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 …
Read More »Will Besigye vs Muntu make or break FDC?
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 …
Read More »TODAY IN HISTORY: Besigye dossier November 6, 1999
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | On this day nine years ago, former National Political Commissar and senior officer of the UPDF, Col. Kizza Besigye authored a 14 page statement critical of the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Besigye, 43, wrote the article November 6, 1999 ahead of that year’s referendum. …
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