The opposition People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) has outlined four key conditions it says must be addressed before any structured national dialogue can take place in Uganda.

Addressing journalists at the party’s offices in Kampala, PFF Vice President for Buganda Region, Dr. Lulume Bayiga, said the proposed dialogue must first establish clear positions on the convener, agenda, participants and guarantors.

Bayiga said the party supports dialogue but insists that the process must be properly structured, with clear mechanisms to ensure that resolutions reached are respected and implemented.

He also emphasised the need to agree on the venue where the proposed talks would take place, arguing that these foundational issues must be resolved before meaningful engagement can begin.

According to Bayiga, proceeding with dialogue without addressing these concerns would make the process meaningless and risk turning it into an exercise intended to prolong the stay of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) government in power.

He further said that any meaningful national dialogue must go beyond political engagement and address fundamental governance and electoral reforms.

Among the key issues he wants placed on the agenda are transitional leadership, the independence of state institutions, the adoption of a new Constitution and the establishment of an independent electoral body capable of declaring credible winners in elections at all levels.

Bayiga maintained that these reforms are essential to ensuring that dialogue produces lasting political change rather than simply serving as a platform for political accommodation.

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