Reports indicate that the chiefs convened a meeting with beneficiaries, during which they demanded payment of ten thousand Shillings from each individual for ICT assistance, claiming that this payment was necessary for them to benefit from the program.
William Ojangole, 72, passed away in Ethiopia on Saturday, October 14, 2023, and was laid to rest the following day after a brief illness. He was one of the 273 Christians who left their homes earlier in the year from Serere and Ngora districts for Ethiopia, citing fears of doomsday.
Olemunyang was knocked by a speeding unknown car along Soroti- Mbale road on Saturday night when he was riding back home from Mukura trading centre to Kapir Sub County headquarters.
Papa Deo Seburimage, the Principle Officer in Charge of Education, Information, and Communication in the National Secretariat of Patriotism, says that they came to Kumi Diocese under the invitation of the Archbishop to share core values and the use of being good citizens working in the church.
The council resolved on Friday this week that all staff implicated in the mismanagement of 242 million Shillings meant for the program stay out of their respective offices until investigations are concluded.
Stansylus Opio, the Ngora District Engineer, said that they have started engaging the contractors on the defects. He explained that the district has withheld 10 percent of the payment until the contractors complete and correct the defects.
According to the Ngora Resident District Commissioner- John Stephen Ekoom, the officers fled their offices last week on Thursday after information leaked from PDM Secretariat about their impending arrests.
The Vice President, Jessica Alupo, Ministers from Teso, the Forum for Democratic Change-FDC and Alliance for National Transformation-ANT party presidents were some of the dignitaries who graced the occasion.
The new bishop was consecrated at St. Phillip's Cathedral in Ngora district in the presence of thousands of Christians from Kumi and other dioceses, in a ceremony presided over by the Archbishop of the Church of Uganda, His Grace Dr. Samuel Stephen Kazimba Mugalu.
After years of bickering, the consecration service for Rev. Michael Okwii Esakhan as the next Bishop of Kumi Diocese is underway at St. Phillips Cathedral in Ngora District.
Rev. Okunya was elected by the House of Bishops as the second bishop of Kumi Diocese in November 2019. However, his planned consecration and enthronement scheduled for December were cancelled on grounds that he had altered his year of birth from 1975 to 1970 to bring himself in the constitutional and canonical age bracket, which he had not attained by 2019 when he was nominated for the position.
Rev. Okunya was elected by the House of Bishops as the second bishop of Kumi Diocese in November 2019 but his planned consecration and enthronement scheduled for December was cancelled. He was subsequently banned from taking part in any future contests for the bishop’s seat after he was accused of altering his date of birth.
Christine Akello, a relative to Opima, one of the victims, says that several other people had crossed to the island to collect firewood and returned safely. She explains that her cousin had gone on the last trip when a heavy storm attacked causing the boat to capsize.
The caterpillars were first sighted in Ngora district in a pest and disease surveillance report conducted by the Production and Marketing Department last month. In Ngora district, more than 90 acres have been affected by the caterpillar invasion in the villages of Agule, Kopege, Agu, Orit, Kopelu, Ngora, Kees and Angod among others.
Abala says that Justice Okuo erred in law and fact when she held that the wrongful declaration of Achayo did not affect the result of the election in a substantial manner and that she misdirected herself of the law of the Illiterate’s Protection Act Cap. 78, thereby arriving at an erroneous decision where she expunged 23 affidavits filed by Abala.
