The Pader District Chief Administration Officer (CAO) Alex Chelimo has issued a notice for seeking donations for the burial of the deceased speaker of parliament, Jacob Oulanyah.
Chelimo issued a formal circular to Town Clerks and to all Assistant Senior Secretaries of the Pader district, in which he stated that town councils make a contribution of shs500,000. In contrast, sub-countries will make shs300,000 towards the burial arrangements of Oulanyah.
However, this donation is totally separate from the current community contribution, which is being made and channeled to the CFO.
Treat this with the quickness it deserves,” Chelimo said.
Chelimo made this decision come from a meeting on March 22, 2022, which resolved that local governments contribute to the burial.
Oulanyah died last week in Seattle, the USA, where he had been taken for a highly specialized treatment for cancer.
The body of the former speaker will be arriving in the country on Friday, and his family will bury the body at his ancestral home in Omoro.
The government has planned Shs 2.5b to cater to the burial expenses; however, in a special session at parliament yesterday, the government slashed the budget to Shs1.8b.
The letter was dated March 29 and copied to Pader District Chairperson, Resident District Commissioner (RDC), Urban Council Chairpersons, and LC III Chairpersons; CAO Chelimo referred to a resolution of the first planning meeting for burial arrangements, which was carried out on March 22, 2022, two days after President Museveni announced the death of Oulanyah.
They issued a formal letter:
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