THE Minister of Gender, Labour and Social Development (GLSD) Hon. Betty Amongi Ongom has counseled the embattled Prime Minister of the expunged Lango Cultural Foundation (LCF) to either run to the court of law or draw closer to the clan chiefs (owitong) as opposed to writing long empty letters to various government offices over the cultural leadership-related issues. “.
..in the circumstance, I advise you to convene a meeting with all the clan leaders (owitong),of Lango,if you are able to,so that we in the Ministry of Gender can come and hear from them.
..”,reads in part the Minister’s letter to James Ajal.
This was in response to a letter dated 6th June, 2024, signed by James Ajal, who listed a catalogue of lamentations, chiefly disputing the election of his arch enemy Eng. Dr. Michael Moses Odongo Okune on 1st March, 2024.
In the letter, James Ajal listed the names of 44 purported clan chiefs who did not participate in the election, which he described as unlawful and did not meet the democratic principles and guidelines. Interestingly, Betty Amongi Ongom, who is also the MP Oyam South, reminds James Ajal that some of the names listed as having boycotted the March 1st election actually sent in their apologies. This notwithstanding, the minister once again informed James Ajal that her ministry, which officially deployed a staff member to monitor the said election, captured every detail (both still and video photographs),including the list of voters, and submitted a detail.
