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Justice Forum | |
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Abbreviation | JEEMA |
Leader | Asuman Basalirwa |
Founded | 1995 (as a pressure group) 28 March 2004 (as a political party) |
Registered | 23 March 2005 |
Ideology | Constitutionalism Social conservatism [1] Reformism Anti-LGBT [2] |
Political position | |
Parliament of Uganda | 1 / 529 |
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https://jeemauganda.org/ | |
The Justice Forum (commonly referred to as JEEMA) is a political party in Uganda. The party was originally established as a pressure group in 1995 under the one-party system of the National Resistance Movement, as other political parties were not allowed until after the 2005 constitutional referendum. JEEMA has been participating in Uganda’s electoral politics and has fielded candidates at the presidential, parliamentary and local council levels since 1996. In 1996 and 2001, Kibirige Muhamad Mayanja, the first JEEMA party leader, contested for the Presidency of Uganda, and since then, the party has been represented in Uganda’s National Assembly. Currently, it is one of the five parties with representation in the 10th parliament and local governments. JEEMA’s first National Delegates Conference was held on 28 March 2004 at Kolping Hotel in Mityana, which saw the coming into force of the first party constitution, and the party was formally registered on 23 March 2005 after the referendum that re-instated a multi-party system in Uganda.
Kibirige Muhamad Mayanja, who led the party from its inception in 1995, relinquished power to 33-year-old lawyer Asuman Basalirwa in 2010 at the party’s second Delegates Conference that was held at Tal Cottages in Rubaga.
JEEMA places significant importance on civil rights and justice, as well as constitutionalism, and the party tends to be the most popular among the country's minority Muslim population. [1]
The Justice Forum party states that its goals are:
The common name of the party, JEEMA, is stated to be acronym of its stated goals, and is used as the party slogan.
The party emblem and campaign sign is an index finger and thumb in a “V” shape, and the party motto is "justice for all."
Ideology
JEEMA defines itself as a "social justice and welfare party," and declines to label itself as capitalist, communist, or socialist.
JEEMA is in favour of free essential social services (like health and education) to all citizens, moral and ethical conduct in government and politics, a regulated market to avoid unchecked capitalist exploitation, and favours decision of public matters through grassroots consultation. JEEMA stands for full dignity and respect to women, religions, races and ethnicities among other social groupings people identify with, and total respect and dignity to all nations of the world with no nation superior to another.
The party supports a transition to proportional representation and the Westminster system at the national level, saying that Uganda has never had an election that has not been disputed by other players in the race and that the first-past-the-post voting system promotes more focus on an individual's personal beliefs rather than that of their constituents, which is claimed to be a cause of corruption.
The party supports criminalising homosexuality. [2] The party's only MP put forward a bill in March 2023 calling for the punishment of 10 years imprisonment for aggravated homosexuality. [3]
Transition
Like all other parties, transition from the old clout to the new generation of leaders has been a major setback in the Justice Forum. Whereas Basalirwa Asuman is not considered to be not among the historical clout, his raise to the presidency of the party did cause material change in terms of influence and control by the historicals. It only cemented their influence under his guardianship.
As of January 2024, many young leaders had shown interest in almost all elective positions. These include the Spokesperson, Mr Ssentongo Abdnoor Kyamundu, Mr Gamba Bukhari, Mr Mwima James and the Party Secretary General, Kateregga Muhammad. This not only caused a rift within the party, but internally there is a visible division between members loyal to the Old and Historicals whose interests are safeguarded by Mr Kateregga and the new generation who are represented by Mr Kyamundu and Gamba.
As the National Delegates Conference is drawing near, we are yet to see who will succeed Basalirwa Asuman as the new Party president.
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