
“FDC President Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and MPs from Teso, including Hon. Alobo Joan, Hon. Jonathan Ebwaru, and other Party leaders, have been arrested and whisked away from Soroti City. Their whereabouts and the reasons for their arrest remain unknown” (Forum for Democratic Change, 07.03.2025).
“FDC supporters are gathering at the party offices in Soroti City ahead of regional prayers at Soroti Independence Gardens this afternoon. Meanwhile, military and police have already deployed at the venue” (NTV Uganda, 07.03.2025).
“Security operatives have arrested FDC president Patrick Amuriat, MP Joan Alobo, and several other party members as they gathered along the city’s main road. The group was preparing to launch the “No Cows, No Votes” campaign before being intercepted” (Teso Vibez, 07.03.2025).
The fallen Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) was today put into spotlight in Soroti, as it was planned to launch the “No Cow, No Vote” in Soroti and do so at the Independence Gardens. This was scheduled to happen later today and the invitation to happen on the 3rd March 2025.
So, today the leadership of FDC was taken into custody and the rally in Soroti isn’t happening. That is just a mere fact, as the bodas was surrounding the FDC Offices earlier in the day. However, that is long gone now.
The FDC came with a follow up statement:
“We demand the immediate and unconditional release of FDC President Eng. Patrick Oboi Amuriat, Hon. Alobo Joan, Hon. Jonathan Ebwaru, and other Party leaders including Isaac Asaku, Soroti City West FDC Chairperson, Mary Goretti Atemo, FDC aspirant for Kumi Woman MP and Sam Acaitum who were arrested this morning. The police must disclose their whereabouts immediately. If they have committed any offense, they should be presented before the courts of law, not subjected to arbitrary detention” (FDC, 07.03.2025).
Nothing of this is new for the FDC. The FDC has been here before. Amuriat has been barefoot before too. This time he has his shoes on. We haven’t heard anything from the authorities or seen anything else happening after the arrests earlier in the day.
Some says this is scripted, maybe like Norbert Mao drinking soda at a Police Station during the previous campaign period before the General Elections. The same is felt and so are the comments on the arrests. Therefore, the FDC aren’t getting much traction or sympathy here.
Alas, the FDC is now in trouble, and it isn’t trustworthy. That’s why Amuriat and the FDC leaders must prove it. Its wrong that they get arrested for starting a campaign and spreading a message, but there is a reason for the questions about the narratives spoken about. This is why the FDC is failing.
Some is saying it is even a diversion, as the FDC party is expected to lose big in the Kawempe North By-Election. These arrests and this campaign can overshadow that. Nevertheless, being opposition and being “not NRM” still costs in the Republic.
We can just wonder if the FDC ever will be revived, but the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) have taken the wind from FDC. That is clear and the ghost of Besigye is haunting Amuriat. He cannot run away from it and neither the dirty money either. This is why the FDC party has lost relevance. These sorts of stunts won’t save it either…
The impunity and injustice are wrong, but you can wonder what game Amuriat and his fellow comrades is aiming for. Peace.














