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Aguti Nyangkori who won the Dokolo woman parlamentary seat | Stuart Twinomujuni
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The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) candidate Sarah Aguti Nyangkori was yesterday declared a winner in the Dokolo woman parliamentary by-election after gannering 23,044 votes defeating other five contestants in the hotly contested election.
Aguti replaces the late Cecilia Ogwal whose seat fell Vacant following her death on January 18.
She challenged NRM’s Janer Rose Adongo Elau Okello who got 14,001 votes, FDC’s Dr.Austin Rosemary Alwoc(8168 votes), NUP’s Harriet Ageno(727 votes), Dr Esther Akullo Obot Otada(790 votes) and Rebecca Arao(439 votes) who both contested on independent tickets.
Aguti contested against Cecilia Ogwal in the 2021 District Woman parliamentary race but lost the election with Ogwal pulling the highest number of Votes (32,223) against her’s 10’460, of the total votes cast in the hotly contested race.
Who is Aguti?
A graduate of social works and social Administration from Uganda Christian University, Mukono.
She emerged as UPC Official flag bearer during the party district conference held at Dokolo Catholic Parish on February 19, 2024.
On Tuesday 19th, 2024, President Museveni went to Dokolo to campaign for NRM’s Janet Rose Adongo and his visit wrapped up the campaigns.
At the rally that was held at Bata seed secondary school grounds, President Museveni pleaded with the locals to support Rose Adongo if their area is to develop so fast.
