The Democratic Party has said that Amama Mbabazi is the better placed candidate to win the 2016 elections.
Addressing journalist at the DP headquarters in Kampala today, the deputy party spokesperson Mr Kakande Kenneth observed that after The Democratic Alliance (TDA) failed to agree on a joint candidate, eight members of the Alliance zeroed in on Mbabazi, convinced he has the ability to win elections against incumbent President Yoweri Museveni or any other candidate.
“We have made many attempts in various elections and we have not achieved this change; we believe Amama Mbabazi will bring change in our country,” Kakande said, adding that the former Prime Minister brings with him a bag of tricks from the National Resistance Movement (NRM).
“We got all his tricks and now we are going to start blocking all of them,” Kakande said adding: “We believe Mbabazi can change Uganda. He has the key to open that door.”
Kakande also called upon members of the opposition to put their differences aside and aim at change in the country.
“It’s not about sending missiles to each other; we all want to see Museveni leave power,” Kakande said and implored members of the DP to desist from engaging in confrontation with other opposition members.
“The enemy is not them but Museveni. They may even join us to bring change to the country,” he added.
Commenting on allegations that Mao ‘hijacked’ the TDA Spokesperson position from FDC’s Wafula Oguttu, Kakande asserted that the latter was no longer a TDA member and therefore had no right to claim Mao took his position.
“Mao has not hijacked any position; Oguttu is in FDC, they didn’t accept Mbabazi so he couldn’t be spokesperson yet he’s not part of the TDA,” Kakande said.
Amama Mbabazi was declared TDA flag bearer last week by a majority of the members in the Alliance.
