Opposition leader Col Dr. Kiiza Besigye will attend prayers today at the Forum For Democratic Change (FDC) party headquarters on Entebbe road. This will be his first function since being consigned to his house a day after the February 18 Uganda Presidential Elections. Although the Inspector General of Police Kale …
Read More »The Opposition Wants Besigye but Muntu is the Person They Need
Besigye is the person the opposition wants, but Mugisha Muntu is the person the opposition needs. Muntu could probably be the noblest politician in Uganda. He’s the only politician in Uganda who is in politics not for personal economic gain, not for personal egotistical aggrandizement. Of course Besigye his counterpart …
Read More »Divided FDC
By Agather Atuhaire Why Besigye has its vote, Muntu its heart Weeks after Uganda’s main opposition party voted retired Col. Dr. Kizza Besigye to be its flag-bearer in the 2016 presidential elections, members remain divided over the likely implications of the decision. Within the FDC, The Independent has been told, …
Read More »On the FDC presidential debate
By Andrew M. Mwenda Why our frustration should’nt lead us to behave like a drowning man who clings onto a crocodile And so it was that on the night of August 30, NTV treated us to a debate between Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) contenders for party presidential flag bearer, …
Read More »FDC HOLDS SPECIAL DELEGATES’ CONFERENCE AT LUGOGO
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe The FDC delegates’ conference is going on at the Lugogo main exhibition centre. This special delegates sitting was called to choose new members of the National Executive Committee that will steer the party for the next five years including the voting of the party flag bearer …
Read More »Rebuilding the FDC brand
By Andrew M. Mwenda What FDC needs to do to reinvent itself and generate morale among its supporters After his defeat in this month’s elections, Ed Miliband did the honourable thing and resigned the leadership of the British Labor Party. Miliband followed an evolving tradition of unsuccessful political party leaders …
Read More »Muntu, Besigye show unity at FDC meet
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Leaders tell youth that party needs both activism and party building What is the relationship between political party activism and party building? Should there be the perceived conflict between the two? Those were some of the questions tackled on March 25 during the Forum for Democratic …
Read More »FDC at war with itself ahead of 2016
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe When the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) launched its Policy Agenda on March 9at the Kampala Serena International Conference Centre, tongues started wagging at the brand the party had become. Many analysts said they admired the new “method of work” and predicted that it could be …
Read More »FDC’s lack of money troubles Muntu
By Edgar Tushabe Muhairwe Opposition party needs Shs1 billion for grassroots campaign Opposition Forum for Democratic Change President, Mugisha Muntu is traversing western Uganda in preparation for his party’s grassroots elections. But there appears to be a problem. No money. On Feb. 03, John Kikonyogo, the party’s spokesperson while addressing …
Read More »FDC pushes delegates’ conference to December
By Joan Akello Joyce Nabbosa Sebugwawo, national party chairperson Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has today announced that its fifth National Delegates Conference will be held on December 6 at Namboole National Stadium. Initially the party’s management and National Executive Committee had scheduled this meeting for Nov. 21. While the …
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