[1][2] She stood as the Alebtong District Women's Representative in the tenth Parliament of Uganda as an independent politician.

In the 2021 election, Dorcus Acen was affiliated with the National Resistance Movement as the ruling political party.

[3] She also donated posho and beans to vulnerable people in the district whose livelihood had been affected by the extended lockdown and other presidential measures, aimed at managing the COVID-19 outbreak countrywide.

[4][5] In the eleventh parliament, she serves on the Committee on Gender, Labour and Social Development.

[7] In 2018, she worked as the Gender and Protection Adviser at CARE International in South Sudan, where she is responsible for the overall direction of the Gender and Protection programme portfolio.