Stephen Ochola, the Serere LC V Chairperson, who doubles as the team leader for Teso LC V Chairpersons, says that the government still pays them a basic salary of Shillings 2 million when the MPs who have little work take home more than Shillings 10 million as a basic salary per month.
Betty Rogose, the Bukedea District Social Services Secretary says that she is surprised that the new DHO has not started work after completing all the required formalities.
Florence Aseku, the Deputy Headteacher of Kachonga primary school says that learners in lower primary share a classroom due to the lack of space to accommodate each classroom. She adds that only two out of five available classrooms have shutters to protect children from rain or windy weather.
Preliminary investigations indicate that Ekou asked VHTs to sign a payment voucher reading 150,000 Shillings but only gave them 97,000 Shillings or less. Most of the affected VHTs are from Kachumbala County in the sub counties of Aligoi, Kachumbala, Kamuge and Kongunga, among others.
Geoffrey Okiswa, the Resident District Commissioner of Bukedea says the officer was arrested because of professional negligence and laziness. He says that the district received 103, 600 hoes from NAADs Secretariat which were distributed across the district. Okiswa says Aligoi was the last sub county to receive hoes when a deficit of hoes realized.
John Stephen Okurut, the Chairperson of Kabarwa Dairy Plant, said the facility only worked between 2015 and 2018 after being established. He notes that trouble in the management of the facility started when the sub-county tendered it to Patrick Mwesigye in September 2018.
At Koboli HC11, wildlife like bees, bats and animals have taken shelter in the Outpatients Department- OPD. The facility with four housing units for the staff, fully connected solar energy has been lying idle since 2017.
In 2016/2017 financial year, Bukedea District Local Government awarded a contract of 79 Million Shillings to Link Company Limited to construct a General Ward in Kachumbala Health Center. But after the construction works, the facility never lived to serve its purpose.
Joseph Okelot, a resident of Bukedea town council equally is disappointed with the council resolution, which seeks to make Yoweri Museveni life president. Okelot suspects that some district council members could have pocketed bribes to support such proposal.
Morris Okitoi, 47 a resident of Bukedea district is happy with the creation of the new administrative units, saying it will save residents from trekking long distances in search of services.
At least 800 bags of maize flour and 400 bags of Beans were dispatched to Bukedea district on May 5, 2017 by Martin Owor, the Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness and Management. Instead, only 400 bags of maize flour and 50 bags of Beans were delivered, according to the district chairperson Moses Olemukan.
Some leaders in Teso have described animals supplied by government to kick-start the restocking program in the region as sub-standard. The leaders from Kaberamaido and Bukedea districts on Wednesday out rightly rejected the animals in the presence of Amongin Aporu, the minister of state for Teso Affairs.
The ministry of local government has directed all district chairpersons, mayors to halt the process of creating of new villages, parishes, sub-counties be halted with immediate effect.
