The storm seems to be over for veteran journalist Denis Katongole aka Katongole Omutongole.
After failing to win Bbaale Constituency as the area member of parliament, Dennis Katongole has pushed his eyes on the Kayunga District seat as its political head.
He is seeking to replace the the newly elected Kayunga district LC5 chairperson, Ffefeka Sserubogo, who according to Police, committed suicide mid this month.
Katongole who has worked with a number of media houses in Uganda including Radio Simba, Beat FM, NBS TV, Bukedde FM, Delta TV and Capital FM, witnessed a resounding defeat in the 2021 general elections when he lost to National Unity Platform (NUP) candidate, Charles Tebandeke.
Katongole only managed emerging sixth with 2,718 votes in the race of 12 candidates.
Katongole’s desire to lead this area has been on for more than a decade as in 2011, his ambitions encountered a tough rock after he lost the party primaries on the National Resistance Movement ticket a shock that forced him to sale off some of his properties including a school (Bright Angels High School) that was located along Balintuma Road in Kampala.
Katongole told this news website on Wednesday that he is currently concentrating on getting the NUP flag first, on which he will contest for the position in the by-election.
In the district, his posters are already flying high with NUP party symbol, promising to steer an end to dusty roads and land grabbing in the area.
The tall and vocal broadcast journalist went to Mengo Primary School, Kitatya Secondary School in Kayunga and Yale High School. He later did a diploma in Journalism and degree in Mass Communication a Kampala International University.
