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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Rebuilding a library named after assassinated US President John F. Kennedy at Lango College, will cost over Shs680billion, authorities at the school in Northern Uganda have said.<\/b><\/p>\n

A team comprising former students of Lango College has already been assigned to meet President Museveni to appeal to him to champion a global resource mobilisation for the state-of-the- art library.<\/p>\n

The launch of the global campaign is expected before the end of 2023, according to former Lango College student Dr George Piwang Jalobo.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe facility to be constructed with Ambassador Caroline Kennedy House annex is planned to become a regional centre of excellence in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education in greater northern Uganda,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Dr Piwang noted that over the years, the John F. Kennedy library has suffered \u201cdecay and neglect\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was looted during the Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) war. Most of the books were burnt as rebels used them for cooking. Neighbouring villagers also came and looted the library,\u201d he told this publication on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Dr Piwang said on November 22, 2023, Lango College Old Students Association (LACOSA) and Northern Uganda Regional Development Forum (NURDEF) entered into a memorandum of understanding to ensure the library is rebuilt.<\/p>\n

NURDEF, which is implementing a United States Agency for International Development (USAID) project of local priorities and partnership activity, has John F Kennedy library implementation as its first activity, according to Mr Bosco Odongo from NURDEF.<\/p>\n

Dr Piwang notes that the ambitious project will go a long way to promote recovery and development of human capital in post-LRA war northern Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe significance of this occasion is to mark the 60th anniversary of the assassination of the great former US president,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

JF Kennedy was slayed on November 22, 1963 in Dallas, West Virginia in the United States of America.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut ever since 2011, we the old students who knew the glory of the Kennedy library, who benefited from it, who became researchers, academicians and intellectuals, thanks to the Kennedy library, resolved to rebuild and revive the library,\u201d Dr Piwang remarked.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat is why we came up with first of all Lango College at 50 jubilee project (1961-2011) of the President John F. Kennedy Library, Science, Technology, Engineering Centre and Ambassador Caroline House Annex as the JF Kennedy library complex at Lango College. In 2021, it became our diamond jubilee project of Lango College at 60 (1960- 2021),\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n

Lira Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Geoffrey Okaka acknowledged that Lango College is among giant traditional schools devastated by the LRA war in Northern Uganda.<\/p>\n

But he expressed optimism that \u201cif the library project is successfully implemented, Lango College will regain its lost glory.\u201d<\/p>\n

About John F Kennedy library <\/b><\/p>\n

The currently dilapidated library was built around 1961. The facility had also become the engine of academic excellence for Lango College students.<\/p>\n

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