Campaigning in Bata sub-county and Agwata Town Council, Alwoc emphasized her commitment to developing tourist sites and ensuring access to education for all in the district.
Rosemary
Austin Alwoc Ogwal, the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party candidate in
the Dokolo woman MP by-election has pledged to focus on promoting tourism in
the district during her two-year term in parliament.
The district
boasts two significant tourist sites: one in Kangai town council, where Kabaka
Mwanga of Buganda Kingdom and Omukama Kabalega of Bunyoro Kitara Kingdom were
captured in 1899 for opposing British rule, and another site called “Komora” in
Adeknino sub-county, where the two kings are believed to have settled before
their capture.
Imat Cecilia
Ogwal, the former area woman MP and member of the parliamentary sectoral
committee on Tourism, Trade, and Industries, had repeatedly advocated for the
gazetting of these sites and requested the return of Lango cultural artifacts from
a museum in Europe.
Her
daughter, Rosemary Austin Alwoc Ogwal has assured voters in Dokolo that she
would carry on her mother's agenda. Campaigning in the Bata sub-county and Agwata
Town Council, Alwoc emphasized her commitment to developing tourist sites and
ensuring access to education for all in the district.
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Riding on
her mother’s legacy, Alwoc told voters of how her opponents who lived in Dokolo
for many years have made little contribution towards the development of the
district.
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Patrick
Oboi Amuriat, the FDC Party president urged the people of Dokolo to elect Alwoc
because she is as brave and intelligent as her late mother.
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Oboi, who
described Alwoc as a beautiful village girl thanked her for embracing the FDC party just like her mother did.
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Meanwhile, Joel Okao Tema, an ardent FDC supporter advised the people of Dokolo to ignore
propaganda currently being spread within the district to taint Alwoc’s image.
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The
candidates are now using the remaining three days for both campaigns and voter
education to ensure that their voters do not mistake their signs for other
candidates as well as make mistakes.
