Ms Rosalba Oywa, a 2005 Nobel Peace Prize nominee and founder of the People’s Voice for Peace, an organization working with traumatized victims of the northern Uganda war, told our correspondent Sam Lawino when he caught up with her in an interview on Sunday at her home in Telecommunication quarter in Gulu. 

When it came to education, girls were viewed as would-be prostitutes and lazy, – Retired teacher also Nile Award medalist Ms Labeka Auma Okwong talks to Acholi Times reporter Cissy Makumbi.

Seated on her chair with her supporting crunchers besides her, Labeka Auma Okwong welcomes me with a smile and utters “I hope you’re the lady who contacted me this morning,” as she introduces herself.

 In the last part of our interview, Hon Reagan Okumu talks to Acholi Times correspondence Eunice Lamunu about land and investment in Acholiland.

 We must safe guard our land, the way our people are selling their land is worrying, the way people are going to Acholi to use the Acholi people to grab Acholi land is worrying.

 Acholi can recover from the war and the current economic crisis

Always viewed by his constituents as society’s safety net and one who always has the interest of his people at heart, Reagan Okumu is a Member of Parliament for Aswa County, a formidable member of the Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) and a Sociologist by profession. Born on the 15 July 1969, Reagan is happily married with three kids. He is interested in Diplomacy, Research, Travel and International issues.