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The convention by the splinter Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party at their offices in Kampala, yesterday triggered hopes that the proposed new party, would grow wings and fly.

By 8am, scores of delegates from all corners of the country, some clad in the mix of the party’s white and blue, descended on the one-acre venue on Katongo Road, Nakasero, for the long-awaited faction delegates’ conference.

They settled on the blue plastic chairs, well-set in five tents in the space between the gardens and office building, as they registered.

Ms Proscovia Salaamu Musumba, who previously served as the FDC party vice president for eastern Uganda before things fell apart, and now a member of the Katonga faction, volunteered as mistress-of-ceremonies for the day.

Delegates raise their hands to affirm their support to forming a new party during the FDC National Delegates Conference at Katonga, Kampala on August 19, 2024 . PHOTO/ ISAAC KASAMANI

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