PFF formation welcome relief — FDC

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The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) says the recent formation of the People’s Front for Freedom (PFF) party is a welcome relief.

“God has helped us; people who would have antagonised us have formed PFF. We welcome it and [it] doesn’t mean that in FDC, we agree on everything. That is why we formed a party so that if you don’t agree, you sit down and agree or you disagree,” FDC spokesperson John Kikonyogo said on Monday (July 7).

He made the remarks while addressing the media at the party headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Kampala.

Kikonyogo argued that PFF leaders wanted to kill FDC after falling out with its president, Patrick Amuriat.

“You want to kill a party just because you don’t want an individual and you form a party just because of positions. You heard them saying we are the ones who brought Amuriat against [Mugisha] Muntu; now they turned against Amuriat because Amuriat now acted as a president,” he said.

He noted that he was surprised to see former FDC president Muntu, now Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party leader, joining forces with PFF last week to boost their chances in the 2026 general election.

“I was surprised that Muntu went there, but that is his choice. The good thing [is that] he has been doing his things without antagonising us,” Kikonyogo said.

Both ANT and PFF were formed by leaders who broke away from FDC, which they helped found in 2004 after some disagreement about the running of the party.

On July 2, the leaders of both parties launched a new political cooperation at a meeting they held at Hotel Africana in Kampala.

PFF acting spokesperson and Kira Municipality MP Ibrahim Ssemujju Nganda said that the population wants them to unite as the opposition to cause regime change.

“We are assembled here to witness the birth of a political cooperation which will be preceded by the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) that will commit us to a number of issues our leaders will present to the nation. There is a demand from the population that we need to work together to change the government,” he said.

Ssemujju noted that the leaders of the two parties took different paths after breaking away from FDC to form new parties because of “some disagreements which are part of natural processes”.

He, however, noted that the process of signing an MOU had been smooth due to the many common values and goals the two parties share.