‘LCs sell displaced people’s food’
Nov 12, 2003
THE state minister for youth and children, Felix Okot Ogong, has cautioned councillors in Lira district against asking for bribes to register internally displaced people,
THE state minister for youth and children, Felix Okot Ogong, has cautioned councillors in Lira district against asking for bribes to register internally displaced people, reports Patrick Opio.
Ogong was recently addressing councillors and displaced people at Railway-Kem in Lira municipality.
He said reports had implicated some district officials in extortion of registration fees from people fleeing the Lord's Resistance Army rebels.
He said LCs should be impartial while distributing food aid from the World Food Programme (WFP).
Ogong said reports showed that some leaders sold to traders relief items.
He said the leaders would be prosecuted in the courts of law.
Ogong hailed WFP for supplying food to war affected people.
WFP recently gave 12.1 tones of maize and 2.6 tones of cow peas to the people in the camp.
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Ogong was recently addressing councillors and displaced people at Railway-Kem in Lira municipality.
He said reports had implicated some district officials in extortion of registration fees from people fleeing the Lord's Resistance Army rebels.
He said LCs should be impartial while distributing food aid from the World Food Programme (WFP).
Ogong said reports showed that some leaders sold to traders relief items.
He said the leaders would be prosecuted in the courts of law.
Ogong hailed WFP for supplying food to war affected people.
WFP recently gave 12.1 tones of maize and 2.6 tones of cow peas to the people in the camp.
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