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Yusuf Nsibambi as the Party Whip of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) to replace Hon Ssemujju Ibrahim Nganda,\u201d the letter reads in part. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The FDC party leaders are embroiled in wrangles over \u201cdirty money\u201d allegedly  given by the NRM party during the 2021 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Ssemujju started the infighting after he accused  Mafabi and the party president Mr. Patrick Amuriat of picking money from President Museveni to fund their 2021 campaigns. Nandala and Amuriat have since denied ever taking money from NRM and instead counter accused Ssemujju of various financial inappropriateness .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Editor:msserwanga@gmail.com<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party leadership row deepens its Secretary General Mr.Nandala Mafabi has fired the Chief<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9621,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[135,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9620","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-party-politics","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/IMG-20230808-WA0118.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16535,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/fdcs-nsibambi-crosses-to-nrm-says-no-proper-direction-in-opposition\/","url_meta":{"origin":9620,"position":0},"title":"FDC\u2019s Nsibambi crosses to NRM, says no proper direction in opposition","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"February 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) vice Chairperson for Central region and Mawokota South MP, Yusuf Nsibambi, has officially crossed to the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM), citing what he described as a lack of clear direction and coordination within the opposition. 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