Who is Ayoo Tonny? Flash Uganda Media looks at his biography, age, husband, family, tribe, achievements, and relationship with Apac SS, Anokbonggo Willy Washington, Oguti Geoffrey, Adiga Odur Andrew, Okello Jimmy Emmanuel Ecum, Adupa Patrick Nelson, Oguti Geoffrey Ojeda, and Ogwal Emmanuel Agweno, the early life and education of the current Member of Parliament for Kwania Constituency in the eleventh Ugandan Parliament
Ayoo Tonny is a Ugandan politician who currently serves as the Member of Parliament for Kwania Constituency in the eleventh Ugandan Parliament.
He has now served as the MP for Kwania District for three consecutive terms.
Ayoo Tonny is also the Chairperson of the East African Affairs Parliamentary Committee.
Early Life and Education
Ayoo Tonny was born on August 6, 1973, in Apac District, Uganda.
He attended Aduku SS and Apac SS for his secondary school.
Ayoo possesses a secondary education diploma from Lira-Ngenta NTC as well as a Bachelor of Development Studies from Makerere University.
Tonny Ayoo is a married man.
Career and Professional Work Experience
The unjust treatment of his community motivated Ayoo Tonny to leave his teaching career and enter politics in order to effect change.
He only taught for six months at Apac SS before entering politics in 1998. Ayoo served as a councillor representing multiple electorates in Apac district until 2011 when he decided to pursue a higher position.
He ran for Kwania County representative on the NRM ticket in the 2011 general elections and was elected to Uganda’s ninth Parliament (2011 to 2016).
He took over for Anokbonggo Willy Washington, the former Kwania County UPC representative from the eighth parliament.
He ran again and was elected to the tenth parliament as well.
Tonny Ayo also won the National Resistance Movement party primary elections in September 2020 to keep his place in Parliament. After receiving 12,751 votes, he won by a landslide margin of 84.7%.
Ayo’s closest challenger, Oguti Geoffrey, came in second with 1,921 votes, or 12.8% and Mr. Okek Erick came in last with 383 votes or 2.5%.
Ayoo Tonny received 8,216 votes in the 2021 General Elections, defeating his other competitors; Omara Innocent David of the Uganda People’s Congress, Adiga Odur Andrew of the Forum for Democratic Change, Okello Jimmy Emmanuel Ecum, Adupa Patrick Nelson, Oguti Geoffrey Ojeda, and Ogwal Emmanuel Agweno, all of whom ran as Independent candidates.
Achievements and Awards
Tonny Ayoo was named Vice Chairperson of the Parliamentary Committee on Road Safety in Uganda.
Tonny Ayoo submitted a letter to President Yoweri Museveni demanding a public progressive report on the development of the Akii-Bua memorial stadium as part of his duties.
Controversies
MP Ayoo is one of a new breed of ‘rebel’ MPs who have campaigned for change inside the NRM and even urged Museveni not to run in the 2016 elections.
It is alleged that on February 12, 2022, Tony Ayo, the area MP for Kwania County, hired a witch doctor named Peter Ogwang to perform a ritual at his home in Obolo Cani village after the theft of his eight head of cattle.
The rituals resulted in the poisoning of three people, including the deceased Mike Odure, Innocent Okello, and another only identified as Okello.
Tony Ayo, who denied any involvement in the operation, confirmed hearing about it after it happened, claiming he was not even at home at the time.
Ayo went on to say that the last time he complained about animals being stolen from his home was in 2016 when thieves stole 27 cows and 40 goats, which is why he stopped taking care of goats.
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