Voice of the Voiceless September 2012 news letter

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September 2012
AMURU DISTRICT LOST PHC MONEY. trainees are expected to train other youth to
acquire still for self-sustainable development.
Amuru district local government for two
consecutive fiscal years has hidden the Primary In an interview with Susan the hair dresser she
Health Care fund for Private Not For Profit
said they use the money they get from the clients
(PNFP) health units in the district. Amuru
district has a number of PNFP units under the to supplement the supplies from the donor. Hair
diocese of northern Uganda and Gulu dressing for one
Archdiocese under St Mary’s Hospital Lacor. person cost 9000,
On a quarterly basis, PNFP unit in HC III level while that without
gets 3,056,343 shs per quarter while HC II gets chemical from the
2,037,562 shs a quarter . It has become common center labour cost
practice for the Administration of Amuru district
3000. Our report
to hide government funds through PHC to these
church units in the district. As our reporter visits estimated that if one
the health sector accountant, he cannot explain person made 20 hairs
why the y were not remitted to this health unit. a month each may get
180,000 shillings per month.
Pabo HC III- Lacor, Amuru HC III- Lacor and
Keyo COU HC II have been denied access to
this month, despite the commendable service
they are giving to the community. Several times RDC DECLARED WAR ON CIVIL
we attempted to get clear information on the SERVANTS
money but no explanation from the was given
from the health sector office. It is suspected that RDC Amuru district has declared war on civil
this money could be in hand of some health
servants in the district. The RDC made the
sector official who is not yet identified. Our
closest source of information from the district remark over the local radio station in northern
revealed money in question was kept in an Uganda. Capt Mwesigye who has taken 4
unidentified bank account. Attempt sto get clear months in the district accused the civil servants
information from DHO Amuru was futile as he in the district of not staying in the district and
was for meeting in Kampala, while CAO was coming late to office.
not in the district in the same period of time.
The question arising from the community in the
ATTIAK YOUTH IN SAFE HANDS TO
district is: who is not doing the Work?
DEVELOPMENT:
Supervisors or the supervisees? The former
Many youth in Uganda are looking at Youth RDC Amuru Milton Odongo also made an order
Venture scheme money promised by president to police to impound all the district vehicles
Yoweri Musevini as a way to fight going to Gulu every evening, which police did
unemployment among the youth. The burden of not follow.
unemployment created by long civil war in the DEO AMURU PROMISED BETTER PLE RESULTS
region is being addressed by War Child who 2012.
have built the Market Resource centre in Attiak.
District Education Officer Mr. Ben promised
MRC that is being run by the youth trained the stakeholders of Amuru district better PLE
offers a range of services namely, computer 2012 results. He made the remark during
training, Hair dressing, CJ, and BCP. The Educational sector dialogue meeting organized
by Gulu District NGO Forum in Amuru district

Behold, I send an angel before you to guard you on the way and to bring you to the place that I have prepared (Ex23:20)


September 2012
multipurpose hall. Gulu district NGO Forum ordained served as Bursar in Lacor Minor Seminary
since 2004 with it members organizations and left for further study in USA. He also instituted
the audit team to audit the church founded schools
trained community on poverty resource and the parishes accounts, this drew attention of the
monitoring which was called by the Ministry of parish administrator to check financial records. For
Finance and Economic Development as a way to quite some period of term the church founded school
build community ownership of all the various being headed by government were paying less
attention to protocol of the Catholic Church in the
interventions being put as a way to fight poverty
diocese.
in society. During the longer war in northern
Uganda various projects injected by NGOs were ARCHBISHOP JB ODAMA AWARDED PEACE
named by the very NGO, such as water point PRIZE.

