Amos John Okot is a Ugandan pastor, politician and member of Ugandan parliament representing Agago North on the ticket of National Resistance Movement (NRM). He was first elected in 2011 to the 9th parliament but failed to secure re-election in 2016. He was re-elected to the parliament in the 2021 general elections.[1][2][3][4]
Political career
editOkot’s major political career began in 2011, when he won the Agago North seat to the 9th Ugandan Parliament replacing the leader of the opposition in the parliament Ogenga Latigo. He suffered a political setback on 18 February 2016, when he lost his re-election bid to the 10th parliament to his challenger, Ogenga Latigo who polled 14,079 to lead Okot with 10,420 votes.[5][6] Okot challenged the result of the election in court with allegations of voter bribery, defamation and non- compliance with Parliamentary election laws against Ogenga Latigo and the Electoral Commission but failed to prove his case and was dismissed with cost awarded against him.[7][8] Okot made a political comeback in the 2021 general election when he reclaimed the Agago North parliamentary seat from Latigo who had defeated him 2016.
References
edit- ^ Alex, Obonyo (2021-01-30). "Okot John Amos the newly elected member of parliament for Agago North sets out his vision for his constituency". The Kalongo Times. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Agago MP explains ambulance withdrawal from Hospital". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Okot John Amos - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls". visiblepolls.org. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ "John Amos Okot". theyworkforyou.github.io. Retrieved 2023-02-02.
- ^ Daniel, Cere. "Prof Ogenga Latigo Bounces Back to Parliament". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Professor Ogenga Plots Political Comeback". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ "Okot v Electoral Commission and Anor (Election Petition-2016/2) [2016] UGHCEP 42 (23 June 2016); | Ulii". ulii.org. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
- ^ URN. "Court says Prof Latigo was rightly elected". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2021-08-16.
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