Local media reported that workers at Sunbird factory which is owned by West International Holdings Limited that will soon start manufacturing clinker have complained of poor sanitation facilities.

Reports claimed at least 50 Ugandan and Chinese workers have turned to easing themselves in the bushes due to lack of washroom facilities inside the estimated $300 million factory.

One of the workers told local media that, “For one to answer to nature’s call, most employees rush behind a mound of soil because there is no latrine on site, and what has helped is that Nanduget is sparsely populated area.”

West International Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of China West Cement Limited. The China Railway 20th Bureau Group Corporation is the company responsible for the construction works of the cement factory.

“Whereas we have been talking to our Chinese employers about the need to have a pit latrine in place for the workers, they have kept a deaf ear,” the worker revealed.

Workers also complained about being overworked yet they are paid meager allowances of shs11,000 per day, without providing meals.

President Museveni launched the factory’s construction last year, promising that the facility once completed would save Uganda clinker import bill of sh380m.

“So the people working in the factories will benefit, the government will benefit by taxes but I also want all the Karimojongs to benefit from the ongoing industrial development in the area in all the other ways,” Museveni said.

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Joseph Aleper, a resident of Acherer trading centre in Moruita sub-county, encountered trouble on Thursday afternoon when he propositioned a woman named Evelyne Napakol, also a resident of the area, for sexual relations. 

Napakol allegedly rejected Aleper’s advances, leading to a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical confrontation. During the altercation, Benna Akol, a friend of Napakol, joined the fight and severely beat Aleper into a coma.

Michael Longole, Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson, confirmed the incident, stating that the police were promptly informed and intervened.

Longole said that a team of detectives visited the crime scene and apprehended the two women, who now face charges of attempted murder.

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The legislators on the agriculture committee discovered that despite government sinking billions of shillings in the project, some tanks and dams were never constructed in both Karamoja and Teso sub-regions.

The dams had been planned to improve agriculture in the two regions.

What we found was that some of the dams that are being talked about are not even existing, for example Paylong dam which is supposed to help the community of Kotido isn’t even existing,” Janet Grace Akech Okori-Moe, the chairperson of the agriculture committee, said.

“What we saw at the site of Pylong is some pond with weeds grown all over the place and I think that one was constructed by the Ministry of Water,” she added.

“There is also one in Abim district. That one isn’t functional at all and I think the work wasn’t completed and those facilities were never handed over to the district,” the Woman MP for Abim said.

Her findings come on the backdrop of a host of ministers picking iron sheets meant for Karamoja region and putting them to personal use.

So far three minister have been arraigned in court over abuse of office, with many others being investigated.

Another minister was accused of diverting money meant to buy goats for beneficiaries in Karamoja to personal use.

Earlier this year, the Bukoto Central MP, Eng. Richard Sebamala, said the public shouldn’t concentrate too much on the iron sheets saga, “but rather make thorough investigations into the funds donated to Karamoja region for the last many years through donor funding and the Office of the Prime Minister.”

In his weekly Press briefing, Eng. Sebamala said 20 years ago billions of money was released for Karamoja region to construct valley dams but the project wasn’t fulfilled.

“Karamoja region has been given a lot of donor funding in sectors of education, water and sanitation, infrastructure, health etc to change people’s lives but billions and billions have always been diverted by individuals with self-interests after achieving just a small percentage of the funded projects. The region is becoming a bottomless pit for donor funding but without tangible results.” Eng. Sebamala said.

“It’s not only the iron sheets saga, 20 years ago many billions have been swindled. We even need to look into the ethics of appointed ministers for the region because they also have self-interests and constituents to serve that is why they grab national resources. Some ministers are greedy and using their portfolios to attain wealth that’s why billions have been grabbed through the land fund, Private Sector Foundation Uganda (PSFU), cooperatives etc,” he added.

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