Olara Otunnu Overthrown as UPC President

Tension at the opposition Uganda People’s Congress Party hit the boiling point on Friday, as supporters of the newly elected party President Jimmy Akena, battled with outgoing president Dr Olara Otunnu.
The latter, who announced his resignation at the end of his term, is unsatisfied with the process through which Mr Akena was elected president last week, citing irregularities that characterized the entire process that must be probed.
At the peak of Friday’s scuffle in which Otunnu was manhandled by Akena’s supporters as he tried sneak of his office to avoid a press conference called to address Akena’s Victory, the angry supporters took a drastic decision to throw him out of UPC’s leadership.
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Otunnu was seized from the buildings toilets as he tried to sneak out and avoid the press meeting. He nonetheless stood his ground as the angry members shoved him around, that he would not attend a meeting he wasn’t initially part of.
Otunnu wants an independent committee to probe the election process and if necessary cancel out the election results, something that Akena and his supporters vowed not to allow.
After several minutes of bitter exchange, he was released by the supporters.
The members however, infuriated by Otunnu’s actions organized and took a decision to overthrow Dr Otunnu, even before his term expires.
After Otunnu left Uganda House, they went and purchased new padlocks which they used to lock his office saying that he was no longer UPC President.
Sources in the party told us a new committee led by one Patrick Mwondha was set up, which will provide interim leadership until the July Delegates Conference when the new President will be endorsed.
The council will handle all party activities leading to the July 10th National Council and July 11th National Delegates Conference.
All this took place in the presence of president elect Jimmy Akena, who was occupying the party Vice President Joseph Bossa’s office.