Embrace culture, Rwot Acana tells Acholi
Oct 06, 2008
THE Lango cultural leader, Yosam Odur, and his Acholi counter part, Rwot David Onen Acana II, have urged the people of Lango and Acholi to use cultural institutions for development.
By James OlochTHE Lango cultural leader, Yosam Odur, and his Acholi counter part, Rwot David Onen Acana II, have urged the people of Lango and Acholi to use cultural institutions for development.
The duo have also asked the Langi and Acholi to use the vast land in the regions for production to improve their income. Odur was on his first official visit in Oyam district since his enthronement three years ago.
The Lango leader invited Onen Acana as his official guest as he concluded his three-day tour last week in Oyam district.
Acana warned the people against selling their land, saying land is the only wealth left for the people of northern Uganda.
“The clan people must assess the reasons why somebody is selling the land,†Onen Acana said, adding that the land should be used profitably to help in fighting poverty.
He asked the people of Lango to respect and support their traditional leader. He added that the Government supports of cultural institutions because they are useful in development.
Odur called upon the LRA leader Joseph Kony to release all children still held in the bush.
He urged Kony to sign a peace agreement with the government so that he returns home. “We were in Juba to seek peace and it is the reason we went to meet Kony and we assured him, that we had forgiven him,†Odur told the gathering.
He lauded Oyam district leadership under the chairperson of Rtd.Col. Charles Okello Engola for ushering development in the new district.
He thanked the people of Oyam for developmental projects in the area, and visited fish ponds, bee keeping and new roads constructed projects in the areas.
The Tieng Adhola representative, Catherine Amal, who is also the Chief Administrative Officer of Oyam district, gave two bicycles to Odur from the Adhola chief for mobilisation and one wheelbarrow for Onen Acana as a symbol of what the people returning home should use in production.
The duo have also asked the Langi and Acholi to use the vast land in the regions for production to improve their income. Odur was on his first official visit in Oyam district since his enthronement three years ago.
The Lango leader invited Onen Acana as his official guest as he concluded his three-day tour last week in Oyam district.
Acana warned the people against selling their land, saying land is the only wealth left for the people of northern Uganda.
“The clan people must assess the reasons why somebody is selling the land,†Onen Acana said, adding that the land should be used profitably to help in fighting poverty.
He asked the people of Lango to respect and support their traditional leader. He added that the Government supports of cultural institutions because they are useful in development.
Odur called upon the LRA leader Joseph Kony to release all children still held in the bush.
He urged Kony to sign a peace agreement with the government so that he returns home. “We were in Juba to seek peace and it is the reason we went to meet Kony and we assured him, that we had forgiven him,†Odur told the gathering.
He lauded Oyam district leadership under the chairperson of Rtd.Col. Charles Okello Engola for ushering development in the new district.
He thanked the people of Oyam for developmental projects in the area, and visited fish ponds, bee keeping and new roads constructed projects in the areas.
The Tieng Adhola representative, Catherine Amal, who is also the Chief Administrative Officer of Oyam district, gave two bicycles to Odur from the Adhola chief for mobilisation and one wheelbarrow for Onen Acana as a symbol of what the people returning home should use in production.