According to Otai, the people of Bukedea have been misled to believe in non-existent progress. She criticized the recently opened Bukedea Teaching Hospital, claiming it remains inaccessible to the average resident due to high costs, and argued that if Bukedea Health Center IV received proper government funding, it could provide essential services for free.
The unrest began early Thursday morning around 6:00 a.m., when hundreds of residents stormed the police station, forcing Officer Oile to seek refuge inside his house. When the protesters realized he had locked himself in, they barricaded his door with logs and thorns.
The suspects in the Police custody are; Peter Ekoroi, Joseph Maning, Moses Omoit, Robert Okiror, Simon Omoding and a lady only identified as Rose- all residents of Kalupe in Kidongole Sub County. The group reportedly razed down seven households of suspected cattle thieves in the Koboli village last week.
The group is among the nine security personnel and area leaders who were arrested by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit following a directive by President Yoweri Museveni over the chaos that marred the LCV by-election conducted in June.
Ilaborot, who is known as Edees Opalakiro, claims that the incident has brought to light the injustices that have long been ignored such as political and economic discrimination by influential politicians and elites, who control all aspects of the district, including government institutions like the Police.
According to the statement released by the State House Anti-Corruption Unit, the said incidents occurred before, during, and after the Bukedea by-election elections conducted in June 2023.
During their appearance before the Bukedea Grade One Magistrate, Juliana Kimono on Wednesday, the prosecution revealed that the accused officers, along with others who are still at large, robbed Omagor on the nights of June 4 and 5, 2023, using an SMG rifle.
"This by-election can only be characterized as yet another sham, devoid of transparency and legitimacy. We firmly refuse to participate in a process that lacks integrity and does not represent the will of the people of Bukedea,” Amuriat’s statement reads in part.
Enuru and the other Journalists were covering the distribution of election materials around 6:50am when they discovered that some of the voting materials had been tampered with at Bukedea Township Primary School Polling Station.
Omagor was beaten by unknown people in front of the Bukedea EC office on Tuesday. The incident occurred at the entrance to the Bukedea District Returning Officer's office, where Omagor was heading for nomination.
Suleiman Kato, the Returning Officer overseeing the nomination exercise, stated that he had referred the two aspirants to the EC headquarters in case they are dissatisfied with his decision.
Sam Oita Odeke, the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) candidate, emphasizes that the district's focus on development is being compromised due to the energy invested in political fights with dissenting individuals.
Omagor, who was scheduled for nomination on Monday, failed to appear after allegedly being attacked by uniformed men on Sunday night. He has since reached an understanding with EC officials in the district, and his nomination has been rescheduled for today at 2:00 pm.
The accused, Hellen Among, allegedly beat and injured Scholastica Acam to the point of unconsciousness when she intervened to protect her younger sibling from tearing her books.
Last week, Tukei declined to declare his position to the party's leadership at the secretariat when the matter was presented to the district party organs for discussion. He promised to communicate his position to the party after a week.
Otim, a medic attached to Atutur Hospital in Kumi district, was detained at Bukedea Central Police Station on May 5, 2023, after a summons from the Police detectives.
Peter Odeke, the NRM Chairperson of Akungur Parish in Koena Sub County, said that although Tukei has declined to declare his position on the LCV chairperson by-election, the chances of him winning the votes in Bukedea are slim given the feedback from the ground.
Ben Angura, the chairperson school Board of Governors says that before his arrest, the same teacher had accused three students of stealing the computers.
A report compiled by Civil Society Organizations- CSOs operating in the district, shows that some of the files for defilement cases disappear from the Police records after when the officers on the ground initiate negotiations with the relatives of the victim.
