Tarehe Sita week activities get underway in Lango

Jan 29, 2017

The activities were officially flagged off with construction of three classroom blocks by UPDF engineers

The Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) on Saturday officially flagged off the 2017 Defence Forces week activities in Lango Sub-Region.

The function which was presided over by the Minister of State in charge of Northern Uganda, Grace Freedom Kwiyucwiny, took place at Apac Primary School in Apach Municipality.

The ceremony marks the beginning of eight days long civil-military activities in Lango sub-region, in the Districts of Apac, Amulatar, Kole, Oyam, Dokolo, Lira, Alebtong and Otuke.

Some of the activities include free general medicare, including safe male circumcision in selected health centres and engineering works like renovation of hospitals, churches and school facilities among others.

Kwiyucwiny applauded President Yoweri Museveni who is the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces and the UPDF for their dedicated service to the people of Uganda in the field of security and for selecting Lango sub-region to conduct this year's Tarehe Sita activities.

She further commended the UPDF for the discipline exhibited to the local people and urged them to turn up in large numbers to share and interact with their national pro-people force throughout the week.

 yam  ilian kullu apt api and ole  gnes kello bong join local entertainers during the launch(L-R): Oyam RDC Jilian Akullu, Capt Tapi and Kole RDC Agnes Akello Ebong join local entertainers during the launch.

 

The activities were officially flagged off with construction of three classroom blocks at Apac School, done by UPDF engineers.

UPDF representative in Parliament Lt Gen Ivan Koreta will head the military team in Lango during the week's activities which are under the theme: "The People and their Security Forces: Celebrating a Patriotic Partnership that Guarantees Security for National Development."

Koreta said the celebration is symbolic, aimed at further enhancing the strategic relationships between the people and the UPDF.

"We shall conduct several activities to support and interact with the people that have helped build this army to the current professional standards it has attained" he said.

The function was attended by the Apac District Woman MP, Betty Engola who congratulated the UPDF leadership for the current level of cooperation between the people and the Army.

She also thanked them for restoring peace in Lango, which has opened way for social economic transformation, improving the livelihood of the people in Lango and Ugandans at large. She said UPDF participation in Operation Wealth Creation in Lango region is yielding positive results as opposed to earlier agricultural interventions in the region.

Engola further thanked the army for the civil military activities they are conducting in Lango, singling out the significance of the construction works at Apac Primary School that was used for the launch saying it will promote education in the area. 

"I know after completion, that place, that school, that block will not remain the same," she said.

Others who attended the function included Apac Resident District Commissioner - Beatrice Akello Akori, LC 5 Apac - Bob Okae, Mayor - Okello Jimmy, MP for Kole North - Okello Bonny and members of the security forces among others.

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