Daily Monitor
Friday January 29 2021
Juliet Lagesh has been elected as the secretary for community based services and IT specialist in the shadow government. PHOTO/FILE.
Summary
In an interview with Daily Monitor on Tuesday, Ms Marry Cyril Akullo, who lost Aduku Town Council LC5 female councillor race, said they will play a watchdog role.
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A section of National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearers, who lost in the recently concluded local government councils polls in Kwania District, have formed a shadow government.
In an interview with Daily Monitor on Tuesday, Ms Marry Cyril Akullo, who lost Aduku Town Council LC5 female councillor race, said they will play a watchdog role.
Out of the nine seats for LC5 chairpersons in Lango, the opposition Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) took five, including Kwania, Amolatar, Apac, Otuke, and Alebtong.
The ruling NRM party won in Kole, Lira, and Oyam while the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) recaptured Dokolo District, from NRM. For LC5 council, UPC took 16 out of 18 available seats in Kwania. The NRM only won Nambieso Sub-county LC5 male councilor and Aduku Town Council LC5 male council seats. UPC won in the nine sub-counties of Chawente, Inomo, Abongomola, Akali, Atongtidi, Ayabi, Aduku, Ayabi Town Council, and Inomo Town Council.
The NRM losers have now come together to form the shadow government under the “Kwania District NRM Shadow Government”. Marry Cyril Akullo, the defeated Aduku Town Council LC5 female councilor has been elected as the interim chairperson of the shadow government.