Ronald Reagan Okumu is a Ugandan politician and member of parliament from Aswa County and Commissioner of Parliament of Uganda. He is a member of Forum for Democratic Change and serves as the vice president of the party for North region.[1][2]
Political career
editOkumu was elected to the parliament in 2001 on the ticket of the Forum for Democratic Change until 2016 election when he quit the party to run for parliament as an independent candidate and won. His election was challenged in court by FDC candidate Christopher Acire who alleged irregularities in the electoral process.[3] The case ended in favour of Okumu who served out his term in the parliament. He lost his parliamentary seat in the 2021 election for the first time since 1996. He was sacked from the parliament by National Resistance Movement (NRM) candidate Simon Wokorach who scored about 14,000 votes to Okumu's 2,200 votes.[4][5]
In April 2005 he was arrested together with Michael Nyeko Ocula for the suspected murder of Alfred Bongomin. Later they were acquitted. It is suspected the charges were fabricated to eliminate opposition politicians, similar to what happened to Muhammad Ssegirinya and Allan Ssewanyana.[6]
References
edit- ^ "Why Acholi's long-serving lawmakers were defeated". Daily Monitor. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Okumu Ronald Reagan is seriously sick. – The Drone Media". Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Regan Okumu, Aol Disagree Over Choice of Party Flag Bearers in Gulu :". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "MP Reagan Okumu Decries Delayed 2016 Supreme Court Ruling". Uganda Radio Network. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ "Okumu warns Gulu teachers on UPE funds". New Vision. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
- ^ MUKASA, ROBERT SPIN (2021-09-15). "Why state slapped murder on Ssegirinya, Ssewanyana". The Observer - Uganda. Retrieved 2023-08-23.