According to the local authorities, the road networks in the district have become very poor, which is frustrating service delivery to the local communities.
Taddeo Mivulo, the Kwania District Senior Agricultural Engineer, provided insights into the functionality of the irrigation system, noting that five farmers have already fully paid for and are being connected to the system. He emphasized the importance of proper maintenance to prevent damage to the systems.
Mary Akao, a member of Obanga-ber Disability VSLA in Aduku town council, says that she has been saving between Shs.2, 000 to Shs.8, 000 weekly. Akao who was able to save. Shillings 700,000 plans to start poultry farming to improve her livelihood.
The road that connects residents to Aduku Saturday market and Aduku Town Council is impassable during the rainy season. It has many potholes and has no proper drainage system.
Kwania Chief Administrative Officer Albina Awor accused Odongo of operating on remote and being implicated in corruption tendencies on several occasions. Awor said upon several warnings Odongo has remained adamant prompting interdiction.
Mary Akullo, another resident says people in the area struggle to reach health facilities. Akullo observes that the poor road network is also limiting traders from accessing the sub-county and in turn affecting the price of their produce.
Through Makmot Kibwanga & Company Advocates, Anger has written to Inomo Sub County to stop utilising the land. He argues that the sub-county leaders trespassed on his land in 2012 and illegally set up a market claiming that it would be temporary and went ahead to construct a toilet.
One such family is a 12-year-old girl named Lucky, who is now tasked with the responsibility of not only looking after herself but after her 8-year-old brother, Bazil. Lucky was told that both her mother who was born out of wedlock and her grandmother died of HIV and AIDS-related illnesses.
The flash floods have so far displaced residents in the parishes of Atuma, Anwangi, and Owiny in Nambieso Sub County and those in Alido, Atongtidi and Atule in Chawente Sub County.
The 1,012 comprise of 616 females and 396 males. 70,721 people are living with the virus and are enrolled on Anti- Retro-viral Treatment in the whole District.
Dr. Moses Ebong, the Kwania District Health Officer, says the Health facility is dire need of a store. He believes once completed, the project will help them improve drug storage.
Kwania District Education Officer Andrew Omunu says that the names of the said teachers were forwarded to his office last year by the members of the Community. Others were identified during the recent inspection and 2019 Performance and professional assessment on teachers’ conduct in the district.
The access roads in sorry state include the 4.5 Kilometer road stretching from Aluka to Inomo Sub County, 5.2Kms from Aduku to Acut via Apire, which links Kwania to Apac district and the 4.8km road from Olanyo-tai to Anywar-giki village.
The Kwania Chief Administrative Officer Albina Awor says most of the teachers deliberately refused to take part in the validation exercise because they know they are holding documents illegally.
David Ocheng, the Principal Selection System Officer in the Ministry of Public Service, says all candidates were notified about the test but couldn’t explain why the majority didn’t show up.
The Kwania District Veterinary Officer Dr Charles Opeto says the exercise will end on the 28th of February. He says that they are yet to establish the number of dogs they expect to vaccinate.
