Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II has faulted local leaders in the region for fueling the rising cases of environmental destruction. Rwot Acana says local leaders from the village level up to the district are actively engaged in issuing receipts, movement documents …
Read More »Acholi paramount chief defends bride price regulation
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II has defended the passing of a by-law by the Acholi cultural institution that regulates bride price payments. The cultural institution early this year passed a bylaw that limits bride price payment to 5 million Shillings, a …
Read More »Acholi paramount chief calls for protection of girls in lockdown
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Paramount Chief of Acholi Cultural Institution has called for collective responsibility to protect young girls from sexual abuse as the country battles the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic. Rwot Acana told URN during an interview at his palace …
Read More »Funding shortfall hindering operations of Acholi chiefdom
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II has decried inadequate funding which is hindering operations of the Chiefdom. Some building projects of the institution at its headquarters in West Division of Gulu City are on a standstill. The chiefdom’s programs to conduct sensitization …
Read More »Acholi cultural institution struggles to operate
Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Cultural Institution alias Ker Kwaro Acholi-KKA is struggling to operate due to financial challenges. The institution oversees the operations and activities of 57 Sub Chiefdoms in Acholi. Rwot David Onen Acana II, the Acholi Paramount Chief disclosed that the institution requires over Shillings …
Read More »COVID-19; Acholi paramount chief stuck in London
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief Rwot David Onen Acana II is currently stuck in the United Kingdom following a worldwide lockdown over the coronavirus Pandemic. Acana who heads the Ker Kwaro Acholi Chiefdom, flew to London for personal business in March. He was also scheduled to …
Read More »Acholi paramount chief irked by encroachment on royal land
Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Acholi Paramount Chief, Rwot David Onen Acana II is protesting the encroachment on Payira Royal clan land in Pader District. The land in question is found in Lacekocot Trading Centre in the newly created Atanga Town Council in Aruu North County. The land has been segmented …
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