Manafwa District workaholic Deputy Resident District Commissioner (RDC) Kagenyi Lukka, has kicked off his duties with even greater vigour.
Last week, he addressed a subcounty security meeting at Buwagogo in Bubulo west constituency where he cautioned cattle rustlers to “lose appetite for the vice or look for ebibanja (land) elsewhere but not in Manafwa”.
It should be noted that before the outbreak of anthrax, cattle theft has been on the increase in the sub-county and some other areas of the district.
The district security committee recently came up with strong measures to contain the habit by slapping a ban on all illegal slaughter slabs, and movement of animals at night, among others.
Deputy RDC Kagenyi addressing residents
In the same week, the deputy RDC together with DPC Nagib Waiswa impounded a car Reg No UAF 308Y carrying meat.
From Bugobero, Kagenyi headed to Mayanza sub-county to all address the residents on the same issue.
The DRDC gave security tips to the citizens on how to fight intruders and cattle thieves.
He addressed the Alliance of Town council mayors and sub-county chairpersons at Manafwa town hall.
The assertive deputy president’s representative reminded the local government leaders of their role to effectively offer services to the people they lead.
Kagenyi also assured them that he will not entertain any leader who sabotages government programs aimed at uplifting and alleviating poverty at household levels.
Mr Kagenyi appearing on radio
Neighbourhood Watch Crusade
The recently posted Manafwa Deputy RDC decided not to enjoy the comfort of his office by combing sub-counties in his area of jurisdiction.
He was last Friday seen in different areas of Buwagogo, Buwangani and Bweswa to sensitize them on neighbourhood watch with an aim of identifying criminals and fighting them straight away.
In his address to the different wanainchi, the workaholic RDC challenged the residents to be part and parcel of the crusade that will free their communities of wrongdoers.
“The NRM government under President Museveni ushered in peace that we enjoy on a daily basis and in return you’re able to address issues of fighting poverty. However, once in a while, petty thieves want to destabilize our peace which we as his representatives cannot allow,” he said, noting that being vigilant is all the people should do in addition to reporting all suspicious characters to the authorities in his pursuit of a crime-free Manafwa district.
Car carrying meat impounded in Manafwa
He also appealed to locals to embrace government programs since it’s one sure way of being part of the beneficiaries.
The deputy RDC continues to interact with the different stakeholders as part of his familiarization tour of the district.
He will move to all the 27 sub-counties and 5 town councils that make up the administrative units of the district.
In his bid to make Manafwa the model district in the entire Bugisu sub-region as regards service delivery in line with government programs of Parish Development Model, Emyooga, and Operation wealth creation, among others, the focused RDC will ensure his crusade is an all-inclusive campaign that will bring on board the CAO, Town clerks, Parish chiefs, sub-county chiefs such that supervision is watertight with no room for error in addition to having value for money from the government coffers.
At this pace, the sky seems to be the limit for the energetic deputy head of security in one of Umukhuka’s districts.