Besigye VS. IGG Fight :A comic Turn of Events

In the latest episode of Uganda’s longest-running political soap opera, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has decided to throw out the script and go full-blown wrestling match. In one corner, we have the heavyweight champion of opposition, Rt. Col. Dr. Kiiza Besigye, and in the other, Betty Olive Namisango Kamya, who’s now moonlighting as the Inspector General of Government (IGG).

Forget the boxing ring—Ugandans are the new referees in this political smackdown, with the court set to become the unofficial ring. The plot twist? Both sides are fighting to save—or maybe to dissolve—the very party they helped build from the ground up. It’s like watching two parents argue over who gets to keep the family pet, but with much higher stakes.

It all began when Besigye, leader of the FDC’s radical Katonga faction, decided to drop a bombshell—suggesting the dissolution of the party. Cue the dramatic entrance of Betty Kamya, who took to social media (because where else would political drama unfold?) to throw a few jabs of her own. She lamented, “It’s a pity that FDC Katonga has decided to destroy FDC in the spirit of ‘if I can’t have it, you won’t have it either!’”

Kamya didn’t stop there. She went on to remind everyone that the original FDC founders, including herself, were there while Besigye was still in exile. She even dropped names, like an old school roll call, of those who helped buy the FDC headquarters. “But we left without claiming our investment,” she added, with a dramatic flair worthy of a telenovela.

Besigye, not one to back down from a political brawl, fired back, warning that it would be wrong to let their 20-year investment in “Democratic Change” be taken over by the NRM/M7 Junta. It’s like a sequel where the plot thickens, and the characters get even more entangled in their own webs.

As the drama unfolds, the Najjanankumbi faction hurriedly points to Article 36 of the Party Constitution, trying to calm things down like the sensible sidekick. Meanwhile, FDC grassroots leaders in East Acholi are threatening to quit the party altogether if the bickering continues.

Stay tuned for the next episode of FDC Fight Night—where political punches are thrown, alliances shift, and the fate of a party hangs in the balance!