Tag Archives: FDC

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 …

As NRM takes Kotido, Ibanda, Sheema, Nebbi Kampala, Uganda | IAN KATUSIIME | Asuman Basalirwa, the MP-elect for Bugiri Municipality, confesses that people had always addressed him as a Member of Parliament before the just concluded election that sent him to the August House for the first time. During a television …

When is a candidate by another name not the same candidate? Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | The people of Pallisa District were scheduled to go to the polls on June 28 to elect their Woman MP. But the Electoral Commission quashed it when it annulled the FDC candidate, Catherine Achola …

Rukungiri, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Three candidates have been nominated to contest in the Rukungiri district Woman Member of Parliament seat by-election. They are Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party flag bearer, Betty Bamukwasa Muzanira, Sheila Atukunda Kirebete and Prisca Sezi Mbaguta both independents. Atukunda was the first candidate to …

Rukungiri polls set for May 31, election presiding officer fired Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ahead of the May 31 by- election for Rukungiri district woman MP, the returning officer who manned the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections has been fired. This came shortly after court annulled the polls. In …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party supporters in Rukungiri district have embarked on a fundraising for Betty Muzanira, a candidate for Rukungiri district Woman Member of parliament seat. According to Rukungiri Municipality Member of Parliament, Roland Mugume Kaginda, the decision was taken by FDC members …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has agreed with their former party presidential candidate Moses Byamugisha to follow the constitution while handling matters of the party. Byamugisha 34, was today appearing before the FDC Youth League contrary to the prior summons where he was …

THIS WEEK: NRM, FDC face off again for Rukungiri Woman MP seat Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Hardly a month after the by-election held in Jinja Municipality East that was won by FDC’s Paul Mwiru, the two main political parties; the ruling NRM and opposition FDC will once again lock …

Kampala, Uganda | GODFREY SSALI | Voters in Jinja East go to the polls Thursday to elect a new Member of Parliament in a hotly contested by-election. The seat fell vacant in January following a Court of Appeal ruling that upheld an earlier ruling by the Jinja High Court which overturned …

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 …