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Uganda: How Amuriat Beat Muntu to Opposition Leadership
Monitor, 26 November 2017
At the end of the February 2016 round of elections, Patrick Amuriat Oboi was down, having lost his Kumi County parliamentary seat. Read more »
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Uganda: What Has 'Defiance or Structure-Building Campaign' Achieved?
Monitor, 28 November 2017
Opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has a new party president. Former Kumi County MP, Patrick Oboi Amuriat, aka POA, defeated incumbent Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu in a hotly… Read more »
Fierce Contest Sees Ugandan Opposition Get New Leader
At the end of the February 2016 elections, Patrick Amuriat Oboi was down, having lost his parliamentary seat. At only 54, though, he was not yet out. But very few would have expected him to get up so fast, writes Derric Wandera in the Daily Monitor. Amuriat has been declared new president of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change.
FDC president-elect Patrick Amuriat, left, is congratulated by the outgoing party president Mugisha Muntu, second right, and his wife Julia Kakonge after the party elections at Namboole in Wakiso District on Friday.
Mugisha Muntu campaigning during the delegate's conference at the Mandela National Stadium, Namboole.
Patrick Amuriat, centre, being led to the podium by supporters at Namboole.
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As delegates of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change convene to decide on their next president, the choice appears to be between internal institutional building and ... Read more »
