Mobile phone users in Africa have increased tremendously, hitting the 900 million mark in the first quarter of 2015.
Mobile phone users in Africa have increased tremendously, hitting the 900 million mark in the first quarter of 2015.
According to the Ericsson Mobility Report for 2015 most of the mobile users are now walking around with powerful smart phones that give them access to applications and information to enhance their businesses.
Keith Fenner, a Senior Vice-President Sales at Sage, says the move will help employers interact with mobile employees, suppliers, and other stakeholders.
“We’re seeing many organisations mobilise their enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, “says Fenner, adding: “Workers and managers are increasingly able to access ERP data on the road to serve customers, speed up decision-making and save time.”
Sage Pastel Accounting General Manager, Daryl Blundell, noted that mobility is transforming smaller businesses.
“An accounting solution with a good mobile app is a real boon for SMEs,” he says, adding: “Employees with mobile devices can be productive many more hours a week because they can work from anywhere in the world and can maximise what might otherwise have been wasted time waiting in airports and reception rooms.”
Mobile technology is also helping HR departments to become more efficient and to build better relationships with employees. Gerhard Hartman, Head of Sage HR & Payroll’s International Division, said that companies can now offer employee self-service (ESS) across mobile devices to streamline HR processes and engage employees more effectively.“They can look up their payslips, change their personal details, and more, all without needing to do paperwork or phone the HR department,” Gerhard observed.
Moses Mapesa, Former Uganda Wildlife Authority Exeutive Director.
Moses Mapesa, Former Uganda Wildlife Authority Exeutive Director.
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Kampala-Miss Tourism 2014/2015, Roberta Jean-Marie Magoba, will spearhead an art exhibition and auction to fundraise money for the treatment of former Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) boss, Moses Mapesa.
The exhibition scheduled for July 18, 2015, at the Sheraton Hotel is being organized in conjunction with Sheraton Hotel, Afriart Gallery, Association of Uganda Tour Operators and Miss Tourism who is also an artist. Activities will include an exhibition of various art works in line with nature and tourism, and thereafter, a fundraising auction.
The “Save Moses Mapesa” fundraising initiative was launched on April 22, 2015, and has had notable progress according to the committee Chairperson, Ms. Eunice Nyiramahoro Duli.
Mapesa requires US$100,000 about (Shs300million) to undergo a bone marrow transplant in Mayo Clinic-Arizona, in USA. According to Mrs. Duli, they have managed to raise Shs105million both in pledges and cash.
Mrs. Duli says the biggest chunk of money was received from friends, family, and former workmates. Mapesa’s family raised Shs50million and UWA also pledged Shs50million which she says they are still following up.
Mapesa has now scheduled an appointment with Mayo Clinic-Arizona for August 11, 2015, in order to do preliminary tests and assessments, after which he will travel back to USA in October for the transplant procedure and thereafter, stay there for three months to one year under observation.
Mapesa for eight years now has suffered from Myelodysplastic Syndrome, a disease which makes him unable to manufacture his own blood. As a result, he requires a weekly blood transfusion which costs Shs600, 000.in Kampala
According to his family member, Dr. Robert Nabanyumya, the doctors recommended a trial drug to reduce on the intervals between which he requires a new blood transfusion.
“This is why we are holding this drive so that he does not reach a point where he will need a transfusion after two days. If he once worked hard to save a gorilla, I think we can save his life too,” Dr. Nabanyumya said.
According to Dr. Henry Ddungu of Uganda Cancer Institute, who is also Mapesa’s lead doctor, the cause of this ailment is medically unknown. He says many Ugandans have this condition but do not know they even have it. He says Mapesa is in the high risk category and that is why he needs immediate attention.
Those intending to help, for any financial assistance, please use mobile number 0700 754182, which belongs to Sylvia Mapesa (his wife); or call Sam Mwandha on 0776 890424; or reach them on the Facebook page “Save Moses Mapesa”.
The moneys raised will be remitted to the Moses Mapesa Medical Fund, Account number 6004677593, Barclays Bank; Rwenzori Courts Branch.
Who is Moses Wafula Mapesa?
49 year old Mapesa is a husband to Sylvia Nafula Mapesa and together they have seven children. He is currently into private consultancy in the areas of tourism and conservation management. Mapesa is also volunteering at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) where he is serving as the Vice Chairperson in charge of the East and South African region.
