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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) candidate in the Dokolo District Woman parliamentary by-election was last evening declared the winner in the hotly contested election with 23,044 votes.<\/b><\/p>\n

Yesterday\u2019s polls attracted six candidates in the race to replace the late Cecilia Ogwal whose seat fell vacant following her death on January 18.<\/p>\n

They included UPC\u2019s Sarah Aguti Nyangkori, the winner; the late Ogwal\u2019s daughter, Dr Austin Rosemary Alwoc of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party who got 8168 votes; Ms Harriet Ageno of National Unity Platform (NUP) with 727 votes; and Ms Janet Rose Adongo Elau Okello of the ruling National Resistance Movement (NRM) party wo gunnered 14,001 votes. Others were Dr Esther Akullo Obot Otada with 790 votes and Ms Rebecca Arao with 439 votes, who both contested on Independent tickets.<\/p>\n

Surprisingly, UPC even won by landslide at a polling station where the late Ogwal used to vote from, according to Oyam North county Member of Parliament, Dr Eunice Apio Otuko,<\/p>\n

However, the leader of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party, Mr Patrick Oboi Amuriat, was quick to allege that the exercise was characterised by electoral malpractice.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe experienced cases of voter bribery happening along the roads, and ferrying voters to the polling stations,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

There are 173 polling stations in Dokolo and at least 95,693 voters registered to participate in this parliamentary by-election.<\/p>\n

About Aguti<\/b><\/p>\n

She is a social worker and a graduate of Social Works and Social Administration from Uganda Christian University, Mukono.<\/p>\n

She emerged as UPC official flag bearer following the party District Conference held at Dokolo Catholic Parish on February 19, 2024.<\/p>\n

She contested against Cecilia Ogwal in the 2021 District Woman parliamentary race and lost the election. The late Ogwal retained her seat after she contested on FDC ticket and garnered 32,223 votes against UPC\u2019s Aguti\u2019s 10,460 votes of the total votes cast in the hotly contested race.<\/p>\n

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