The teacher-turned politician was the Woman Representative for Serere District in the eight, ninth and tenth Parliament on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket. Her declaration came a day after the Electoral Commission had released the programme for the by-election that would see voters go to the polls on the 23rd of February.
“I will be contesting and I can assure you that victory is on my side,” Alaso, who now subscribes to the Alliance for National Transformation (ANT), said.
She added: “I am not new in Serere because I once served and left a mark. I am presenting myself with hope of winning.”
Four individuals have so far expressed interest in the position including the deceased’s son, Emmanuel Omoding Okabe. Others include: Martine Ouguruco and Philip Oguruco, the National Resistence (NRM) Flag bearer.
There are 138 polling stations in the county. February 23 is the polling and tallying day.
On 19 December morning, Parliament communications director Chirs Obore announced the death of Okabe and his wife following a fatal accident at Naboa in Budaka district on the Mbale-Iganga highway, Parliament communications director Chris Obore has said. Obore also said the driver too was left in critical condition.
Different members of parliament described Okabe as a man who was full of wisdom and who thought through everything before he took action.
“Okabe who was full of wisdom. He older than some of us so we considered him our senior. He would guide us on number of issues quietly despite not talking a lot sessions, He always thought through things before taking action,” one of the members of parliament said.