{"id":5641,"date":"2022-05-15T13:08:32","date_gmt":"2022-05-15T13:08:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ugandaupdatenews.com\/?p=5641"},"modified":"2022-05-15T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T13:08:44","slug":"ojok-andrew-oulanyah-nominated-to-run-for-the-omoro-parliamentary-seat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ojok-andrew-oulanyah-nominated-to-run-for-the-omoro-parliamentary-seat\/","title":{"rendered":"OJOK ANDREW OULANYAH NOMINATED TO RUN FOR THE OMORO PARLIAMENTARY SEAT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The race for the Omoro parliamentary seat has begun in earnest after the Electoral Commission closed nominations  with the son of the late Speaker Jacob Oulanyah , Ojok Andrew Oulanyah nominated to run on the NRM ticket .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The EC declared 12 candidates to contest for the Omoro parliamentary and local council by-elections which will take place on May 26th ,2022.    Campaigns will run from May 16th to May 24th , 2022. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" data-attachment-id=\"5642\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ojok-andrew-oulanyah-nominated-to-run-for-the-omoro-parliamentary-seat\/oj4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1072,712\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"oj4\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4-1024x680.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/oj4.jpg 1072w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p> Electoral Commission  Omoro District Returning Officer Moses Kagona said that out of the 12 candidates who picked nomination forms, only six fulfilled all the requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"5644\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ojok-andrew-oulanyah-nominated-to-run-for-the-omoro-parliamentary-seat\/ojo-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ojo-3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo-3.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSix (6) candidates, namely; Onen Jimmy Walter (IND), Odonga Terence (IND), Tolit Simon Akecha (NUP), Kizza Oscar (ANT), Ojok Andrew Oulanyah (NRM) and Odong Justine (FDC) have been nominated to contest for the seat of Directly-elected Member of Parliament,\u201d  Kagona stated .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" data-attachment-id=\"5647\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/ojok-andrew-oulanyah-nominated-to-run-for-the-omoro-parliamentary-seat\/ojo2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1080,720\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ojo2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg 300w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg 768w, https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo2.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The race for the Omoro parliamentary seat has begun in earnest after the Electoral Commission closed nominations with the son<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5643,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[135,65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-party-politics","category-national-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/ojo.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5474,"url":"https:\/\/prowebinhost.com\/anzu\/president-museveni-endorses-the-late-oulanyahs-son-ojok-for-the-omoro-seat\/","url_meta":{"origin":5641,"position":0},"title":"PRESIDENT MUSEVENI ENDORSES THE LATE OULANYAH&#8217;S SON OJOK FOR THE OMORO SEAT","author":"UgandaUpdate","date":"April 21, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"President Yoweri Museveni has endorsed former speaker of parliament Jacob L\u2019Okori Oulanyah\u2019s son, Andrew Ojok to contest for the Omoro County by-election on the NRM ticket . 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