Politics

A section of Members of Parliament from different opposition political parties, such as the Democratic Party (DP) and the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), among others, have accused Joel Ssenyonyi, the Leader of Opposition (LoP), in Parliament of splitting the opposition. According to Peter Okot, the DP party Whip, while opposition parties ostensibly collaborate in parliament, the DP and their counterparts, such as the FDC and UPC, face stigma in Parliament despite efforts to present a united front. Okot added that...

The president of the National Unity Platform (NUP), Robert Kyagulanyi, has reignited the fights in Uganda’s leading opposition political party by hurling insults at the former leader of opposition Mathias Mpuuga and his cohorts, who include Kimanya Kabonera county Member of Parliament (MP) Abed Bwanika, while performing to revellers in London on Saturday night, April 20, 2024. Tensions were beginning to calm down in the Makerere-Kavule-based party following weeks of intraparty fights between rival factions, which include the DP bloc...

The National Unity Platform (NUP) is under the spotlight as its leadership has resorted to controversial methods to maintain their grip as the leading opposition party in the country, such as repeatedly paying wages to their detained supporters to stay in prison as a way to gain political relevancy, account to their funders, and blame the government for selective punishment of their supporters. According to sources who prefer anonymity, NUP, under the leadership of Robert Kyagulanyi, has been paying off...

The current up-country tour by Col. (Rtd) Dr. Kizza Besigye, the leader of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC Katonga faction, is facing a financial setback after the funders accused him (Besigye) of misusing the money they had collected for the events. This stemmed from a crisis that erupted after Col. Besigye visited Mityana district on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in an attempt to rebuild his political career. While in Mityana, he paid each boda-boda cyclist who received and ushered him a...

Tensions are high in the Makerere Kavule-based National Unity Platform (NUP) following the resurfacing of the four-time presidential candidate Dr. Kizza Besigye on Uganda’s political scene under the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Katonga faction, a move that is likely to sway support from NUP and its president, Robert Kyagulanyi. The FDC Katonga faction, led by Besigye, recently launched national-wide campaigns to reclaim its position as the leading opposition political party and blamed the NUP for failing to steer Uganda’s...

Rtd. Col. Kizza Besigye, former Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Party President, has been criticized by the family members and village mates of the late Sarah Eperu for taking advantage of her death, exploiting her brother during his grief, and manipulating him with a bribe of Ugx5 million in order to allow his Katonga faction to lead the funeral preparations of his departed sister. According to a brother of the late Eperu, only identified as Ben, and other family members,...