Busia NRM chiefs wary of FDC
Jan 18, 2006
BUSIA NRM leaders say FDC has overtaken the party there because it had forgotten and failed to facilitate them.
By Egessa Hajusu
BUSIA NRM leaders say FDC has overtaken the party there because it had forgotten and failed to facilitate them.
Meeting Lydia Balemezi and Mary Mutesi, of the NRM national women task force at Busia Social Hall recently, the leaders said the Movement could lose power because its rural support base was shifting to FDC.
Balemezi said, “We went there to bring together the conflicting NRM parties. They gave us the general outlook on the ground. Few members indicated that FDC and UPC were threatening our supporters not to put on Yellow T-shirts.â€
Moses Mukiibi, a veteran Movementist, said villagers no longer wanted to hear about President Yoweri Museveni.
Mukiibi said Busia leaders had become ladders for others to climb. He said he only benefited by appearing in Museveni’s The Mustard Seed. “It hurts so much,†he said.
Former Tororo LC5 chief Edward Wabudi, said, “I can’t believe that we can suffer like this when the system that we support is in charge of state affairs.â€
He said NRM leaders in the district hated to be identified with the party because they were being blamed for the mistakes of the few people benefiting from the Government.
Other officials said some NRM mobilisers were agents of FDC.
BUSIA NRM leaders say FDC has overtaken the party there because it had forgotten and failed to facilitate them.
Meeting Lydia Balemezi and Mary Mutesi, of the NRM national women task force at Busia Social Hall recently, the leaders said the Movement could lose power because its rural support base was shifting to FDC.
Balemezi said, “We went there to bring together the conflicting NRM parties. They gave us the general outlook on the ground. Few members indicated that FDC and UPC were threatening our supporters not to put on Yellow T-shirts.â€
Moses Mukiibi, a veteran Movementist, said villagers no longer wanted to hear about President Yoweri Museveni.
Mukiibi said Busia leaders had become ladders for others to climb. He said he only benefited by appearing in Museveni’s The Mustard Seed. “It hurts so much,†he said.
Former Tororo LC5 chief Edward Wabudi, said, “I can’t believe that we can suffer like this when the system that we support is in charge of state affairs.â€
He said NRM leaders in the district hated to be identified with the party because they were being blamed for the mistakes of the few people benefiting from the Government.
Other officials said some NRM mobilisers were agents of FDC.