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Kizza Besigye

Date of Birth: 22 April 1956
Place of Birth: Rukungiri


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Muhoozi sticks his neck out

Neither the veteran oppositionist Kizza Besigye who stood against Museveni four times nor Bobi Wine who leads Uganda's opposition has said anything on the subject...


Bobi Wine rights campaign sparks more protests

Wine wants to build a broad anti-government platform both in the country and in parliament where the NUP has 57 seats and former opposition leader Kizza Besigye's Forum for Democratic change (FDC) has 32...


Spiralling prices dominate budgets

In Uganda President Yoweri Museveni insists that the government cannot afford subsidies despite a series of recent opposition protests led by Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president Kizza Besigye in response to the high cost of living...

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Regime blames MPs for killings

They point to the government's attempt during the 2001 elections to link the FDC's Kizza Besigye to a new violent rebel group called the People's Redemption Army and falsely claim that it was the 'armed wing' of the FDC (AC Vol 46 No 3 Operation Kisanja)...


Motorbike killers strike again

Co–option has been limited to Joyce Ssebugwawo a former stalwart of Kizza Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change and also part of the Buganda political establishment who comes in as Minister for Information and Communication...


Cracks in the ruling party

Adding to the sense of intimidation were the heavy military presence around the homes of Bobi Wine and fellow opposition leader Kizza Besigye and weeks of loud fighter jets crisscrossing the Kampala skies...


The opposition plans its pushback

He held extensive talks with opposition leaders including the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) oppositionist Kizza Besigye before both men decided to go it alone against Museveni in 2016...


Museveni falls back on force

Museveni and his handlers appear to believe these tactics effective against the supporters of Kizza Besigye the perennial opposition challenger for the presidency since 2001 will succeed against the supporters of Bobi Wine...


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