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A bitter political rivalry within a family has erupted into violence in West Nile region’s Madi-Okollo district.<\/p>\n
Sunday Bulia allegedly shot his brother,\u00a0Patrick Asia, with an arrow during an argument over support for competing candidates in the Lower Madi parliamentary race. The incident, under investigation by the Police reflects the growing political tension ahead of the 2026 General Election.<\/p>\n
On January 4, 2026, at about 6:30pm, the brothers clashed in Lali Cell, Enyio Ward, after debating support for Isael Ali Ogama (National Resistance Movement flag-bearer) and Ronald Afidra (independent and the incumbent).<\/p>\n
Police say the dispute turned physical when Bulia grabbed a bow and arrow, intending to attack their father.\u00a0 Asia intervened to stop him, but Bulia fired the arrow, striking him near his genital area. <\/p>\n
Asia, a staunch supporter of Afidra, was wearing a yellow T-shirt emblazoned with his candidate\u2019s photo during the confrontation. However, Bulia, backing Ogama, fled after the attack as Asia was rushed to Rhino Camp Health Centre IV, where surgeons successfully removed the arrow embedded near his abdomen.<\/p>\n
West Nile Police region spokesperson Josephine Angucia told\u00a0New Vision Online that the case was registered as attempted murder (CRB 006\/2026), with investigations ongoing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“No arrests have been made yet, but we\u2019re gathering witness statements to ensure justice,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
Violence condemned<\/p>\n
Ogama distanced himself from the attack, urging supporters to reject violence.<\/p>\n
“If any backer turns violent, I\u2019ll disown them. We promote peace, not bloodshed,\u201d he said, adding that the incident contradicts party values and pledged to let law enforcement handle the matter. <\/p>\n
Afidra, Asia\u2019s supported candidate, could not be reached for comment, but Asia himself recounted the ordeal from his hospital bed.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The constituency\u2019s MP race pits Ogama against Afidra, with other candidates Rashid Droma (PFF) and withdrawn contender Arish Kanu Amin of the National Unity Platform trailing.<\/p>\n
Police appealed\u00a0to the public to remain calm and exercise political tolerance in families and ensure a peaceful end to political campaigns on January 13, 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"___________________ A bitter political rivalry within a family has erupted into violence in West Nile region’s Madi-Okollo district.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[5150,5151,1179,261,153,1420],"class_list":{"0":"post-7248","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uganda","8":"tag-madi-okollo-district","9":"tag-man-shoots-brother-with-arrow-over-political-candidate","10":"tag-police","11":"tag-politics","12":"tag-uganda","13":"tag-uganda-elections-2026"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/africa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}