Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The founder members of Iteso Cultural Union-ICU have run to Soroti high court to block the installation of Paul Sande Emolot as the acting Emorimor. The team that comprises seven members is led by William Alloch Akol, the chairperson of ICU. They are Joyce Asekenye, …
Read More »Iteso Cultural Union petitions gender ministry over Emorimor’s office
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The speaker of the Iteso Cultural Union John Francis Okuma has written to the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (MGLSD) to allow the embattled council chairperson, Paul Sande Emolot to oversee the office of Emorimor. Emolot and more than 100 members of ICU …
Read More »Contention in Teso over burial site of cultural leader
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Iteso Cultural Institution is yet to agree where the Paramount Chief in Teso, Augustine Osuban Lemukol will be buried. On Monday, William Alloch Akol, the Chairperson of the Iteso Cultural Union-ICU Founders said that Emorimor should be buried on the land that was last …
Read More »World Vision, Iteso Cultural Union partner to end child marriages
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Iteso Cultural Union has partnered with World Vision Uganda to end violence against children and teenage pregnancies in Teso sub region. Records from various districts across the region indicate that more than 30,000 girls of school-going age were impregnated between 2020 and 2021. The most …
Read More »Soroti district hands over land to Iteso Cultural Union
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Soroti District Local Government has finally handed over three plots of land to the Iteso Cultural Union. The plots 15-17 located along Serere road were officially handed over on Tuesday in a function presided over by the second Deputy Prime Minister Iteso Cultural Union, Valerian …
Read More »Iteso Cultural Union to conduct fresh elections in March
Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The founding members of Iteso Cultural Union have given an ultimatum of March 31, 2021, for the Teso Paramount Chief, Emorimor Augustine Osuban Lemukol and his cabinet to conduct fresh elections of council members. This follows the alleged irregularities in the November 2019 elections. The election …
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