Johnson Acellam Toodera, the LC 3 chairperson of Orom Sub-County, says that from October 2021-to date alone, Karamojong rustlers have raided 819 animals and only 80 have been recovered.
Akello says the Medical Superintendent and District Health Officer have come in to save the situation, but the challenge remains that the record takers are also striking.
The new RDC Charles Ichogor was deployed in March this year from Bukedea district where he was deputy RDC, to replace James Nabinson Kidega in Lamwo district.
According to Fungaroo, the problem facing the FDC is that the elite in Uganda thinks opposition politics is for the lowly and uneducated, which makes some areas fail to field candidates for election.
Okuti is one of the six border markets identified by the government in 2011 to be upgraded into international border markets under the Common Market for East and Southern African (COMESA) policy to promote regional trade. The others markets are Katuna in Kabale, Elegu in Amuru, Mutukula in Rakai, Malaba in Busia and Bwera in Kasese district.
James Ochola, the Speaker of Lamwo district says the suspected armed attackers from South Sudan have been terrorizing the sub-counties of Madi Opei, Agoro, Lokung, and Potika since 2018.
Peter Okech, the headteacher of Luchomo Primary School told Uganda Radio Network in an interview on Wednesday that pupils of the school, the only one in the parish, have a habit of reporting late every term.
Caroline Ayugi
