Tag Archives: Amuriat

The battle that shouldn’t have been fought Kampala, Uganda | HAGGAI MATSIKO | “I bring to this race 25 solid years of political activism; I bring new energy that is currently lacking in the party. And I belong to the ideology of defiance.” With such words, former Kumi Municipality lawmaker, Patrick …

THIS WEEK: Muntu defends seat as FDC holds presidential debate Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party on Nov.19 converged at Nsambya Youth Sharing hall in Kampala to listen to four contestants for the post of party president – incumbent Mugisha Muntu, …

Patrick Amuriat   – 57.6% Mugisha Muntu  – 41.7% Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rtd Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu has conceded defeat after Friday’s Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential election, but blamed distrust by many members for his failure to retain the top opposition party job. FDC Electoral Commission …

FDC Provisional results  Patrick Amuriat   – 57.6% Mugisha Muntu  – 41.7% Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Provisional results from Mandela Stadium indicate that the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) 7th National Delegates Conference has elected former Kumi Country MP Eng. Patrick Amuriat president. FDC Electoral Commission head Dan Mugarura …

Provisional results from 4 of 6 polling stations Patrick Amuriat   – 107, 111, 111, 101 Mugisha Muntu  – 77, 76, 71, 82 Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Vote counting has started at the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) 7th National Delegates Conference, with early reports from Mandela National Stadium Namboole …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) delegates will vote Friday afternoon for their party president at a 7th National Delegates Conference at Mandela National Stadium, Namboole. Vying for the top position in Uganda’s leading opposition party are incumbent Rtd Gen. Mugisha Muntu, Patrick Amuriat, …

Why are big guns supporting Muntu against Besigye’s Amuriat? Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | In the race to lead Uganda’s biggest opposition party, FDC, members are seeing a side of the incumbent, Gen. Mugisha Muntu, which they have not known before.  At his nomination on Aug.14 at the party …

Defiant members plot to oust party president Kampala, Uganda |Agather Atuhaire| It appears nothing and nobody is these days simple or innocent in Uganda’s biggest party, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). But it is a reality that the leaders; from Party President Mugisha Muntu to Secretary General Nandala Mafabi …