Opollot Apollo Benard, the Kwania deputy Chief Administrative Officer says the district seeks to plant 20,000 tree seedlings annually in an attempt to mitigate environment related problems.
Sam Omara Angai, the former Aduku sub-county LC III chairperson, says that the contested land served as the headquarters of Kwania County during the pre-colonial government and was later handed over to the sub-county leadership under his stewardship.
Geoffrey Alex Ogwal, the Kwania LC V Chairperson, says that the district has no single road equipment and has been hiring from the neighbouring districts.
Farmer Justine Achola has been trying to manage the pests by sprinkling her maize crops with ashes mixed with water however this has yielded no result. She appealed to the government to provide them with pesticides.
The multi-billion project undertaken by Oryem-Can Co. Ltd comprises a multi-purpose council hall, different administrative offices, LC V Chairperson’s chambers, and procurement and production officers among others.
Bernard Opollot Apollo, Kwania District Deputy Chief Administrative Officer blames the land wrangle on selfish interests by the Anglican church. He said that the district is exploring all avenues to ensure the case is ruled in its favour.
According to the information pinned on Kwania District Public Noticeboard, 395 job applicants are shortlisted for the position of porters, 110 applicants shortlisted for the position of askaris, and 117 shortlisted for parish chief jobs but the commission needed less than 15 candidates in each category.
Walter Ocen, Inomo town council LC III Chairperson, says that Inomo primary school which had more than 2,000 pupils currently has only 1,200, and Amambale primary school, which had 1,100 learners currently has only 817 learners.
Odongo Aloysius, the headteacher of Ikwera Girls SS, says that the school has not yet received the bus from the government 16 years after the pledge by the president.
"In accordance with Section F-S Paragraph 14 of the Public Service Standing Orders of Uganda, you are hereby Interdicted from exercising powers and functions of your office as a public officer with effect from the above date for a period of six months to pave the way into the gross misappropriation of public fund," reads the March 23rd 2022 letter.
Geoffrey Alex Ogwal, the Kwania district LC V chairperson, says that he was shocked to receive a copy of the letter from OPM demanding accountability for the second batch of the relief food.
The carpenters alleged that a group of masqueraders purported to be Kwania carpenters in the name of “Kwania North Carpenters” received the 30 million shillings cash under the program.
He directed the catechists to get baptism certificates from bereaved families, as letters to prove that the deceased is a committed Christian attached to a particular Anglican church before conducting funerals.
It is alleged that Andrew Omunu, the District Education Officer diverted 300 Million Shillings that was meant for the supply of desks to primary schools in the financial year 2021/2022 under Sector Conditional Grant (SFG, to pay GOBs Investment Limited, a company that was contracted to construct Aduku Seed Secondary School.
Jimmy Patrick Okema, the North Kyoga Regional Police Spokesperson, says that the Police Marine Unit conducted a search on the Lake and recovered the bodies on Sunday evening.
Allan Aboce, the Kwania District Youth Livelihood Focal Point Person attributes the poor performance of the program to poor enterprise selection, lack of training on financial literacy, and selfishness.
Heavy rain characterized by strong winds hit hard four villages in Inomo sub-county last week leaving several families stranded. The most affected villages are Alikingel, Adingdong,Too-pe-yero and Jinja trading center.
The district council unanimously approved their nominations together with three other members that including Tom Lakana Odur Anang, the former Kwania County MP as Chairperson of the Commission.
