Forum for Democratic Change (FDC): On the Defection of Hon. Yusuf Nsibambi (18.02.2026)

Opinion: Nsibambi trades his soul

“When Anita Among left, the FDC collapsed. This time, all FDC candidates were supposed to receive nomination fees, posters, facilitation, upkeep, and funds to cater for agents’ meals throughout the process. However, not a single penny was given to the agents. We have seen three parties emerge out of the FDC, and all of them have collapsed” – Yusuf Nsibambi (18.02.2026).

“Mawokota South MP Yusuf Nsibambi has officially joined the National Resistance Movement (NRM). Nsibambi, a veteran law don and former member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), lost the Mawokota South parliamentary seat to NRM’s Suzan Nakawuki in the recently concluded general election” (91.2 Crooze FM, 18.02.2026).

We knew something was on the horizon when he openly and proudly screamed out of joy on National TV that he had held a meeting with President Museveni at the Entebbe State House. That was just mere two weeks ago.

When some of us says that the meetings with Museveni is for him to feel you out and find your weaknesses. It is because these sorts of things happens. That the President and his people are on the alert and trying to find ways to compromise you. This is why his giddy to take in the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) Chief Whip of the 11^th Parliament. Yes, his outgoing, but his been a leader within the opposition party and been serving it for decades. At one point of time he was the lawyer who defended Besigye’s court cases. So, we know he has done this in past.

Now he is dining with the National Resistance Movement (NRM) and that’s after a deal has been made. They have promised him something and his a token soldier for them now. Just like Beti Kamya or Mama Mabira. Another one who has followed this path. His useful at first, but will be trashed the moment he has no value. That time is coming, but he won’t be prepared for it.

He went to the State House, now signed of to the NRM and leaving the FDC. A FDC that is already weak and lacking finesse. This party is really being distorted and destroyed in real time. That’s what the President wants and he has grudges against it. They were taunting him for years and was on the barricades against him.

Now he got another brother from the FDC. That’s because Museven can and he can offer a few coins. He has the leverage and he can corrupt people. Nsibambi is willing and is vindictive too. That’s why his taking away electricity from his constituency and also taking away scholarships too. He just shows his spite and this energy is what brings joy to the President. As vindictive as Museveni is, this man resembles that and he would acknowledge that.

“When we were in FDC, we thought we could deliver on the side of defiance, but it was all in vain. Our numbers keep falling, and the leadership is not straight, so I have decided to join NRM for more service delivery” – Yusuf Nsibambi (18.02.2026).

The dirty deal destroyed the FDC and Nsibambi was rising in the ranks in this period. He served with Amuriat and Mafabi. They have worked and coordinated together. This man knew and could read the signs. His mocking PFF and ANT, but these parties aren’t in the same rank as the FDC ever was. Neither had a momentum or had such a popularity. The NUP has taken the place of the old FDC. That got to be acknowledged right now.

Nsibambi is just following Mama Mabira and Beti Kamya. He will be in a great space for a minute, but later be dropped like nothing. That’s what is coming his way. The old man isn’t playing and we should recognize that. He went for a meeting and sold his soul after. Peace.

Opinion: The FDC is totally and completely sold [the Nsibambi adventure proves that]

“We met him yesterday (February 5) because that is the only alternative we have. Do you think this government is going away anytime soon? We need a national dialogue on the issues affecting our country” (…) “I remain a member of the opposition, so meeting Museveni does not change that. Even Hamas meets with the Israeli government, so why can’t some of us meet Museveni?” – Yusuf Nsibambi, Mawokota South MP, (06.02.2026).

Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). The almighty and powerful FDC has fallen. It has already been on its deathbed since it made Dr. Kizza Besigye person non-grata. This recent election and performance just proves how the party is losing edge, stamina and even character. They are just becoming meal-ticket politician and searching for relevance.

In the past, the FDC was setting the agenda and was fierce. Now they are toothless and lack even a little finesse. That’s seen by Amuriat and Mafabi. Both of the main leaders are looking bleak. Now one of the Deputy Presidents together with a delegation of fellow FDC leaders and former ones has shown there.

Seeing Nsibambi pictured with Museveni and the delegation at the State House is telling in itself. It just shows everything and we all know the gist of these things. These visits won’t make the regime change or budge. No, this is showing they are viable and wants to be assets to the President. They wants to be in connection and be of use. That’s the game that is played, the President has the leverage and these people want their cut.

