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TotalEnergies starts drilling in Murchison Park

Hoima, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | French energy giant TotalEnergies has kicked off drilling operations at one of the wells in the Murchison Falls National Park. Drilling Engineers at Jobi-Rii well on Wednesday confirmed that they had reached the hydrocarbons not so far deep as had been expected. Unlike King …

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Besigye calls for stay of FDC elections

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Four-time former presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye has called for the stay of internal elections in the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party. Speaking to the press at his Katonga Road-based office on Wednesday, Besigye said if the party doesn’t first sort out its …

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FDC: Amuriat declines to disclose funding sources

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | In the midst of growing infighting and tension within the Forum for Democratic Change party-FDC, the Party President Patrick Amuriat Oboi has revealed that he will not disclose their source of funding to the general public. FDC, one of the leading opposing political parties, …

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FDC party faces split as accusations fly

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT & URN | In yet another sign of the growing split in the Forum for Democratic Change Party (FDC), two different press conferences are set for 11am today to address accusatons raised by party spokesperson and Kira Municipality Member of Parliament Ibrahim Semujju Nganda. The …

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NANDALA MAFABI: I am trying to save FDC from NUP

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nathan Nandala Mafabi, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Secretary General, says that he is the one trying to save the party against efforts to merge it with the National Unity Platform, now the leading opposition political party. This comes a few hours after the …

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