Members of Parliament from Lango Sub Region have tasked the government to expedite payment of Lango war claimants.
These say that the number of animals stolen during the insurgency in 1986 is much more than the equated .
The legislators revealed this during the regional parliamentary sitting on Thursday in Gulu City.
Kole North MP Dr.SamuelOpio Acuti, claimed that attorney general declined court issues and calls for Payment to all 59,880 verified beneficiaries of Lango War Debt Claims.
Hon. Samuel Opio Acuti urged the Attorney General to provide clarity on the issue of animal compensation for war claimants in the Lango sub-region.
Acuti emphasized that the animal compensation process for Lango sub-region beneficiaries is being affected by inconsistencies in the figures of claimants and data cards.
He went on that people’s numbers have been reduced, despite previous assurances from the Attorney General that complaints would be addressed.
Acuti reminded the audience that the court had ruled in favor of paying the 42,420 Lango war claimants as per the court decree, but this has yet to be fully implemented.
Responding to the issue, Jackson Kafuuzi Karugaba, the Deputy Attorney General, stated that a total of 2 trillion shillings is required to compensate war claimants in Lango, Acholi, and Teso sub-regions.
He added that only 130 billion shillings has been released to beneficiaries so far.
It was previously planned that each sub-region of Acholi, Teso, and Lango would receive 50 billion shillings.
Hon. Okot Felix Ogong representing Dokolo South County expressed dissatisfaction with his compensation, stating that he received only 600,000 shillings despite his father owning over 1,000 cattle.
