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Read More »Museveni: There will be no Yiira Republic in Kasese
Kasese district FDC leaders reject Bayiira state, to cooperate with government The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) leadership in Kasese has rejected the idea of the demand and talk of the formation of a so-called Yiira Republic. The LC V Chairman-elect Kasese district Sibendire Bigogo Geoffrey vowed never to be …
Read More »Besigye march into city halted, Police to charge him
BREAKING NEWS: Besigye to be charged Dr. Kiza Besigye’s drive from Kasangati to Najjanakumbi has been halted by Police at Mulago roundabout. Opposition leader Besigye was heading for Tuesday prayers by his party FDC and was being followed by huge crowds. Police later confirmed that Besigye had been transferred to …
Read More »Besigye to pray today in the city
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 …
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