The People of Aringa South Constituency Have Spoken, Says MP Alioni Odria Shortly After They Appeared Before NRM Tribunal Over Petition Against His Victory.
NRM Secretariat, Kampala.
3-August-2025.
The NRM Tribunal which is a committee of Lawyers constituted to hear and rule on petitions filed before it by various aggrieved Parliamentary, Mayoral, and LC5 Candidates, has on Sunday morning 11am 3-August-2025, heard the petition stemming from the 17-7-2025 NRM party primary election for the Aringa South Constituency MP position in Yumbe District, WestNile region.
The race in Aringa South Constituency which attracted 6 candidates, leveraged the incumbent MP Hon Alioni Yorke Odria to emerge the winner with 17,671 votes in the 17-7-2025 NRM parliamentary primary election, defeating his 5 competitors, namely; Matua Mike who garnered 5,056 votes, Mawa John Okole who got 3,008 votes, Musema M. Bruce who garnered 8,515 votes, Munduru Emilly who got 1,881 votes and Deborah Jesuena who garnered 1,407 votes.
Mr Musema M. Bruce, who came second in the NRM primary election, filed a petition before the Tribunal citing irregularities from the Aringa South Constituency NRM primary election for the Parliamentary position.
Speaking to our reporter shortly after he filed his defense before the NRM Tribunal in Kampala, Hon Alioni Yorke Odria who has so far served for two terms (2016 - 2021, 2021 - 2026) as the MP for Aringa South Constituency and he also recently won the 17-7-2025 NRM Primary election to become the official 2026 - 2031 NRM flag bearer for the Parliamentary position in the upcoming general election, expressed his confidence and satisfaction over the professional manner in which the NRM Tribunal lawyers heard their case this morning.
“We have responded to those petitions already! It's not time for me to talk because the people of Aringa South Constituency spoke, acted, and voted overwhelmingly for me, and that is why I was able to get over 17,000 votes”, Hon Odria stated during the interview while scoffing at the petitioners who got little votes but dared to file petitions against him.
The Lawyer representing Hon Alioni Yorke Odria in the petition, Counsel Renato Kania, criticized the petition filed by Musema M. Bruce as speculation, conjecture, and baseless allegations without a foot to stand.
“You don't just make wild allegations, imaginations and you fail to adduce substantial evidence to prove them”, says Counsel Kania as he prayed for the petition to be thrown away and advised the losers to accept defeat.
By the time of writing this story, our efforts to get a comment from the petitioner, Musema M. Bruce, were futile as he didn't answer our call nor respond to a text message we sent him.
Stay tuned.
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