Col. Dan Opito Odwe, the chairperson of the Lango Cultural Foundation Electoral Commission released the roadmap during a press briefing on Wednesday. According to the road map, nominations will be held between Friday 13th to Saturday 14th September.
Ambassador Dickson Ogwang Okul, the Foreign Affairs Minister and chief of the Pala Ocol Clan, said he has no respect for an “illegal” entity. Adding that “I did not necessarily boycott the council meeting. There was no council meeting for me to go to because I do not respect that council as existing.”
During a church service at St Augustine Barogole on Lira City, Bishop Professor Alfred Olwa of Lango Diocese informed mourners of how Atat Cecilia actively participated and supported construction of permanent churches and training of lay leaders in all spheres.
Hon. Joy Atim Ongom, who served with Ogwal in the 9th and 10th Parliament described her as an encyclopedia from which most politicians learnt politics. Adding that she commanded respect for her knowledge.
The activists under the stewardship of Isha Otto Amiza, the former Oyam South Member of Parliament have sent their petition to the CAF Secretary General citing evidence of fraud, forgery, and administrative error, which they say led to the diversion from the proposed stadium as per the bidding document submitted to CAF/ AFCON committee.
The legislators have threatened to petition the Confederation of African Football (CAF) with 1 million signatures from Lango residents if their demand isn't met.
Since Uganda, Kenya, and Tanzania won the bid to jointly host the 2027 AFCON games, both Akii-Bua Stadium and Buhinga Stadium in Fort Portal were included in the government program for the construction of additional stadiums.
Angiro was a victim of a single road crash which claimed the lives of four passengers along Karuma- Pakwach highway on Saturday 8th July 2023. He was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Ayami sub county, Lira district on Friday 21st.
FDC's former President Dr. Kizza Besigye said all Ugandans are prisoners who should work together to liberate themselves instead of focusing on the party colors.
The FDC party president Patrick Oboi Amuriat described Angiro as a vocal advocate who held the government accountable, stating that his passing is not only a significant loss for the party but for Uganda as a whole.
Retired Colonel Tony Otoa, a former fighter with Kikosi Maalum and later a serving officer with the Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA), recalls how they returned to Kampala on April 9th to join Oyite Ojok to declare the fall of Amin’s regime. Otoa, aged 83, says Kampala had technically fallen on Monday but it took them two days to make the now famous announcement because all the radio presenters and technicians had fled.
In the resolutions read by Dickens Ogwal, the Executive Director of Lango Civil Society Network (LACSON), participants argued that for a country to have a free and fair election, there is a need for an independent electoral system and that cannot be achieved if the chairperson is appointed by the head of a political party.
Jasper Abura, the Lira City Education Officer says the construction cannot begin unless the school acquires a tittle and that it will be funded under the Uganda Secondary School Expansion Program. He attributed the challenge to the non-functionality of the city land board.
On November 9, 2022, the trio took only 43 supporters to Kampala who, however, returned without meeting the president. A victim identified as Robin Ongom told Uganda Radio Network that the trio tricked them into travelling to Kampala and left them stranded until a good Samaritan Patrick Ogwang Obura offered them transport back to Lango.
Okello dragged Lira City West division council, Jimmy Angole, the Division Town clerk, and Mayor Michael Ogwal Aconga to court seeking judicial review and orders blocking his impeachment arguing that the move was in bad faith, constituted by ulterior and other political motives, all intended to victimize him.
According to the police, while at the RPC's office in Erute, the duo offered Katungwenzi the bribe to compromise him to sanction enforcement of an illegal tender awarded to the management of Lira City Bus Park.
