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She emphasized that Kumi’s economy heavily depends on agriculture, especially as the rains return, and encouraged residents to fully utilize government initiatives designed to empower rural families.
Local leaders in Kumi District have urged residents to abandon post-election political bickering and concentrate on development and agriculture as the region prepares for the planting season.
Following the recently concluded elections that sparked divisions among voters across the country, Kumi District National Resistance Movement chairperson Amongin Aporu cautioned residents against prolonging political fights, warning that it continue to undermine the community’s growth and social cohesion.
“I want to task my residents and those who failed in politics to forgive each other because time for manhunt is over, let us go back and focus on agriculture through the Presidential Four-Acre Model project and other government programs like the Parish Development Model (PDM). We don’t eat politics we live on the produce from our farms,” Aporu said.
She emphasized that Kumi’s economy heavily depends on agriculture, especially as the rains return, and encouraged residents to fully utilize government initiatives designed to empower rural families.
Aporu also appealed to parents to prioritize their children’s education as schools reopen, urging them to provide the necessary scholastic materials and pay attention to both girls and boys equally.
“Let’s focus on educating our children and leave politics alone. It’s done. girls are more delicate, but that doesn’t mean we should ignore the boys. Every child deserves equal opportunity their future lies in our hands as parents,” she said.
Her message was echoed by Paul Oboi, the political assistant to Simon Peter Opolot Okwalinga, a prominent politician in Kumi.
Oboi called for unity among residents regardless of political affiliation.
“Politics created camps, but now that elections are over, we need to come together and focus on service delivery, those who won should work with those who didn’t, and those who lost should accept to be led. There’s no service delivery when people are divided,” Oboi said.
Kumi’s chair of the district security committee, John Bosco Mubito, commended the peaceful conduct of elections but condemned those still formenting chaos.
“In elections, there is always a winner and a loser, those who lost should not treat it as the end of life, and those who won should remain humble and responsible. Elections come every five years what matters is unity and preparing for the next opportunity,” Mubito said.
Mubito further advised aggrieved candidates to seek redress through legal channels rather than inciting division within the community.
“If you don’t trust the election process, go to court; winning and losing are both part of democracy. Let’s focus on development and not destruction,” he said.
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