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Challenges await newly-elected district chairpersons in Lango
Monday January 25 2021
The district speaker, Mr Chris Ongom, helps a visitor wade through a flooded road in Loro Sub-county in Oyam District. PHOTO | BILL OKETCH
Summary
Impassable roads. Mr Asanti Odongo, the Apac District chair-elect, said his administration will prioritise education and roads. In Apac, many roads become impassable during the rainy season. For instance the road connecting Akokoro Sub-county to the newly created Apoi Sub-county was last year cut off by floods from Lake Kwania. Currently, people are now using boats to access Apoi Health Centre III and Akokoro Senior Secondary School.
Dozens battle for nine LC5 seats in Lango Sub-region
Wednesday January 20 2021
Dozens of LC5 candidates are eying nine slots in Lango Sub-region as the country elects district leaders today.
In Apac, Asante Odongo of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), the current LC5 vice chairperson, is battling for the seat with three others after the incumbent, Bob Okae, was elected Member of Parliament for Kwania North constituency.
Others in the race are Walter Obang of Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC), Billy Okunyo of National Resistance Movement (NRM), and Mr Anthony Olobo Odur, who is standing as an Independent.
Mr Okunyo served as the Apac District Education Officer from 2007 until 2019 when he retired while Mr Obang is a farmer. Mr Olobo is the son of the Lango paramount chief, Mr Yosam Odur Ebii.
Uganda: Apac Leaders Decry Discrepancies in Mosquito Net Supply allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 16 2020
Summary
Apac was found to have the highest number of mosquito bites in the world, standing at 1,564 bites.
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The distribution exercise kicked off on Monday.
However, local leaders have decried the discrepancy in the supply.
The mosquito nets were supposed to be distributed according to the number of people in each household, with one net per two people.
Mr Francis Ayo, the chairperson of Ilera Cell Village, Agulu Division in Apac Municipality, said he was expecting 357 mosquito nets for his area but he received only 142.
“We submitted our data to the Ministry of Health but the supply did not match the data we submitted and many people have missed the nets,” he told Daily Monitor yesterday.