Betty Aol Ochan

Betty Aol Ochan, is a Ugandan teacher and politician, who has served as the Leader of Opposition in Uganda's Parliament since 3 August 2018.She was appointed to that position by Patrick Amuriat, the president of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), the largest opposition party in the 10th Parliament (2016–2021).

Quotes

• The Constitution is to ensure good governance and to always challenge the ruling party. The ruling party has to govern the country for the people of Uganda. It is constitutional that we are in the multiparty dispensation and it doesn’t mean that you have to kill all other parties.
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• If Ugandans think we should go unconstitutional, then we are going to see all the parties destroyed. What we try to address is just the symptoms. The real root causes are still untouched. We need to address the root causes of the problem.
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• Uganda should not be captured by just a family where everything is the family in charge. Ugandans should be in charge of their country.
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• The wisdom is not hiring goons to come and incite people. Where do they get money from for hiring these goons? We have been struggling with the issue of finances but now you see them hiring goons
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• We should get ourselves together. We should be wise enough and know that (the death of FDC is being caused) by somebody else.
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• We can unite if we feel the pain of our people but if we don’t feel the pain of our people, then we can fight among ourselves. I want to tell the opposition to come together. We should challenge the governance if it is poor. You see if FDC was going to be in power, there must also be strong opposition to check on them.
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