Tag Archives: FDC

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | Former leader of FDC Dr Kizza Besigye has said his party is a victim of ‘state capture’ and must change strategy or they will end up as partners of the ruling NRM. “The broad problem is State capture and the inability of …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | In yet another sign of the growing split in the Forum for Democratic Change Party (FDC), two different press conferences are set for 11am today to address accusatons raised by party spokesperson and Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda. The …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Secretary General, says that he is the one trying to save the party against efforts to merge it with the National Unity Platform, now the leading opposition political party. This comes a few hours after the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT  | A section of senior Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party leaders have accused the party President Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi of mismanaging the party. Over 100 members of the FDC National Council convened at the Sharing Hall in Nsambya for a …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party has mourned the loss of former Erute North County MP Charles Angiro Gutmoi, describing him as a strong leader who championed the interests of the common person. Gutmoi died in a road accident along the Karuma-Pakwach highway …

How Besigye’s failure to inspire Ugandans out of Museveni’s failures led to Bobi Wine’s narrow ethnic base THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The government of President Yoweri Museveni is old and exhausted. It has no zest for anything new or imaginative. Lacking its own project of national transformation, it now …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Robert Kyagulanyi, the President of the National Unity Platform (NUP) has urged all NUP supporters not to confine themselves solely to the party, but rather focus on the overarching core goal of changing the leadership of the country. Kyagulanyi was speaking on Tuesday while …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Interparty Organization for Dialogue (IPOD) is the National Unity Platform-NUP and Forum for Democratic Change parties to join the dialogue. After securing parliamentary seats in the 2021 general elections, NUP was invited to join the IPOD but declined the offer, stating that the organization …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) tasked President Museveni and Parliament to explain how Uganda will benefit from the deployment of the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Last week UPDF soldiers led by Col Michael Walaka Hyeroba were …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) in Kasese district have accused the local police of violating their right to freedom of expression and association. It follows the botched attempt by the police to prevent FDC leaders and members from attending a graduation …