Pallisa (UG):- The former LC3 chairperson of Pallisa Town Council and Pallisa District FDC Chairperson who crossed to the ruling party (NRM) Patrick Okiring alias Inter-bridge Thursday cautioned people of Agule county to be mindful when electing the MP come 2026.
Okiring who has shown full intentions to get the party flag that will accelerate him to parliament while addressing the press at his home Chellekura sub-county said Agule needs a clear-headed leader who will rejuvenate the previous representation of Nathan Okwakol as there was order and no camps creation which cause division resulting into vendettas.
“My declaration to contest is making some hopeful people like Samuel Otukol quake and trying to misguided people who already know each of us better than we can talk about ourselves.
At my level I don’t exchange uncalled-for arguments with people who may not even get registered because whoever goes to the pitch before even the tournament’s fixture is scheduled gets a public misconception “, Okiring said.
Okiring said most of the issues that led to his disagreement with President Museveni have been sorted to a level of 80% as peace, road network education, and socio-economic empowerment strategies are in place.
“What Agule needs is a person who is ready to neutralize the political gimmick characterised by abusiveness, division of people based on camps”, Okiring stated.
Who is Okiring Inter-bridge?
Okiring is a born of Chelekura village in Chellekura sub-county, Pallisa district who did PLE at Odusai Bahai Primary School and went to Jinja College for S4.
He acquired certificates in infrastructure finance management, international commercial project procurement contracts negotiation and international arbitration at the International Law Institute (ILI) which led him to get into Cambridge Tutorial College in stores and stock management leading an award of a diploma in logistics and procurement management at Eastern and Southern African management institute ( ESAMI) Arusha in Tanzania.
Okiring holds a degree in purchasing and stock management he got from the UK under the Multitech accountancy program, in Kampala.
Okiring’s exceptional national historical achievements.
In 2001-2002 he documented all arms v, ammunition and personnel from South Sudan and the West Nile region that he said he handed to President Museveni in Yumbe Boma grounds.
Okiringa was at the center of negotiating for a cease-fire agreement on the offensive between Uganda troops (UPDF) and the Uganda National Rescue Front led by Major Gen Ali Bamuze a Chief of staff.
In 2002 -2004 appointed executive secretary to the peace liaison committee under the Ministry of Internal Affairs to oversee the implementation of the peace accord.
During this time, Okiring supervised the integration of ex-combatants of UNRF into UPDF and obtained amnesty certificates for all.
“I was a district councillor for Agule from 2001 -2006 but despite my arrest, my record remained clean. Being the Chairperson FDC when I joined NRM I led a special mobilization that led to president Museveni gaining 53% compared to the previous when I was in the opposition and still referred to as a special mobilizer for HE president Museveni”, he expressed, profoundly.
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