There is an old adage that ‘God made man, man made money and money made man mad’ as Bobi Wine sings in his Mr. Money song. Many in the Uganda’s leading opposition party Forum for Democratic Change are living out this adage.

Dr. Kizza Besigye at a press conference

Some of the party’s youth leaders have split over money they think their party president Dr. Kizza Besigye has been “dishing” out to none FDC members, Erias Lukwago, Muwanga Kivumbi, Betty Nambooze, Joseph Mulwanyamuli (former Buganda kingdom premier).

Some FDC youths informed us that the retired colonel has been giving money to non party members while some party cadres continue swimming in the lake of poverty.

The youths allege that during the 2011 general elections, Besigye gave 100 million shillings to Lukwago, 64 million shillings to Betty Nambooze and reportedly 2.5 billion shillings to Mulwanyabuli to sell Col. Kiiza Besigye’s candidature in Buganda.

The FDC activists are bitter that Besigye treats none party members as too vital. The FDC youth want any money their president gets to be given to FDC party members.

By Doreen Nyanzi