News coming out the most recent regional meeting in Soroti indicates more bad news for Uganda’s largest opposition party, the Forum for Democratic Change. Part of the problem according to experts, is the refusal of the leaders, Dr Kizza Besigye and party President Mugisha Muntu to square with their …
Read More »ANALYSIS: FDC WhatsApp fight intensifies
Muntu group wants Besigye to show results of 2016 elections It is just a few months to elections for party president and the war between supporters of different rivals for leadership in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has intensified. “I feel horrible about the goings on in my party …
Read More »ANALYSIS: Lessons from Burundi’s SADC move
EAC member states must do something flying geese do very well: have a leader Burundi’s recent attempt to join the Southern African Development Community (SADC) has been blocked. But it raises questions about what EAC member states should do about its cold neighbour. Burundi, which has been a member of …
Read More »COVER STORY: FDC faces break-up
Whatsapp war as Nandala quits Besigye camp against Muntu A feud in FDC which has been raging on the various Whatsapp groups of the party members shows the party could be headed for major fallout. In one of the most revealing exchanges, former party Secretary General Alice Alaso who is …
Read More »VIDEO: What next for FDC after EALA?
VIDEO: 10 years in a row, the blue party will not have its input at the regional parliament. Forum for Democratic Change lost yet again, and will not send any representative to the East African Legislative Assembly, which loss leaves the party in a fragile state given the events that …
Read More »VIDEO: ‘MPs broke no law when they booed Ingrid’
VIDEO: Chaos, disorder and hate speech characterized elections of members of the East African legislative assembly raising questions on whether members of the country’s legislative assembly have some code of conduct that guide their operations. But according to the Spokesperson of Parliament Chris Obore, the MPs broke no law in …
Read More »VIDEO: Ingrid Turinawe to sue over EALA race
She could be down but is not out. FDC’s Ingrid Turinawe who was the main focus of nearly everyone during the EALA elections at parliament, says she is heading to court to challenge the procedures that were followed by parliament. EALA STORY: CLICK HERE Share on: WhatsApp
Read More »FDC loses out again in Uganda’s EALA elections
The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has for a second time been locked out from a team of nine to represent Uganda in the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). NRM’s six candidates Rose Akol (370), Paul Musamali (350), Mary Mugyenyi (341), Mathias Kasamba (359), Denis Namara (329) and George Odong (346) …
Read More »EALA: Independents complain that Mbidde, Ingrid Turinawe favoured
Independent candidates have failed to convince parliament to change the procedure of Uganda’s East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) elections due on Tuesday. The candidates protested the order to be followed during tomorrow’s campaigns, appealing to the Clerk to Parliament to instead arrange their names in alphabetical order. The 47 candidates are vying …
Read More »VIDEO: NRM caucus to meet ahead of EALA elections
VIDEO: Just a day to the East Africa Legislative Assembly polls, the NRM has summoned its caucus members for an emergency meeting ahead of the elections on Tuesday, to re-affirm its support to its six flag bearers. NRM caucus Vice Chairperson Solon Silwany, tells NBS that the Caucus will also …
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