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By Emmanuel Okwii
Teso parliamentarians and leaders have pledged to uphold and reinforce the late Bishop Gershom Ilukor’s education and economic legacy saying that what he had done needed to be strengthened and rebuilt. While speaking at the funeral ceremony of the late bishop at the weekend, the leaders said that education and development had been key priorities in the late bishop’s agenda and they would do more to promote the two in respect of him.
Hon. Christine Amongin Aporu who is the woman MP for Kumi and Teso affairs minister said that the late bishop worked hard to establish many schools in the area but more schools would be started and named after him.
“Although we currently have a school named after bishop Ilukor, it is very vital that another school be opened and named after him. Through him, we received quality education and the best gifts we can offer him in this farewell ceremony are more schools in his name,” Ms Amongin Aporu said.
Bishop Ilukor is said to have been an inspiration in the establishment of several institutions in Teso like Kumi University, Soroti University of science and Technology and many secondary schools. As a leader in his prime days, he was also prized for his role in promoting feeding in schools in Teso.
A mourner adorns a 99% Teso and 1% Uganda T-shirt as a tribute to Bishop Ilukor
According to the retired bishop of Bukedi, Rev. Okile Nicodemus Engwalas, there was need for the Teso parliamentarians and leaders to do something to promote education in the area as little progress was being realized in the quality of education offered by Teso schools.
“In the days of Ilukor, professors from Teso were many but today they are countable and fast ageing. We only pray that people like professor Omaswa don’t die otherwise something must be done,” Bishop Okile said. He also encouraged leaders in Teso to promote education by telling their people to sell both cows and goats in order to send children to school.
On the same note, the Kumi district local government has proposed to name a road and health centre after the late bishop. This motion was proposed and passed in the hands of the Kumi district speaker, Mr Victor Opeede at the weekend.
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