By Samuel Opio
TESO – The Chairman IWA-UG (Iteso Welfare Association Uganda), Tom Okelloto, has said he is quitting the IWA-Uganda chairship to join the Kachumbala County MP queue.
The pint-sized Engineer told our snoop that he has already dusted the IWA files, updated the report and now ready to handover his achievements officially during the forthcoming Annual General Meeting (AGM) due to take place in December 2019.
The ‘Fresh Kid’ in 2021 elections to represent the people of Kachumbala County, said although their constitution allows him to run for the second time, he would want to give chance to other committed members of IWA-UG to take on from this particular point and make IWA-UG stronger & democratic.
Tom Okelloto is a Data Scientist Engineer. He worked as assistant lecturer at International University before venturing into Construction, Real Estate, Furniture, Aluminium and Glass.
Tom won enterprising awards in vocational skills and construction consecutively in 2009, 2010 & 2011.
“My record is clean. My achievements are naked for all to see. My focus now is on Kachumbala County, come 2021,” Okelloto said.Since Okelloto declared his interest to contest Hon Opolot Patrick seat,Opolot who considers kachumbala his retirement county according to the sources is in panicky mood spending money like he has money making machine and now voters have nicknamed him Give direct.
ABOUT IWA-UGANDA
Iteso Welfare Association Uganda (IWA-UG) was formed by Iteso and friends of Teso within Uganda and in the diaspora in response to the critical and challenging times the region was facing.
The association was formed to regain the past glory of Teso that once used to be a peaceful region, an economically sound, agriculturally productive with schools that produced prominent citizens that contributed in the building of this Nation. However, from the late 1980s for over a decade Teso suffered political instability and insecurity ranging from cattle rustling to rebel activities.
Many lives were lost during this period, agricultural productivity suffered a big setback, infrastructure destroyed, education standards deteriorated to alarming levels.
Worse still Teso continued to suffer from natural calamities such as floods and prolonged drought inflicting famine among the population.
The effects of the insecurity and natural calamities have continued to manifest in the region with high poverty levels, poor education standards, unemployment, and poor health conditions among others.
It’s against this background that Iteso from within and the diaspora came together to supplement Government and other stake-holders efforts in improving the lives of Iteso and people living in the region. “IWA Uganda is registered as a Non-Government Organization (NGO) with the NGO Board under Ministry of Internal Affairs.
