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A section of Legislators from the Acholi Sub-region is expressing frustration over the prolonged delays in the commencement of the investigation into the Apaa land conflict by the Judicial Commission of Inquiry.
Despite being established by President Yoweri Museveni on April 3, 2023, the commission, chaired by retired Chief Justice Bart Katureebe is yet to commence investigations into the disputed area claimed by both Amuru and Adjumani districts.
Legislators in the sub-region, however, say more than a year into the inauguration, there isn’t any visible progress.
Betty Aol Ocan, the Gulu City Woman Member of Parliament, told Journalist Sunday in Gulu City that the delayed commencement of the commission’s work could be deliberate to frustrate efforts of resolving the conflict.
John Amos Okot, the Agago North County Legislator, on the other hand, said the overdue probe by the commission into the root causes of the conflict is intentional to distract leaders from understanding the truth behind the conflict.
Efforts to get comments from the Secretary to the Judicial Commission of Inquiry were futile by press time.
At least two people have been killed and two others injured in the disputed territory since the resurgence of violence on March 27. Local leaders in Amuru put the total number of those killed in Apaa conflict to 104 with over 50 missing since 2012.
