Friday, September 14, 2007

Councillors Warned On HIV/Aids

The councillor for Pece division, Charles Okwakalwak, sounded the warning during a one-day workshop on HIV/AIDS at the workplace. The workshop, which took place at Gulu Sunset Hotel, was organised by the Alliance of Mayors Initiative for Community Action on AIDS.

Okwakalwak said although it was the council's obligation to meet such burial expenses, it would better to save the money for more developmental projects.

He said HIV/AIDS had adversely affected the economy, with large sums of money going into paying gratuity of civil and public servants who die of AIDS.
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