Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat has promised to restock cattle in Teso. Amuriat pledged this while canvassing for votes in Arapai and Tubur sub-counties in Soroti district on Wednesday. Amuriat who is making his second round of campaigns in Teso …
Read More »Stop using foreigners to attack us – Amuriat
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change – FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi says that the people mistreating opposition politicians in the country are not Ugandans. While campaigning at Wiggins Secondary School in Kumi municipality on Tuesday, Amuriat claimed that the officers who attacked him on …
Read More »Amuriat beats security to campaign in Bukedea town
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Amuriat Oboi, the Forum for Democratic Change- FDC presidential candidate on Tuesday beat security and campaigned in Bukedea town. Amuriat who arrived in Bukedea at around midday left police officers confused when he emerged from the outskirts of Bukedea town. Police had deployed heavily …
Read More »Police use teargas to separate NRM and FDC supporters in Bunyangabu
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police in Bunyangabu district had to use teargas to separate NRM and FDC supporters in Rubona town council, Bunyangabu district on Tuesday evening. The NRM district flag bearers were having a joint meeting in the area when FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi arrived at …
Read More »NRM planning to rig Election – Tumukunde
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent presidential candidate retired Lt. General Henry Tumukunde has accused the ruling National Resistance Movement-NRM party of plotting to manipulate the 2021 presidential election results. His comment stems from an opinion poll published by ‘The Red pepper’ tabloid on Monday showing that the incumbent was …
Read More »Police block Amuriat from campaigning in Kyegegwa, Kamwenge
Kyegegwa, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have blocked the Forum for Democratic Change -FDC presidential candidate, Patrick Amuriat, from campaigning in Kyegegwa and Kamwenge districts. According to the Electoral Commission -EC presidential campaign program, Amuriat was supposed to hold his first campaign rally in Tooro Sub-region starting with Kyegegwa district. …
Read More »Amuriat defies police, campaigns in Mityana trading centers
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat on Sunday defied directives by police in Mityana not to campaign at stopovers along the road. The police under the command of DPC Martin Okoyo were leading Amuriat to Mityana town for a campaign rally when …
Read More »EC summons Kyagulanyi and Amuriat over breach of election guidelines
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has summoned the National Unity Platform presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu and FDC’s Patrick Amuriat Oboi over repeated flouting of election guidelines. The Electoral Commission acting on the direction of the Ministry of Health banned mass gatherings that have more than 200 …
Read More »Jinja FDC supporters optimistic Amuriat will improve service delivery
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Supporters of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat are optimistic that his leadership will improve service delivery within the region. Speaking to journalists at the side-lines of Amuriat’s campaign trail within Busoga sub-region, his supporters said that they think he will advocate …
Read More »We shall remove this gov’t by voting or not -Besigye
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dr. Col. Kiiza Besigye, the Former President of Forum for Democratic Change-FDC has rallied Ugandans to rise up against the current regime that he says has committed a number of atrocities that need to be corrected by a new regime. Besigye says Ugandans must wake …
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