Hon Alema Dicky Emerges Victorious After Defeating UPC Party Candidate in Tightly Contested Yivu Sub-county Councilor Race.

Story by Osuta Yusuf.

Maracha District.

24-1-2026.

In a tightly contested race to vote the directly elected Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council to serve in the next five years (2026 - 2031), Hon Alema Dicky the National Resistance Movement (NRM) Party Candidate has defeated Drileyo David the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party candidate during Thursday 22-1-2026 Local Council elections held Countrywide

Hon Alema Dicky whose campaign manifesto focused on lobbying a Seed Secondary School, boreholes and piped water for Yivu Sub-county, won the heart of the people by getting 1,722 votes, defeating the UPC Party Candidate Drileyo David whose campaign manifesto focused on transparency, equality for all Sub-counties, accountability, roads, bridges and fighting corruption but he ended up getting 826 votes. 

It should be noted that, the position for the Councilor for Yivu Sub-county to Maracha District Council stayed vacant for 2 years and 9 months after the Incumbent Councilor, Hon. Droma Morris was knocked dead by a speeding car on Friday 8pm 7-April-2023 around Nyoroo, along Arua - Maracha - Koboko road while he was riding motorcycle to go back to his home. 

Stay tuned.

#iip_updates

#Information_is_Power

#we_inform_the_uninformed