If he gets the nod, this would Dr Besigye's fourth bid after he first entered the presidential elections fray in 2001 upon falling out with President Museveni.
The race to choose a presidential flagbearer for Uganda's opposition party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), has drawn in two titans with former party leader Dr Kizza Besigye picking nomination forms yesterday.
Dr Besigye’s entry pits him against current party president, Maj Gen Mugisha Muntu, who declared his bid last Thursday.
If he gets the nod, this would be a fourth bid for Dr Besigye, who first entered the presidential elections fray in 2001 upon falling out with President Museveni, whom he accused of turning the ruling party into an undemocratic organisation that consequently lost sight of its founding ideals.
Dr Besigye, who is currently out of the country, picked his forms through appointed agents on Monday, the party’s electoral body confirmed.
“Gen Muntu picked nomination forms on Thursday last week while Col Besigye’s agents whom he chose and sent a confirmation message, picked his forms this morning at 10am,” Mr Dan Mugarura, the FDC electoral commission chairman, said.
A source informed the Daily Monitor that Dr Besigye’s nomination forms were picked by Mr Wilberforce Kyambadde, FDC’s deputy treasurer.
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