He started work as a researcher in 1988. He joined Uganda National Parks as a research officer in 1996. He was deployed as a warden for Queen Elizabeth national Park, Chief Warden for Kibale and Kidepo national Park, from where he moved on to head Mt. Elgon as the Chief warden.
In 2000, he was promoted to coordinator Planning Monitoring and Research. In 2002, he was directed to deputy Director, Field Operations. In 2005, he was appointed Executive Director of Uganda Wildlife Authority where he served up to 2010 when he left.
While at UWA, Mapesa served as board chair for Bwindi trust fund to support the conservation of Bwindi and Gahinga national parks. He also represented UWA globally in the IUCN.
Kampala-Government has shortlisted 17 oil companies for the exploration, development and production expansion blocks in Uganda.
According to press release from the Ministry of Energy dated July,1 12, 2015, the process of receiving the request for qualification ended on June Tuesday 30, 2015 with the ministry registering 17 valid applicants out of the 19 companies that had registered and received the request for qualification.
According Kabagambe-Kaliisa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development the registration of 17valid applications presents a significant milestone given the several challenges the entire oil and gas industry is going through.
He further explains that government will undertake the evaluation of the application for qualification between July 1, and July 30, 2015. The qualified applicants will be displayed on August 10, 2015.
Eng. Kabagambe further explained that government will issue request for proposal/ bidding and the modal Production Sharing Agreement documents to qualified applicants on August 20, 2015. “The applicants will then be required to bid for blocks or a block of their interest after the mandatory acquisition of data in the blocks or a block through the physical data room at the Directorate of Petroleum in Entebbe.”
The companies that will successfully submit the best evaluated bids will be the ones to go into negotiations with government before signing production sharing agreements with them. “government has planned to award new exploration development licenses before the end of this year if all goes according to the planed licensing roadmap” explains Eng. Kabagambe.
The exploration is going to take place in the Albertine Graben which is Uganda’s most investigated, de-risked and prospective sedimentary basin with surface coverage in Uganda of approximately 23,000 Square kilometers. Following the conclusion of appraisal of most of the discoveries, the resources in the country are now estimated to be 6.5 billion barrels of oil in place and 500 standard billion cubic feet of gas in less than 20 percent of the Graben.
Below is the statement in full.
CLOSURE OF THE APPLICATION FOR QUALIFICATION OF THE LICENSING ROUND FOR PETROLEUM EXPLORATION, DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION BLOCKS IN UGANDA
KAMPALA 1ST JULY, 2015:
Following the publication of Notice of Request for Qualification (RfQ) for Uganda’s Licensing Round for Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production on 25th February 2015 in which six blocks within the Albertine Graben were presented, the Ministry has received a significant number of Application for Qualification (AfQ) from companies across the Globe.
The Process of receiving the Request for Qualification ended yesterday 30th June, 2015 at 17.00 hours East African Standard Time with the Ministry registering Seventeen valid applicants out of the Nineteen applicants that had registered and received the Request for Qualification.
The Albertine Graben is Uganda’s most investigated, de-risked and prospective sedimentary basin with surface coverage in Uganda of approximately 23,000 Sqkms. Following the conclusion of appraisal of most of the discoveries, the resources in the country are now estimated to be 6.5 billion barrels of oil in place and 500 standard billion cubic feet of gas in less than 20% of the Graben. Therefore, the six blocks on offer presents great opportunity to discover additional resources that will enhance the country’s sustainability of oil and gas production and commercialization.
Dr F. A. Kabagambe-Kaliisa, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development noted the registration of Seventeen valid applications presents a significant milestone given the several challenges the entire oil and gas industry is going through. He further explained that Government will undertake the evaluation of the Application for Qualification between 1st July and 30th July 2015. The qualified applicants will be displayed on 10th August 2015.
The Permanent Secretary, further explained that Government will issue Request for Proposal/ bidding and the modal Production Sharing Agreement documents to qualified applicants on 20th August, 2015. The applicants will then be required to bid for blocks or a block of their interest after the mandatory acquisition of data in the blocks or a block through the physical Data Room at the Directorate of Petroleum in Entebbe.
