By Sadique Bamwita
Entebbe
Little is known about Lawrence Onyango, the Head of Enforcement at Entebbe Division ‘A’ ,who recently declared his political bid to unseat the incumbent Legislator for West Budama North Constituency Hon. Maximus Ochai. MP hopeful Onyango, who doubles as the Legal Advisor for Entebbe Adhola community, is known to be a reserved person. Below we unearth secrets about him.
Marriage life
The MP hopeful is a monogamous man and he wedded his only wife four years ago. The couple is blessed with a baby boy currently in middle class at Entebbe based Rainbow Nursery school. He rarely goes out alone because he respects his wife who expects him at their residential home in Katabi zone after working hours at 5pm. While at home, he helps his wife with some domestic cores since they both work.
His parents
His father is a religious leader in Tororo district while his mother hails from prominent Mulanda village where some of the powerful government leaders come from, the notable ones include Ofwono Opondo (Government spokesperson), Charles Oboth Ofumbi-the former Defence Minister during Idi Amin’s regime among others . Given this background, MP hopeful Onyango contends that his leadership ambitions are in blood and believes he is born a leader naturally.
Political journey
MP Aspirant Lawrence Onyango began his political ambitions way back while in school right from the famous Nagongera Boys Primary School, then at St. Kizito Primary School beneath the Tororo Rock, then at Rock High School, and then at Law Development Center, Makerere, where he stood for Guild president and lost to his opponent who garnered largest number of votes. He attributes his leadership successes to God saying he is well endowed with God’s calling to lead people adding that his leadership talent, zeal, and prowess keeps following him wherever he goes. Mr. Onyango who hails from Mukwana- Morwa Zone in Tororo district argues that due to his leadership prowess he decided to offer himself to unseat Hon. Maximus Ochai- the incumbent Member of Parliament for West Budama North constituency in order to help his people who are underserved.
Work history
Hon. Onyango is widely exposed in the legal and business world. He formerly worked with Justice Centers Uganda Kampala, Agaba Muhairwe & Co, Advocates, Kampala, Nshemereirwe, Arigye & Co, Advocates, Defunct Crane Bank, Entebbe branch and at Entebbe International Airport. Currently, he works with Entebbe Municipal Council as the Head of enforcement unit at Entebbe Division ‘A’. However, he is set to resign his current job to vie for West Budama North Constituency parliamentary seat come 2026 General elections.
His 2026 Campaign slogan
MP hopeful Onyango says his campaign slogan is dubbed as 18 Reasons and that it encompasses all the reasons why he has offered himself to go and deliver his people of West Budama North Constituency from what he describes as the bondage of suffering citing the biblical Moses, Abraham or Jacob, and that based on this he hears God calling him to go and liberate his village people from suffering.
Notable among his 18 reasons are; the dream that he had while in S.6 A Literature class back then at Rock High School, Tororo in which God told him that one day he would be a Member of Parliament revealing that this very dream was repeated to him by God this year while at Entebbe Municipal council, when God reminded him that “his time to go and offer himself as MP is now and not tomorrow, “MP Hopeful Onyango revealed .
Determined Onyango says that once he is elected to represent his people he would begin with refurbishing worshipping centers in his constituency in addition to giving tithe to God every month in at least 3 churches per sub-county as a way of not only helping his poor people in churches, but also to give back to God for the gift of life and many testimonies in his life.
Besides that, he says he intends to extend government programs to the deepest parts of his constituency as a way of empowering the youths, women, commercial cyclists, farmers, Disabled persons and the elderly among other vulnerable groups.
He further revealed that he intends to fix all the dilapidated school infrastructures, health facilities and the neglected Tororo- Nagongera Road which is currently in very terrible condition.
