The need to realize conditions of full independence, equality, justice, security, and welfare of all sons and daughters of Uganda.

To subscribe to the political policy of Republicanism and also to prevent effectively any person from being a Master of other Ugandans and to ensure that all Ugandans become Masters of their own destiny.

To reject all aspects of feudalism, Capitalism and rejection of the exploitation of material and human resources for the benefit of a few people.

To plan Uganda’s economic development in such away that the government through parastatals bodies, co-operative movements, private companies, individuals in industry, commerce and agriculture were to lead to increased production for better standards of living.

To fight relentlessly against poverty, ignorance, disease, colonialism, neo-colonialism, imperialism and apartheid.

To promote parliamentary democracy throughout the country through “ one country, one people and one vote.

To mobilize people towards development by setting up rural based development programmes to be worked on communally.

To reduce the gap between the rich and the poor.

To establish self help projects with a purpose of promoting self-reliance.

It was aimed at guiding Uganda towards socialism, which characterised the first decade of independence in many states in Africa. The post independence African leaders argued that socialism had a lot of similarities with African traditional life and was therefore more suitable to the African situation.

To lift the country out of an economic crisis. Uganda suffered a shortage of basic commodities leading to inflation. The country was affected by food shortages that visited untold suffering on the common man. The CMC was aimed at ending the economic hardships and ensure that the country does not suffer economically in the future.

To fight and remove the gap between the haves and have-nots. It aimed at eliminating the gap between the rich and the poor.

It aimed at de-linking Ugandan from neo-colonial ties with the west. This was to be done through reducing Uganda's dependence and reliance on the rich imperial powers such as Britain and America.

The CMC was introduced to fight Kondoism (armed robbery). Economic hardships gave way to the emergence of a gang of professional robbers that terrorised the major cities. At one time, the government failed to control kondoism. The CMC was introduced to crack down on kondoism.

It was introduced to justify the shift to a one-party system. This would enable Obote and UPC to stay in power for long.

The CMC was aimed at doing away with the 'man eat man* society. In other words, it aimed at ending capitalist exploitation of the masses.
It aimed at mobilising the common people of Uganda for development.

All people were to be involved in rural-community based development projects.

Aimed at building one country, one people, one government and Parliamentary democracy. This would be done through building national institutions and the promotion of unity.

It wanted to nationalise properties in Uganda. Government was to control 60% of total shares while private entrepreneurs would own 40% of the shares. This would enable the government to plan for the whole population of Uganda.

It aimed at promoting monetary reforms in Uganda.
It was aimed at diverting the people of Uganda from the domestic failures of Obote's government. Obote faced stiff criticism at home partly because of the Kabaka crisis of 1966 and the general scarcity of essential commodities. The CMC was devised as a mechanism to divert people's attention from the bad domestic record of Obote.

It aimed at achieving the African dream of adopting an independent political ideology. Obote adopted socialism which was more African than capitalism and communism.