The companies that will submit the best evaluated bids will proceed to negotiate with government before signing Production Sharing Agreements with them. “Government has planned to award new Petroleum Exploration, Development and Production licenses before the end of this year if all goes according to the planned licensing roadmap,” explained Dr. Kabagambe – Kaliisa.
On behalf of the Government of the Republic of Uganda, I wish to commend the following Oil and Gas Companies which have submitted the Expression of Interest:
1. Rift Energy Corp from United States of America (USA)
2. Mubadala Petroleum of United Arab Emirates (UAE)
3. SASOL Exploration and Production International of south Africa
4. Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Videsh Limited (ONGC) of India
5. Petoil Limited from Turkey
6. Atlas Petroleum International Limited from Nigeria
7. Oranto Petroleum International Limited from Nigeria
8. Niger delta Petroleum Resources from Nigeria
9. Africa Global Resources (Telconet Capital Ltd Partnership-Tatneft-Rostec) JV from Russia
10. Petrica Energy As from Norway
11. PTT Exploration and Production PCL from Thailand
12. Glint Energy LLC of United States of America (USA)
13. Rapid Africa Energy (Pty) Ltd of South Africa
14. Dragon Oil International Ltd of UAE
15. BRIGHTOIL Petroleum Uganda Ltd of Hong Kong/China
16. WALTERSMITH PETROMAN of Nigeria
17. ARMOUR ENERGY Ltd of Australia
18. Swala Energy Ltd of Australia
19. Tullow Uganda Operation Pty Ltd affiliated to Tullow Ireland
Government will move forward the selection process in a professional manner with the above Oil Companies added Dr. Kabagambe – Kaliisa.
UNDER SPOTLIGHT: UNRA Executive Director Allen Kagina.
UNRA Executive Director,Allen Kagina explains sackings at the roads authority.
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Kampala-The Uganda National Roads Authority (UNRA) Executive Director Allen Kagina has explained why eighty members of staff were fired and contracts of thirty employees not renewed.
As part of its restructuring strategy UNRA is reviewing contracts of some of the employees, those with short term contracts and others with term contracts.
And, addressing journalists at UNRA offices in Kyambogo, Ms Kagina said the sacked staff were under investigation by the inspectorate of government (IGG) and had therefore been suspended.
“For the smooth-running of work at UNRA we decided to have the contracts of the people on suspension terminated upon payment,” she said.
She also said that the contracts of the other 35 staff were not renewed because “like it is anywhere it is incumbent upon the employer to either renew or cancel contracts of employees.”
However, Kagina also seeks to recruit new staff since they are understaffed, which is one of the challenges UNRA faces.
She explained that at inception in 2008 UNRA inherited 8000 km of roads, a figure that has since risen to 21000 km, a development that calls for recruitment.
Citing the Katosi road saga in which billions of shillings were swindled by dubious contractors, Ms Kagina emphasized that she is going to introduce reforms including improving on information dissemination, the procurement system and contract management to ensure that contracts are completed within the specified period of time.
“The best way of making procurement free of corruption is by making it public and we will ensure we do exactly that,” Ms Kagina said, adding that in order to strengthen value-for-money procurement, the Authority will carry out background checks on the prospective contractors.
Ms Kagina also revealed that a compensation office had been opened up at Kyambogo, where claimants with genuine documents would be assisted.
“There is a big challenge of claimants through whose land roads pass but they do not have relevant documents for them to be compensated which in most cases delays completion of projects,” she noted. She also promised to i
And, talking about the rampant road accidents, Engineer James Okiror, the head of projects, put part of the blame on excited road users.
“When roads are newly constructed, sometimes users get excited and drive carelessly leading to accidents,” he said and called upon the police to improve on traffic law enforcement.
However he admitted that some newly constructed roads can be slippery especially when it has rained and promised to rectify the anomaly.
Kampala-In a shocking incident, another Muslim cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Hassan Kiirya was last night gunned down by unknown assailants riding on a boda boda.
Having left Tarawih prayers at Dar-tal-alim al-islamiya in Rubaga, the 49 year-old spokesperson of the Kibuli-based Muslim faction was short dead in Bweyogerere, Wakiso district as he headed home.
Eyewitnesses that spoke to Eagleonline, said Sheik Kirya was shot dead when he crossed the road to buy some fruits. He was shot along with other three other people who are currently battling for their lives at Mulago National Referral Hospital, where the cleric’s body was also taken for a postmortem examination.
