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Last Updated on: 23rd February 2022, 03:57 pm
Oyam district LC5 chairman said money from sales of old rides will be used to buy new vehicles and motorcycles.
By Chris James Woo
Oyam – February 20, 2022: Oyam district local government is planning to auction dozens of old vehicles and motorcycles. Both rides are currently in poor mechanical conditions.
This plan is to be presented before the district council for approval.
Nommy Otyeno, speaker of Oyam district council said, “The vehicles are old,” adding that they are waiting for a report from the technical team after an assessment.
The majority of them in DMCs are parked at the district yard and some garages within the district. Others are still with the district servants at their homes, the council speaker has revealed.
Otyeno explained that the works and technical services department is the most affected, adding that works on various roads in the district are now halted.
Patricia Betty Okulu, secretary of health said lack of transport has greatly affected service delivery to the community.
“Transportation of sick people, especially pregnant women, is now a great task because even some of our ambulances are currently broken,” she said.
She appreciated the spirit of togetherness among staff in various departments and encouraged them to continue with that spirit as they share the little resources Oyam district is having.
This is not going well with a section of community members as they claim that they were not consulted and informed about the development.
Nacuru Olot, a resident of Western ward ‘A’ in Kamdini Town Council in Oyam South said this could be a good move but he fears that the money that shall be raised from the sales of the vehicles and motorcycles may pass through the hands of corrupt officials.
He suggested that Oyam district should repair those vehicles and motorcycles. “Because, as locals, we don’t have money to hire private cars to take our sick ones to the health facilities.”
According to Olot, they are currently hiring private cars at shs700,000 to shs800,000 especially when they are transporting dead people.
In response, Benson Walter Dila, LC5 chairperson of Oyam said he had directed the office of the Chief Administrative Officer to form a team of engineers to carry out an assessment.
A report is yet to be handed to the district’s top leaders and before the council.
Dila has pledged full commitment to ensure the processes are done according to the law.
He also said they plan to auction the vehicles and use the money raised to buy new cars and motorbikes.
