According to the kingdom officials, the tour, organized by the Uganda National Oil Company (UNOC), was aimed at familiarizing Alur Kingdom one of the key cultural stakeholders in the region with the progress of the Tilenga and Kingfisher oil and gas projects.
According to Kitgum District Police Commander, Superintendent of Police Peter Oyesigye, the mortuary attendant, Richard Okongo, was taken into custody after he refused to release the body of a deceased individual until he was paid his share of the fees.
According to the CSOs, local governments are being reduced to mere observers of resources, while the larger portion of funds remains at the ministry level, leaving local governments struggling with inadequate resources.
Fifty-eight-year-old Kala Akot, one of the victims of land violence in the area has yet failed to step into her matrimonial land for over 10 years after the death of her husband. Akot noted that, for some time, she had survived with her three sons and their children in the hands of relatives who offered them small pieces of land for shelter and farming.
Bosco Emot, a resident of Aderlongo trading center, explained that power, which was connected to the area under the Rural Electrification Program, went out in October of the previous year, just a few weeks after the Rural Electrification Agency (REA) handed it over to Umeme.
According to witnesses, the suspects, believed to be intoxicated after leaving a drinking joint, encountered Okidi trying to steal bread. It is alleged that Kinyera restrained Okidi while Otoo struck him in the chest with a brick, resulting in fatal injuries.
