According to Lulume Bayiga, the Executive Chairperson of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party, since November 2020, and continuing throughout the 2026 electoral cycle, the JDP has recorded an ongoing pattern of state-linked abductions where some security agents in plain clothes or military attire, driving unmarked minibuses, have seized opposition supporters, campaign organizers, polling agents, and civic activists from streets and homes.
On stage, that same level of intention carried through. Jackson didn’t just perform; he created unforgettable spectacles. Every movement had purpose. The moonwalk (or “backslide,” as many called it in Uganda) became one of the most recognizable dance moves in the world, but it was only one piece of a much larger artistic identity. Even today, traces of his style appear across artists from completely different genres.