Defeated Ugandan politician Patrick Okumu-Ringa dismantles water boreholes he had initiated in his constituency area to punish his constituents.

Unhappy Ugandan politician Patrick Okumu-Ringa, upset with his constituents’ seals up boreholes and development projects he had initiated in the area to punish his constituents.

ICMS, Inc Reports
By Tom Okure, Ph.D

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Ugandan lawmaker Patrick Okumu-Ringa, angry and very hurt after successive decisive defeats in a recent parliamentary by election, blames his constituents for his defeat and not voting for him.

Ugandan Politician Mr. Okumu-Ringa

In retaliation for what he says is his constituents ungratefulness and failure to appreciate his efforts to empower them; the lawmaker stops all community development projects he initiated in the area for his constituents and dismantles all the boreholes he had sunk that have been supplying free water to residents in his constituency area free of charge over the last two decades.

Mr. Patrick Okumu-Ringa has made a number of unsuccessful bids to return to the Ugandan Parliament but has failed. His latest comeback attempt and defeat as an independent candidate by the ruling party candidate Mr. Hashim Mukulanga was “the final straw that broke the camel's back” for the politician. He was miserably defeated coming a distant third and only securing a paltry 1,270 votes out of the 9,940 votes cast. The ruling party candidate Mr. Hashim Mukulanga garnered 4,283 votes, while second place with 4,159 votes when to another candidate Robert Onega of FDC Party.

Three days following the announcement of the election results, Mr. Patrick Okumu-Ringa began the process of dismantling the development projects including the boreholes he had initiated in his constituency area to punish his constituents. 

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ELECTION LOSER DISMANTLES BOREHOLES, TELLS VOTERS TO LOOK FOR WATER ELSEWHERE
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