Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Omoding has taken oath as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Serere County. Serere County is located in Serere District in Teso sub-region. Omoding took oath during the Tuesday, 28 February 2023 plenary sitting that was chaired by Speaker Anita Among. This was the …
Read More »Lessons from Serere by election
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Omoding won the by-election in Serere County to replace his father who died in a car crash in December. He polled 15,638 votes beating his closest rival by 2000 votes in an election where the opposition candidate came a distant third. “I pledge to …
Read More »Emmanuel Omoding wins Serere County by-election
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Independent candidate Emmanuel Omoding has been declared the winner of the by-election held in Serere County on Thursday. Omoding, the son of the former MP Patrick Okabe emerged as the winner of the hotly contested race with 15,638 votes, beating four other contenders. He was …
Read More »SERERE: Kasilo County MP arrested on election eve
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Serere has arrested the Kasilo County MP, Elijah Okupa for allegedly campaigning after the closure of campaigns on Tuesday. Okupa was arrested on Wednesday from PAG Church in Ocaapa town vouncil where he was reportedly training agents of an independent candidate, Emmanuel …
Read More »NRM secretariat pitch camp in Serere to garner support for party candidate
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM secretariat has pitched camp in Serere County in an attempt to build consensus within the party structures to support Phillip Oucor, as the party candidate. This follows a sharp division within the NRM camp over the choice of a candidate for the …
Read More »Okabe’s son to contest as Independent candidate
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Emmanuel Omoding, the son of the former MP for Serere County, Patrick Okabe has said that he will contest the Serere County by-election as an independent candidate. This follows the struggle for the NRM flag ahead of next month’s by-election. In the 2020 party primaries, …
Read More »SERERE: NRM camp split ahead of by-election
Serere, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of the National Resistance Movement-NRM party members have declined to support Phillip Oucor, the party’s flag bearer in the Serere County parliamentary by-election. Phillip Oucor was the NRM’s party choice in the 2021 parliamentary race. However, with a vote margin of 5,195, he lost …
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