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Ker Kwaro Acholi — the widely recognised traditional cultural institution in Acholi land — is enacting a bylaw banning discos during funeral ceremonies.

Ker Kwaro Acholi prime minister and spokesperson Okello Okuna says discos during funeral ceremonies fuel criminality, including theft, assault, and sexual violence. Therefore, the bylaw seeks to mitigate the above vices.



According to him, the bylaw shall be ready by April next year, and once it is out, the cultural institution shall liaise with all the chiefdoms and clans to have it adopted and fully enforced.

Early this year, Burlington P’Ongwech, the Gulu district councillor representing the Bungatira sub-county, moved a motion during a full council meeting seeking to have discos banned during burial ceremonies as well as funeral rites.

He, however, threw jibes on some politicians and security personnel for frustrating the move.



Michael Opiro, the chairperson of Amilobo Village, Abuga sub–county in Omoro district, hailed Ker Kwaro Acholi’s move saying it will help restore sanity in the communities, especially during burials and funeral rites, as such events are always marred with criminality.

Gulu deputy Resident City Commissioner in charge of Pece-Laroo division Peter Banya said whenever there is a burial that is unguarded, their offices always receive distress calls about wrongdoings and that the perpetrators are normally youth aged between 10 and 17 years.