The police spokesperson Fred Enanga says Sheikh Kiirya had earlier informed the police that he feared for his life after a number of Muslim clerics were killed in related incidents by unknown assailants.
According to Enanga, Sheikh Kirya was attacked at around 10pm as he returned to his home in Bweyogerere after dropping off one of his security officers who stays in Kireka police barracks.
“We had given him close body protection; all round security by some of our best officers under the VIP protection who had been moving with him and all the other associates in that vulnerable situation. At around 9:30, he offered to drop the body guard who stays in our barracks in Kireka. After dropping him, he was driving to his home in Bweyogerere where he was attacked and shot dead,” Enanga said.
In the recent past there have been a number of killings targeting Muslims clerics across the country, with the killers often riding boda bodas. On Christmas Day last year Sheikh Abdukadir Muwaya Ductoor was gunned down at his home in Mayuge, while this year Sheikhs Mustafa Bahiga and Abdulrashid Wafula were killed in Kampala and Mbale, respectively.
Also, this year assailants riding a boda boda shot and fatally wounded the Assistant Director of Public Prosecutions Ms Joan Kagezi, as she drove home to Kisaasi, an affluent city suburb. At the time of her death the deceased was prosecuting the case of suspected Islamic terrorists who are said to have carried out twin bombings at the Kyadondo Rugby Club and at the Ethiopian Restaurant in Kansanga, in which over 70 people who were watching the World Cup Finals of 2010, died.
Last night Kibuli faction-based cleric Sheikh Ibrahim Kiirya was gunned down by assailants who were riding a motorcycle commonly known as boda boda.
Over the last six months this country has lost about six important people, after marauding boda boda guys opened fire on them. This is a very disturbing development, given that the killers use the motorcycles, which in most cases have no number plates, as a getaway, making investigations a complex affair.
It has been revealed that the deceased Sheikh had sought police protection after his colleagues across the country had died under mysterious circumstances. So what happened to the guards? Did they not have a systematic change of guards, where one replaces another without necessarily losing sight of the person they are guarding?
That notwithstanding, as Ugandans, our guard has been lowered, while our moral fabric has decayed so much so that we have settled for the worst there is.
From corruption, fake pastors who hobnob with other people’s spouses, mob justice, pornography, cars with tinted windscreens, land-grabbing, wetlands desecration and child sacrifice, crime has now almost come to define the country that was once referred to as the ‘Pearl of Africa’. This is unacceptable and must be resisted.
Indeed, as a nation if we are to be secure, there is need for action and the police should be the lead agent for the much-needed change by ensuring that crime does not go undetected. The courts of law should also step up their act, and ensure that crime is punished.
To begin with, let the court expedite the case of the terror suspects, so that that matter is put to rest and allow the relatives of the deceased carry on with their lives.
Kampala-The thorny issue of the land in Kasokoso has almost been resolved, with three contingent plans in place, to provide a win-win situation for both parties, the disgruntled residents and the landlord, the National Social Security Fund. NSSF Managing Director Richard Byarugaba, who was speaking on Radio One’s show Spectrum, Byarugaba, said those with houses that meet the NSSF standards, will stay while there are those who have accepted to leave and be compensated and others that have accepted to leave. Meanwhile, the NSSF is to build 160 housing units in the western Uganda town of Mbarara and according to the Byarugaba, the process is already underway, and construction is slated to begin later this year.
Kampala-Opposition stalwart Dr Kizza Besigye might have his Christmas come early, if the excitement and number of people who thronged the Forum for Democratic Change offices in support of his candidature for party flag bearer carry on with their plans.
This morning about 400 people carrying placards and chanting slogans in support of Besigye stormed Najjanankumbi, the FDC headquarters, causing a traffic snarl along Entebbe Road and leaving the about 50 policemen deployed, dumbfounded.
Two days ago Besigye picked nomination forms to contest for the post of FDC flag bearer and is widely expected to give party leader and fellow contender Maj Gen (rtd) John Greg Mugisha Muntu a run for his money.
Both General Muntu and Colonel Besigye worked with Museveni but were later to fall out with the latter, accusing him of reneging on some of the ideals agreed upon while the National Resistance Movement/Army carried out a 5-year bush war that resulted in the capture of power on January 26, 1986.
