Tag Archives: Acholi

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Northern Uganda Diocese Emeritus Bishop Rt Rev Nelson Onono Onweng has called on the people in the Acholi Sub-region to forgive Severino Kiberu Okoya, the father to former Holy Spirit Movement rebel leader Alice Auma Lakwena. Speaking to mourners during the burial of Okoya …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A breakaway faction of Chiefs under the Acholi Cultural Institution has called off a meeting it had called to elect a new Paramount Chief of Acholi. The move follows a resolution reached between the chiefs led by their interim chairperson Richard Santo Apire and security …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have decided they will not allow a planned election of a Paramount Chief of Acholi by the breakaway faction of chiefs to take place. The election that was slated for Friday, June 14 in Kitgum Municipality was announced last week by a section …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II has broken his silence on the planned move by a section of rival chiefs to hold an election for a new traditional leader of the Acholi cultural institution describing the idea as illegal. Last week, a section …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Paramount Chief of Acholi, David Onen Acana II, has called an urgent meeting with all chiefs within the Acholi Sub-region amidst an ongoing power struggle within the Acholi Cultural Institution. This call comes shortly after a rival faction of chiefs announced their own …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Clan chiefs under the Acholi Cultural Institution have released a road map for the election of a new Paramount Chief of Acholi to replace Rwot David Onen Acana II. The chiefs parted ways with Acana in June last year after accusing …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief David Onen Acana II has appointed a new prime Minister to head the Acholi Cultural Institution, nearly 10 months after the position became vacant. Michael Otim 53, a former Minister for Rehabilitation at the Acholi Cultural Institution was unveiled as the …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II has challenged the government to ensure transparency and equitable sharing of revenues from oil and gas. Rwot Acana, who was the chief guest at the oil and gas symposium organized by the Ministry of Energy …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  Kilak North Member of Parliament Anthony Akol has challenged the election of the new chairperson and executive members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG), describing the process as illegal. Akol, who has been the APG chairperson, since July 2021, says that the new team …

Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chief Justice Alfonse Owiny-Dollo Chigamoi has blamed the cases of famine and poverty among households in the Acholi Sub-region on extreme alcoholism coupled with laziness among abled men and women. Justice Owiny-Dollo notes that the majority of the abled-bodied Acholi community members have resorted …