Anxiety, excitement and frustration has engulfed supporters and stalwarts of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), as Uganda’s biggest opposition party is conducting polls to fill several national posts ahead of the presidential election in 2016
The heated contests at the National Delegates Conference at the Uganda Manufacturers Association (UMA) grounds include that of the Party’s Secretary General that pitted former FDC National Treasurer Nathan Nandala Mafabi against Aruu County Member of Parliament Odonga Otto and Terego County Member of Parliament Kassiano Wadri and Kampala Woman Member of Parliament Nabillah Naggayi Ssempala; the post of National Chairman that attracted East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) Member of Parliament Wandera Ogalo, former Ugandan Ambassador to Japan Wasswa Biriggwa, former Katikamu North MP Bwanika Bbale and Moses Kasule; and that of the Regional Vice President for Eastern Uganda that pitted Leader of Opposition and Bukooli Central Member of Parliament Phillip Wafula Oguttu, Kumi county MP Patrick Amuriat Oboi against outgoing Secretary General and Serere Woman MP Alice Alaso Asianut. Alaso also serves as the current Parliamentary Accounts Committee (PAC) Chairperson.
Other posts that elicited heated contest were that of the regional Vice President for Western Uganda that drew in Rukiga County MP Jack Sabiiti, unrelenting party activist Francis Mwijukye, outgoing Mbarara district FDC chairman Stanley Katembeya and Patrick Baguma Ateenyi from Bunyoro.
Other contestants include outgoing National Chairperson Joyce Ssebugwawo and Victor Nkalubo Bulega for Vice President Central, while Reagan Okumu was returned unopposed for the post of Regional Vice President for Northern Uganda.
Those vying for the post of Deputy National Chairman include Kamuli district Chairperson Salaam Musumba, Ms Zainab Namutamba and Busia Woman MP Kevina Taaka, while western Uganda has Rukungiri Municipality MP Roland Mugume Kaginda and Remigius Turyahebwa. From the north Mayor Buga is contesting against Lillian Masia and JB Okello Okello, while from Central Baganda Ssenfuka is tussling it out with Faisal Nanyumba.
Those vying for the post of Deputy Secretary General include MP Florence Ekwau Obi, Harold Kaija and Julius Tindimwebwa, while those contesting for Treasurer are MPS Geoffrey Ekanya and Angelina Osege.
For Deputy Treasurer it is Kitgum Woman MP Beatrice Atim Anywar aka Mama Mabira, tussling it out with Wilberforce Kyambadde, while outgoing Women League Chairperson Ingrid Turinawe is battling it out with MP Anita Among for the post of Secretary for Mobilisation.
Meanwhile, by filing time Aruu County MP Odonga Otto had stood down for Nandala Mafabi, while journalist-turned-politician Wafula Oguttu and Kumi County MP Patrick Amuriat Oboi stood down for Serere Woman MP Alice Alaso Asianut, to paving the way for her to become Regional Vice President, Eastern Uganda.
