Dokolo district residents reject FDC
Apr 10, 2008
THE five Langi MPs and three district chairpersons, who signed a pact with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), are rejects, the Dokolo resident district commissioner, Ruth Adupa, has said.
By Ali Mao
THE five Langi MPs and three district chairpersons, who signed a pact with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), are rejects, the Dokolo resident district commissioner, Ruth Adupa, has said.
Adupa said the politicians were thrown out of the Uganda People’s Congress and the ruling NRM because they were non-progressive, anti-development and a threat to peace.
The independent MPs, who agreed to work closely with the FDC and defect to it in 2011, are Cecilia Ogwal (Dokolo Woman), Ben Wacha (Oyam North), Rebecca Otengo (Lira Woman), Charles Angiro Gutomoi (Erute North) and B’Leo Ojok (Kioga). The chairpersons are Franco Ojur (Lira), Okello-Okello (Dokolo) and Alfred Adoli Ogwok (Amolatar).
FDC officials Prof. Ogenga Latigo and Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu oversaw the signing of the memorandum of understanding recently.
Quoting the Bible (Revelation 12: 7-10), Adupa said the MPs were outcasts.
“And there was war in the heaven, Michael and his angel fought against the dragon and the dragon and his angel fought back but he was not strong enough and they lost their place in heaven.â€
She added: “When President Museveni took over power, some NRM members who were not developmental broke away from the mainstream and as a result, they are now trying to find a landing space.â€
Adupa, who was addressing members of Dokolo Development Saving and Credit Co-operative Society on Wednesday, said Museveni had opened up the political space by permitting multi-party politics.
She, however, cautioned the public against joining “non-progressive and visionless†parties like FDC. Quoting the Bible, Adupa said leaders were chosen by God.
She asked the crowd if it had rejected FDC and it screamed back: “Yes, we have. With their disgruntled leaders!â€
With the crowd charged, Adupa added: “FDC came here to peddle lies that they have an agenda of capturing power.
Have they ever near State House?â€
She observed that even if FDC formed a coalition, it would not defeat the NRM in 2011.
She said Ogwal thought Dokolo was a soft-landing, but warned that the district had embraced government policies and would reject forces of retardation.
Lillian Ongom, an elderly woman, suggested that the President visits Dokolo district to see how they (public) would shame “the devils†(FDC).
“The so-called FDC meeting was held on a market day and we should not be misunderstood to have participated in it. Most of us were busy on our economic activities and gardens,†Ongom stressed.
THE five Langi MPs and three district chairpersons, who signed a pact with the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), are rejects, the Dokolo resident district commissioner, Ruth Adupa, has said.
Adupa said the politicians were thrown out of the Uganda People’s Congress and the ruling NRM because they were non-progressive, anti-development and a threat to peace.
The independent MPs, who agreed to work closely with the FDC and defect to it in 2011, are Cecilia Ogwal (Dokolo Woman), Ben Wacha (Oyam North), Rebecca Otengo (Lira Woman), Charles Angiro Gutomoi (Erute North) and B’Leo Ojok (Kioga). The chairpersons are Franco Ojur (Lira), Okello-Okello (Dokolo) and Alfred Adoli Ogwok (Amolatar).
FDC officials Prof. Ogenga Latigo and Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu oversaw the signing of the memorandum of understanding recently.
Quoting the Bible (Revelation 12: 7-10), Adupa said the MPs were outcasts.
“And there was war in the heaven, Michael and his angel fought against the dragon and the dragon and his angel fought back but he was not strong enough and they lost their place in heaven.â€
She added: “When President Museveni took over power, some NRM members who were not developmental broke away from the mainstream and as a result, they are now trying to find a landing space.â€
Adupa, who was addressing members of Dokolo Development Saving and Credit Co-operative Society on Wednesday, said Museveni had opened up the political space by permitting multi-party politics.
She, however, cautioned the public against joining “non-progressive and visionless†parties like FDC. Quoting the Bible, Adupa said leaders were chosen by God.
She asked the crowd if it had rejected FDC and it screamed back: “Yes, we have. With their disgruntled leaders!â€
With the crowd charged, Adupa added: “FDC came here to peddle lies that they have an agenda of capturing power.
Have they ever near State House?â€
She observed that even if FDC formed a coalition, it would not defeat the NRM in 2011.
She said Ogwal thought Dokolo was a soft-landing, but warned that the district had embraced government policies and would reject forces of retardation.
Lillian Ongom, an elderly woman, suggested that the President visits Dokolo district to see how they (public) would shame “the devils†(FDC).
“The so-called FDC meeting was held on a market day and we should not be misunderstood to have participated in it. Most of us were busy on our economic activities and gardens,†Ongom stressed.