Andrew Oulanyah’s Rival Simon Toolit Is Dead
National Unity Platform(NUP)’s parliamentary flag bearer in the last year’s Omoro County by-elections, Simon Toolit Aketcha has passed on.
According to sources, Toolit, died on Monday morning but details surrounding his death remain scanty.
The news of his death was confirmed by Omoro county MP Andrew Ojok Oulanyah.
“It is a dark day in Omoro! We have lost one of our gallant sons and former MP, Hon. Simon Toolit Akecha! Hon. Toolit was the MP for Omoro County between 2006 & 2011 and was a candidate in recent by-elections. May his soul rest in eternal peace!” OJok said in a tweet.
The same news has been confirmed by NUP President Robert Kyagulanyi aka Bobi Wine who tweeted;
“It is very unfortunate that he has passed without seeing the justice and good governance which he so much struggled for, all his life. Details regarding burial arrangements are being discussed with the family, and will be communicated in due course. May his soul rest in peace.”
Tolit was the Omoro County MP in the eighth Parliament but got defeated by Oulanyah in 2011 parliamentary election. Oulanyah again beat him in the February 18, 2021 parliamentary election.
Tolit had previously contested for the same seat on the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) ticket but lost. RIP