Nsibambi should know this tale well, as he has seen this happening others and former FDC leaders too. They have wined and dined with the President to later be poached or be compromised. That’s the game and the President doesn’t play around. He won’t change his ways and he has profited of doing it this way.

It is just sad to see the FDC has fallen this far. Before it was one off and a few who left astray who did this. People who didn’t want to wait in line or didn’t see the end of hardships to overcome the regime. Those where the ones who went from the FDC and became part of the NRM. That’s what’s usually the game-plan and the President waiting for the moment to corrupt them.

Deputy President Nisbambi should know this by now. He has seen fellow peers do the same thing and never return. He has seen parties dealing with Museveni – thinking they got a good deal to later being crushed or weakened by him. That’s what he does… and it won’t be anything different with him.

He can act a fool and act like it doesn’t mean anything, but it does. If it didn’t mean anything, Museveni wouldn’t make it happen or even hold the meeting. He knows it and the perception is the key. It is a winning formula and he loves to do this, as it is weakening in the opposition and his happy to destroy the former biggest opposition party, the FDC, which his getting closer in achieving. Peace.

The “FDC” Parties (ANT-FDC-PFF) lacklustre post-election reactions

Someone has to ask, because all of the former Leaders of Opposition and the ones that has followed politics for ages has circulated around Forum for Democratic Change and Dr. Kizza Besigye. Anyone denying that has lost a vibe and yes, National Unity Platform (NUP) had picked up the mantle after the FDC.

Today is the day to remember the ones that made people walk, so others could run. Nevertheless, the game is more gritty and grimy. That’s why we aren’t really seeing the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT). That Mugisha Muntu stated the party couldn’t challenge the state or lack evidence after the General Elections. Just shows how hard it is fight and compete to hit the threshold of the courts and have enough proof of electoral malpractice, which is well known and is clear as day. Still, it isn’t hard to understand the sentiment and why Muntu gives up. Because we see how the previous court cases and petitions has gone in regards to Presidential Petitions. So, it’s a burden of proof, which would be monumental and be so dire. That the state had to give way, but we know that isn’t in their interest to do that.

Forum for Democratic Change held their first real presser since the General Elections. Calling the elections a ritual of Museveni and giving him legitimacy. Well, Nathan Nandala-Mafabi isn’t wrong, but we all knew this before the Election Road-Map. They knew this before they even participated and took part of charade. They knew, we knew and whoever breathing with a pulse knew. So, what gives? It is just toothless and the FDC looks so lost and obliviously out of character. Patrick Oboi Amuriat and his fellow comrade has clearly jaded the picture and created a web, which has captured them. That’s why they are so mediocre and lack so much charisma. It is like they know and we cannot see how the party destroyed itself by cannibalizing itself by person non-grata Besigye and dismiss the Katonga Road Office. So, here we are and no tears are lost apparently.

The long lost and the latest creation out of FDC. The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) seems rudderless and without a direction. Their first Presser with Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago was telling. When he cried out to the void that the International Community should come to Uganda’s aide and hold a independent audit of the 2026 General Elections. We all know the European Union and the other international donors won’t lift a finger. They won’t even bat an eye. Not like they are really caring about the political prisoners, the torture cases or other human rights violations happening on a daily basis. The erosion of rule of law has no consequence and the lack of the rights of bail is even tell. The weaponization of the judiciary against the opposition. Still, they remain silent and doesn’t act. So, the PFF won’t get help with this.

Just seeing these Press Conferences of Muntu, Mafabi and Lukwago is just so tragic. At one point these where honourable men of a vibrant party. They were pushing the envelope and feared by the authorities. These leaders was part of walk to work and defiance. Now, it is just meek and bleak. Yes, the PFF are hurting and they are targeted by the state. They have several high ranking officials behind bars and without any release into freedom in sight. These are kept behind bars and the state intend to hurt them. That’s why we know they are kept there and there is no single movement in their cases or in regards to proof or evidence of wrong-doing. Because the state got none and it’s all political. Therefore, we can cry havoc… but that’s the state of affairs we’re in.