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CANDIDATES WHO WHERE NORMINATED IN FDC DELEGATE CONFERENCE 12.06.2015
| POSITIONS | NAMES OF CANDIDATES | DISTRICT |
|
FOUR DEPUTY PRESIDENTS |
WESTERN | |
| MWIJUKYE FRANCIS | BUHWEJU | |
| BAGUMA PATRICK ATEENYI | HOIMA | |
| KATEMBEYA STENERY | MBARARA | |
| SABIITI JACK | KABALE | |
| EASTERN | ||
| OGUTTU WAFULA | BUGIRI | |
| ALASO ALICE ASIANUT | SERERE | |
| AMURIAT PATRICK | KUMI | |
| NORTHERN | ||
| OKUMU RONALD REAGAN | GULU | |
| CENTRAL | ||
| BULEGA NKALUBO MUSA | MITYANA | |
| SEBUGWAWO JOYCE | KAMPALA | |
|
PARTY CHAIRPERSON |
OGALO DAN WANDERA | NAMAYINGO |
| BIRIGGWA WASSWA | WAKISO | |
| KASULE MASSY MOSES | BUTAMBALA | |
| BWANIKA BBAALE ABSOLOM | LUWERO | |
|
THE FOUR DEPUTY CHAIRPERSONS |
EASTERN | |
| NAMUTAMBA ZANUBIA | MBALE | |
| SALAAMU MUSUMBA | KAMULI | |
| TAAKA KEVINAH | BUSIA | |
| WESTERN | ||
| TURYAHEBWA REMEGIOUS | KABAROLE | |
| MUGUME ROLAND | RUKUNGIRI | |
| NORTHERN | ||
| MASIA LIZZY LILLIAN | MARACHA | |
| BUGA OS MAYOR | ARUA | |
| OKELLO OKELLO JOHN BAPTIST | DOKOLO | |
| CENTRAL | ||
| NANYUMBA FAIZAL | BUIKWE | |
| BAGANDA SSENFUKA | RAKAI | |
| SECRETARY GENERAL | NAGGAYI NABILAH SEMPALA | KAMPALA |
| NANDALA MAFABI NATHAN | SIRONKO | |
| WADRI KASSIAN EZATI | ARUA | |
| ODONGA OTTO | PADER | |
| THE DEPUTY SECRETARIES GENERAL | KALIJA HAROLD | KAMPALA |
| TINDIMWEBA JULIOUS | NTUNGAMO | |
| EKWAU IBI FLORENCE | KABERAMAIDO | |
| WILLIAM NZOGHU | KASESE | |
| TREASURER GENERAL | TIBENDA SAMUEL | MASINDI |
| EKANYA GEOFREY | TORORO | |
| OSEGGE ANGELINA | SOROTI | |
| DEPUTY TREASURER GENERAL | ATIM ANYWAR BEATRICE | KITUGUM |
| WILBERFORCE KYAMBADE | KAMPALA | |
| SECRETARIES FOR MOBILISATION | AMONGO ANITA | BUKEDIA |
| TURINAWE INGRID | RUKUNGIRI | |
| OKECH ALFRED | OYAM | |
| JUSTIN JUUKO | MASAKA | |
| MUSIS MEDDIE | KAMPALA | |
| FUNGAROO KAPS HASSAN | MOYO | |
| BASHIRAH JALIAH | KAMPALA | |
| KASOZI IBRAHIM | KAMPALA | |
| SECRETARY FOR INFORMATION AND PUBLICITY | MUYANGA LUTAAY SIMON | KALIRO |
| EPERU SARA | NGORA | |
| SEKAJIIJA ROBERT JUNIOR | LUWERO | |
| KIKONYOGO JOHN | KAMPALA | |
| SSEMUJJU IBRAHIM NGANDA | WAKISO | |
| SECRETARY FOR WOMAN AFFAIRS | ||
| SECRETARY FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS | ||
| SECRETARY FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITES | PIRINGO EDINAN | BUDAKA |
| MUKHWANA NOAH | KAMPALA | |
| SECRETARY FOR INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL AFFAIRS | OUMA MASINDE CHARLES | BUGIRI |
| MUYODI GODFREY | KALIRO | |
| AYO INNOCENT | LIRA | |
| WAMANGA WAMAI JACK | MBALE | |
| LOKEE LUCY | NAKAPIRIPIRIT | |
| OUMA MASIDE CHARLES | BUGIRI | |
| MAKOKHA SAMUEL | BUSIA | |
| SECRETARY FOR LEGAL HUMAN RIGHTS AND CONSTITUTIONA AFFAIRS | MUDIOBOLE ABEDI NASSER | IGANGA |
| MUGUME MOSES | MASINDI | |
| JATIM BRIAN OGUTU | OYAM | |
| SECRETARY FOR ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE | KALIJA JAMES KATS | KYENJOJO |
