I. Legal Framework and Authority

This memorandum is submitted pursuant to Article 17(1)(a) of the Constitution of the
Republic of Uganda, which mandates every citizen to promote the national interest and
safeguard public property, and Section 35 of the Local Governments Act (Cap 243), which
empowers stakeholders to participate in the monitoring and execution of public service delivery.
The data and facts contained herein constitute an unassailable administrative record derived
from official government datasets, including the Uganda National Examinations Board (UNEB), the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances field briefs, and the Ministry of Water and Environment registries.

II. Substantive Matters of Urgent Regional Importance

1-Structural Education Deficits and the Primary Leaving Examination (PLE) Failure Crisis.

The Verified Facts: Following the official national release of the 2015  PLE results in January 2026, Madi-Okollo District recorded a catastrophic academic emergency. Out of 1,791 candidates who sat for the examinations, an unprecedented 506 children were completely ungraded in Division U. The entire district produced only one single candidate in Division One—a vulnerable refugee pupil from a  Primary School in the Rhino Camp Settlement.

The Systemic Drivers:  This baseline collapse is directly linked to an acute human resource
deficit. The district's education staffing level stands at a miserable 28% baseline, with only
813 primary teachers currently deployed across the entire local government territory. While
national guidelines mandate a 1:45 teacher-to-pupil ratio, classrooms in Madi-Okollo average
1:177, with some rural instruction environments exceeding 250 learners under a single,
unassisted educator.

Humanitarian Influx:  This fragile framework has been pushed past the breaking point by
severe funding cutbacks among international agencies handling the 70,000+ refugee
population in Rhino Camp Refugee Settlement. As humanitarian actors scale back
operations, thousands of settlement pupils have flooded underfunded host-community public schools, exhausting available infrastructure and instructional supplies.

 2. Multi-Sectoral Recruitment Backlogs and Civil Service Stagnation.

The Verified Facts:  Following the lifting of the nationwide recruitment ban, Madi-Okollo
District obtained explicit executive clearance to fill vacancies under a budgeted UGX 3.1
Billion wage allocation. However, due to the administrative expiration of the Madi-Okollo
District Service Commission’s mandate, recruitment was frozen midway.

The Impact:  While 201 positions were successfully processed, exactly 148 critical public
service vacancies remain frozen. These vacancies include life-saving healthcare workers,
agricultural extension officers, and vital primary teachers. This gridlock blocks local service
delivery and leaves unspent wage-bill funds exposed to being swept back to the national
treasury.

3. Physical-to-Financial Variances on the Stalled UGX 29.5 Billion Aca Bridge Project.
The Verified Facts:

In official performance briefs submitted by the executive to the Parliamentary Committee on Government Assurances, the Ministry of Works and Transport recorded the UGX 29.5 Billion Lot 3 West Nile bridge works—specifically covering Aca Bridge in Madi-Okollo—as standing at 92% completion.

The Ground Reality:  A physical oversight inspection led by the Committee on Government Assurances exposed an unacceptable misrepresentation. Less than 50% of the physical engineering work has actually been executed on site. Construction on Aca Bridge began in 2019 and missed its 2022 completion deadline. With the underlying contract facing imminent expiration this month, November 2026, the site risks total abandonment, keeping local sub-counties and agricultural corridors locked behind a dangerous wetland bottleneck.

4. The Escalating Border Crisis: Rejection of the Flawed Border Demarcation.

The Historical Grievance:  The long-standing boundary conflict between Rigbo Sub-county
in Madi-Okollo and Uriama Sub-county in Terego District has officially escalated from an
administrative land row into a full-scale public service emergency. This crisis directly stems
from September 16, 2021, when the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development
attempted a scientific boundary re-demarcation and border reaffirmation exercise.

The Total Rejection:  This re-demarcation was unanimously and formally rejected by the Madi-Okollo District Local Government Council and local Members of Parliament. The exercise relied on a fallacious 2006 map that had been rejected on site, and a 1960 map carrying a legal disclaimer stating it should not be used to determine borders. Madi-Okollo vehemently rejected the findings as a biased attempt to alter the traditional borders established when Parliament gazetted the districts on April 30, 2019, and May 5, 2020. The flawed exercise detached multiple historical villages and vital commercial hubs, placing assets like the Ocea Market and Quiver Secondary School outside Madi-Okollo's rightful jurisdiction.

The Destructive Consequences:  Because the Ministry of Local Government attempted to enforce this fallacious report over local objections, administrative gridlock has taken root. The ongoing tension has triggered violent community pushbacks, led to the temporary shut-down of local facilities like Ocea Primary School by aggrieved youth, and completely stalled vital regional road construction linking the two districts.

 Water Exclusion Metrics:  This boundary friction is further worsened by severe environmental stress. Official Ministry of Water and Environment data reveals that clean water access drops to an unconscionable 31% in Ewanga Sub-county. Out of 492 mapped domestic water points in Madi-Okollo, 129 boreholes are completely broken and abandoned, forcing host communities and refugees to compete over shrinking water tables.

III. STRATEGIC DEMANDS AND ADMINISTRATIVE RESOLUTIONS:
To avert further administrative breakdown and social unrest, the community leadership of Madi-Okollo presents the following direct demands to the executive organs of government:

1- To the Ministry of Education and Sports / Ministry of Public Service:  Grant Madi-
Okollo an immediate affirmative action wage-bill clearance to recruit and deploy the gap
of over 700 primary school teachers required to normalize classroom ratios and correct
the district's last-place academic standing.

2- To the Ministry of Local Government:  Fast-track the immediate ratification and approval of the newly nominated Madi-Okollo District Service Commission board to clear the recruitment backlog and protect the UGX 3.1 Billion wage allocation from being swept back to the treasury.

3- To the Ministry of Works and Transport:  Order an immediate forensic financial audit
into the physical-to-financial variance of the Aca Bridge contract under Terrain Services
Limited. We demand a revised project completion matrix before the contract lapses.

4- To the Office of the Prime Minister and Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban
Development:  Immediately nullify the flawed September 2021 boundary reaffirmation
report. We demand the deployment of an independent, neutral mapping commission—
operating outside the compromised line surveyors—to physically re-demarcate the
borders using verified traditional parameters, thereby restoring administrative order and
unlocking stalled infrastructure works at Ocea.

5- To the Ministry of Water and Environment / Office of the Prime Minister (OPM):
Partner with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to deploy
emergency motorized borehole drilling equipment to Ewanga, Okollo, Offaka, and the
Rhino Camp host communities to alleviate resource 

For God and My Country.
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Presented by:  Aniku Hassan Ali ( Opinion leader and stakeholder, Madi okollo District)

Tel: 0775746093/0752404802

Email: anikuhassan@gmail.com

Target audience: The government of the Republic of Uganda, line ministries and the international humanitarian partners