{"id":251471,"date":"2023-03-01T10:53:34","date_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:53:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/press\/uganda-omoding-sworn-in-as-new-serere-county-member-of-parliament?lang=en"},"modified":"2023-03-01T10:53:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-01T08:53:34","slug":"uganda-omoding-sworn-in-as-new-serere-county-member-of-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/uganda-omoding-sworn-in-as-new-serere-county-member-of-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Uganda: Omoding sworn in as new Serere County Member of Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/53455a04d1c1f3e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/large\/53455a04d1c1f3e\" alt=\"Parliament of the Republic of Uganda\" style=\"max-width:500px\" \/><\/a><br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/files\/download\/53455a04d1c1f3e\">Download logo<\/a><br \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/africarc\/loganalytics?press_id=242403&amp;press_source=Parliament of the Republic of Uganda\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Emmanuel Omoding has taken oath as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Serere County. Serere County is located in Serere District in Teso sub-region.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Omoding took oath during the Tuesday, 28 February 2023 plenary sitting that was chaired by Speaker Anita Among.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This was the first sitting since MPs were sent on &nbsp;recess to monitor and oversee the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM) in their respective constituencies.<\/p>\n<p>During the swearing-in process, the speaker congratulated the new MP before handing him a copy of the Constitution of the Republic of Uganda and the Rules of Procedure of Parliament to facilitate his legislative duties.<\/p>\n<p>Omoding is the son of the late Patrick Okabe, the former Serere County MP who along with his wife, Christine Okabe perished in a fatal road accident at Naboa on Mbale-Tirinyi road on 19 &nbsp;December 2022.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hon Okabe&rsquo;s sudden demise resulted in the position of MP for Serere County falling vacant, prompting a by-election was conducted on 23rd February 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Omoding, who contested as an independent candidate emerged the winner of the polls having garnered 15,638 votes against the second-best National Resistance Movement (NRM) flag bearer, Philip Oucor who got 13,206 votes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;Alliance for National Transformation (ANT) flag bearer, Alice Alaso and Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)&rsquo;s Emmanuel Eratu got 3,335 and 1,252 votes respectively, while another independent candidate, Martin Onguruco got 2,523 votes.<\/p>\n<p><i>Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Parliament of the Republic of Uganda.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-newsroom.com\/\">Source: Africa Newsroom &#8211; APO<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Download logo Emmanuel Omoding has taken oath as the newly elected Member of Parliament for Serere County. 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