Seraphine Alia, the Chief Administrative Officer Katakwi says that the decision to relocate the centres was taken after observing that a number of roads leading to the schools had been cut off by floods, making them inaccessible.
Seraphine Alia, the Chief Administrative Officer Katakwi says that the debts had accumulated as a result of non-payment of suppliers of most food items, stationery and purchase of the school bus among others.
Jennifer Akwang, a resident of Ngariam village told URN that most of the people infected with scabies haven’t sought medical help and only use blue soap to wash the affected parts. She says the disease has affected her entire family.
The school headteacher Paul Omuut said that the student had health complications which could have triggered the reaction after the punishment, of three strokes, administered by the teacher. He said that the school was engaging the deceased’s parents on the matter.
Moses Elungat, a resident of Ongongonja Sub County has asked government to come to their rescue by providing them with drugs, mosquito nets and education services for their children since the Karamojong who claim the contested land have evicted them.
The angry parents have threatened to withdraw all their children from the school if the head teacher, his deputy Andrew Ariko and Robert Ekau the school bursar are not transferred.
In September last year, the company supplied over 300 bags of cassava cuttings from Masindi district to farmers in Palam Sub County. The inputs have since remained wasted at the sub-county headquarters.
The call for branding cattle follows an outcry of Teso leaders especially in the districts of Kapelebyong and Katakwi over the increasing cases of cattle thefts by the Karamojong thieves for the last two months.
