{"id":54993,"date":"2022-03-30T11:09:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kfm.co.ug\/?p=54993"},"modified":"2022-03-30T11:09:56","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T08:09:56","slug":"acholi-mps-question-exaggerated-burial-figures-for-oulanyah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kfm.dembefm.ug\/staging_h\/acholi-mps-question-exaggerated-burial-figures-for-oulanyah\/","title":{"rendered":"Acholi MPS question \u2018exaggerated\u2019 burial figures for Oulanyah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">By Ritah Kemigisa<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have questioned the money the government has allocated towards the burial of the former speaker of the 11<sup data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"17.77777671813965\">th<\/sup> parliament Jacob Oulanyah.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Out of the entire shs 2.5b budget for the burial, the Group had been allocated shs 312.9m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">However the APG Secretary General John Amos Okot who is also the Agago North legislator says the figure is inflated adding that they only proposed for shs 235m which should be given to the local organizing committee and not them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">\u201cIt looks very weird that you hire a funeral service at that much, I don\u2019t think we are realistic about the figure regarding the burial. As Members of APG, we are going to have a meeting to discuss that budget because people should not take advantage of our fallen member who was our patron. We don\u2019t want it, we don\u2019t want to exaggerate figures,\u201d said Mr Okot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Okot explains that the shs 10m would cater for hiring a Bwola cultural dance group to perform when Oulanyah\u2019s body arrives at the Airport, Kololo and the burial day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Shs 72m for the construction of a 42Km access road to Oulanya&#8217;s home in Lalogi, shs 3m for lighting his compound, shs 72m for organizing the regional reception in Gulu and shs 28m for mobilization.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">He meanwhile says they have proposed that shs 50m is given to Oulanyah\u2019s family to cater for expenses after burial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\">Shs 235m approved budget for Acholi MPs<\/span><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Access Roads (42 kms) shs 72,000,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Traditional dancers (Airport-Kololo-Burial)\u00a0shs 10,000,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Lighting Compound\u00a0shs 3,000,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Coordination\/mobilization shs 28,000,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Regional reception in Gulu shs 72,000,000<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span data-originalfontsize=\"16pt\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"21.33333396911621\"> Contingency\u00a0shs 50,000,000\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; By Ritah Kemigisa Members of the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) have questioned the money the government has allocated towards the burial of the former speaker of the 11th parliament Jacob Oulanyah. Out of the entire shs 2.5b budget for the burial, the Group had been allocated shs 312.9m. However the APG Secretary General John Amos Okot who is also the Agago North legislator says the figure is inflated adding that they only proposed for shs 235m which should be given to the local organizing committee and not them. \u201cIt looks very weird that you hire a funeral service at that much, I don\u2019t think we are realistic about the figure regarding the burial. 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