Tag Archives: FDC

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party in Kasese has lost the district LC V seat. Muhindi Bukombi Eliphaz, the NRM party candidate defeated the incumbent Sibendere Bigogo Geofrey with 91,064 votes against Bigogo’s 86,408 votes. The other candidates were the National Unity Platform-NUP flag bearer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition members in Kasese district have joined forces to serve as polling agents and mobilisers for the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC LC V and mayoral candidates. This follows the poor performance in the parliamentary elections which saw the opposition party losing three seats to the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement- NRM party leaders in Rukungiri district have expressed optimism that the internal wrangles in the opposition Forum for Democratic Change – FDC is a blessing to their party. Rukungiri, the ancestral home of former FDC presidential flag bearer, Dr Colonel Kiiza …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An NRM village chairperson who was relieved of a yellow bicycle for allegedly supporting opposition candidates in Kitgum district has found new wheels thanks to Okin P.P Ojara, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidate in Chua West constituency. Yusuf Onyee, the NRM chairperson for Obem …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Kasese district on Tuesday blocked Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi from campaigning in the district. In December, the Electoral Commission banned political campaigns in Kasese and other 15 districts due to the surging Covid-19 infections exacerbated by mass …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum For Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has asked residents of Nakaseke district to vote President Yoweri out of power for neglecting the area despite of their contribution to the war that brought him to power. Nakaseke districts was the epicentre of the …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat has promised to end brutality against fishermen. He also said that he will hand over management of Lake Kyoga to residents of Nakasongola district. Recently government lifted the fishing ban on Lake Kyoga exciting fishermen …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has promised to restock cattle in Teso. Amuriat pledged this while canvassing for votes in Arapai and Tubur sub-counties in Soroti district on Wednesday. Amuriat who is making his second round of campaigns in Teso …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change – FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi says that the people mistreating opposition politicians in the country are not Ugandans. While campaigning at Wiggins Secondary School in Kumi municipality on Tuesday, Amuriat claimed that the officers who attacked him on …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Amuriat Oboi, the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate on Tuesday beat security and campaigned in Bukedea town. Amuriat who arrived in Bukedea at around midday left police officers confused when he emerged from the outskirts of Bukedea town. Police had deployed heavily …