Jackline Akello, the Gulu District Education Officer, revealed that some teachers spend excessive time visiting various financial institutions in search of loans, diverting their focus from their teaching duties.
The remand home that houses child offenders from Omoro, Amuru, Nwoya, Pader, Lamwo, Agago, Oyam and Gulu currently has only six staff which include an in–charge, two Assistant Probation Officers and three guards out of the required eleven staff.
Michael Fadul Ali, a businessman who operates mobile money and a grocery shop at Coo-pe Trading Center, Bungatira Sub -County in Gulu District was shot at around 11 pm from his shop.
Now, Caesar Akena, the Gulu District Education Officer, says provision of midday meals to learners has improved from 68 percent in the first term to 100 percent in the second term because of the bumper harvest both in the school farm and parent’s homes.