Besigye recently declared that after contesting for the presidency four times without success, he had given up on his PLAN-A which involved changing the regime through elections, and moved on to Plan B. However, he did not divulge details on the said plan, leaving Ugandans speculating on his next course of action.
The celebration was due to be held at Koloin Primary School, Kapir Sub County in Ngora district. It was expected that Dr Kiiza Besigye, a former presidential candidate would preside over the event and later hold rallies in selected districts within the region.
Citing numerous attempts calls for dialogue; Besigye says he will not be party to talks called by Museveni, stating that an independent person must be trustworthy and credible and should look at a mechanism to implement solutions.
Besigye, while briefing journalists on his recent visit to the United States of America and United Kingdom, says he met with Ugandans in London, who poured their frustrations on the systems of governance, where investors have to have links with powerful people in government for them to be given a green light to invest.
Besigye, who returned into the country on Monday morning after a months trip to the United States and the United Kingdom, was arrested by security officers, shortly after he disembarked from a Kenya Airways flight.
Speaking to journalists shortly before the tour, Eremye said the visit is to brace the judiciary with the concerns which affect the prisons service. He says the DCC had made earlier plans to visit the detention center as part of its circuit.
Sources that attended a meeting by the Inter Party Organization of Dialogue -IPOD indicated that opposition leaders used the meeting to demand for the unconditional release of Dr Kizza Besigye, who is currently on remand at Luzira Prison on treason charges and Nakawa division MP Michael Kabaziguruka, now detained in Kigo.
Information and National Guidance Minister, General Jim Muhwezi, says any media house that violates the ban on covering the defiance campaign risks losing its license.
Dr. Besigye told voters in Budaka Taxi Park this afternoon that he doesnt just want to hear about the agendas of his rivals but he wants to face them articulate what they have for Ugandans.
According to Roland Kaginda the Rukungiri Municipality Member of parliament, the party plans to hold a consultative meeting at which they will also launch their campaigns for the 2016 presidential race.
Forum for Democratic Change FDC presidential candidate Dr Kizza Besigye has been involved in an accident at Nkoni along Masaka-Mbarara highway. Nkoni is in Lwengo district. Besigye is travelling to Rukungiri to hold a rally.
The Democratic Alliance Summit will continue negotiations on the presidential aspirants on Friday. The alliance remains divided on how to handle the two aspirants, Dr. Kizza Besigye and Amama Mbabazi.
The Democratic Alliance Summit is currently holed up in a closed retreat at Royal Suites Hotel in Bugolobi to reach consensus on a joint presidential candidate.
The decision was taken after MP Abdu Katuntu protested the presence of non-delegates in the venue. The Delegates Conference has now been halted to allow a review of the register and clear the claims.
According to Besigye, the opposition failed to win the previous polls because the Electoral Commission and the entire electoral process is directly controlled by President Yoweri Museveni.
Besigye was nominated in absentia by the Chairman of the FDC Electoral Commission Dan Mugarura upon verification of his credentials. He was represented at the nomination by Tororo County MP Geoffrey Ekkanya, FDC secretary for mobilization Ingrid Turinawe and Rukiga County MP Jack Sabiiti.
