Chris and Lisa were introduced to the Teso community in 2015 by Fr. Richard Paul Okiria, a Ugandan priest based in America. Since then, they have not only funded clean water projects but also supported infrastructure like churches and schools.
The MPs emphasized that proper cattle compensation would not only benefit the economy of Teso but also contribute to the region's recovery from pervasive poverty, which has negatively impacted education quality.
At the end of the exercise, only one person; the caretaker leader Paul Sande Emolot showed up to pick up the forms. He will now be awaited to return the forms between July 11 and July 12 for vetting before he is declared the substantive chief, also known as Emorimor.
“The people of Teso sub-region have been subjected to a lot of untold suffering, murders, raping of women and children, torture, displacement from homes, placement into Internally Displaced Camps (IDP Camps), theft of property, rustling of their animals and complete denial of socio-economic activities in the face of government and its institutions constitutionally mandated to protect them and their property”, the notice reads.
The list was revealed by the Soroti District Communications Officer, Abraham Ekwaru during an exclusive interview with our reporter on Friday ahead of the launch of the compensation exercise today - Saturday. President Yoweri Museveni is expected in Soroti today to launch the compensation of war claimants in the Acholi, Lango and Teso sub-regions.
According to the ICU Constitution, the election of Emorimor should be on rotational basis from any of the four regions; Tororo, Kenya, Pallisa and the old Kaberamaido before the creation of Kalaki district (Kumam). But the Kumam are also in the process of electing their own cultural leader (Won Atekerin) slated for February 26, 2022.
Emorimor’s final journey back home started on Monday with requiem mass at Nagugongo shrine. On Tuesday, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni paid tribute to Osuban, a man he described as an advocate of peace and unity in Teso.
His Deputy Prime Minister, Valerian Ejalu, says that Osuban was a uniting factor who brought together the Iteso from other places including Katakwa in Kenya.
William Alloch Akol, the Chairperson of the ICU Founders said that Emorimor should be buried on the land that was last month donated to the Union Soroti District Local Government
Emorimor, 88, died at Mulago National Referral Hospital on Saturday evening where he was hospitalized since January 27. He was first admitted to Covid-19 Unit in Soroti on January 18th but his condition deteriorated and was transferred to Mulago.
Emorimor Augustine Lemukol Osuban, 88, was admitted to Covid-19 Unit in Soroti early in January but his condition deteriorated and he was transferred to Mulago Hospital.
Paul Mwidu Kaliwani, the Kalaki Resident District Commissioner, says that his office and other security agencies are investigating some of the cases where the DSC solicited money from applicants in the recent Parish Chief recruitment exercise.
Elangot, who served as the Central Bank Deputy Governor between 1980 and 1989, breathed his last at International Hospital Kampala on Saturday. He was hospitalized in late September due to multiple organ complications, according to David Malinga Akol, a relative found at the Elangot’s home in Soroti.
The most affected roads are located in low lying areas near the shores of Lake Kyoga. They have been submerged with water for close to two years now. In the Serere district, more than ten roads have completely been cut off, making transport to areas like Atiira, Kagwara, Odapakol, Kateta and others very difficult.
Paul Omer, the Interim Soroti City Mayor and head of Amuriat’s campaign in Teso and Karamoja says that their candidate has very higher chances in the region. He explains that Amuriat has proposed better strategies to improve education and agricultural sectors in the country.
Museveni’s comments were informed by concerns from listeners in the three regions who indicated that cattle compensation pledge was only meant for vote hunting.
The FDC situation in the region has been made worse by the exodus of all the three party MPs, who have now become independent candidates after internal conflicts following the party’s presidential elections in 2017.
In Bukedea, the Tokor Village Chairperson in Kabarwa Sub County, James Peter Elungat has spent 21 days in cells without trial. He was arrested on allegations of threatening violence on November 30th, 2020.
