than a week after the group said it would register. The Reform Agenda delegates attending a national district co-ordinators� consultative meeting at Christ the King Hall in Kampala resolved on April 18 to register. In a resolution following that meeting, the delegates said: �The national steering committee in Kampala should take immediate steps to register as a political party as we continue to challenge any remaining obnoxious laws.� However, the political pressure group said yesterday that that resolution had been misunderstood. �As far as registration is concerned, Reform Agenda is not going to register today, tomorrow, or in a month�s [time] as long as the laws are not fair,� said Mr Joseph Tumushabe, the groups� head of human rights. Contacted for clarification yesterday, Reform Secretary General Geoffrey Ekanya, who read out the April 18 resolution, said the group was already collecting signatures and had reserved a name and symbols with the Registrar General. But this, the official said, did not amount to immediate plans to register. At the same briefing, the Reform Agenda criticised Cabinet�s proposed roadmap on the transition to multiparty politics in the country. � 2004 The Monitor Publications \\\\\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Njoki Paul University of Pretoria -------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
