The ruling party's bigwigs are far more concerned about signs of a swing towards the opposition candidate Kizza Besigye in traditionally pro-Museveni areas of the east...
Vol 47 No 1 |
- EAST AFRICA
Yet his methods of winning - the stop-go trials of his main opponent Colonel (Retired) Kizza Besigye (who got 29 per cent of the vote in 2001) and violent intimidation of opposition supporters - will spark a new political crisis...
Her husband the Forum for Democratic Change leader Colonel (Retired) Kizza Besigye is locked up in Luzira Prison on charges of treason and rape (though he is now able to submit his name as presidential candidate in next year's poll)...
Vol 46 No 24 |
- COMMONWEALTH
Despite protests over the arrest and military trial of Ugandan oppositionist Kizza Besigye McKinnon confirmed Kampala would still host the next summit in 2007; but quiet pressure mounts on President Yoweri Museveni...
An ill wind had blown tear-gas past the Court where the strongest opposition leader Colonel (retired) Kizza Besigye faced charges of treason concealment of treason and rape...
Then on 26 October arrived retired Colonel Kizza Besigye Chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) formerly Museveni's personal physician and presidential challenger in the 2001 elections...
This sounded like a threat against the main opposition candidates both of them ex-soldiers: Colonel (retired) Kizza Besigye and his colleague in the Forum for Democratic Change the former army commander Major Gen...
From his exile in South Africa the Chairman of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Colonel Kizza Besigye has tried to use his continuing absence to pressure the government to give ground and guarantee that he won't be arrested as soon as he returns (AC Vol 46 No 18)...
Retired Colonel Kizza Besigye's promised return from South African exile to run against Museveni for the largest opposition group the Forum for Democratic Change promises a tough fight...
However 30 per cent of the vote was for retired Colonel Kizza Besigye and his Reform Agenda party at the 2001 elections...
