Through Eyotre and Co. Advocates, Katushabe summoned Okello together with the other residents for a land alignment and settlement meeting On Monday 17th July.
Stephen Okello, an elder brother to the deceased accused his father of using violence as an excuse for not sending his children to school, saying that their father often becomes more violent when schools are reopening.
The 20km road stretches from Kagga- Acengryeny to Ayamawele trading center, passing through the three swamps of Awonangiro, Aderolongo and Abalodyang. This is one of the many community roads in the district which were completely submerged by floods in the last two years.
The land measuring 621 acres and located in Alemere bung and Agwingiri Sub Counties will be used by the University to establish the faculty of Agriculture and Fisheries.
The recommended pupil-desk ratio is three pupils per desk, but some of the schools are now struggling with six pupils per desk while in other schools, the pupils sit on the floor.
Sam Ronald Ogweng, the Amolatar District Education Officer, says that with minor renovations, the school can open while the relocations plans are ongoing.
Otada Construction Company was awarded the contract to construct a single block housing the Out Patient Department (OPD), maternity, labor and children’s ward, a laboratory, and store among others.
Robinah Nabbanja was on Saturday in Amolatar to assess the magnitude of damage caused by floods and also follow up on the relief food distribution to the flood victims.
On Wednesday, MPs probing the utilization of the Emyooga funds were told that Kwesiga side-lined Carla Teddy Ayo, the commercial officer and other members of the Emyooga task force and formed 317 new groups to replace the initial 411 groups that had been approved by the task force.
Christopher Omara, the Otuke Resident District Commissioner who is also chairperson District Task Force explained that the LCIs should ensure that a maximum of 5 people are allowed at a water point at a go.
Through his lawyer of Daniel Omara Atubo of Amara Atubo and Co. Advocates, Olum sued the administrators of the hospital and Dr. Patrick Buchan Ocen, the medical superintendent for general and special damages.
The school which had an overall enrollment of 460 pupils by the time schools were closed has 20 candidates in P.7 and over 46 pupils in P.6 with nowhere to conduct lessons.
The policy came after public outcry on the number of candidates who conceived, when schools were closed, as a measure to forestall the spread of coronavirus disease. They were on the verge of dropping out of school, starting a new life as mothers.
Jacob Chepsikor, the Amolatar District Police Commander confirmed the incident, saying security is doing all that is required to ensure the law takes its course. He says they have entered a case of torture against the suspects at Amolatar CPS vide SD Ref. 38/02/03/2021.
