Africa-Press – Uganda. The Lango Paramount Chief Michael Moses Odongo Okune has said cultural leaders opposed to his leadership must drop the idea of sawing confusions among the people because it “will not help anyone but just fan more embarrassment for us all”.
In a Christmas and New Year message delivered ahead of the festivities, Mr Okune said to progress the interest of the Lango cultural institution, continued belligerence and intransigence in the face of court decisions and the will of the people does not help Lango but instead divides the people.
“I hear some few [people] are hallucinating about writing another constitution to lead to another election of a cultural leader! It’s a laughable effort conceived in bad faith, ignorance of our culture and the law. It is a recipe to confuse the people of Lango. Clearly such an action is in contempt of court. I appeal to you to ignore these diversionary efforts so that we consolidate our unity to protect and promote our culture,” he said.
The appeal comes on the back of continued bickering among rivals to Mr Okune, whose leadership had been challenged by a section of Langis both in the High Court and Constitutional Court.
The petitioners had sought removal of Mr Okune on grounds that he been elected using an illegal constitution.
However, both courts dismissed the petitions confirming that the Lango cultural leadership was legally elected and the 2016 Tekwaro Lango constitution was the only legally recognised constitution of the cultural leadership.
Mr Okune also warned persons who he said have routinely “meddled into our cultural leadership matters inciting leaders against each other”, noting that such antagonism is fanned by persons pursuing personal agendas.
“Cultural leadership should be devoid of pursuit of personal agendas and instead promote mutual respect among leaders. We have among ourselves leaders and their families or clans traumatised by reckless, negative and irresponsible utterances from some of us,” he said, noting that In, the Lango cultural leadership shall continue to educate and inform people about issues that promote our cultural practices and the wider societal well-being in line with the set out programme.
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