MOROTO – President Yoweri Museveni has commended the people of Omoro District in the Acholi Sub-Region, for choosing ‘good’ leaders who support Government Development programmes.
Mr. Museveni was addressing residents of Omoro District during celebrations marking the victory of Hon. Catherine Lamwaka who was returned Woman MP in the previous general elections.
The event was held at Opit Primary School grounds in Opit Town Council.
“I came here to thank you because politics is about choosing good leaders. Good elections, voting right leaders to come to Parliament, like Catherine Lamwaka, to support and steer government development programmes, is why we should have celebrations like today. When you vote wrong leaders, you get wrong results,” he said.
“NRM guaranteed that leaders are chosen through good electoral process. The returns of this process today is the infrastructure development that the government has put in place like the network of tarmac roads in the region and in the sectors of education and health,” he added.
Mr. Museveni urged the people of Omoro District in particular and Acholi Sub-Region in general that following the realization of stability in Northern Uganda, it was incumbent on the residents of the area to wholly embrace modern production methods in order to tackle the challenge of household income so as to ensure that poverty is driven out of people’s homes.
During the celebrations, the President handed over dummy cheques worth UGX1.6 billion to 6 Sub-Counties and 1 Municipality in support of the National Uganda Social Action Fund (NUSAF) development programmes in Omoro District.
He also pledged UGX30 million to the Bodaboda SACCO.
Mr. Museveni assured the residents of Omoro District that all the schools that had been destroyed by a storm will be reroofed and that the a district hospital facility will be granted to the area. While assuring the residents that the road to Moroto is programmed for construction, he used the occasion lash opposition leaders in the district for falsifying facts and for deliberately sidelining the truth.
MP Lamwaka attributed her victory to the support that she got from President Museveni when he campaigned for her at 2 public rallies; one in Omoro County and another in Tochi County.
The celebrations were preceded by an inter-denominational service, led by the Most Rev. John Baptist Odama, Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese, who emphasised forgiveness, reconciliation and unity of Ugandans.
He condemned corruption and human trafficking.
Archbishop Odama commended MP Lamwaka for her dedication to the service of her constituents and further urged her to encourage them to relentlessly work for peace, reconciliation and unity.
Earlier, President Museveni visited the site where the UGX1.6 billion main administrative block for Omoro District, that is about to be roofed, is being erected. The project is expected to be complete early next year.