According to sources, Besigye is currently out of the country but that he will be accorded a ‘hero’s welcome’ on his return. The source further said that Besigye had himself declared victory ‘because of the support’ he has.
The developments come in the wake of the formation of alliance, The Democratic Alliance, a loose coalition that the opposition wants to use as a vehicle to oust President Yoweri Museveni and his National Resistance Movement (NRM) government in the 2016 Presidential elections.
Although NRM says its flag bearer will be elected at the Delegates Conference, most people aver that Museveni, the NRM Chairman will emerge victorious and lead his party in the 2016 elections. As if to reinforce that assertion about 200 NRM Members of Parliament attending a party retreat at the Kyankwanzi-based National Leadership Institute (NALI) in February 2014 endorsed Museveni as the ‘sole candidate’ for party leadership.
But the endorsement seemed to rub then NRM Secretary General John Patrick Amama Mbabazi the wrong way, setting the two men on a collision course that eventually saw Mbabazi lose both his posts as Prime Minister and SG.
The Kinkiizi West MP has since declared that he will seek the post of NRM Chairman and later also gun for the Uganda presidency under the NRM.
Meanwhile, by the time of filing police had shot and seriously injured a youthful man only identified as Geoffrey Bbale,
Bishop Isaiah Mbuga is a senior pastor at Christ’s Heart Ministry international in Mukono.
God is to work mightily in the city of Kampala in a mega lunch hour prayer session set to open tomorrow July 1, 2015 at Mabirizi Complex.
The lunch hour prayer session is orchestrated by Christ Heart Kampala through Bishop Isaiah Mbuga.
Bishop Mbuga is a senior pastor at Christ’s Heart Ministry International in Mukono. The ministry is the mother church of the renowned Phaneroo and Koinonia fellowship (at MTN ARENA Lugogo where prayers are held every Thursday and Emerald Hotel every Friday respectively). Christ Heart has affiliates in Masindi, Jinja, Entebbe, South Africa, Kenya, USA, Spain, India and China.
“God is more than zealous to reconcile men to himself not only in Kampala but the whole world, many people are dying because of ignorance about His love and unmerited favor that purchased our salvation, freedom and redemption” says Bishop Isaiah Mbuga.
Adding “I encourage Ugandans to come to Mabirizi complex Plot 49 level 5 every day at 12:45 to 1:45 to experience not only his power but his love to us”
The Lunch hour shall host great men and women every day from Monday to Friday.
Dr. Kizza Besigye entry into the race is likely to complicate things for new entry into the 2016 race.
Dr. Kizza Besigye entry into the race is likely to complicate things for new entrants into the 2016 race.
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Former Forum for Democratic Change president has picked nomination forms to run for the party flag bearer alongside the party president Maj Gen (rtd) Mugisha Muntu in the forthcoming 2016 elections.
This makes it the third time Dr Besigye and Mugisha Muntu are running against each other, first in 2009 for the party presidency and later for the flag bearer both of which Maj. Gen. Muntu lost to Dr Besigye.
But this time if chosen opposition flag bearer, it will be the fourth time Dr. Besigye is vying for the highest office in the land, having shot to the limelight in 2001 with his Reform Agenda campaign which saw him putting up a strong challenge against President Yoweri Museveni, in the process overshadowing Democratic Party’s Paul Kawanga Ssemwogerere and Uganda Peoples’ Congress Aggrey Awori.
Besigye and Museveni fell out after the former accused his boss of turning the National Resistance Movement into an ‘undemocratic and authoritarian system and going against the original agreed upon principles’ consequently turning away from the founding core ideals.
But even when he lost all the three elections to President Museveni, Dr Besigye contested the results and in the first two, he sought reprieve in the Supreme Court, citing rigging. Court seemed to concur but ruled that the irregularities were not substantive to alter the results in favor Dr Besigye.
However, this time round Dr. Besigye’s entry into the race comes barely a month after various opposition parties and individuals formed a coalition dubbed The Democratic Alliance (TDA), where they agreed on fielding a joint candidate for the presidential election and other positions at the lower level, among other things. So, what is the implication of Dr. Besigye’s entry in the race having contested thrice and failed thrice as well?
