By Weswa Ronnie
LAMWO
Sixteen senior Lamwo District officials, including the Resident District Commissioner and District Internal Security Officer have been arrested over alleged corruption, misuse of government funds and neglect of duty.
The officials were arrested on Friday last week by a team from the State House Anti-Corruption Unit led by Yiga Kisakyamukama, the Special Presidential Assistant in charge of Service Delivery and Monitoring.
Those arrested include Lamwo RDC William Komakech, District Internal Security Officer Jolly Joe Ogwal, Deputy Chief Administrative Officer Samuel Jones Laguu, District Community Development Officer Wilfred Nyeko and Chief Finance Officer Okako Olworo Labongo.
Others are District Internal Auditor Geoffrey Nyeko, Principal Commercial Officer Powel Alex Kadugu, District Production Officer Wilfred Ochora, Parish Development Model focal person Ductus Ogiki, District Inspector of Schools Ben Washington Joro, Principal Human Resource Officer Harriet Okeny and Youth Livelihood Project focal person Geoffrey Ocana.
The list also includes District Engineer Leonard Akena, District Water Engineer Benson Atube Labai, Nyimur Sub-county Community Development Officer David Owiny and Geoffrey Okot, chairperson of the loan committee of Lamwo Performing Artists Emyooga SACCO.
Kisakyamukama says the arrests followed reports of corruption, financial irregularities and neglect of duty, particularly in the implementation of government programmes such as the Parish Development Model (PDM) and Emyooga.
Kisakyamukama says the RDC and DISO were arrested over their alleged failure to provide effective oversight of district officials.
He says the crackdown is intended to strengthen accountability, protect public resources and improve service delivery in Lamwo District.
