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Tensions between Tooro Kingdom and local leaders in Ntoroko district escalated on Monday after kingdom officials were blocked from conducting a health camp in the district. Officials led by Dr Tito Beyeza, the Kingdom Health Minister, had gone to Rwebisengo Health Centre III to conduct a series of medical activities such as distribution of mosquito nets, free eye treatment, operations and HIV testing and counselling.

On Thursday morning at the district council meeting, the kingdom anthem was sung by the councilors and the flag hoisted outside the council hall.

Timothy Kyamanywa, the Ntoroko District Chairperson says three months ago, they wrote to the Office of the Prime Minister and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees UNHCR to relocate the Congolese refugees to Kyaka II refugee camp in Kyegegwa district or return them home, but they have received no response.

The lack of a maternity ward has left pregnant women stranded as they struggle to seek treatment from two small tents that were donated by the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF) after the storm

Pascal Tusiime, a resident of Karugutu says that he is unhappy that local leaders are not taking the issue of deforestation seriously.

Following persistent demands for burial land by residents, last year Kanara Sub County allocated 10 acres of its land to the residents to bury their dead. However before the land could be used for burial purposes the residents have instead encroached on it.

The more than 700 refugees who fled the fighting in Democratic Republic of Congo in September are camped at Budiba Primary School Play ground. They are surviving on a cup of porridge, posho and beans, supplied to them by the good Samaritans in the area.

Kabarole district claims villages located in Kichwamba Sub County while Ntoroko insists they are part of Karugutu Sub County.

In 2010, Bundibugyo district embarked on the construction of three classroom blocks in two schools and one laboratory at a cost of 500 million shillings. However, construction work stopped months later after Ntoroko was granted a district status and it split from Bundibugyo.

The Tooro delegation to Ntoroko district was led by Steven Kaliba, the Kingdom Prime Minister. The Kingdom plans to elect people from Ntoroko to be members of the Kingdom parliament

Last year, Timothy Kyamanywa, Ntoroko LC V chairperson banned the singing of the Tooro Kingdom Anthem in schools in his district.

More than 400 people in Ntoroko were last displaced by floods and have sought refuge in Semuliki National Park.

The venue where the meeting was supposed to take place was found locked allegedly on the orders of district officials . The members of the committee had no option but cancel the meeting

Since last year, Ntoroko district lacks a district service commission,which has led t shortage of staff

Mugasa says that the standoff between Ntoroko and the Kingdom should be solved amicably before its leads to violent clashes.