The program was released on Thursday after meeting with the contestants for the parliamentary and the district chairpersons to harmonize on the joint campaign roadmap.
John Logwe, the Moroto district NRM chairperson said that they are behind the schedule for the joint campaigns and the candidates have been conducting individual campaigns.
Bosco Loru, one of the local pastoralists, said the water level is declining rapidly despite the large number of livestock from various communities depending on it. Loru expressed concern about the limited rainfall in the area, saying they are increasingly anxious about whether the dam will hold enough water to sustain them through the dry season
John Robert Adupa, LC3 chairperson of Lotisan Sub County, alleged that the NRM chairperson is closely associating with incumbent leaders who are contesting, which worries other aspirants.
Samuel Justine Tuko, the Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner, said that every candidate was instructed to come along with two political agents for the meeting.
Katikekile parish has a population of about 300 households and they lack services such as access road network, schools, and the health facility.
The communities have to walk over 20 kilometers to access the health centre II from a nearby parish, 15 kilometers to a community school while the access roads are completely cut off.
According to local officials, many parents in the district have abandoned their role of nurturing and providing for their children, exposing them to child labor, sexual exploitation, trafficking, and denial of education.
The new boreholes were on Wednesday handed over to the communities in the villages of Ariu, Lokitela Kepopong and Nakonyen under Tapac Sub County, Lokwakwa village in Loputuk Sub County, and Lokiloro seed school in Katikekile Sub County.
Alice Teko, a resident of Natumukasikou village, said they managed to retrieve the two bodies and transported them using a wheelbarrow to their home in Natopojo village. She explained that the accident happened as the four women worked beneath a pit along the riverbank, collecting stones for sale.
According to the leadership, all fertile land suitable for agriculture in the sub-county was gazetted under the Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA), leaving the community with dry, unproductive land.
Authorities have highlighted hunger, poverty, and parental neglect as key fueling teen pregnancies as young girls engage in sexual deeds for financial support. As a result, many teenage mothers are struggling with childbearing which has often increased the vulnerability of households due to poverty and decreased access to livelihood.
The hospital lacks a functional ultrasound machine and X-ray, and the patients are often referred to Matany Hospital in Napak district to access these services.
Onyait who owns Granite General Contractors Ltd is accused of duping the community on the purchase of the rock in the piece of land allegedly bought from the community.
It is reported that the district land officer is alleged to have connived with the area land chairperson of Tapac Sub County and selected a few elders for the sale of the land sized 12.2 and 14.000 hectares at 100 million shillings.
Cosmas Ayepa, the Moroto District Secretary for Social Services, noted that the district leadership is only involved during the groundbreaking ceremonies, after which the central government takes control. He explained that the lack of information has made it difficult to monitor these projects.
The rise in TB cases is attributed to the prevalence of HIV/AIDS, high levels of malnutrition among children, and certain social behaviors in the community.
Some investors, according to Angella, are heavily guarded by security, preventing district officials from entering mining sites for monitoring. He also observed that seedlings distributed to the community for planting have dried up due to the scorching sun.
The bag of charcoal has increased to 40,000 from between 15,000 and 20,000 shillings for a sack in 2023. The skyrocketing prices have been attributed to the long distances that charcoal producers walk to search for trees and the hardships in transporting charcoal from the site after burning.
