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SPEECH BY THE CHAIRPERSON AT THE 6TH NATIONAL DELEGATES CONFERENCE HELD ON 2ND SEPTEMBER 2015 AT MANDELA NATIONAL STADIUM

Your Excellencies,

The Acting Party President

The Leader of Opposition in Parliament

Members of the National Executive Committee

Honourable Members of Parliament,

LC V Chairpersons and Municipal Mayors

Distinguished Delegates

Invited Guests

Ladies and Gentlemen

This is my first time to address this National Delegates Con-

ference as the Chairperson of the Party. On 11 June 2015, I

stood before you as a candidate for the same position and I

am now indeed delighted to receive all of you and express

my renewed pleasure in having the opportunity to meet with

you again today.

I wish to begin by recognizing the elders the Party who are

gone but have left behind a legacy of putting together a well-

organized party. I want to specifically note the Late Dr.

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Suleiman Kiggundu, the first National Chairperson of FDC and

my predecessor, the late Hon. Sam Njuba. Without their sac-

rifices towards fighting for democracy, we would not be as-

sembled here today.

Such gatherings as this, serve as basis for bonding together

as members of one great party, the FDC. It is also a platform

to renew our commitment to our great party and a signal to

the World for our belief in the tenets of democracy.

Ladies and Gentlemen, our meeting here today is for a very

important assignment under the theme, “Enhancing

Peaceful Democratic Political Change”. How we conduct

our affairs today therefore will be the signal to the world of

our readiness to give Uganda a better alternative govern-

ment.

Today it is the people of the party that should have their say.

What the delegates assembled here today decide on is what

should hold. It should be the guiding principle for all of us.

We should all unite behind whatever comes out and put our

personal biases aside.

We should not give room to discontent. We should not give

room for rancor. We should not give room for division within

our ranks. We should leave here as one strong, united party.

We should show the world that we are one family of many

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party and do realize that our strength lies in our collective-

ness and singleness of purpose. And I tell you my dear

friends, brothers and sisters that power is there for our tak-

ing if only we put our house in order.

Today, we should leave this meeting, well rejuvenated and

ready to face 2016. Ladies and gentlemen, I tell you, that if

we are able to show this singleness of purpose and show to

the world that we are strong, united body, a greater part of

the job to recapture power in 2016 would have been done.

The world is watching, Ugandans are watching, we dare not

fail them. We dare not fail ourselves.

I lastly re-echo two words, Mobilise and Organise”. I argue all

of you to go back and Mobilise and Organise yourselves for

2016. We should demonstrate our strong capacity to secure

and protect our vote. We should insist to know the results at

every polling station. We should not be afraid of being

beaten; we cannot give away the future of our country be-

cause of fear.

Lastly, I want to thank God for this opportunity He has ac-

corded us to elect leaders of the Forum for Democratic

Change. I wish to thank all of you who have offered your-

selves for various leadership positions and especially Dr.

Kizza Besigye and Maj. Gen.(Rtd) Mugisha Muntu who have

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traversed this country with dignity and made FDC proud. I

wish all you he best of luck!

It is now my pleasure to declare the 6th National Delegates

Conference of the Forum for Democratic Change Open.

One Uganda One People!

I thank you for your attention.

Amb. Wasswa Biriggwa

NATIONAL CHAIRPERSON

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