The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) are now split into two fractions. That isn’t a secret, but been on public display for nearly a year or so now. The public disregard for each other and display of entitlement comes forward.
The delegation conference of the FDC Katonga Branch was naturally dismissed by the leadership of the Najjanankumbi fraction. The ones who holds the keys to the FDC headquarters and the official titles there. They have already disassociated with the Katonga branch and the divorce has already commenced.
The leaders of Patrick Oboi Amuriat and Nathan Nandala-Mafabi has shown their discontent with the FDC Katonga and used their roles to dismiss it completely. That was done and therefore, the FDC Katonga is on its own by those merits alone.
The FDC Katonga should jus start a “new formation” or a new party on its own. They are former FDC to begin with and aren’t a part of the what was known as the FDC. These leaders like Dr. Kizza Besigye and others aren’t now part of the official party. They can claim so, but it is semantics, and we know that the FDC HQ have the blessings of the Electoral Commission. Which means they are the official and the ones who has the seals.
The ones ruling from the HQ can have done without merits and done so without following procedure. They can have acted in rage and in arrogance. That is a fact too. The whole way of being incumbent and taking over the party could be seen as a coup. However, they have the signings and the paperwork to back it up.
That’s why the heart and the principles are standing on the outside. Besigye and his allies are now outsiders looking in. That is tragic and shows how the party has fallen. When one of their own has to rebuild and re-organize from the outside. When Besigye is one of the reasons for why the FDC has been viable and been a powerhouse in the Republic. That’s not because of the current leadership of the FDC, but because of him. That’s the truth and the brutal one at that.
Besigye has build a new home together with allies. They got to and there is no other way out. They cannot dismantle or destroy the FDC while doing so. That’s because the FDC HQ is safeguarded and has the authorities on its side. It is tragic, but one of the founders has no power or authority to bring it down. The only thing he can do is bring the people and the ones he trust with him. That being Lukwago or anyone else defying the ones who has taken over the FDC.
This is all Besigye has and the delegation conference is just a new beginning. However, it isn’t a story of the FDC. It is a story of betrayal and distrust. A story of a forged narrative and a lost cause. A party that has lost their way and was compromised, in such a way it has disassociated itself with a founder and a former Presidential Candidate of the same party. That what has happened and it shows where the hurt remains.
The pain, the suffering of seeing the FDC like this. There is so many victims and people who sacrificed itself for that party. To see that party losing its way and becoming like this. Taking the heart out of it and selling it to the highest bidder. The FDC won’t be the same. It’s already a mockery and a charade of what it used to be.
That’s the FDC Katonga Branch just needs a new name, slogan and a new party constitution. It needs a new manifesto and a new way forward. Because, being riddle with the past and with the glories of the FDC. It won’t do them any favours. That one has sailed. The past won’t help Besigye or his fellow comrades in the struggle. No, they will only feel worried and feel like they lost what they fought for. Which is true…
Now is the time to move on and get a new movement to work for the cause. Not bicker with FDC HQ and the useless enterprise that has sold its soul. Time to find a new way and on its own. As they will show the difference between the FDC HQ and whatever name the Besigye outfit will have.
Besigye will galvanize people and will make a difference wherever he is. That we know and the ones living in the HQ knows this. Peace.
MinBane 