Patrick Ocan | |
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| Member of Ugandan Parliament | |
| Honourable | |
| In office 2021–2026 | |
| Preceded by | Office established |
| Constituency | Apac Municipality |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 24,1978 |
| Nationality | Ugandan |
| Party | Ugandan People's Congress |
| Alma mater | Makerere University |
Patrick Ocan (born April 24,1978) is a Ugandan economist and politician and a former Member of Parliament who represented the Apac Municipality for the Ugandan People's Congress (UPC) in the eleventh elections of 2021-2026. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Ocan attended Makerere University where he graduated with a Bachelor's degree in Qualitative Economics. [5]
Ocan was elected to the Ugandan Parliament to represent Apac District in 2018 on the platform of UPC scoring 6,597 votes. After his victory,Centenary Bank resumed a 12-year fraud case against Ocan,leading to his arrest. He was accused of defrauding the bank of 25 million Uganda shillings after the money was discovered missing from the bank's treasury. [6] [7] Ocan denied the allegation,stating that the bank was defrauded when a customer brought in fake dollar bills for exchange which he accepted without discovering it. [8]
Ocan was removed from his seat in parliament along with five other legislators in December 2019 by the Constitutional Court of Uganda. This was the ruling of a case filed by a former Bufumbira East MP,Eddie Kwizera. The case had challenged the legality of the six constituencies including Apac District created after 2016 elections. [9] [10] The court declared all six constituencies null and void. [11]
In 2025,Ocan announced his intention to contest as independent candidate in the 2026 eleventh elections following his expulsion from UPC. He made the announcement during a three-day training program for widows organized by the NGO of the St. Thomas church of Uganda in Apac. [12] [13] [14]