Tag Archives: FDC

Bulambuli, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chaos erupted during the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party elections in Bulambuli district at Bunamuje Primary School in Buyaga town council Tuesday due to disagreements over the voting system. Geoffrey Tembei, the Bulambuli FDC party registrar, explains that before the elections, the supporters …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has withdrawn Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda from the position of party chief whip in parliament and appointed Mawokota South MP, Yusuf Nsibambi to replace him. The FDC Party Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi communicated the …

FDC Elder’s Committee Report not worth the Paper it’s Written On – Besigye Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN  | Dr Kiiza Besigye, one of the founding fathers of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC, was close to tears Monday as he explained the sacrifice the party members have gone …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC National Council has rejected a minority report from investigations into money allegedly brought into the party during the recent general election time. In 2020, one of the founders of the FDC and four time presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye revealed …

Why our country needs creative politicians who can sequence ultimate goals and penultimate aims THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The opposition in Uganda claim to have a broad strategic objective: to end dictatorship, incompetence, corruption, human rights abuses and build political institutions and implement public policies that can create a …

Jinja, Uganda  | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) district leaders in Eastern Uganda have expressed their concerns about the ongoing conflicts within the party’s top leadership. They have called on their leaders to refrain from making malicious claims against each other, as they believe this is negatively …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Asuman Basalirwa, the President of the Justice Forum-Jeema political party and Member of Parliament for Bugiri Municipality has offered to mediate a conflict between Forum for Democratic Change-FDC senior leaders. A conflict in the FDC spiralled into public view last week after a section …

Why money will keep rocking Besigye’s party   COVER STORY | IAN KATUSIIME | One of Uganda’s main opposition parties, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), is in disarray as an ongoing fight for its leadership has degenerated into allegations of bribery and illicit money. Accusations of dubious procurements, ferrying of …

How Uganda’s former largest opposition party is killing itself using its own false narratives THE LAST WORD | Andrew M. Mwenda | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is in deep, deadly crisis. Its leadership is locked in a ferocious fight verbal and physical. Each side accuses the other of being bribed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE IDEPENDENT | The President of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Eng Patrick Oboi Amuriat has apologized to journalists who were assaulted by members at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi. On Thursday, the journalists were invited to attend a press briefing by the party National Chairman Wasswa …