Tag Archives: FDC

Tensions as Katonga faction plans to dissolve party NEWS ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | News that the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) could be dissolved has caught many by surprise. A Delegates Conference organised by the Katonga faction slated for August 19 could seal the fate of what was once …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat has called on President Yoweri Museveni to ensure tolerance of divergent political views in the coming 2026 General election. Amuriat says the 2021 general elections were marred with military operations against the opposition politicians across …

GULU, UGANDA | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Party President Patrick Oboi Amuriat has called on opposition leaders in the Acholi sub-region to return to what he describes as the ‘original’ FDC party. Amuriat told locals at a rally in Gulu City over the weekend that some party …

Terrorism charges and new questions for Uganda Kenya relations ANALYSIS | IAN KATUSIIME | Thirty six activists of the Forum for Democratic Change who were arrested in Kenya on July 23 are facing terrorism charges in a baffling development that puts Kenya-Uganda relations under scrutiny. They were remanded to Luzira Prison …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party Najjanankumbi faction has turned to digital registration of membership cards for their party supporters to tackle stage-managed defections by the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party. The party launched the digital membership registration portal in June this year from …

  Kasese, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) President, Patrick Amuriat Oboi, has criticized the NRM government, led by President Yoweri Museveni, for its lack of commitment to fulfilling political pledges. Speaking in Kasese on Saturday during the launch of the party’s E-Registration exercise in …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Alliance for National Transformation- ANT has announced a nationwide mobilization to create awareness of the party and mobilize support ahead of the 2026 General elections. Speaking to journalists at the party Headquarters in Bukoto, Alice Alaso, the party’s National Coordinator said that the tours will start …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Unity Platform – NUP party has cried foul and slammed Parliament for blocking the removal of Mathias Mpuuga Nsamba, from the Parliamentary Commission to defend ongoing corruption practices in the August House. NUP Secretary-General Lewis Davis Rubongoya, commented after Speaker Anita Annet Among’s letter dated …

Dokolo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security has been heightened in Dokolo district ahead of the District Woman MP polls on Thursday. According to the Regional Police Commander of North Kyoga, Deo Obura, each sub county and town council in Dokolo district is manned by District Police Commanders (DPCs) drawn from …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Court of Appeal has ejected Polycarp Ogwari and installed his rival David Ochwa as the Agule County Member of Parliament citing his illegal nomination for the 2021 elections. According to the decision delivered on Tuesday evening, Ochwa shall take office immediately. The decision arises from an …