Summary:
- The Minister of Institutional Development and Investment in ICU, Toto Ikirimat Grace, who is also a clan member, briefed the meeting on the ICU structure.
KUMI: On Saturday, July 20, 2024, the clan of IKATEKOK IMUKURA gathered at Moru Ikara Primary School in Kumi district to elect their new leaders. Moru Ikara is the point of origin of the clan.
This event followed the demise of their previous clan leader, the late Peter Okiror, in 2021. Mr. Edimu Paul Chrystosom, who had been serving as the interim chairman, was confirmed as the new clan chairman.
The meeting drew about 300 clan members from eight clan zones: Serere, Kampala, Moru Ikara, Kalapata, Atutur, Nyamongo, Kalengo, and Alwa.
Several committees were established, including Research and Development, Welfare, EIK/ICU Liaison Committee, Women and Family Affairs, Health, Education, Land and Conflict Mediation, among others.
The Minister of Institutional Development and Investment in ICU, Toto Ikirimat Grace, who is also a clan member, briefed the meeting on the ICU structure. She emphasized the importance of respecting and honoring cultural leaders, aligning the structures, upholding better cultural practices, and promoting income-generating activities to address issues like gender-based violence (GBV).
The Ikatekok-IMUKURA Executive Committee is now expected to organize clan zonal elections and ensure that the zones have similar but functional committees to strengthen coordination.
The new leadership team has pledged to train their clans on promoting useful cultural practices, income generation activities to reduce poverty and GBV, eliminating intermarriages within the clan (incest), revising the clan constitution, registering clan members, and updating the clan’s membership registration with EIK/ICU.
The clan leadership will serve a term of three years.
According to Toto Ikirimat, she encouraged other clans to strengthen their clan systems to foster collaboration. Overall, the meeting was rated as very successful.
