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 …
Read More »Voters in Omoro caution candidates against empty promises
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. …
Read More »FDC fronts new candidate for Omoro county by-election
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 …
Read More »OMORO: NUP’s Toolit wouldn’t have contested had Oulanyah’s son not been fronted
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 …
Read More »DP pulls out of Omoro County parliamentary race
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 …
Read More »FDC endorses flag bearer for Omoro county by-election
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 …
Read More »Opposition proposes joint candidate in Omoro by-election
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 …
Read More »Oulanyah’s son preferred NRM candidate for Omoro county by-election
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 …
Read More »Omoro by-election: Aspirants vow not step down for Oulanyah’s son
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Opposition political party candidates who have expressed interest in vying for the Omoro County parliamentary seat have vowed never to step down in favor of former Speaker of Parliament Jacob Oulanyah’s son. This comes a few hours after George Aligec Lapir, one of the candidates from …
Read More »Oulanyah’s son to contest for Omoro county parliamentary seat
Omoro, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Andrew Ojok, the son of the former Speaker of Parliament Jacob L’Okori Oulanyah has accepted calls by elders from his clan to vie for the vacant Omoro County Parliamentary seat in Omoro district. The seat fell vacant following the death of his father on March …
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