{"id":45363,"date":"2023-02-24T09:22:24","date_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:22:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election"},"modified":"2023-02-24T09:51:02","modified_gmt":"2023-02-24T09:51:02","slug":"late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election","title":{"rendered":"Late MP Okabe\u2019s son wins Serere county by-election"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Mr Emmanuel Omoding, the son of the late Patrick Okabe, has been declared the winner of the Serere County parliamentary by-election.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Sylvia Cheptegei Nangendo, the Serere District returning officer, declared Mr Omoding the winner with 15,638 votes, while his closest rival, Mr Phillip Oucor of NRM, got 13,206 votes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBy the powers entrusted to me, I declare Emmanuel Omoding as the duly elected MP for Serere County, having obtained the majority vote,\u201d Ms Cheptegei said.<\/p>\n<p>Ms Alice Alaso of Opposition Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) got 3,339; Mr Martin Onguruco, an independent, got 2,523, and Mr Emmanuel Eratu of FDC came last with 1,252.<\/p>\n<p>The returning officer said they cancelled results of four polling stations of Olomai in Atiira, Kangod in Ocaapa, Angole in Kyere, and Odokai in Atiira because of electoral malpractices, which were reported by the various candidates.<\/p>\n<p>The election that started well in the morning hours turned violent in the afternoon when armed security officers raided some polling stations in Kateta, Kyere, and Atiira with pre-ticked ballot papers, allegedly in favour of the NRM candidate.<\/p>\n<p><b>Candidates\u2018 no-show<\/b><\/p>\n<p>By the time of declaring the final results at the tally centre, Mr Omoding was the only candidate present.<\/p>\n<p>The Electoral Commission chairperson, Justice Simon Byabakama, commended the people of Serere County for a peaceful campaign and voting exercise amid some irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>He assured the voters that their choice will be respected. \u201cTo you the declared winner, don\u2019t take the victory for prestige, rather use it for sharing development ideas, and build the bridge between the people,\u201d Justice Byabakama told Mr Omoding.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Omoding thanked the voters for the support, saying the victory is an assurance that his father\u2019s legacy will continue. \u201cI pledge to continue with the projects my late father left, and I am ready for the task ahead,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tanga Odoi, the NRM electoral commission chairperson, said as a party, they concede defeat.<\/p>\n<p>He explained that the party loss was caused by internal differences.<\/p>\n<p><b>NRM speaks<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe accept defeat and this is a learning point for us; we wish the candidate good time during his tenure of service, as NRM, we don\u2019t have issues with him, we shall not go to court to challenge his victory,\u201d Dr Tanga said.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 35,954 votes were cast, total rejected votes were 812, total counted votes were 36,766 and spoiled votes were 170.<\/p>\n<p>The entire registered voters for Serere County were 75,000 voters.<\/p>\n<p><b>What they say<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Omoding, winner: \u201cI pledge to continue with the projects my late father left, and I am ready for the task ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr Tanga Odoi, the NRM electoral commission chairperson: \u00abWe accept defeat and this is a learning point for us; we wish the candidate good time during his tenure of service, as NRM, we don\u2019t have issues with him, we shall not go to court to challenge his victory.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Justice Simon Byabakama, EC chairperson: \u201cTo you the declared winner, don\u2019t take the victory for prestige, rather use it for sharing development ideas, and build the bridge between the people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b>Who is Omoding<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Initially, a rift had emerged as majority NRM leaders from Serere County fronted Mr Omoding.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Omoding was chosen despite the party having Mr Oucor, who was the substantive NRM party flag bearer.<\/p>\n<p>The two factions failed to harmonise, with Mr Omoding getting nominated as an independent candidate and Mr Oucor remaining as the NRM flag bearer. These were joined by Mr Martin Onguruco, also an NRM leaning independent candidate.<\/p>\n<p>At the time of his father\u2019s death, he had been living in Australia. Mr Omoding was backed to contest by a number of politicians, notable among them, the Deputy Speaker of Parliament, Mr Thomas Tayebwa. He rode on the father\u2019s popularity among the NRM structures and the locals whose late father touched their hearts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. Mr Emmanuel Omoding, the son of the late Patrick Okabe, has been declared the winner of the Serere County parliamentary by-election. Ms Sylvia Cheptegei Nangendo, the Serere District returning officer, declared Mr Omoding the winner with 15,638 votes, while his closest rival, Mr Phillip Oucor of NRM, got 13,206 votes. \u201cBy the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":45362,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-45363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Late MP Okabe\u2019s son wins Serere county by-election - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Mr Emmanuel Omoding, the son of the late Patrick Okabe, has been declared the winner of the Serere County parliamentary ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Late MP Okabe\u2019s son wins Serere county by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Mr Emmanuel Omoding, the son of the late Patrick Okabe, has been declared the winner of the Serere County parliamentary ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T09:22:24+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-02-24T09:51:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677217953.93.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"480\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Late MP Okabe\u2019s son wins Serere county by-election\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-02-24T09:22:24+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-02-24T09:51:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\"},\"wordCount\":655,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2023\/02\/postQueueImg_1677217953.93.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/late-mp-okabes-son-wins-serere-county-by-election\",\"name\":\"Late MP Okabe\u2019s son wins Serere county by-election - 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