The Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) has rejected the request for funding the Extraordinary National Delegates Conference, which was called by the party chairman, Wasswa Birigwa on grounds that the party’s governing bodies were not informed in advance.
In his letter dated August 24th, Birigwa had requested Shs638.2 million to support his conference scheduled for September 19th.
In his letter, Birigwa stated, the office of the party Chairman has called for an extraordinary National Delegates Conference on Tuesday, September in Kampala.
According to the budget attached to the letter, the funds were intended for facilitating the attendance of delegates, providing security in the form of police officers, accommodating delegates for two nights each, covering meals and refreshments for delegates, and providing transportation among others.
However, Birigwa’s request has been turned down by the party Secretary-General, Nandala Mafabi, on the grounds that the party’s governing bodies including the Secretary-General, who is the principal accounting officer of the party, the party president, and the party treasurer were not informed about the delegates’ conference in advance adding that Birigwa announced this extraordinary meeting in the newspapers.
Mafabi also pointed out that Birigwa appears to be implementing the resolutions made during the press conference at Katonga by the party founder, Dr. Kizza Besigye, on August 2, and the gathering at Fairway Hotel warning that Katonga is not an official organ or structure of the FDC, and the chairman should not act on its resolutions.