known as Accord. In the same meeting DEO The Archbishop of Gulu catholic
told the members to play their key role and other Archdiocese Rt. Rev JB Odama
stake holders in attendance were RDC Amuru, has been awarded a peace prize
Vice Chairperson LCV, with his executives and by World Vision International. A
communication by World Vision
all the sub county chiefs in the various sub Uganda Gulu office state that there
counties. In the same meeting DEO informed the is a monetary award. Odama
members that NGO forum shall conduct however turned the monetary award down and
comprehensive study in Amuru district which directed World Vision to channel the money to the
education of the children in Uganda. The Archbishop
shall help in further planning for year 2013. In
is highly known with his credibility to ward children’s
similar development LCIII Attiak called upon issues.
his colleagues to also set their own target for
2013, but he did not give figures for his sub Retired Bishop Gideon Allan
county. Oboma Laid to rest.
The Bishop passed in from Lacor
Hospital on Thursday 6th September
2012 at around 10:30pm.He was laid to
Uganda: Apostolic nuncio to Uganda
rest 14/09/12. Allan
Archbishop Paul Tschang In-Nam Oboma served as the
has been transfer from Uganda to fifth Bishop of the
to serve in the same capacity in Diocese of Northern
Thailand and Cambodia. Uganda from 1979 up
to 1998. Gideon
In the period before the Photo courtesy of Oboma was born on
appointment of the next Apostolic Diocese of northern 22nd October 1932 at
Nuncio, the Secretary to the Apostolic Nuncio in Uganda file
Atiak in Amuru District
Uganda, Msgr. Edward Karaan will be the in-charge
formerly Gulu District.
of diplomatic matters, sources with the church
revealed.
He was baptized on the 15th April 1934
in infancy and later confirmed. He was
Gulu: Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese JB Odama educated at Atiak Church of Uganda,
has embarked to restructure the various offices in the Lira Palwo ,and Buwalasi Primary
Archdiocese of Gulu. He has appointed Rev Fr. Marin Teacher’s College. In 1964-1965 Allan
Agwee as the chancellor; Fr. Agwee handed over his trained at St. Andrew's community
office as Parish priest of Anaka Parish to take over centre , Mbale as Tent Maker priest.
new responsibility. Archbishop also appointed Rev.
Fr. Lawrence Komakech as the parish priest of St He was made Deacon on 25th April
Joseph Cathedral, Fr. Lawrence since he was
1967 at Christ Church Gulu and

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ordained a priest at St. Philips Pro Erica Sabiti, Janani Luwum, Silvanus
Cathedral Gulu, in 1969. He went to Wani, Yona Okoth, Livingstone
Bishop Tucker Theological College from Mpalanyi-Nkoyoyo and Henry Luke
1972-1975, where he graduated with a
Orombi. Henry Luke Orombi, Stanley
Diploma in Theology from Makerere
University, Kampala. In 1976 he was Ntagali and Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo after the
appointed Dean of St. Philips Pro elections. The communications director
Cathedral Church, Gulu and Chaplain for the Church of Uganda, the Rev. Can.
Gulu High School. He was appointed an Dr. Alison Barfoot, said outgoing
Assistant Bishop of Northern Uganda on Archbishop Orombi will begin a farewell
14th January 1979. Allan was made an tour to all the 34 dioceses in the Church
acting Diocesan Bishop when the
of Uganda. She said the new archbishop
Diocesan Bishop was in exile. He went
to Trinity College Bristol in England from will also serve as the Diocesan Bishop of
1981-1983 and graduated with a Kampala diocese as well as archbishop
Diploma in Higher Education. From of the entire Church of Uganda. The new
1983-1985 he was at Oak Hill archbishop will be consecrated on
Theological College, London England December 16 at St. Paul’s Cathedral in
and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Namirembe. Other contenders to the
(BA) degree in Theology and Pastoral
position were Steven Kazimba Mugalu
Studies. Bishop Allan Oboma retired in
May 1998. He and his wife Blandina Mbowa (Mukono diocese), Stanley
Oboma (RIP) are blessed with four Ntagali (Masindi-Kitala diocese), Joel
children. Obetia (Madi and West Nile diocese) and
Nathan Kyamanywa. Early this year,
Orombi announced he would step down
ARCHBISHOP DR. LUKE ORMOBI IS as Church of Uganda Archbishop and
READY TO HAND OVER THE OFFICE; called for the election of his successor
Rev. Stanley Ntagali.
Archbishop Dr. Luke Orombi is ready to hand over his
office to his Successor The Rt. Rev. He was born in Kigezi, 57 years ago, but
Stanley Ntagali is the new archbishop of his family later
the Church of Uganda. He takes over migrated to
from outgoing Archbishop Henry Luke Bunyoro. He has
Orombi in December. been working as
The House of Bishops, a teacher, youth
comprising leaders of worker and
the 34 dioceses in the missionary.
Photo courtesy of Kintu
country, has elected Ntagali has held
the new Archbishop. various positions in the Church of
Ntagali becomes the Uganda since he was ordained in 1981.
eighth person to assume the seat in the He served as vicar, diocesan secretary
history of the Church of Uganda. and archdeacon. When he was
Previous archbishops of the Church of archdeacon of Masindi, he spearheaded
Uganda are Leslie Brown, who was the the creation of Masindi-Kitara Diocese.
first archbishop of Uganda, Rwanda, When Ntagali was provincial secretary,
Burundi and Boga-Zaire. Others were



