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Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from the eight districts of Acholi held a joint council meeting to pay tribute to the late Deputy Inspector of General of Police, Maj. Gen. Paul Lokech ahead of his burial on Friday.
Gen. Lokech died on Saturday 21 August, 2021 from his residence in Kiira municipality, Wakiso district.
Lokech, 55, is regarded as one of the high ranking military officers of all time that ever emerged from the Acholi sub-region.
Col Benson Olanya, the Operation Wealth Creation (OWC) coordinator in Amuru says the deceased was a well-trained soldier in big guns. He did a good job in operation against LRA in Uganda and South Sudan.
To Godfrey Oceng Osborn, the Resident District Commissioner of Amuru, Gen. Lokech was a true reflection of a professional soldier and the best army officer Acholi had got in recent time.
Emmanuel Lapyem, the male councilor for Labongo Layamo sub county in Kitgum described the death of Gen. Lokech as one of the most heart-breaking obituaries in Acholi, adding that he was such an icon to reckon on.
Gulu West Division Mayor, Patrick Oola Lumumba regrets that the passing on of Gen. Lokech has robbed the Acholi region of a high profile personality with a brave identity in the current regime who could still have served longer in government.
Maj. Gen. Lokech worked diligently and he was committed to the implementation of the Revitalized Agreement on the Resolution of Conflict in South Sudan (R-ARCSS). He will be remembered for his brave approach that helped a contingent of Uganda People’s Defense Forces – UPDF under African Union Mission to Somalia (AMISOM), an AU-led peacekeeping mission to flash out militant Al-Shabaab.
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