Amos Okot

{{Short description|Ugandan politician}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Amos John Okot | honorific_prefix = Hon. | image = Okot John Amos.jpg | birth_date = | birth_place = Uganda | occupation = Pastor, Politician | party = National Resistance Movement | office = Member of Parliament for Agago North | parliament = 9th Parliament of Uganda; 11th Parliament of Uganda | term_start = 2011; 2021 | term_end = 2016 | predecessor = Ogenga Latigo | successor = Ogenga Latigo | known_for = Parliamentary service, political comeback }}

'''Amos John Okot''' is a Ugandan pastor, politician and member of Ugandan parliament representing Agago North on the ticket of National Resistance Movement (NRM). He was first elected in 2011 to the 9th parliament but failed to secure re-election in 2016. He was re-elected to the parliament in the 2021 general elections.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Alex|first=Obonyo|date=2021-01-30|title=Okot John Amos the newly elected member of parliament for Agago North sets out his vision for his constituency|url=http://thekalongotimes.com/okot-john-amos-the-newly-elected-member-of-parliament-for-agago-north-sets-out-his-vision-for-his-constituency/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=The Kalongo Times|language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Agago MP explains ambulance withdrawal from Hospital|url=https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/national/agago-mp-explains-ambulance-withdrawal-from-hospital-1591260|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Daily Monitor|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Okot John Amos - 2021 General Election - Visible Polls |url=https://visiblepolls.org/ug/2021-general-election/candidates/okot-john-amos-6811/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=visiblepolls.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=John Amos Okot |url=https://theyworkforyou.github.io/uganda-parliament-watch/mp/8eec0ad3-8774-485e-b103-f0b22c4933dd/ |access-date=2023-02-02 |website=theyworkforyou.github.io}}</ref>

== Political career == Okot’s major political career began in 2011, when he won the Agago North seat to the 9th Ugandan Parliament replacing the leadership of the opposition in the parliament Ogenga Latigo. He suffered a political setback on 18 February 2016, when he lost his re-election bid to the 10th parliament to his challenger, Morris Ogenga Latigo who polled 14,079 to lead Okot with 10,420 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Daniel|first=Cere|title=Prof Ogenga Latigo Bounces Back to Parliament|url=http://ugandaradionetwork.com/story/prof-ogenga-latigo-bounces-back-in-agago-|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Uganda Radio Network|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Professor Ogenga Plots Political Comeback|url=https://ugandaradionetwork.net/story/professor-ogenga-plots-political-comeback|access-date=2021-08-16|website=Uganda Radionetwork|language=en}}</ref> Okot challenged the result of the election in court with allegations of voter bribery, defamation and non- compliance with Parliamentary election laws against Ogenga Latigo and the Electoral Commission but failed to prove his case and was dismissed with cost awarded against him.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Okot v Electoral Commission and Anor (Election Petition-2016/2) [2016] UGHCEP 42 (23 June 2016); {{!}} Ulii|url=https://ulii.org/ug/judgment/election-petitions-uganda/2016/42|access-date=2021-08-16|website=ulii.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=URN|title=Court says Prof Latigo was rightly elected|url=https://observer.ug/news-headlines/44983-court-says-prof-latigo-was-rightly-elected|access-date=2021-08-16|website=The Observer - Uganda|language=en-gb}}</ref> Okot later made a political comeback in the 2021 general election when he reclaimed the Agago North parliamentary seat from Latigo who had defeated him 2016.

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== External links ==

* [https://globalhealthtrainingcentre.tghn.org/community/members/697138/ Profile for Okot Amos] * [https://ug.linkedin.com/in/okot-amos-959a49282 Okot Amos]linkedln {{DEFAULTSORT:Okot, Amos}}

Category:Living people Category:National Resistance Movement politicians Category:Year of birth missing (living people) Category:Members of the 11th Parliament of Uganda