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he organized the enthronement of BAD ROAD WORRY BORDER
Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi. He is BUSINESS
known to be outspoken on public issues.
Delay in awarding construction money
For instance, his views on the Anti-Gay to tarmac Attiak to Nimule road is
Bill are well known. Ntagali holds a worrying the community of Attiak Sub
master’s degree in theology and County. Attiak to Nimule road to
development from the Oxford Centre for constructed with finances from Japanese
Mission, UK. He studied at Bishop Government through JICA. Due to heavy
rain and downed power lines there were
Tucker Theological College and St.
frequent cases of vehicles falling down
Paul’s United Theological College in
and they are destroying the good of the
Limiru, Kenya. He is married to Beatrice business people heading to Uganda
with whom he has five children. The Rt. border market or
Rev. Stanley Ntagali, Rombi who is Sudan. The
currently beating his farewell to his flock community is
country wide has given challenges to however requesting
for ex-speed
political leaders in the country to ensure
process to tarmac
they leave office to other before they the road to ensure a
are too old. smoother
Product after fall down transport
NAADS FUND UN-ACOUNTED IN Attiak- Nimule road 2km
from Attiak center network.
ATTIAK SUB COUNTY
ATTIAK
Attiak sub county NAADS coordinator
BLESSED WITH
with sub county chief is in great
pressure over NAADS fund that were A BETTER HCII
not accounted in FY 2011-2012. RDC
The stress the communities of Attiak
Amuru Capt Mysige order police in
Attiak to investigate the circumstance were undergoing due to in adequate
where the money was not accounted
and seek further evidence for what
purposed the money was used. In
closest information from District
Preliminary report of CID Attiak to CAO
confirmed about 2.500000, where not
accounted and there were not financial View of
supporting documents. While contact Maternity wings with 7 rooms inside for delivery only.
District NAADS coordinator declined to
health service has been rescued.
comment about citing order is from
above and the above should state. It
Catholic Church sister congregation
not easy to identified who is that above
operating St Monica in Gulu district has
from the district of Amuru.
constructed a better health
Amuru district has many cases of
financial lost miss appropriation which
are not yet cleared out pending
investigations from various offices for
State house, IGG etc.

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September 2012
HC II with a maternity wing that is Before we ask for someone contribution we
delivering on average 3 babies per day. must get what can brings the money which now
The unit is more established than any we have i.e wood bead making, paper beads
HC II in making and soon we shall have carpentry as our
Amuru training and IGA.
district.
ABOUT ARCHBISHOP JOHN BAPTIST ODAMA.

Archbishop John Baptist Odama is the
metropolitan Archbishop of Gulu Archdiocese in
northern Uganda, a region which is emerging
from over two decades of conflict waged
between the Government of Uganda and the
rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA).
The civil war has had disastrous impacts upon
the population. Among other impacts of the
conflict, thousands of children were abducted by
the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) to serve as
child soldiers, sex slaves and porters, and over
1.8 million people were displaced and forced to
live in squalid conditions of the IDP camps
bishop revealed this
during his submission to
UN Security Council.
A mother who delivered from the unit taking bed rest
with her newly born baby. (Photo by Voice for He attended many
voiceless).
forums on conflict in
PASTORA SUPPORT ONE YOUTH 2012 northern Uganda. His
presentation to UN Security Council drew
Pabo Save the Orphans Association is attention of international community to wake up
supporting only one youth in secondary school recognized the suffering of the people in
VOV has learnt. When contacted to give more northern Uganda
information about support in education sector,
coordinator of the Association confirmed that
Association in 2012 is supporting only one
youth due to lack of finances. In 2004-2008 the
Comboni have supported the youth. It is very
difficult to give this support since many youth
hope for our intervention in their secondary
education. We are working around the clock to
ensure that in 2013 we support many more of the
youth in secondary education compared to this
year. This shall only be achieved if people of
good will extend their helping hand to us. We
are also working hard to raise funds locally from
Uganda. There is syndrome of dependency of
donor support while forgetting local donation
can do more work, Omony has said. I am very
sure this dream shall be realized if all
stakeholders in the country join hand together.



September 2012
Below photo showing Archbishop in difference Below he kneel seeking forgiveness he has
event. wrong any one.

Garamba forest seeking peace Rt JB Odama and
Bishop, Ochola, Fr. Julius orach with LRA
fighters.

In church Archbishop ever preach on Peace &
forgiveness, he asked why do you kill your brother?

Friend and peace lover children (ngini-ngini) listening
to Archbishop in church.

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Below holding his trophy after receiving

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