When he lost the 2011 Presidential Election Dr. Besigye rejected the result but did not go to court like he had done in the previous two elections. He instead resorted to street protests like ‘walk to work’ in protest against high prices of fuel and the general cost of living. This strategy worked for him but the regime would not sit back and watch Dr. Besigye undermining its existence. In the ensuing political standoff he was teargassed, arrested, tortured and thrown in police cells. While Dr Besigye went through all this intimidation, most of his opposition colleagues were mainly laid back, but this was not before Maj Gen Muntu made a lone-man ‘walk-to-work’ from his home in Kololo to Parliament.
Given the apparent courage and mettle displayed by Besigye, the public thinks he is the best bet to represent the opposition, as opposed to Gen Muntu who many people think is so soft spoken and unable to manage Uganda’s opposition politics.
Political observers and analysts that spoke to Eagleonline welcomed Dr. Besigye’s decision arguing that it is good for democracy and competition most especially when you still have President Museveni in the race. It also acts as yardstick to measure internal democracy in FDC.
Retired Bishop Zac Niringiye said Dr. Besigye’s picking nomination forms is for the FDC as a political party and adds that he has always told political parties that internal democracy is paramount if a free and fair election is to be held. “It is good for our country unlike the tendency that we see in the NRM of blocking some people from their internal process which is rubbish and totally unacceptable,” said Bishop Niringiye.
Mr. Moses Khisa, a political commentator and PhD candidate at Northwestern University in the US, argues that Dr.Besigye had been reluctant to declare his intention to run for presidency in 2016 and instead concentrated on advocating for electoral reforms together with civil society organizations. In fact Besigye had always stated that he will not participate in 2016 because there will be no election without the electoral reforms in place. However, Mr. Khisa observes that faced with the ‘authoritarian regime that the NRM is’, which cannot engender electoral reforms that would help to throw them out of power, Dr. Besigye had to come on board.
He actually thinks that it was a waste of time for Dr. Besigye and other opposition leaders to move around the country advocating for electoral reforms due to the limited time left rather than consolidating their support.
“Dr Besigye finds himself in a dilemma from his critics who think that he is an opportunistic and power hungry leader who wants to cling himself on opposition politics, but being most popular opposition leader, he is one person who can’t just walk away like that,” Khisa says.
He also says Besigye’s declaration complicates Amama Mbabazi’s bid because he (Mbabazi) is still in the Movement and by the time the NRM holds the delegates conference in October, the TDA will have already chosen its joint candidate. Mr. Amama Mbabazi, therefore, faces a serious dilemma on whether to stay out of TDA process and challenge Mr Museveni within NRM, or drop out of NRM and join the TDA process before it gets late.
Acxcording to Mr Khisa, should such a situation obtain, Dr. Besigye gets an upper hand because if Mr. Mbabazi unsuccessfully takes on Museveni from within NRM he automatically becomes an Independent and Dr. Besigye the opposition candidate. This helps in dividing the NRM between Mr. Mbabazi and President Museveni. This means that the opposition support will increase while that of the ruling NRM is being fragmented.
He further notes that Besigye’s entry complicates things since he is running against Gen.Mugisha Muntu who is the FDC party president but also subscribes to The Democratic Alliance.
Mr Khisa predicts that in the end Dr.Besigye will be the FDC party President and consequently the leader of TDA while John Patrick Amama Mbabazi will be an Independent if he is to run.
Hon Phillip Wafula Oguttu, the leader of opposition in parliament, welcomed Besigye’s entry in the race, saying the FDC Constitution allows him to contest. “That is FDC for you, known for democracy because our Constitution allows anybody who holds the party card to contest as long as he is of the required age,” he stressed. He noted that it is going to be an ‘interesting’ two-man race and that whoever emerges victorious is the one that the party will rally behind.
Hon Nathan Nandala Mafabi is of the view that Besigye’s entry into the race is a blessing to FDC as a party because the latter is a determined and energetic politician who has the mettle to take on President Museveni. He also says the entry will energise the party as it had gone silent when Besigye bowed out of its leadership.
“People still believe in him as the strongest opposition leader to take on President Museveni and that he can bring change in the country,” he says.
Anyway, whatever the case, it is the FDC delegates that will have to decide who carries the party’s flag but Dr. Besigye’s entry into the race is going to play a significant role in determining the future of Uganda’s politics.
