Defiant FDC’s Kizza Besigye calls on Ugandans to fight Museveni

To get rid of President Yoweri Museveni and his regime, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) founder and most influential member, Colonel (Rtd) Kizza Besigye, has urged Ugandans to fight.

“We must decide whether we are still able & prepared to fight & change the control of power in this country. That is when we can use our resources differently from the way they are being used; this won’t happen unless we fight,” he said.

Without detailing how the fight should be fought, Besigye, speaking at FDC’s 15th National Council meeting at the party’s headquarters in Najjanankumbi on Thursday, said power can only be procured if Ugandans fight for it.

“Power will not come from those who captured it by force; from those who keep it by force simply because you have made arguments that what they are doing isn’t reasonable,” Besigye said.

The party’s national council meeting which was held under the theme Facing a Turbulent Future was organized under article 28 (1) b) 1 and Article 31 (2) of the party’s constitution.

The Council meeting is one of the top organs of the party which takes strategic decisions on critical aspects regarding the direction of the Party.

Since breaking up with the regime he helped bring into power in 1999, Besigye has been a firm believer in democracy and has given his all to end the regime through democratic means.

He has contested against Museveni for the presidency seat four times on the card of the FDC party, a political setup he helped set up when the regime freed multipartyism.

He contested in 2001, 2006, 2011 and 2016 – all the times losing to Museveni who has been president of Uganda since 1986 when he assumed the country’s leadership after a five-year rebellion against the Dr Milton Obote government.

At some point, the regime accused Besigye of forming a rebel called the People’s Redemption Army (PRA) an accusation he denied vehemently.