The President also urged the leaders that they can look into other challenges like education, healthcare, the roads, among others, after dealing with the two core problems of poverty and bad politics.
On the issue of titling of the land in the district, President Museveni said, “titling land in Amuru is a good idea.”
President Museveni further pledged to support the councilors struggling with tuition fees and would like to finish their university education.
“I will support you. That will be my appreciation to you.”
He also offered 2,000 iron sheets to rehabilitate schools in Amuru which are in poor condition.
On his part, Mr. Lakony thanked President Museveni for his visionary leadership that has steered development in Amuru and Uganda at large.
He informed the President that the people of Amuru are happy and have embraced government development programs like the PDM.
“In the next financial year, if we get the Shs5.8 billion again we will be able to cater for more beneficiaries. It’s now upon us as leaders to go on ground and monitor individual enterprises in place so that they don’t go astray,” he said.
Mr. Lakony requested President Museveni to set up demonstration farms for the 4-acre model initiative in order to champion commercial agriculture in Amuru and Acholi sub region as a whole.
He also reported to the President that the district is being negatively affected by bad politics, a factor that has stunted development.
Due to bad politics in the area, Mr. Lakony said some politicians have frustrated government projects like irrigation, with claims that the government wants to grab the communal land in the district.
“As the local government we don’t need that bad politics. We request you to find ways of restraining these negative sentiments that are barring development. We are moving around the communities telling them how they can use land for production,” he said.
The District Chairperson also requested the President to come up with a favourable law regulating customary land in order to facilitate development in Acholi sub region.
“This will also address the issue of legality and customs for the meantime while we reconcile on the issue of whose land,” Mr. Lakony said.
