By Francis Lubega
1st March 2024
The Iteso Cultural Union-ICU is mourning the death of one of its founding members, Vanancio Vance Akipileng Omome.
Omome, the former ICU Premier and Minister died at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital on Friday.
Constantine Okwi, the ICU Spokesman said that while Omome was serving as a founder member, minister, and prime minister in the ICU, he dug deep into his strength to also serve as the representative of the people of Amuria in the ICU Council.
According to Okwi, the late Omome was a champion of Iteso protection when he offered his home to house several displaced people from Amuria district during the insurgency in the late 1980s and 1990s in Soroti.
Okwi adds that Omome then provided his shop in Soroti as a coordinating office for advocacy, reconciliation, and collaboration to harmonize the view of the central government with that of the leaders of Teso.
He is one of the few Ministers in Osuban’s cabinet who came out openly to criticize their boss for allegedly deviating from the agreed principles in the ICU establishments.
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