{"id":43098,"date":"2023-01-12T18:41:53","date_gmt":"2023-01-12T18:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrm-divided-over-serere-by-election"},"modified":"2023-01-12T20:28:16","modified_gmt":"2023-01-12T20:28:16","slug":"nrm-divided-over-serere-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/nrm-divided-over-serere-by-election","title":{"rendered":"NRM divided over\u00a0 Serere by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Some leaders of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) have rejected Phillip Oucor as the party\u2019s flagbearer in the Serere County by-election.<\/p>\n

During a meeting held on Monday, the party\u2019s electoral commission chairperson Mr Tanga Odoi asked more than 200 party leaders to support Oucor in the by-election slated for next month.<\/p>\n

But some leaders disagreed. They fronted Emmanuel Omoding Okabe to replace his father Patrick Okabe. Okabe, the Serere County Member of Parliament, died in a car accident on Mbale-Tirinyi highway on December 19, 2022. As a result, the parliamentary seat fell vacant.<\/p>\n

Mr Charles Erimu, the Chairperson Atiira Sub-county, said he and more than 250 leaders petitioned the NRM secretariat last week. They asked the party to endorse Okabe. He reiterated the same position during the Monday meeting.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe the structure leaders of NRM disagree with any position of the party as long as it\u2019s not the son of Late Okabe, Emmanuel Omoding. The problem is the way Mr Oucor came to the politics of Serere was not in the right way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Proposals<\/b><\/p>\n

Mr Stephen Otage, the chairperson Kateta Sub-County, said the party must listen to the majority.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur position is clear to the party and they know it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr Odoi held the meeting in the county to canvass support for Mr Oucor, who was given the flag ahead of the 2021 elections.<\/p>\n

He, however, said he would continue reaching out to the rival camp.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want us to have dialogue and we must respect the opinions of everybody including the current flag bearer,\u201d Mr Odoi added.<\/p>\n

Mr Oucor said: \u201cThe NRM party constitution shouldn\u2019t be raped, just because we want to hand the flag to the late Okabe\u2019s son.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that he was rightfully elected during the NRM party primaries as the flag bearer, which flag he still has the right to hold until the five years expire.<\/p>\n

Mr Oucor said it is in the spirit of protecting the party constitution that he has offered himself to contest for the seat.<\/p>\n

He was convinced he would win the by-election slated for February 23, based on his performance in the 2021 poll.<\/p>\n

He finished second with 12,631 votes while Okabe, an independent candidate, polled 17,826 votes.<\/p>\n

The race had six candidates who also included Forum for Democratic Change\u2019s Joshua Eyaru, National Unity Platform\u2019s Richard Mukhalu Okodel and independent candidates Martin Onguruco and Emmanuel Eratu.<\/p>\n

Onguruco garnered 10,513 votes while the remaining three candidates polled less than 2,000 votes each.<\/p>\n

Competition<\/b><\/p>\n

Four people have so far expressed interest in the seat. They include Mr Oucor, Mr Onguruco, Mr Omoding Okabe and Ms Alice Alaso Asianut, the Secretary General of the opposition party Alliance for National Transformation (ANT).<\/p>\n

Ms Alaso previously served as the Serere District Woman Member of Parliament for three terms on the FDC ticket.<\/p>\n

She contested for the same seat on the ANT ticket in 2021 but lost to NRM\u2019s Hellen Adoa. Adoa garnered 50,254 votes while Alaso got 19,424 votes in the race that attracted 5 candidates.<\/p>\n

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