THE YEAR THAT WAS!

If women have a chance to work and earn as full as equal partners in society, their families will flourish. And when families flourish, our community and nation does as well. But it's unfortunate just in months of my office duties, we've registered very painful death of very committed women whose devotion rescued many lives in the hospitals .Notably, a paediatrician Dr.Milly Grace Arach of GRRH who passed on due to COVID19 on Sunday 27th June 2021 and Dr.Janet Oola the then DHO Nwoya District who died equally on duty. Please,let us observe a moment of silence in memory of their lives and services to humanity, ever lasting peace be with them Lord, and everlasting light shines upon them, amen.

Ladies & gentlemen,in my few months in office, I 've met and interacted with women groups who are a composition of child mothers, single mothers and widows toiling to raise orphans , taking small loans to do hand to mouth businesses to push days ahead.Indeed,their struggles are the primary reasons for me as their leader to lobby and amplify their voices to attract support from gov't and Dev't partners.

I will research and speak my lung out for their wellness.

Nwoya district has 11 Sub-counties and two counties of Nwoya County & Nwoya East.In funfilment of my leadership obligation,I am pleased to present to you the summary of 2021 leadership ,just for your information as bulleted below:

HEALTH SECTOR:

1.Donated a functional Ambulance system to support emergencies health care needs including but not limited to transporting patients and home return of dead bodies from hospitals across the country to Nwoya District.

2.Lobbied PPE through Judith Peace foundation and donated to Nwoya District COVID19 task force.The assorted items were; 600litres of sanitizers, 10,000 pieces of gloves,face shields, 20'000 pieces of disposable masks, 600litres of liquid soaps, aprons, and 30 temperature guns.

3.Lobbied UGX 15,000,000/= for capital investment to support parents and guardians of children with megalencephaly.

AGRICULTURAL SECTOR:

1.My Office lobbied two hundred hand hoes which were distributed to selected farmer's groups in the district.

2.My Office received 5000Kgs of maize seeds which were distributed by Chairperson LCIIIs to selected farmer's groups in the district.

3.My office funded a concept writing for a farmers group in got-Apwoyo Sub-county for funding worth USD 10,000 from Uganda Wild life Authority .

EDUCATION SECTOR:

1.My office donated 50 pieces of mattresses to Kochgoma primary school to establish the first of its kind girls' dometory.

2.Lobbied University scholarships for 60 slots for Students from Nwoya District.

3.Donated mattresses to all the 23 PLE pupils who scored first grades in Nwoya District.

4.Donated ironsheets to Wii-Anaka Primary school to support roofing of classrooms.

5.Motivated Teachers whose schools performed well in the National exams.

SECURITY SECTOR:

1.Lobbied Minister of State for Tourism who made a tour of duty to assess the damages of stray elephants and bafalos in the Sub-counties of Lii,Koch goma and Purongo.

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT:

1.My Office lobbied the Minister of Gender labour and social development- Hon.Betty Amongi Akena who came to assess the women projects in Kochgoma Sub-county.

2.I have been able to support women market vendors with capital investment of UGX 1,000,000 and 500,000/= across the district.

3.I have also been able to support churches with cement, iron sheets and church development contribution in Lapok,Purongo,Agung and Paminyai respectively.

OFFICES:

For the first time in history,I have established two offices with one in Anaka for Nwoya County and Kochgoma Town council for Nwoya East.

Ladies and gentlemen, 2021 had its unique design and ended but I want to thank you once again for your continuous and timely guidance.And I want to say,I won't disappoint you. As a leader,we are the dustbin for all that defines the society,but we remain united if we are tolerant.Sometimes we are misrepresented and as leaders we take the blames and move on.

NB:

I have written two motions which are pending tabling on the floor of Parliament,that is in line with a constitutional mandate as in Article 79 .

I remain optimistic that we shall work together and achieve more, because we are a team in Nation's building.

Achan Judith Peace ,

Woman MP Nwoya District & Northern regional Representative UWOPA.