By Acayo Rita Hope
The Gulu Resident District Commissioner [RDC] Okot Santo Lapolo has advised local council one chairpersons in the district to have visitors’ books.
According to Lapolo, this will deal with circumstances of having strangers in the areas, ‘who nobody knows their identity’.
“The book is to help record visitors who come in their areas, for purposes of security,” RDC says.
He adds that: “The LC1s should learn to give information to police instantly on matters that threaten security and peace of the locals in their communities, but not calling police the following day.”
The head of the district security cited the recent Nairobi attack by Al-Shabab terrorists that claimed at least 21 lives of Kenyans, and wounding dozens.
“Attackers can launch an attack in public places and therefore the communities of Gulu should have an open eye always,” Mr. Okot warned.
The RDC was speaking in an exercise of allotting security torches to LC1s by MP Lyandro Komakech – the Gulu Municipality legislator in the RDCs boardroom on Monday.
About 44 torches were given to facilitate the area council one leaders to see that the level of vigilance and security is at its best.
The torches – as per MP’s account was bought at 1.1 million Uganda shillings.
Lyandro has pledged to bring more 25 torches to those who missed, plus whistles.
Mr. Lapolo termed the torches donated as “peace torch”.
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