ANT, FDC and PFF needs to re-evaluate. They need to reconfigure. Not because the ANT and PFF are directly wrong, but to sell and be viable. These parties need to be able to strike a chord and hit a nerve. Instead it is empty pleas and old-school politicking. Seriously, it isn’t it and these dire times needs more fierce and poignant messaging. Even if the what ANT and PFF stands for is righteous in their way. Their way of walking and talking aren’t accessible, which is sad.

Meanwhile, the FDC is a truly lost cause. Unless the current two leaders gets their mind corrected and a little bit of enlightenment. Also, if the leadership begs forgiveness and speaks of how they went wrong. There might be some redeeming factors, but the bridges burned might be to long and to personal to rebuild after the fire. Therefore, I wouldn’t count on it, but it would have been refreshing and that the brothers could have moment of humility and be humble. However, I don’t think we will see that either.

So, today is just a sad day. There is hope within the ANT and PFF. A lot of hope, it isn’t all lost, but to get there seems like a long journey. That will take time, but does these parties have that time. I’m not the one to tell, but it got to happen fast and be something suitable for the masses. They got to speak and get some sort of momentum. That’s what the old FDC had and we misses those times, as there was hope in the air and there was sort of futuristic play that the Republic could be different. Nevertheless, here we are and it all seems gone and forgotten about. Peace.

Alebtong District – Ajuri County: The UPC candidate beat the NRM Chief Whip

Today there was redemption in Alebtong district and in Ajuri county, as the Uganda People’s Congress Member of Parliament candidate Fred Jalameso won over National Resistance Movement (NRM) incumbent MP and Chief Whip Denis Hamson Obua.

There was trickery and ploy to get the incumbent proclaimed the victor in the first round of this election. As the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on the 15^th January scheduled him to win. He tried to force himself on the people and take away their will. However, that didn’t hold and this one out of three races that got a do-over by the Electoral Commission.

In a rare instance in a By-Election like this that the opposition and the non-government sponsored candidate conquer the state own. There has been very few of those and shows the finesse of the UPC here. That they were able to get it over the finish line and actually succeed on the second time. This is an achievement and especially when someone who has been the man of the President and a man of the Speaker. He surely had leverage and had grand support nationally for his candidacy. Not like he was a little man and with no big-men to give him a boost. However, that didn’t matter and it shows.

It is just beautiful to this happening. That the UPC is getting this mandate and sending such a figure home. This just shows that the locals aren’t seeing what the President or the Speaker is seeing. They are tired of the man and doesn’t trust him. These people want another man to represent them and do their bidding. A teacher turned legislator.

This is worth celebrating after a sombre and a horrific election season. Not like this General Election or anything has been any good. There is very little to be happy about or be sincere about. As it is forgery and a charade to give the National Resistance Movement a legitimate mandate for another term. That’s it…

This doesn’t change it, but it shows it’s still possible to beat the big-men and send them packing. Peace.

Erias Lukwago: Statement on the 2026 Kampala City Lord Mayorship Polls (24.01.2026)

Opinion: No more Omuloodi Waali!

The era of Erias Lukwago as the Lord Mayor of Kampala might be over. The projections are all going the way of the National Unity Platform candidate Ronald Balimwezo. It would be the end of Lukwago after three term in office and before that he was elected in Parliament since 2005 and was elected as Lord Mayor from 2011. So, he has been there for 15 years and was scheduled to be for 20 years.

Just imagine he has been an elected official since 2005 and it might end for now in 2026. That means he was already elected for over two decades, but most of that in the position of Lord Mayor. A position has that has been contested, constrained and been a battleground. Which is why the Kampala Capital City Authority (KCCA) became an entity with a Minister and an Executive Director to overpower and make the Lord Mayor ceremonial. Therefore, his entrenched placement together with being an opposition stronghold made the President edgy. That’s why he made the KCCA and did so to stifle the opposition in elected roles in capital.

Lukwago might have taken it easy and thought Balimwezo wouldn’t that big of an issue. He has fought against Captain Francis Babu and Peter Sematimba (NRM) in 2011. In 2016 he crushed Ragga Dee (NRM) and Issa Kikungwe. In 2021 he won over Ragga Dee again, Nabillah Naggayi Sempala (NUP) and Jose Chameleone. So, he has seen his races and conquered.

