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Daily Monitor
Thursday January 28 2021
Then Masaka Municipality MP Mathias Mpuuga (left) shares a moment with Mukono Municipality Mp Betty Nambooze (in white) as they officially joined NUP in Kamwokya, Kampala on August 13, 2020 . PHOTO | MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
Summary
Started as the People Power movement during the controversial debate for amendment of the Constitution to remove the presidential age limit, it morphed into NUP after Mr Kyagulanyi, who is also the incumbent Kyadondo East MP, acquired the National Unity and Reconciliation Party of Mr Moses Kibalama Nkonge last year.
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The party has won majority of parliamentary and local council seats in Kampala and its divisions.
Daily Monitor
Saturday December 12 2020
Former FDC presidential candidate Kizza Besigye (atop lead car) campaigns for the party presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat (atop right 2nd car) in Ntungamo District on December 1. PHOTO/ MICHAEL KAKUMIRIZI
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Dr Kizza Besigye’s only direct relationship with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) at present is as mobiliser for Rukungiri District, and it is at this very spot where an earthquake shaking the Opposition party has originated in the middle of an election campaign.
And the ongoing election campaign is not an ordinary one as far as FDC is concerned – it is the first time in the life of the party when FDC is not seen as the principal contender to wrestle power from President Museveni and the National Resistance Movement (NRM).