| RUTAHWAIRE ANTHONY | ISINGIRO | |
| KATUMBA SALIMU | KAMPALA | |
| ABALINABYO FATUMA ZAIN | KAMPALA | |
|
SECRETARY FOR LABOUR AND PENSION |
BUWEMBO HABIB | KAMPALA |
| ACAN JANET FRANCES | AGAGO | |
| GOLOOBA OMAR MATOVU SHARRIF | KALUNGU | |
| MUBIRU IVAN | KAMPALA | |
| TURAHIKAYO REVBEN | RUKUNGIRI | |
| KASOZI ROBINSON | MUKONO | |
| SECRETARY FOR PRESIDENCY | SSEMPIJJA ISMAIL | KALUNGU |
| ASAPH NTANDA | MITOOMA | |
| WABYONA JACKSON | ||
| SECRETARY FOR CULTURE,ETHICS AND RELIGIOUS AFFAIRS | KYAZZE KASSIM | KAMPALA |
| ISABIRYE ROBERT | BUIKWE | |
| TANDRUPASI PATRICK | ADJUMANI | |
| ARINAITWE SCOVIA | KYEGEGWA | |
| WASSWA MOSES | KAMPALA | |
| AKIIKI MARY WAKOOLI | MBALE | |
| KHALWA SAMUEL | PALLISA | |
| SHEIKH KATURAMU MUHAMADI AUSI | MASINDI | |
|
SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION,SPORTS AND ARTS |
OBALIMU SANON | MAYUGE |
| PRISCILLA NAKKAZI | KAMPALA | |
| NANKINGA NULU | JINJA | |
| NAGUDI MARRIAM.W | MBALE | |
| OWORI MOSES C.KIBANGA | TORORO | |
| KASULE JAMES | ADJUMANI | |
| ATUHAIRWE NICHOLAS | ISINGIRO | |
| KAJUMBI HAMID | KAMPALA | |
| JAMAL ABDALLAH WANTE | NAMUTUMBA | |
| AOL BETTY OCAN | GULU | |
| MWIJUKYE MOSES | MITOOMA | |
| SECRETARY FOR TRADE,INDUSTRY,ECONOMY AND INVESTMENTS | MBABAZI JACKLINE | KISORO |
| TOOLIT SIMON AKECHA | GULU | |
| TUMUHIRWE ALLEN MUGISHA | KIRUHURA | |
| NYANJURA DOREEN | KYENJOJO | |
| ATUGONZA FRANCIS | HOIMA | |
| SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE,SECURITY AND INTERNAL AFFAIRS | ANGOLIGA .M.SALIM | YUMBE |
| AMIN SADIKI.A. | BUSIA | |
| WASALALA EMMANUEL NUME | KAMULI | |
| BYOMUHANGI MARTIN | RUKUNGIRI | |
| SAAD ABDUL | KASESE | |
| SECRETARY FOR AGRICULTURE | JJUUKO IBRAHIM | KALUNGU |
| BYARUHANGA JOSEPH | KISORO | |
| BUSINGE JOAB | MASINDI | |
| WOJEGA SAMUEL | MBALE | |
| LUTALO ABDUL BUKUYA | MUBENDE | |
| CHEMUSTO TOM | KWEEN | |
| SECRETARY FOR HEALTH | NYAKATO ASINANSI | HOIMA |
| MAKUMBI HABIB | KAMPALA | |
| RUZAZA CHRISTOPHER | KISORO | |
| SECRETARY FOR WORKS | AYESIGOMWE AMON RUBAREMA | MBARARA |
| LUBEGA JANNIE | KAMPALA | |
| MUNUNA RAPHEAL | BUDAKA | |
| SABUKA EDWARD | KAMPALA | |
| SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORTS AND COMMUNICATIONS | WESIRO ELIAH | BUDUDA |
| ATURINDA PETER | ISINGIRO | |
| SECRETARY FOR LOCAL GOVERNEMNT | KAYEMBA GODFREY AFAAYO | MASAKA |
| WASUKIRA GODFREY | MBALE | |
| WAGABA DDIBYA ISIMAEL | SEMBABULE | |
| UZAMUKUNDA SYLIVIA | KISORO | |
| IGA POLLY | MOYO | |
| GIDUD JOHN DADIRI | SIRONKO | |
| MAGANDA ABU-BAKER | JINJA | |
| EBORORAIT ABDALLAH | KUMI | |
| SECRETARY FOR POST CONFLICT AND RECONSTRUCTION | MUHANGUZI CALEB | WAKISO |
| KAKANDE JANE LUCY.N | KAMPALA | |
| LUKWAYA HENRY | KAMPALA | |
| CHEMONGES JOSEPH ALFRED | KAPCHORWA | |
| AKOL ANTHONY | AMURU | |
| MUBONDE NASSER | MAYUGE | |
| SSEKIZIYIVU STEPHENE | KYANKWAZI | |
| SECRETARY FOR ELDERS | KALULE SAM | KAMPALA |
| NABATANZI BETTY BETTY | KAMPALA | |
| SEZOGA JOSEPH SALONGO | MASAKA | |
