POLITICS | PARLIAMENT | OATH

Parliament on Wednesday afternoon sworn in two members of Parliament, Eddie Kwizera and Derrick Orone. 

The duo was sworn in today, after being declared winners of the Bukimbiri and Gogonyo parliamentary seat by-election on August 11, 2022. 

They took their oaths of allegiance and Member of Parliament at a sitting of the House chaired by the Deputy Speaker, Thomas Tayebwa. 

Orone (Gogonyo County) of The National Resistance Movement (NRM) defeated his rival Joseph Okoboi Opolot of the National Unity Platform party (NUP). 

The by-election had attracted three candidates but two of the candidates who were nominated to the contest announced that they had withdrawn from the race. 

The Court of Appeal ruled that Orone was irregularly elected in 2021 following a petition by his rival, Taligola Bantalib. 

NRM’s Eddie Kwizera went through the by-election and bounced back to parliament after he defeated his main challenger, Asgario Turyagyenda in the Bukimbiri County by-elections. 

The Court of Appeal in June 2022 nullified the election of Eddie Kwizera Wa-Gahungu and declared the Bukimbiri County parliamentary seat vacant following an application filed by James Owebeyi indicating that the 2021 election was manipulated. 

Deputy Speaker Tayebwa welcomed the legislators back and asked them to be amiable and willing to work with everyone. 

He said: “Learn to let go of the past; bury the hatchets and be ready to work together with even those who may have led to your by-elections”.