Daily Monitor
Friday January 22 2021
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Voters in Lango Sub-region have revealed why they threw out all the incumbent district chairpersons in the January 21 polls.
Voters cited corruption coupled with poor service delivery as some of the factors that informed their choices for district chairpersons.
Eight incumbent chairpersons failed to retain their seats in Dokolo, Lira, Oyam, Kwania, Amolatar, Otuke, Kole and Alebtong districts. There are nine districts that make up Lango.
It is only in Apac where the incumbent, Mr Bob Okae (UPC), chose to contest for the Kwania North parliamentary seat, which he won.
In Lira, Mr Alex Oremo Alot of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) lost the seat he has occupied for the last 15 years to NRM’s Richard Cox Okello Orik.
Dozens battle for nine LC5 seats in Lango Sub-region
Wednesday January 20 2021
Dozens of LC5 candidates are eying nine slots in Lango Sub-region as the country elects district leaders today.
In Apac, Asante Odongo of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), the current LC5 vice chairperson, is battling for the seat with three others after the incumbent, Bob Okae, was elected Member of Parliament for Kwania North constituency.
Others in the race are Walter Obang of Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC), Billy Okunyo of National Resistance Movement (NRM), and Mr Anthony Olobo Odur, who is standing as an Independent.
Mr Okunyo served as the Apac District Education Officer from 2007 until 2019 when he retired while Mr Obang is a farmer. Mr Olobo is the son of the Lango paramount chief, Mr Yosam Odur Ebii.