Former Forum for Democratic Change party president Kizza Besigye has told the media today that he is willing to step down and give the mantle of opposition leadership to a more powerful leader.

Besigye who was addressng the media at his office on Katonga road in Kampala said, “no one should be worried about the face of Besigye. If my face is the problem. Let us put another face and we move on. It’s urgent that we recover this country,” the opposition kingpin said.

The former bush war doctor who fought to bring Museveni’s government into power was joined by FDC president Patrick Oboi Amuriat, Lord Mayor Erias Lukwago, Ingrid Turinawe, Muhammad Segirinya, Kawempe South MP Muhammad Munyagwa said that he is ready to step aside and rally behind another leader of opposition for the common goal of removing the government of president Yoweri Museveni from power.

“I will not allow my face to be the problem and an obstacle to the liberation of this country,” Dr. Besigye added.

“The atrocities that have been committed against Ugandans are enough for every Ugandan to act against this dictatorship. We now stand together as we say Museveni must go,” Besigye charged.

There were media reports that the Besigye camp is scared of the rise of Kyandondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi’s people power movement with many saying that he is fighting two enemies, one is president Museveni and the other being Besigye loyalist who see him (Bobi) as a threat to the leadership of the opposition.

Many political commentators came out today on various radio stations and asked Bobi to be careful with the people he recruits into his camp because his fellow opposition henchmen, who see him as a threat might infiltrate his camp and commit crimes to soil his name and his movement.

Below is Besigye’s full address: