Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform

Sultan Juma  Kakuba

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Abstract

Different involvement motivations drive people into political actions. This study aimed to understand what, how, and why party members were motivated into political party activism. The focus was on the involvement motivations of the members of the new political party named National Unity Platform (NUP) and the incumbent ruling National Resistance (NRM) party. The study used a qualitative literature research strategy where qualitative secondary and primary data were collected. The secondary data involved a review of several relevant peer-reviewed journal articles, chapters in books, newspaper reports, and other documents reflecting the concept of party activism. We collected field data from twenty-four respondents using in-depth interviews. The field notes were transcribed and thematically analyzed using content analysis methods. The purposive sampling technique was used to select eighteen respondents and six respondents were identified and selected using the snowball sampling technique. The study found that party activism emerged out of various incentives, such as political events, slogans, ideology, political rivalry, and family exposure was important in the construction of civic competence. These findings suggest that political parties should involve and expose their members to different political experiences. Based on the analysis of these findings, the study concluded that many factors serve as incentives for political party activism.

Keywords: Uganda, Party Activists, Party activism incentives, NRM-NUP party.

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Kakuba, S. J. (2022). Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 6(2), 35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054

Kakuba, S. J. (2022). Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform. American Journal of Qualitative Research, 6(2), pp. 35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054

Kakuba SJ. Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2022;6(2), 35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054

Kakuba, Sultan Juma. "Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform". American Journal of Qualitative Research 2022 6 no. 2 (2022): 35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054

Kakuba, Sultan Juma "Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform". American Journal of Qualitative Research, vol. 6, no. 2, 2022, pp. 35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054

Kakuba SJ. Multiparty Activism in Uganda: The Experience of National Resistance Movement and National Unity Platform. AM J QUALITATIVE RES. 2022;6(2):35-64. https://doi.org/10.29333/ajqr/12054