The Forum for Democratic Change Party President, Patrick Oboi Amuriat has expressed happiness over the defeat of incumbent Kitgum Municipality Member of Parliament also State Minister for Environment Beatrice Anywar.
Anywar lost the bid to retain her parliamentary seat for the fourth term on the National Resistance Movement party in the January 14th election to FDC party stalwart Denis Onekalit Amere.
Amere polled 3,263 votes, while Anywar garnered 3,052 votes.
Speaking at a thanksgiving prayer for the victory of Amere in Kitgum Municipality on Saturday, Amuriat says Anywar’s loss was predictable since she had turned against the party that nurtured her political career.
Anywar was a loyal member of the FDC and ably represented the party in Parliament for two terms since winning her first parliamentary seat in 2006 and the second term in 2011.
Anywar however contested as an independent candidate in the 2016 parliamentary elections after losing primaries, a move that saw a rocky relationship with the FDC party.
She would however begin paying allegiance to the NRM Party Chairman President Museveni and by December 2017, she joined the NRM legislators and voted in favour of removing the presidential age limit from the constitution.
Amuriat noted that the FDC party was founded on the sacrifice of the people of Uganda adding that anyone who insulted the party like Anywar wouldn’t freely walk away with it.
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