The precursors (entobo, entango, entandikairra, tere – Luo, alibuneta – Ateso) of the National resistance Movement (NRM) started in the student movement of the 1960’s and in the old parties (Uganda People’s Congress – UPC, Democratic Party – DP and Kabaka Yekka – KY), it was at a time when our country was facing disaster on account of the “false start” it was made because of the pseudo-ideology of sectarianism of religion and tribe, gender chauvinism (suppressing the women) and marginalizing the youth and the disabled. Those were the three words: sectarianism, suppression and marginalization.
The National Resistance Movement is a social-democratic liberation movement, it is a product of the protracted struggles of the people of Uganda stretching from the days of Uganda’s anti-colonial struggles and other subsequent activities of freedom fighters, which always aimed at fighting injustice and exploitation.
