Kizza Besigye

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...

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)...

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...

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...

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...

Kizza Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change took 34 seats in parliament this time...

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...

Kizza Besigye who has challenged President Yoweri Museveni in four presidential elections says he will not run next year...

In the wake of the recent brutal attacks by security forces on protestors in Kampala pundits ponder why the formidable mass movement of Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye's Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) cannot join forces...

The assault on leading oppositionist Kizza Besigye by police on his way to a Forum for Democratic Change meeting on 4 November was the latest in a series of violent crackdowns on the opposition in Kampala...