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BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU
ARUA: TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2025
Topista Enatia, a resident of Bura Ward in Ayivu East Division is perturbed that no one from her area has gone for training at the Presidential skills training center in Zombo district or Adjumani where several youths have in the past three years trained in various disciplines.
At a campaign rally in Bura on Monday when the National Resistance Movement Party parliamentary candidate, Eng William Tiyo Odaa launched his campaigns for the forthcoming general elections, Enatia felt surprised to hear that many young people are already becoming self-reliant after undergoing such training.
The skilling is done at the cost of the Office of the President, commonly referred to as State House and beginning this year, the office has created savings and credit scheme capitalized with sh50m in every district to boost the graduates of the zonal skilling centers.
Enatia enquired from Tiyo whether he will connect the young people from Bura to also benefit from the skilling opportunity.
She received an affirmative answer as the parliamentary hopeful assured the people that the skilling of the young people is a key pillar of the NRM manifesto which will guide the country for the next five years when they renew the governance mandate in January 2026.
He also addressed the fears of the community members regarding drinking of water contaminated with hydra and other impurities since the residents fetch water from streams where they share the pool with domestic animals.
Berita leru who lamented about the neglect of the area which though is in the Arua City, lacks safe water, electricity and roads to connect the people to markets, schools, health institutions or even churches, was told to calm down.
Tiyo said the coming five years will be very eventful in Ayivu East with a lot of transformative work done in those areas if the people continue their support for him and guard the votes jealously on the polling day.
“My work will be to look into the pot of the government (budget) and bring to you the share of the national cake. That means constructing bridges, ensuring you get clean water and you also have electricity for businesses to thrive,” Tiyo said to up louse.
As the rally progressed, some residents said they will remain glued to President Museveni and the NRM parliamentary flag bearer because they do not want a relapse into the anarchy years when they suffered the pains of insecurity.
Ageing Terezina Zanyaru recalls the suffering during flight to Zaire (democratic Republic of Congo) in the 1980s when while carrying cooked food in her hand, baby on the back and other children in front, they ran under the threatening cacophony of gunshots.
After crossing the border, she left the children hiding in the bush as she returned to collect other family belongings only to be robbed by the Zairian solders upon crossing with them.
Others who endured those torrent moments recall losing goats, chicken and money to the unruly Zairian soldiers of the past.
As a results, the relative peace and security under the auspices of the NRM cement their love for Museveni and his party’s candidate, Eng Tiyo.
