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Challenges await newly-elected district chairpersons in Lango Monday January 25 2021 The district speaker, Mr Chris Ongom, helps a visitor wade through a flooded road in Loro Sub-county in Oyam District. PHOTO | BILL OKETCH Summary Impassable roads. Mr Asanti Odongo, the Apac District chair-elect, said his administration will prioritise education and roads. In Apac, many roads become impassable during the rainy season. For instance the road connecting Akokoro Sub-county to the newly created Apoi Sub-county was last year cut off by floods from Lake Kwania. Currently, people are now using boats to access Apoi Health Centre III and Akokoro Senior Secondary School. ....
Daily Monitor Friday January 22 2021 Advertisement Voters in Lango Sub-region have revealed why they threw out all the incumbent district chairpersons in the January 21 polls. Voters cited corruption coupled with poor service delivery as some of the factors that informed their choices for district chairpersons. Eight incumbent chairpersons failed to retain their seats in Dokolo, Lira, Oyam, Kwania, Amolatar, Otuke, Kole and Alebtong districts. There are nine districts that make up Lango. It is only in Apac where the incumbent, Mr Bob Okae (UPC), chose to contest for the Kwania North parliamentary seat, which he won. In Lira, Mr Alex Oremo Alot of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) lost the seat he has occupied for the last 15 years to NRM’s Richard Cox Okello Orik. ....