Tag Archives: by-election

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Electoral Commission has dispatched polling materials that will be used in the Omoro County by-election on Thursday. The materials include registers, ballot boxes, ballot papers, Biometric Voter Verification Kits, and basins among others. Moses Kagona, the Electoral Commission returning officer for Omoro district says …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) party president, Rtd. Gen. Mugisha Muntu has called for a peaceful by-election in Omoro County. Elections for the Omoro County Member of Parliament are scheduled for May 26th, 2022. Six candidates are vying for the position. They include; Andrew …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have mounted a number of checkpoints and deployed security personnel along major roads within Omoro district to beef security ahead of the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election. The checkpoints are visible within Opit town council and along roads connecting Opit town council to Lalogi …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Voters in Omoro county have cautioned candidates against making promises that they will not fulfill once elected into office. Six candidates are vying for the Omoro County Parliamentary seat that fell vacant on March 20, following the death of the former MP Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah. …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Forum For Democratic Change-FDC party has fronted a new candidate for the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election, just a day after the first one went missing. Justine Odong Obiya, the FDC chairperson in Omoro district was unveiled today afternoon to replace Dick Denis Owani who was …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Simon Toolit Akecha, the National Unity Platform flag bearer in the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election, says he wouldn’t have contested if Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, hadn’t been fronted as the NRM flag bearer. Toolit says he was not interested in the race but decided to join the …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Democratic Party (DP) has pulled out of the Omoro County Parliamentary by-election. The move came shortly after Godwin Okello, a DP aspirant withdrew his candidature from the race on Tuesday. Okello was the only aspirant who publicly expressed interest to vie for Omoro County …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dick Denis Owani is the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC party candidate for the Omoro county parliamentary by-election. The party leaders say Owani was endorsed following a consensus reached between him and another aspirant Terrence Odonga, on Sunday in Omoro town council. The Chua West Member …

Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Opposition is mooting plans to nominate a joint candidate to contest with the National Resistance Movement party candidate in the Omoro county parliamentary by-election. This comes a day after President Museveni picked 32-year-old Andrew Ojok Oulanyah, the eldest son of the former legislator and Speaker …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Museveni has picked former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah’s son, Andrew Ojok as the flag bearer for the National Resistance Movement-NRM party in the Omoro county by-election. This followed a meeting the President held with NRM aspirants on Tuesday evening at his country home in …