His 2021 plan now involves dealing with Mabikke, Bwanika return Kampala, Uganda | FLAVIA NASSAKA |Michael Mabikke is a distinctive figure in the Democratic Party (DP). Chatty and squat and plumb with mid-age, he recently returned to his “mother party”, DP, after a long sojourn. And that, a DP insider …
Read More »Muntu’s supporters advise him to take campaign outside Kampala
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of The New Formation in Rwenzori region have advised, General Mugisha Muntu to take to take the campaign of building his party structures outside Kampala. This came up during a meeting between Muntu and his supporters at Whispering Gardens in Fort Portal this morning. …
Read More »10,000 register to join Muntu’s new formation
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 people have expressed interest to join, the New Formation of Mugisha Muntu, the former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party President. Alice Alaso, the former Serere District Woman MP, says that popularizing the new formation is on-going before it is finally launched …
Read More »THIS WEEK: 60 FDC leaders quit FDC for Muntu’s group
THIS WEEK: 60 FDC leaders quit FDC for Muntu’s group Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) is dealing with another defection after 60 district leaders announced they had quit the party to join Mugisha Muntu’s New Formation at an event held in Mbarara. The leaders led …
Read More »Gen. Muntu’s move
Just how far can the former FDC leader go with his ‘New Formation’? Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | “They have gone finally!” Brian Atuheire Batenda, a member of the defiance team posted on Facebook immediately a statement came out on Sept. 25 announcing the exit of Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, …
Read More »MUNTU: Why is FDC panicking?
Kampala, Uganda | AGATHER ATUHAIRE | Is Uganda’s main opposition party; the Forum for Democratic (FDC) worried over the recent departure of its former president, Gen. Mugisha Muntu to form a new political formation? Some analysts say FDC has every reason to be worried. They estimate that Muntu might …
Read More »POA’s token of appreciation
FDC changes in parliament spark fury with in Muntu’s camp Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME & FLAVIA NASSAKA | Of all the reasons Patrick Oboi Amuriat, the president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has given to explain the changes he has made with the opposition leadership in parliament, one is …
Read More »Muntu presses on with consultations
Critics say he is entrenching FDC contradictions he seeks to cure Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President Maj.Gen. Mugisha Muntu is growing more resolute in his pursuit for a solution to what he calls internal contractions in the party despite criticism that his approach …
Read More »THIS WEEK: Muntu starts consultations
THIS WEEK: Muntu starts consultations amidst Nandala’s new notice on mobilization activities Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Former Party president Gen. Mugisha Muntu started off his consultations with Hoima district on Jan.15 days after the opposition Forum for Democratic Party Secretary General Nandala Mafabi wrote a notice requiring members to …
Read More »Muntu defies Nandala Mafabi, starts nationwide consultations
Muntu’s consultation are going ahead as planned despite a letter from FDC Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi warning that no party member should carry out any public activities anywhere in the country before consulting the party headquarters. Mafabi’s letter dated January 10, 2018 cautions FDC district chairpersons and general secretaries that …
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