By Voice of Lango Editorial (editor@vol.co.ug)
Kwania
State Minister for Gender; Labor and Social Development in charge industrial relations Charles Okello Engola Macodwogo has tasked Kwania district councilors to formulate an alcohol ordinance to regulate consumption of alcohol.
Okello Engola made the remarks while speaking at a meeting on implementation of the Parish Development Module (PDM) at Kwania Resort Hotel in Aduku Town Council, Kwania District.
Macodwogo attributed the rise in poverty level in Lango to 38% from 16% in 2017 on excessive alcohol consumption with Kwania district leading in the vice.
Okello Engola also tasked Kwania district leaders to sensitize the masses on poverty alleviation strategies.
Kwanai district chairman Geoffrey Alex Ogwal Adyebo promised to ensure the alcohol ordinance is put in place as a mechanism to fight household poverty.
Beatrice Adupa, Kwania District Community Development Officer, said they have already dispatched 5.9 million shillings to 49 parishes in each group out of the 292 million shillings that the district received under PDM.
