By. Rachael Najjuma

26th Aug 2020

The Uganda People’s Congress-UPC party faction under Lira Municipality Member of Parliament, Jimmy Akena has opted out of the 2021 presidential race.  

The faction Spokesperson, Sharon Arach Oyat announced the decision at their weekly press briefing at Uganda House today saying while at the delegate’s conference held on August 1st, 2020 that endorsed Akena as their presidential candidate for the 2021 polls, he declined to take up the challenge since he is still interested in running for a parliamentary seat.

Arach says that they are opting out of the presidential elections to focus on Local council, special interest group and all other elections where their members are involved.

Akena has confirmed this saying, running for presidency isn’t just a matter of enjoying five minutes of fame but the target should be to win the polls than competing to waste resources.

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