By Onghwens Kisangala The upheavals that preceded the FDC delegates conference over the partys suspension of Rubaga North MP Beti Kamya summed up one of Uganda’s core challenges: democracy and the question of Buganda. The Independents Onghwens Kisangala discusses the issues with Prof. John Jean Barya, a top scholar in …
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By Odoobo C. Bichachi Last week’s momentous FDC delegates conference at Mandela National Stadium in Namboole set the party on the high road to the 2011 general elections. It also set the newly re-elected party president Col. Dr Kizza Besigye on course for a third clash with incumbent and likely …
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Kisangala Onghwens & Bob Roberts Katende A triumph for democracy or more of the same? The second FDC Delegates’ Conference was concluded in the early hours of Saturday morning last week with every party member praising the maturity of the exercise. With departmental report presentations dealt with on the first …
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By Odoobo C. Bichachi Power race heats up in FDC Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) secretary for mobilisation Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu is challenging Dr Kizza Besigye for the position of party president. Aswa MP Reagan Okumu is itching to take over from Ogenga Latigo as leader of the opposition …
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By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori Is she power hungry or a victim of bad politics? Former minister of Agriculture in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) shadow cabinet Beti is described by many who know her as ‘excessively ambitious’ but also shrewd. To them, the current friction between her and …
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The Independent Uganda: You get the Truth we Pay the Price
