I wish I knew FDC had cheats, says Mafabi


The Leader of Opposition, Nathan Nandala Mafabi, has regretted contesting for the FDC presidency which he lost to Gen. Mugisha Muntu, saying he wishes he had known the opposition party had “cheats”.

Nathan Nandala Mafabi

Now the Budadiri West MP has expressed interest in forming his own political party under which he will contest for the presidency in 2021.

Mafabi told voters during several rallies over the weekend not to make the mistake of not sending him back to Parliament because it may frustrate his “plans for 2021”.

He said he has all it takes to start his own political party, “that will shake President Yoweri Museveni”.

“For God’s sake, if President Museveni got to know that Nandala is not contesting in the 2016 presidential elections, he will not move around the country because he knows his opponent in the opposition is weak,” Mafabi said, in a veiled reference to Mugisha Muntu, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) president.

“It is only me who can give Museveni sleepless nights because of the support I have and style of vote hunting. Recently, I proposed that every person who contests for the presidency must be an MP and Muntu disagreed with me because it would lock him out,” he said.


Mafabi was addressing rallies in Nalusala, Bunyafwa, Buteza and Sironko town. In Buteza, he regretted having contested for the FDC party presidency.

“I wish I knew that even in FDC there are cheats. I would not have wasted my time contesting against Mugisha Muntu. I only fear God and it is better to speak the truth even if it means sleeping hungry,” Mafabi said.

He accused the party’s top officials, especially Alice Alaso, the secretary general, of influencing the results.

Margaret Okuri, a top FDC official, said with pressure from supporters in West Nile and the northern region, they are contemplating granting Mafabi a chance to start his own political party.

Mbale district FDC chairperson, Nasur Mabanja, pledged support for Mafabi’s plan of starting his own political party. Mafabi is in the region to consult voters and FDC leaders.

By Paul Watala, Tanzania Daily News

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