Today there was redemption in Alebtong district and in Ajuri county, as the Uganda People’s Congress Member of Parliament candidate Fred Jalameso won over National Resistance Movement (NRM) incumbent MP and Chief Whip Denis Hamson Obua.
There was trickery and ploy to get the incumbent proclaimed the victor in the first round of this election. As the Presidential and Parliamentary Elections on the 15th January scheduled him to win. He tried to force himself on the people and take away their will. However, that didn’t hold and this one out of three races that got a do-over by the Electoral Commission.
In a rare instance in a By-Election like this that the opposition and the non-government sponsored candidate conquer the state own. There has been very few of those and shows the finesse of the UPC here. That they were able to get it over the finish line and actually succeed on the second time. This is an achievement and especially when someone who has been the man of the President and a man of the Speaker. He surely had leverage and had grand support nationally for his candidacy. Not like he was a little man and with no big-men to give him a boost. However, that didn’t matter and it shows.
It is just beautiful to this happening. That the UPC is getting this mandate and sending such a figure home. This just shows that the locals aren’t seeing what the President or the Speaker is seeing. They are tired of the man and doesn’t trust him. These people want another man to represent them and do their bidding. A teacher turned legislator.
This is worth celebrating after a sombre and a horrific election season. Not like this General Election or anything has been any good. There is very little to be happy about or be sincere about. As it is forgery and a charade to give the National Resistance Movement a legitimate mandate for another term. That’s it…
This doesn’t change it, but it shows it’s still possible to beat the big-men and send them packing. Peace.
MinBane 