Museveni builds houses for 7 families
Jul 20, 2008
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has built residential houses for the families of the seven people who helped him in the liberation of the country.
By Chris Ocowun
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has built residential houses for the families of the seven people who helped him in the liberation of the country.
They were built by the UPDF engineers in Gulu and Amuru districts.
Each of the houses has solar power, a kitchen, two bedrooms, a sitting room, a store and a latrine.
Two shops were also attached to each of the houses, said the Senior Presidential Adviser in Charge of Northern Uganda, Richard Todwong, who inspected the houses on Thursday.
He said the President would soon hand them over to the beneficiaries.
They included Amos Obwona (Atiak sub-county) and Alfred Bongomin (Pabbo sub-county), both in Amuru district.
Four houses were built in Gulu municipality for the families of Koloneri Okumu Luwa, Jacob Oyet, Fedenaldo Kipir and Linos Okuya.
Another house was constructed at Awere in Odek sub-county for the family of John Labeja.
Todwong said Obwona and Labeja were arrested by Amin’s soldiers and killed by firing squad in the 1970s.
“It is a good gesture that the President does not forget those who contributed to the liberation struggle of this country. He does not want to see his comrades suffer,†he said.
Bongomin, a former local council chairman of Pabbo sub-county and a strong supporter of the NRM, was murdered in February 2002.
FDC MPs Reagan Okumu and Michael Ocula and another suspect, Otim Olanya, were arrested over the murder but were acquitted in 2006.
Mary Bongomin, the wife of the deceased and her eldest son, David Oloya, commended the President Museveni for constructing a house for them.
Currently, they leave in a dilapidated hut.
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has built residential houses for the families of the seven people who helped him in the liberation of the country.
They were built by the UPDF engineers in Gulu and Amuru districts.
Each of the houses has solar power, a kitchen, two bedrooms, a sitting room, a store and a latrine.
Two shops were also attached to each of the houses, said the Senior Presidential Adviser in Charge of Northern Uganda, Richard Todwong, who inspected the houses on Thursday.
He said the President would soon hand them over to the beneficiaries.
They included Amos Obwona (Atiak sub-county) and Alfred Bongomin (Pabbo sub-county), both in Amuru district.
Four houses were built in Gulu municipality for the families of Koloneri Okumu Luwa, Jacob Oyet, Fedenaldo Kipir and Linos Okuya.
Another house was constructed at Awere in Odek sub-county for the family of John Labeja.
Todwong said Obwona and Labeja were arrested by Amin’s soldiers and killed by firing squad in the 1970s.
“It is a good gesture that the President does not forget those who contributed to the liberation struggle of this country. He does not want to see his comrades suffer,†he said.
Bongomin, a former local council chairman of Pabbo sub-county and a strong supporter of the NRM, was murdered in February 2002.
FDC MPs Reagan Okumu and Michael Ocula and another suspect, Otim Olanya, were arrested over the murder but were acquitted in 2006.
Mary Bongomin, the wife of the deceased and her eldest son, David Oloya, commended the President Museveni for constructing a house for them.
Currently, they leave in a dilapidated hut.