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    Lango Cultural Leaders Accuse Museveni of Supporting Rival Group

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    By Emmanuel Eumu.

    The Lango Chiefdom led by the Paramount Chief, Yosam Odur have accused President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni of supporting the rival group led by Eng. Michael Odongo Okune.

    Its now a couple of months when President Museveni  coughed at the cattle rustlers while at Barlegi State lodge in Otuke district.

    Before holding a separate meeting with the Lango cultural leaders headed by Yosam Odur 89, President Museveni visited the family of Odur whose health had since deteriorated hence avoided public appearances and later met his cabinet members headed by James Ajal as Prime Minister.

    Nearly three months after the Barlegi meeting, the government has not yet responded to  any request fronted by Odur’s group, including financing his tour of the region, a brand new official vehicle, the construction of Lango Palace, providing support to family of Odur, and stopping the operations of Lango Cultural institution ( Tekwaro Lango ) under the leadership of their rival Eng.Dr.Micheal Odongo Okune in his request for support to facilitate his tour of the region, it was intended that the ageing and sickly Yosam would use this opportunity to deliver the final message to his subjects as he prepares to bow out and hand over leadership to another person.
    The Lango paramount Chief H.H Yosam Odur making public appearance during president Museveni’s visit to the region in 2023.

    A source at the Lango Cultural Foundation has revealed that several attempts by Odur and his team through top government officials from Lango have yielded nothing a reason the ailing leader hasn’t been able to conduct  his tour.

    The group has also remained disturbed as to why Museveni hasn’t responded to their requests but instead allowed Dr Okune and his group to freely continue operating and conducting cultural roles.

    On Thursday, while addressing the group of clan heads who had paid him a visit at his Teboke base home in Kole district, Odur, whose condition has remained worrying, wondered why Museveni had not responded to his plea.

    Recently while conducting a cultural ritual to enthrone a new clan leader in Lira City, Dr.Okune urged his subjects to ignore the dispute and concentrate on wealth creation with support from various government programs including the Parish Development Model in a bid to recover from the funding gap caused by the world bank pull out.

    Eng. Dr. Michael Okune the Lango’s rival chief.

    A source in government said that the decision to ignore petitions against Okune  was likened to the president’s decision not to meddle directly in the affairs of Lango.

    Ever since Barlegi meeting, a fresh dispute erupted among Lango clan leaders loyal to Odur’s administration after it emerged that certain top leaders had registered Lango Cultural Foundation as businesses company limited by shares and subsequently apportioned shares ownership to some eight members.

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