Daily Monitor
Thursday February 04 2021
Awoman casts her vote at Nabbingo Polling Station in Kyengera Town Council, Wakiso District, during elections for LC3 chairpersons and their councillors on February 3, 2021.PHOTO/JOSEPH KIGGUNDU
Summary
At Madrasa polling grounds with more than three polling stations, the turnout also remained poor, with no observance for Covid-19 SOPs.
At Rukungiri Taxi Park Polling Station in Western Division, only about 20 people had voted by 11 am.
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LC3 chairpersons and councillors play a direct supervisory role of people at the grassroots.
Cases of violence were reported in the districts of Bukedea, Apac, Isingiro, around Mt Elgon area and other districts. There was chaos reported in several districts in Bukedi and Mt Elgon Sub-regions.
Dozens battle for nine LC5 seats in Lango Sub-region
Wednesday January 20 2021
Dozens of LC5 candidates are eying nine slots in Lango Sub-region as the country elects district leaders today.
In Apac, Asante Odongo of Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC), the current LC5 vice chairperson, is battling for the seat with three others after the incumbent, Bob Okae, was elected Member of Parliament for Kwania North constituency.
Others in the race are Walter Obang of Forum for Democratic Change’s (FDC), Billy Okunyo of National Resistance Movement (NRM), and Mr Anthony Olobo Odur, who is standing as an Independent.
Mr Okunyo served as the Apac District Education Officer from 2007 until 2019 when he retired while Mr Obang is a farmer. Mr Olobo is the son of the Lango paramount chief, Mr Yosam Odur Ebii.
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Daily Monitor
Wednesday December 16 2020
Summary
Apac was found to have the highest number of mosquito bites in the world, standing at 1,564 bites.
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The distribution exercise kicked off on Monday.
However, local leaders have decried the discrepancy in the supply.
The mosquito nets were supposed to be distributed according to the number of people in each household, with one net per two people.
Mr Francis Ayo, the chairperson of Ilera Cell Village, Agulu Division in Apac Municipality, said he was expecting 357 mosquito nets for his area but he received only 142.
“We submitted our data to the Ministry of Health but the supply did not match the data we submitted and many people have missed the nets,” he told Daily Monitor yesterday.