Kumi district local goverrnment faces challenge of slow procurement process

JOSEPH ONYANGO
KABERAMAIDO 5/4/2008.

Kumi district local government faces challenge of slow procurement process.

The District chairman, Ismael Orot however attributes the challenge to the general change which he said is right from the central government.

Orot says the challenge in the procurement process is affecting the entire other districts..

He said that with the current recruitment of procurement officers in the district they are going to be more effective in ensuring that all their monies are properly utilized.

Meanwhile in Soroti district, the LC5 chairman Stephen Ochola decries that the RDC office is interfering with the tendering and procurement process in the district.
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Police in Kumi are holding a man identified as John Robert Okukwa for murdering a notorious thief.

The incident happened at Kumel village in Ngora sub county..

Kumi district criminal intelligence officer (CID), Selestino Ebulu identified the late notorious thief who was murdered as Vincent Okalebo 30 years of the same village.

Okalebo is said to have gone to steal and he was beaten to death because the assailant was defending him self.

Ebulu says eventually this case is going to be reduced to manslaughter because he Okukwa did not intend to kill this man.

However, the late is has been having several cases in police which are related to stealing.

The OC CID, Selestino Ebulu says this was his fifth time when he had gone to steal.

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The construction of Kumi district water from Agu River to the town is on the tendering process.

The tendering process is going to be done by the central government because it’s a big project totaling 12 million US dollars.

This was disclosed by Kumi district chairman, Ismael Orot at his office on Monday.

Orot says the construction is expected to start in 2008/ 09 financial year.

This water line is going to pass via Ngora, Kumi University and Kumi town council.

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The security situation in Kumi district has improved this year says the district chairman, Ismael Orot.

The chairman says the district is now peaceful except only during Easter season recently is when some thugs wanted to grab a boda boda his motor cycle in Ongino road.

Orot however, says there were precautions put by security personnel to address rampant robbery cases from occurring during Easter.

Orot says that security in the district is going to improve tremendously because police in Kumi are again slated to receive another brand new patrol vehicle.

He said the vehicle is suppose to be handed to the DPC and RDC today (Monday) in Lira town under the office of Inspector General of Police.

He says this vehicle will make the work of police easy via transport for visiting places of scene.

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