Residents of Gulu, Pader, Acholibur, Olwiyo and Kitgum have lived for years without a convenient access road and connection to other areas, including but not limited to markets and health centres but that will now be a story of the past.
There is a breeze of hope that has swept the Acholi region with the completion of the 100KM stretch of the Gulu-Kitgum highway.
The new development has geared residents with high hopes of boosting business as access to market has now been easied.
Talking to the area Member of Parliament for Kitgum Beatrice Anwar the new road infrastructure has already attracted two new investors in the district and that translates to job creation for the natives.
“Our lives are not on the lifeline as before. We have been tomented by Kony, hunger and poverty before but clearly we are fightig and have over come some of those like Kony. We are progressing steadily. And now the new road has further given more hope” one resident Richard revealed to the website. 