{"id":35081,"date":"2022-08-04T20:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/three-nominated-for-gogonyo-by-elections"},"modified":"2022-08-04T20:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-08-04T20:16:17","slug":"three-nominated-for-gogonyo-by-elections","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/three-nominated-for-gogonyo-by-elections","title":{"rendered":"Three nominated for Gogonyo by-elections"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Three candidates have been nominated to compete for the Member of Parliament (MP) seat for Gogonyo County in Pallisa District in the by-election slated for August 11.<\/p>\n

The seat fell vacant after the Court of Appeal ruled that the incumbent, Mr Derrick Orone, was irregularly elected following a petition by his rival, Mr Issa Bantalib Taligola.<\/p>\n

The trio was cleared in the two-day exercise, which ended on Tuesday. They include Mr Orone, the National Resistance Movement (NRM) party flagbearer, Mr Issa Taligola (Independent), and Mr Joseph Okoboi Opolot, the National Unity Platform (NUP) flagbearer.<\/p>\n

The Pallisa District Electoral Commission (EC) administrator, Mr Daniel Othieno, said the nominations exercise was peaceful.<\/p>\n

Mr Othieno said four people picked the nomination forms but one, Mr Micheal Emuron, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) flagbearer, failed to meet the required academic requirements.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to caution the nominated candidates to observe the laid down guidelines and keep time during the campaign period, which begins on August 4 [today],\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Candidates speak out<\/b><\/p>\n

After nomination, Mr Orone, accompanied by high profile NRM cadres, including the party\u2019s director for mobilisation, Ms Rosemary Sseninde, said he intends to accomplish his manifesto he had made with the people of Gogonyo, if re-elected.<\/p>\n

\u201cI request the voters not to disappoint the NRM party [because] I want to accomplish what I had started,\u201d Mr Orone said.<\/p>\n

Ms Sseninde told journalists that NRM is very strong and capable of winning this election with ease because the area \u201chas no Opposition\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe urge the people of Gogonyo to vote for the NRM candidate for effective service delivery,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Mr Taligola, while addressing journalists, pledged to offer transparent and effective representation in Parliament if voted.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy walking in gumboots and a stick is just a symbol to show that the people of Gogonyo are typical farmers and need a voice because for decades, they have been marginalised,\u201d Mr Taligola said.<\/p>\n

He added that the county is among the poorest in the country due to poor representation at the national level.<\/p>\n

\u201cDo we continue to live like this? No, we must change it by electing capable leader, and that is me, Taligola, who can make fundamental change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mr Taligola formerly served as Pallisa District chairperson and also a guild president of Makerere University, one of the oldest and most prestigious universities in Africa.<\/p>\n

Mr Opolot, the NUP flagbearer, who was accompanied by Manjiya County MP John Baptist Nambeshe, said if elected, he intends to improve the quality of education in the area.<\/p>\n

He also pledged to agitate for all teachers\u2019 salary enhancement because he knows the suffering teachers are undergoing.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe general situation in terms of service delivery is indeed appalling. This needs leaders like me to effectively address them,\u201d Mr Okoboi said.<\/p>\n

Mr John Bosco Okello, the FDC party chairperson for Pallisa District, said the people of Gogonyo need a person who will unite them, lobby for services and cause economic development in the constituency.<\/p>\n

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