Dokolo| Dr. Rosemary Alwoc Ogwal, the former candidate for the Dokolo district woman Member of Parliament by-election, will not be leaving the community just yet.
Dr. Alwoc is the daughter of the late Lango’s Iron Lady, Cecilia Barbara Atim Ogwal.
After failing to win her mother’s Legislative seat, Dr. Alwoc has continued to engage in a variety of developmental activities, including providing relief aid to flood victims, supporting church projects, and assisting women’s groups.
She has also been providing assistance to special needs children, orphans, and the elderly, as well as repairing boreholes in various sub-counties and town councils, using “the limited resources at her disposal.”
On May 17, while on an inspection tour of recently rehabilitated boreholes in Bardege parish, Bata sub-county, Dokolo district, Dr. Alwoc inaugurated the construction of a new borehole in Bardege with the help of a village Church of Christ.
While there, she assured the residents of continued support, stating that she will continue with what the mother left behind.
“After mourning our mother Cecilia Ogwal for some time, I realised that all of the projects she was working on in Dokolo had stalled, and all of the politicians who had promised to pick up where she had left off did not take any action,” she explained.
“I therefore decided to get to work, even though I am no longer a politician, but rather a resident of Adok sub-county in Dokolo district,” she said.
“When I was working abroad, before the demise of our mother, I used to financially support all the projects she was working on in Dokolo district. So, I promise to take the helm and pick up where she left off.”
She pledged more support to flood victims in Bardege parish following the April 13, 2024 floods. She stated that she was lobbying for relief food to help submerge homes and farm fields belonging to at least 15,000 residents.
Furthermore, Dr. Alwoc expressed gratitude to the government and other organisations for the increased support that the “Church of Christ” and other inspirational organisations had to offer. The church installed a borehole in Bardege village.
She urged the Bardege community and the rest of Bata sub-county to put party politics aside and instead focus on addressing the issue at hand, citing floods as an example because everyone could be a victim.
Francis Obal, a councillor for persons with disabilities in Bardege parish, lamented that the parish’s clean water crisis, which had persisted for generations, is no longer a nightmare, thanks to the installation of three functional boreholes.
The same problem, she said, still afflicts other parishes in the subcounty.
Obal stated that the main road to Bardege market is dilapidated and requires immediate rehabilitation.
“The road needs rehabilitation because it is the main route used by traders from various districts to reach the market,” he said.
Joshua Ongia Opito, coordinator of the Church of Christ, stated that Bardege parish has one shallow well that serves five villages, including animals.
“In the past, we only had one shallow well in Bardege parish, serving five villages and domestic animals, but now there is enough clean water because three boreholes have been installed.”
Opito urged residents of the villages that share boreholes to form saving groups, which will not only help them improve their financial situation but also keep the boreholes operational.
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