The contractor was awarded a contract on April 10 and later handed the 21 acres’ site on May 22, this year, to kick start the 2.5 billion shillings’ World Bank-funded school project as part of a government commitment to construct 127 Seed Secondary Schools in sub-counties across the country.
Pastor Josephine Aketo Olak, the Overseer of the Church, says the proposed mediation is long overdue, adding that she had earlier on attempted to initiate dialogue in vain.
On Thursday, another resident Jackeline Anek, the village secretary for finance and mobilization was arrested unclothed and bundled into police patrol car. The angered residents now want unconditional release of the suspects and immediate transfer of District Police Commander, ASP Moses Oola.
The Church led by Pastor Josephine Anek reportedly started its operation in Kitgum in 2014. It teaches that medical procedures are not allowed and instead encourages its members to seek divine intervention because sickness can only be managed with prayer, not by medical treatment.