Now it was over. A man of the people and a possibility of fresh leadership in Kampala. The People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) wasn’t wrong in announcing and endorsing Lukwago. They had a person who had leadership and integrity, but there a was will among the people and the PFF couldn’t muster enough ahead of the polls.

Just like previous Local Government elections after the Presidential and Parliamentary has been low turnout or even boycott. There is sentiment of hopelessness and lack of enthusiasm after seeing the rigging and military operation of the first polls. So, the second polls are getting lack of drive and even the crowds running to elect anyone. That we have seen for over a decade and this one is no different.

Lukwago himself a journey man who has been loyal to Dr. Kizza Besigye. His a man of Besigye and been by his side as long as we can remember. So, it was natural that he went on the ticket of PFF. As he has gone from being independent leaning Democratic Party candidate, to DP to independent to Forum for Democratic Change (FDC). From FDC to PFF. So, his been on a long political journey and it seems to end here.

Today might seem like an earthquake and for some it is. It has been in the water and there been questions about the longevity. As some are seeking to sit indefinitely and just being like forever big-men and have no succession plan ahead. That’s what you could question and Lukwago is one of them. Now the people has decided and they has said “thank for your service, but now time for someone else”.

There been lots of trouble and tribulations in regards to Lukwago. He has been house-arrested, impeached, and seen the dark-side of politicking. A man who has been the one through it all. He will survive this too and find his ways. Might even retire and be a lawyer full-time. However, I wouldn’t be surprised if he would try to get elected somewhere in the future. Because, that’s him and been his life since 2005. Peace.

Opinion: Have the fringe candidates worn off? Yes… they have and we know the drill…

Today in January mere two weeks away from the polls. Do you care about what the other ones does? This is a two man race and everyone knows it. It is a Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu aka Bobi Wine and incumbent self-styled President for Life, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni. We all know these are the two that really matters and it shows.

Not that the Presidential Candidate of the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) doesn’t have a heart and a conscience. No, Mugisha Muntu is a stand-up guy and a respected leader at this point, but this man doesn’t have the charisma or the ability to move to masses with his manners and visions. He is at least a serious candidate and a man of his words, regardless of it falling flat and going nowhere.

It is worse to look at the Presidential Candidate for Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Nathan Nandala Mafabi who is running on the traditional big-party tent of the opposition, but no one trust him or his party. They have betrayed the cause and they will be remembered for how they drove Dr. Kizza Besigye away from the party. Therefore, this man is just a tragic character filled with flaws and a party of the hinges.

It’s hard to see Robert Kasibante and his National Peasant Party (NPP) mattering, he should have sought after a more reasonable office and even tried to become an MP somewhere. This man is just wasting his time and this isn’t really anything.

Have your heard about Mabirizi this time around? Is the Conservative Party and the second time Presidential Candidate Joseph Mabirizi even heard? Does anyone know what he says or what he pledges? The running joke of youthfulness last time has died off and his just a punchline. It shouldn’t be this way, but the CP isn’t earning political points on this and neither is Mabirizi getting any more credibility doing this.

We can wonder why the Common Man’s Party (CMP) Presidential Candidate Mubarak Munyagwa Sserunga even campaigns. He should just eat the pillau and call it a day. This former MP thinks he can run the nation and become the Head of State. Well, he haven’t even built a proper party before starting to run for Presidency. So, this here will only end in tears, but he will always have the pillau.

Last but not least of the unnecessary candidates are the Presidential Candidate for the Revolutionary People’s Party (RPP), Frank Kabinga Bulira. The man running on the legacy of late Dr. Aggrey Kiyingi. The delusional man and the character his been spewing in the media just show how shallow and lack of structure aren’t taking you anywhere. This man rather build his business portfolio or find the next right person to leach unto. As this man cannot carry the Presidency or the Office, which he seeks.

This all just being blunt. We know the victor is already selected and the polls are only there for legitimacy of the incumbent. Everything is aligned for the NRM to have the majority and rule supreme. Anything else is out of the question and it’s prefixed. It is written in the stars and the tales of old is revised yet again.

These people are only here to make it seem like a race and that there are others who are competing. When it is really just a charade. A mockery and the ones in charge would prefer to kill the multi-party dispensation and re-launch a “Movement System” for this era. Let’s just be real and we can all acknowledge that by now. Peace.

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