Patrick Oboi Amuriat is a Ugandan engineer, politician and a founding member of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) party and ran on its platform for the president of Uganda in the January 2021 presidential election.
He was appointed Campaign Chief and official interpreter for Teso and Karamoja Sub Regions by opposition presidential candidate Paul Kawanga Ssemwogerere during the 1996 election.
He was elected to the parliament in 2001 and chaired Science and Technology and Commissions Statutory Authorities and State Enterprises (COSASE) committees.
In 2015, FDC party appointed him Chief National Field Coordinator to its presidential flag bearer Kizza Besigye.
[4] Appearing before the Parliamentary Human Rights Committee investigating cases of electoral violence during the election, he complained of harassment and intimidation and reported that he was arrested more than 40 times during the two months campaign and had been punched in the stomach by a security officer.