News in brief
Oct 17, 2010
LABEDO Okello, a clinical officer in charge of Odek health centre in Gulu district, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 100 insecticides treated mosquito nets.
Health official arrested over mosquito nets
Labedo Okello, a clinical officer in charge of Odek health centre in Gulu district, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 100 insecticides treated mosquito nets.
The acting Gulu resident district commissioner (RDC), Milton Odongo, said Okello is suspected to have stolen the nets meant for pregnant mothers and children aged below five years. Odongo told journalists last week that he got phone calls from Odek sub-county, alleging that Okello stole two bales of nets. “The Police at Lalogi sub-county was informed and they mounted a roadblock, where they caught the wife of Okello with a bale of treated mosquito nets heading to Gulu town,†he said. Okello apologised and promised to hand over the other bale.
He explained that the two bales were part of the 300 bales that were taken to Odek Sub County to be distributed to the pregnant mothers and children by Feed the Children in Uganda last week.
“The two bales of mosquito nets were returned from Palaro and Lamola parishes, and my supervisor told me to take one bale and the remaining staff distribute amongst themselves nets in the remaining bale,†Okello said.
The medic said that his wife was transporting the nets to be given out to his friends in Gulu town. The RDC warned medics and other government civil servants against stealing things meant to benefit the needy people in northern Uganda.
The LC3 chairman of Odek sub county, Mathew Olobo said that Okello had fled after learning about the arrest of his wife with the stolen bale of the nets at Lalogi Sub County. He said that Okello has been transferred from Odek to Bungatira sub county health centre after working in the sub county for close to five years.
Olobo however, despite of this incident, referred to Okello as a hard working medic saying that it was his colleagues who reported him to them about the theft of the nets. He added that a number of children and pregnant mothers missed the nets which were distributed last week by government through Feed the Children organisation.
Cultural sites to be marketed
Lamwo district authorities have embarked on a programme to identify and package cultural and historical sites for tourism.
The district chairman, Mathew Ocen Akiya, told New Vision on Friday that the district had plenty of such sites that could be transformed into possible tourist attractions. “We have many historical and cultural sites in Lamwo that we are planning to develop and sell as potential tourism destinations. We also have unique plant and bird species,†Akiya said.
Labedo Okello, a clinical officer in charge of Odek health centre in Gulu district, has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 100 insecticides treated mosquito nets.
The acting Gulu resident district commissioner (RDC), Milton Odongo, said Okello is suspected to have stolen the nets meant for pregnant mothers and children aged below five years. Odongo told journalists last week that he got phone calls from Odek sub-county, alleging that Okello stole two bales of nets. “The Police at Lalogi sub-county was informed and they mounted a roadblock, where they caught the wife of Okello with a bale of treated mosquito nets heading to Gulu town,†he said. Okello apologised and promised to hand over the other bale.
He explained that the two bales were part of the 300 bales that were taken to Odek Sub County to be distributed to the pregnant mothers and children by Feed the Children in Uganda last week.
“The two bales of mosquito nets were returned from Palaro and Lamola parishes, and my supervisor told me to take one bale and the remaining staff distribute amongst themselves nets in the remaining bale,†Okello said.
The medic said that his wife was transporting the nets to be given out to his friends in Gulu town. The RDC warned medics and other government civil servants against stealing things meant to benefit the needy people in northern Uganda.
The LC3 chairman of Odek sub county, Mathew Olobo said that Okello had fled after learning about the arrest of his wife with the stolen bale of the nets at Lalogi Sub County. He said that Okello has been transferred from Odek to Bungatira sub county health centre after working in the sub county for close to five years.
Olobo however, despite of this incident, referred to Okello as a hard working medic saying that it was his colleagues who reported him to them about the theft of the nets. He added that a number of children and pregnant mothers missed the nets which were distributed last week by government through Feed the Children organisation.
Cultural sites to be marketed
Lamwo district authorities have embarked on a programme to identify and package cultural and historical sites for tourism.
The district chairman, Mathew Ocen Akiya, told New Vision on Friday that the district had plenty of such sites that could be transformed into possible tourist attractions. “We have many historical and cultural sites in Lamwo that we are planning to develop and sell as potential tourism destinations. We also have unique plant and bird species,†Akiya said.