FDC Katonga factions move to block delegates’ conference for Najjanankumbi-based

By Lawrence Mubiru

2^nd Sept 2023

A faction of the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party led by Kampala Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago has issued its electoral roadmap that will culminate in the election of new party leaders.

Speaking at their offices on Katonga Road in Kampala this morning, Lukwago said the party National Executive Committee meeting that sat last week agreed on the roadmap that will not only see the party getting new leaders but also carry out country-wide tours.

Lukwago said that they intend to write to the police to notify them about their planned activities and added that they don’t expect the police to disrupt these meetings in whatever way because FDC is a registered political party which has a right to operate without restrictions.

Lukwago reiterated that the delegates’ conference that is being organized by the Najjanankumbi faction led by the party president Patrick Amuriat Oboi and Secretary General Nathan Nandala Mafabi is illegal because it wasn’t sanctioned by the party Chairman Wasswa Birigwa.

He said he expects the court this week to issue an injunction stopping it because it’s at variance with the FDC constitution.

Lukwago also said that they are going to meet with FDC eminent persons to see how to rejuvenate the party adding that many national leaders are distressed with what is going on in FDC.

Meanwhile, Michael Kabaziguruka, the head of the Electoral Commission of the FDC said all plans have been laid out that will culminate in the holding of a Delegates’ Conference in March next year.

According to the roadmap, elections will kick off on December 9 with the election of leaders from the village to the district. There will then be a national Delegates’ Conference on March 15, 2024, that will elect national leaders of the party.