The four-time presidential candidate of the Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Dr Kizza Besigye, on Wednesday delivered an emotional speech, excusing himself from running in the 2021 presidential election.
Dr Besigye arrived at the FDC headquarters in Najjanankumbi, Kampala, at about midday to an anxious crowd of supporters who blocked him from speaking unless he declared he would pick nomination forms for the party presidential flag bearer. But Dr Besigye did not relent.
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