Tag Archives: FDC

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 …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Amuriat Oboi, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate has promised to offer 5 percent of the oil revenue to Bunyoro-Kitara kingdom if he is elected President of Uganda. According to Oboi, oil is a big resource and if well utilized will cause development …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) supporters in Bushenyi district have declared three days of mourning for people who were killed during protests. Protests broke out in different parts of the country following the arrest of National Unity Platform-NUP presidential candidate Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu. The Bushenyi …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change – FDC party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat is nursing bruised toes as a result of heavy military boots which he says stepped on him on Wednesday when he was arrested in Gulu. Two of his left foot toe-digits are now …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party plans to continue with its campaign activities despite recent events which involved foiling of their meetings by security agencies. The security agencies accuse the FDC presidential candidate Patrick Amuriat Oboi of flouting guidelines issued by both the Ministry …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change- FDC party has joined the National Unity Platform-NUP to condemn Electoral Commission-EC for alleged failure to manage the electoral process. The FDC secretary-general, Nathan Nandala Mafabi says it appears security and incumbent President Yoweri Museveni have taken over the elections. …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police officers on the security detail of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC presidential candidate, Patrick Oboi Amuriat have complained of attacks by their Field Force Police-FFP colleagues. The officers say they have become victims of teargas, water cannons and other forms of brutality from their …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) Presidential candidate Mugisha Muntu has decided to suspend his campaigns until his colleagues in the race for election Patrick Amuriat of FDC and Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine are released from detention. “We have decided to pause our presidential …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Patrick Oboi Amuriat has been arrested in Gulu city. Amuriat of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party was arrested from Awere open grounds in Layibi-Bardege division in Gulu city where he was scheduled to address voters. He was arrested on orders of the officer …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kasese district has overwhelmingly voted for the opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC candidates in the last three general elections. The party has strong representation at the lower local governments. In the 2016 general election, FDC swept the five constituency and district woman parliamentary seats. FDC …