The ongoing consultation by the Forum for Democratic Change Katonga’s faction headed by Col. (Rtd) Dr. Kizza Besigye to register a new political party has continued to suffer stiff limbo coupled with rejection in many districts across Eastern and Northern Uganda.
In the Teso and Bugisu regions, delegates invited to the meeting failed to show up, a move that flopped the mission.
The Katonga faction is currently carrying out consultative meetings to register a new political party in the countryside. They started from Mbarara, Kabale, Hoima, and other districts where a big turnout was registered.
In Teso and Bugisu, the home areas for the Najjanankumbi faction’s Nandala Mafabi and Patrick Oboi Amuriat, delegates have shunned the meetings and warned Col. Besigye’s team to first fix their messes before seeking their support.
The rift between Besigye and the duo escalated last year after Besigye accused them of receiving money from President Museveni in the campaigns that led to the 2021 elections.
FDC Members of Parliament from Teso, West Nile, Lango, and Acholi have all sided with the Najjanankumbi team, where they have vowed to politically discipline Dr. Besigye and his Katonga group.
A source has told us that Katonga team has even failed to identify the right political contacts to cause mobilization following the boycott by the delegates.
Besigye is paying the price of preferring separation instead of dialogue and reconciliation. Over time, he has always accused his colleagues of being moles with no evidence and mistreating them to the extent of being left with no option but to quit the party.
This was the same strategy that Dr. Besigye used to exterminate former FDC Party President Gen. (Rtd) Mugisha Muntu by accusing him of being a mole.
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