Apac LC5 chief cautions farmers
Apac LC5 chairman, Bob Okae has advised farmers in the district to seriously engage in farming activities during this corvid-19 lockdown period.
“This can be a blessing in disguise for people to plant various crops and realize bumper harvests. There is adequate rain, and we must shed off the corvid-stress in gardens,” Okae told selected farmer group members at Production department grounds on 18th May 2020.
Apac LC5 chief cautions farmers
Apac LC5 chairman, Bob Okae has advised farmers in the district to seriously engage in farming activities during this corvid-19 lockdown period.
“This can be a blessing in disguise for people to plant various crops and realize bumper harvests. There is adequate rain, and we must shed off the corvid-stress in gardens,” Okae told selected farmer group members at Production department grounds on 18th May 2020.
Betty Engola, the woman MP, Apac District has returned the controversal corvid-19 fund to Apac District Task force
Apac MPs return Corvid-19 money
Apac woman member of Parliament , Betty Engola and her counterpart, Patrick Ocan, the Apac Municipality MP, have each returned the shs20 million controversial Corvid-19 to District Task Force.
While handing over the money to Chief administrative Officer, Wanje Michael, Engola said it was prudent to accept the court ruling. This was during the TaskForce meeting held at Red Cross Grounds.
Apac celebrates Independence Day, 2019
Apac Municipal Member of Parliament, Hon. Patrick Ocan has lauded the former president Milton Obote for liberating Ugandans from the colonial rule in 1962.
While addressing the Independence day Celebrations at Boma Ground, Apac on 9th October 2019, Ocan noted that the late Obote had the courage and zeal to face off with colonials in the struggle to free Uganda from British rule.
Apac Hospital shines again
MORE than sh3 Billion have so far been injected in the mega renovation of Apac Hospital, in addition to new constructions of units.
Acting District Health Officer, Ocheng Leone noted that the general hospital has had phased renovations beginning with Children’s ward, Maternity ward , Female ward and Out-Patient Department. Others are constructions of a magnificent laboratory structure, expanded mortuary with a six-body fridge and a theatre. “But we have to source for funds for renovation of male ward and staff quarters,” he said.
NUSAF3 roads attract markets for farmers
Local peasant farmers in Apac do not now need to travel to towns looking for market for their produce as buyers follow them in trading centres created along roads constructed under the Third Northern Uganda Social Action Fund.
NUSAF3 NDO, Jasper Otimoi noted that three road stretches of Abuli-Iwal, Malaba-Iwal and Obani-Malaba were constructed at a total cost of shs265 Million.
Rural community members are joyuous as they trek beautiful roads constructed under NUSAF3 project
Evidence of Small shops, permanent houses cropping up, produce buyers follow peassant farmers in rural areas, markets open along NUSAF3 community access roads
NUSAF3 opens community access roads in Kwania
Residents of Anwangi parish, Nambieso subcounty, Kwania district have every reason to smile as four community access roads have been constructed under NUSAF3 project.
Otimoi Jasper, NUSAF District Officer, Apac, said that produce buyers have started accessing the peasant farmers with their heavy trucks, resulting to attractive prices of crops. He was addressing a gathering during the commissioning of Ojokdot-Onekgwok road on 2nd September 2019.
