Steven Ariong


By: Wilson Oganan
Former MP aspirant for Serere county Steven Ariong increasingly appeals and calls on the leadership of Serere district to urgently intervene to repair detreating, impassable road networks.
He noted that for the community to exploit the potential of agriculture, they must be supported with a good road network in order to transport their goods to the market.
Steven added that market access in some parts of Serere like Kyere and Kateeta Sub county has remained a big problem because of the poor road network.
‘’If farmers cannot access markets, they will lose the moral to produce,’’ he said.
Acomia village residents are discontented over the deprived state of community access roads in Adaudi, Acomia, Kyere and Kateeta Sub County.
Some local leaders said they had sent several letters to the district authorities giving a detailed description of the state of roads but no action has been taken.
“We want Eng. Martin Onguruco (the LC5 Chairperson to tell us why he has abandoned us,’’Mr. Joseph Opodeun, Akol Janet Apuserut both resident said, on Friday 16th-10-2026 during the burial of the late Anthony Okiria.
A resident, Charles Ochom said in Acomia, among other roads in Katteta parish have become impassable because some were abandoned after last rehabilitation.
Mugerwa John Steven, the LC1 chairperson of Acomia Village, said farmers lack access to better market for their agricultural produce due to the bad state of roads.
‘’Our leaders only come back to beg for votes when elections draw nearer,’’ he said.
Roads are the major mode of transport and this reliance on them has led to the establishment of Uganda Road Fund (URF), a body responsible for financing of road maintenance in the country.
However, a Youth chairperson in Acomia village Joseph Okello said the district leadership did some grading but failed to pour marram on the roads because of alleged mismanagement of funds.
‘’Whereas citizens complain that the government is not doing enough to work on the roads, the problem is actually with local government administration that is misusing the money,’’ Joseph said.
Like the rest of Uganda, agriculture is the main activity in Serere district. Farmers engage in mostly subsistence farming to feed their families and sell their surplus to raise money to meet family needs such as health and education.