Aruu County Constituency in Pader District Member of Parliament Hon. Odonga Otto has advised Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) presidential candidate Patrick Oboi Amuriat to concentrate on his quest for the big office and leave him alone.
Odonga Otyo
Otto said this after Amuriat told people of Pader not to vote for Otto and this pissed off the Aruu County legislator who took to his Twitter to lash out at presidential hopeful. Below is his tweet;
Patrick Oboi Amuriat
“FDC’s POA to Pader, “don’t vote Otto”. Amuriat, concentrate on having just one child. Why seek the highest office to manage other people’s children? No wonder you are moving barefeet because there is no child at home to ask you why. Whose child should die in your struggle,” Odonga Otto tweeted.
There was drama at Parliament after two members of Parliament were involved in nasty exchange.
The MP for Kilak County in Amuru District Hon Akol Anthony met Hon. Odonga Otto of Amuuru County in Pader district in the lobby and asked him why he was telling his voters not to vote for him.
Hon Otto had over the weekend addressed a rally in the disputed Lakang land in Amuru and told voters not to vote Hon. Akol and Chairman LCV alleging that they had received over UGX 300m after selling land to government.
Hon Otto responded “Indeed he said it and its true Hon Akol sold land of the poor people in Apaa”.
Akol Anthony said it was “his land he sold” and Otto replied “I went to prison to protect poor people’s land then you as MP sells it”
Akol immediately said “I will act mad now” and punched Otto in the head.
It took the intervention of Gulu Municipality MP Hon. Komakech Lyndro to hold Akol from throwing the second punch to Otto.
Police intervened and sergeant at arms called for ambulance to rush Hon.Otto to Nakasero hospital for treatment. The CCTV cameras are quite revealing.
Aruu County Member of Parliament Hon Odonga Otto has issued intention to sue notice to his Koboko Municipality counterpart Hon Evelyn Anite over defamation remarks.
Otto accuses Hon Anite, the State Minister for Finance in charge of Investment of calling him a drunkard and claiming he begged money from President Yoweri Museveni.
Odonga Otto
Through his own law firm of Odonga Otto and Company Advocates, Otto wants Anite to publicly apologize to him and also pay him Shs300 million in damages.
On Thursday last week, Minister Anite accused Otto of coming to parliament while drunk. She suggested the following day that members of parliament should be subjected to breathalyzer tests at the start of parliament business.
Evelyn Anite
Anite in a televised interview also accused Otto of begging for money from Museveni to support the Age Limit Bill, and that when he failed to get it, he became bitter with her.
Anite’s claims came after Hon Otto moved a motion on the floor of parliament for her to be subjected to the parliamentary disciplinary committee for allegedly endangering the lives of her fellow MPs.
The Aruu legislator says Anite’s comments damaged his reputation at Parliament, amongst the public and his constituents back home.
He now wants the minister to apologize to him publicly and to pay him Shs300m “in damages for the pain, torment and anguish” that he is undergoing.
Anite was given 7 days to make good of these demands or a suit would be formally filed in courts of law.
