Late Oromait's daughter wins Usuk NRM primaries

Proscovia Alengot Oromait was on Sunday elected flag bearer for NRM party in the forthcoming by -election for Usuk County parliamentary seat

Alengot is a daughter to the late MP of the area, Michael Oromait (Independent) who died on August 21, 2012.

Alengot garnered 17,322 votes (69%) beating her closest rival Richard Ongorok who got 7,468 votes representing 29.74 percent.

Charles Ojok Oleny who earlier withdrew from the race, got 317 votes representing 1.26 percent. He has declared himself an independent candidate.
The NRM returning officer NRM in Katakwi district, Charles Oduk declared the results on Sunday night.

The resolution to carry out the party primaries in the constituency was reached at in a meeting held by the party electoral commission chaired by Dr. Ruhakana Rugunda on Friday.

Oleny who is the district NRM chairperson said he was not nominated to contest in the primaries.

"Yes we did agree in the Friday meeting that they include me also in the race though I did not pick the nomination forms, but since it was a hatched up plan, my supporters advised me not to go ahead to participate in the primaries," Oleny said on Monday.

Ongorok said there was a lot of intimidation, bribery, multiple voting and lack of registers in some polling stations.

source: newvision.co.ug