The rift in FDC between moderates led by party president Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu and extremists attached Col Kizza Besigye has deepened.
Lately those opposed to Muntu’s leadership have upped their ante rallying party members to vote him out of power come November 17.
For long they have accused him of disintegrating the powerful opposition establishment because he rejected to subscribe to radicalism introduced by his predecessor Besigye.
Besigye, until today has worked tirelessly to overshadow his sucessor while in or out of party leadeship circle.
Until 2015, Besigye was an ordinary member having handed over power in 2012.
But he had much more influence than the party president and he kept holding activities parallel with those of the party.
He then bounced back as Presidential candidate after he defeated his rival Muntu.
The party is preparing hold fresh elections in November and Muntu has sought a re-election and he is presently trailing the country seeking mandate.
His major opponent is Kumi ex lawmaker Patrick Amuriat Oboi who is believed to have been fronted by Kizza Besigye after Hon Nandala Mafabi surprised many for not contesting.
Thus the radical wing rallied behind Amuriat and have since waged an open campaign to underate, fabricate and question the candidature of Muntu.
However, shockingly, the FDC donor community seems to have been mixed up in this saga.
The FDC UK chapter has since invited key party figures to Leeds to discuss impact of age limit lift and compulsory land acquisition to Uganda’s democracy and human rights.
Those invited include Kizza Besigye, Nandala Mafabi, Ingrid Turinawe, Waswa Biriggwa, Patrick Amiriat and Moses Byamugisha.
The meeting will take place in Roseville Leeds UK on October 7.
The poster have been printed and it remains unclear why Muntu is missing on the panel.
However, the radical faction insists Gen Muntu was invited but has not confirmed his presence.
When this website reached Muntu’s personal assistant Sandy Apollo he referred us to the organisers.
“Why don’t you ask those organisers,” he replied through a text message.
Since his inception in 2012 Muntu has failed to consolidate his position due to in-house fighting generated by the radical camp.
They reason that Muntu’s political approach can only work in an environment where there is democracy not in a dictatorship.