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Dec 18, 2007
<b>Support leaders - MP</b> <br>LIRA-The Woman MP, Rebecca Amuga Otengo, has appealed to the people in the North to support their leaders regardless of their political affiliations. “Accept your leaders and work with them, whether you voted for them or not so that our region also develops.â€
Support leaders - MP
LIRA-The Woman MP, Rebecca Amuga Otengo, has appealed to the people in the North to support their leaders regardless of their political affiliations. “Accept your leaders and work with them, whether you voted for them or not so that our region also develops.†Otengo was speaking during the end of year award ceremony organised by Benmos Artist and the Lango Cultural Foundation at Lira Hotel recently. She was recognised as the best-performing Woman MP in Lango. She was followed by Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal. The area MP, Jimmy Akena Obote, was named the best performing legislator in peace and constituency development, while the resident district commissioner (RDC), Joan Pacoto, was named the best RDC in Lango. The United Nations World Food Programme, UNICEF, UNHCR, The New Vision, National Agricultural Advisory Services and Northern Uganda Social Action fund were some the institutions that were also recognised.
Assailants pour acid on woman
JINJA-A 56 year-old woman is admitted in Jinja Hospital after unknown assailants poured acid on her over the weekend. Mary Nanteza, a resident of Danida in Walukuba, Masese Division, said: “It was at about 9:30pm when I left my place of work for home. On my way, a motorcycle came from the opposite direction carrying two men, who were dressed in black clothes, and they poured a water-like liquid on me and sped off.†She said she was assisted by good Samaritans. “I could not recognise the killers since it was dark,†she said, while tears rolled down her swollen checks. “My mother does not have any criminal case. I wonder why this punishment was inflicted on her,†said Leonard Kiragga, said Nanteza’s son.
Orphans get sh2.5m goats
MBALE-A Pentecostal church last week gave 50 goats worth sh2.5m to orphans and the needy in Mbale and Bududa districts. Nabumali Global Evangelical Ministries said the donation would enable the families looking after the orphans and needy to fight poverty. Eight-year-old Merida Nandudu and 14-year-old Alex Mandali were among the beneficiaries.The beneficiaries also received drugs and sprays for the maintenance of the goats.
LIRA-The Woman MP, Rebecca Amuga Otengo, has appealed to the people in the North to support their leaders regardless of their political affiliations. “Accept your leaders and work with them, whether you voted for them or not so that our region also develops.†Otengo was speaking during the end of year award ceremony organised by Benmos Artist and the Lango Cultural Foundation at Lira Hotel recently. She was recognised as the best-performing Woman MP in Lango. She was followed by Dokolo Woman MP Cecilia Ogwal. The area MP, Jimmy Akena Obote, was named the best performing legislator in peace and constituency development, while the resident district commissioner (RDC), Joan Pacoto, was named the best RDC in Lango. The United Nations World Food Programme, UNICEF, UNHCR, The New Vision, National Agricultural Advisory Services and Northern Uganda Social Action fund were some the institutions that were also recognised.
Assailants pour acid on woman
JINJA-A 56 year-old woman is admitted in Jinja Hospital after unknown assailants poured acid on her over the weekend. Mary Nanteza, a resident of Danida in Walukuba, Masese Division, said: “It was at about 9:30pm when I left my place of work for home. On my way, a motorcycle came from the opposite direction carrying two men, who were dressed in black clothes, and they poured a water-like liquid on me and sped off.†She said she was assisted by good Samaritans. “I could not recognise the killers since it was dark,†she said, while tears rolled down her swollen checks. “My mother does not have any criminal case. I wonder why this punishment was inflicted on her,†said Leonard Kiragga, said Nanteza’s son.
Orphans get sh2.5m goats
MBALE-A Pentecostal church last week gave 50 goats worth sh2.5m to orphans and the needy in Mbale and Bududa districts. Nabumali Global Evangelical Ministries said the donation would enable the families looking after the orphans and needy to fight poverty. Eight-year-old Merida Nandudu and 14-year-old Alex Mandali were among the beneficiaries.The beneficiaries also received drugs and sprays for the maintenance of the goats.