Jacinta Atuto

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Jacinta Atuto
NationalityUgandan
Occupation Politician
Known forDeputy chairperson for the parliamentary Committee On Climate Change

Jacinta Atuto is a Ugandan politician who serves as a member of parliament for Kapelebyong District in the eleventh parliament of Uganda. [1] [2] She is the deputy chairperson for the parliamentary Committee On Climate Change. [1] She is a member of the National Resistance Movement. [3] [4]

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Other works

She donated an ambulance to the people of Kapelebyong. [2]

Controversies

Ms Adupo Florence a former Kapelebyong Woman member of parliament for Kapelebyong District candidate on the Forum for Democratic Change who lost to Atuto, claimed that her votes in the 2021 elections were handed to her rivals who included Atuto, [3] a matter Adupo took to the Soroti Chief Magistrates Court wanting the votes to be re-counted but her vote recount applications were dismissed by Chief Magistrate Monica Amono as they lacked substantial evidence to warrant a vote recount. [5] [6]

See also

  1. List of members of the eleventh Parliament of Uganda
  2. Sauda Kauma
  3. Parliament of Uganda
  4. National Resistance Movement

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References

  1. 1 2 "Committee On Climate Change – Parliament Watch" . Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  2. 1 2 "Kapelebyong Woman MP's shs220m ambulance story — TND News". 2021-10-19. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  3. 1 2 "MP losers flood Soroti court seeking vote recount". Monitor. 2021-01-27. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  4. "Olukalala lw'ababaka 200 abayitiddwa mu lusirika lwa NRM wiiki ejja". New Vision. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  5. "Court dismisses vote recount petitions in Teso". The Independent Uganda. 2021-01-30. Retrieved 2022-03-23.
  6. "Court Dismisses Vote Recount Petitions in Teso". Uganda Radionetwork. Retrieved 2022-03-23.