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The National Unity Platform-NUP to back National Transformation-ANT candidate Alice Alaso in Serere.

07 February, 2023
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The National Unity Platform-NUP will back the Alliance for National Transformation-ANT candidate Alice Alaso in the Serere County Parliamentary by-election.



Speaking at a media briefing today, the NUP Spokesperson Joel Ssenyonyi said that while two party members, Jerry Okello, and Joel Obore, expressed interest in carrying the NUP flag during the election, they unanimously decided to put their support behind Alaso. According to Ssenyonyi, they believe in the unity of the opposition and the competence of Alaso, who has previously served as a Member of Parliament.

Two weeks ago, ANT unveiled Alaso and the party principal Mugisha Muntu asked other opposition political parties to embrace her candidature and not front another opposition candidate.

However, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) defied this call by announcing Emmanuel Eratu as their candidate for the election, declining to embrace Alaso's candidature.

The Serere County parliamentary seat fell vacant following the death of Patrick Okabe who along with his wife Christine died in an accident along the Mbale-Tirinyi route on December 19, 2022.

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