DP seems to benefit first in EALA after one of its leaders, Mukasa Fred Mbidde got a place in EALA house, and they have easily moved in to form an alliance with CHADEMA, Tanzania’s leading opposition party which has 50% of MPs in Tanzanian parliament.

Our informers in Arusha tell us that there were secret meetings the whole of last week between the DP president, Norbert Mao and the CHADEMA’s leadership in Arusha to form strategies for power takeover in the coming elections in both countries that is Uganda and Tanzania.

It is believed that CHADEMA is the wealthiest opposition party in East Africa with its president general having over 10 planes of his own. Therefore we are told that DP seems to benefit from this alliance more.

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The leaders of opposition parties are through with the list of candidates they want to represent them in EALA. The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has chosen its iron lady Salaam Musumba, and former MP Augustine Ruzindana to be its candidate for EALA. The Uganda Peoples Congress has sent Cecilia Nyakait, Okello Okello and Dr. Olara Otunnu.

Justice Forum has picked Asuman Basalirwa; Conservative Party (CP) picked Suzan Nakawuki while the Democratic Party is planning to pick Norbert Mao and former legislator, John Kawanga. Others still in the race on DP side are Mukasa Fred Mbidde, Kenneth Paul Kakande, Deo Kijjambu, John Mary Sebuwufu, and DP deputy Secretary General, Vincent Mayanja.

The parliament of Uganda will seat in April to vet the opposition party representatives. After the vetting exercise the MPs will vote two people from the opposition shades to represent the opposition opinion in EALA.

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Ugandans in the northern Uganda are to hold a round table meeting and also conduct victory party for some of the people who contested on opposition party ticket and won the polls.

The round table meeting will take place on Thursday this week in Nwoya district at a place called Lukutu.

The round table meeting will kick off in morning hours and the cerebrations will follow immediately from 2:00pm at Koch Amar trading centre also in Nwoya district.

The organisers of the two events have invited the president General of DP, Norbert Mao among other opposition leaders to attend the round table meeting. Why? This is because Hon. Mao comes from Northern Uganda.

By James Okello

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The meeting we are told took place in Kasangati in the home of Col. Kiiza Besigye of FDC. In attendance was UPC President, Dr. Olara Otunnu, Social Democratic Party president Michael Mabikke, DP representatives and Col. Besigye himself was present.

The donors asked Besigye and other opposition leaders who were in the meeting why they don’t unit to form a one party opposition force to oust president Museveni. Otunnu, and the DP officials deliberated on the issue.

In the meeting, DP, UPC and SDP declined to form a joint opposition party. But they agreed to work together in the struggle to oust Museveni. From the meeting, Besigye and group went to Namasuba Kalina zone for a joint rally.

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President Museveni might have used his powers to direct his minister for energy to sign an oil deal with Tullow Oil without the support of the people he rules, but the wrath of Ugandans keeps on growing every day. The members of the Democratic Party, the oldest opposition party in Uganda have vowed to petition European Union Parliament asking it to investigate the deal oil companies, Tullow Oil and Total signed with Uganda. The party has also threatened to mobilize its supporters to stage demonstrations in case diplomacy fails.

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By the time we went to press the MPs who had arrived included Lulume Bayiga (DP), Ibrahim Semujju (FDC), Huseein Kyanjo (Jeema) and John Ken Lukyamuzi (Conservative Party) among others.

According to the programme, the MPs whose conference has been sponsored by the conservative parties in Norway will discuss the economic challenges facing Uganda and East Africa as a whole.

The opening session of the conference has been attended by opposition party presidents Dr Kizza Besigye (FDC), Norbert Mao (DP), Olara Otunnu (UPC), Ken Lukyamuzi (CP) and Asuman Basalirwa of Jeema.

By Moureen Nakyanzi

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A source in NRM parliamentary caucus has intimated to us that the supporters of DP, FDC, UPC, JEEMA and PPP among other opposition party are free to go to Kyankwanzi when the president summons NRM cadres to go there.

Kampala Central MP, Medde Nsereko says that when NRM summons its cadres for meetings, they use public facilities so any member of the public can also go since the facilities used are owned by all citizens.

MP Nsereko is considered in NRM circles as an opposition element who contested for parliament on NRM ticket.

By Walakira Nyanzi

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