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This poll has completed. It ran from July 13, 2015, 8:23 a.m. through July 20, 2015, 9:36 a.m.
Were nude protests a justifiable way for the women to exhibit their anger over alleged Soroti University land grabbing?
Background
980 acres of land were donated by
residents for the construction of Teso College Aloet, which then allegedly
curved out about 460 acres and donated it to Soroti University. Apparently the Soroti
University authorities then went on to encroach onto the land far beyond
what had originally been donated to Teso College.
Claims have been made that
University authorities recently came with a map that is trying to annex over
one hundred and forty acres of land to the university.
The vice chairperson LC1 of
Apuuton Aloet village, Francis Okudu said over 300 families could lose their
land to the University. He says his office received a letter from the
University ordering them not to cultivate crops and bury their dead in the
disputed land. Okudu says there are over 50 graves buried on the disputed land
since 1970s.
To show their displeasure over
Soroti University’s attempt to take over their ancestral land, some women held
nude protests, a tact many have deemed abominable.
“We Iteso (Odwe-Oduk) whose major
objective is to promote development and culture of Teso are saddened and
ashamed to learn that our noble and gracious mothers and sisters in Otucopi
village, Soroti district found themselves in a compromising position of using
abominable means to express their dissatisfaction at the manner in which their
land issues were handled,” said Emuria Koliai from Teso.
“Seeing a mother or sister naked
in the Iteso culture is treated as an abomination as this is believed to
attract irreversible curses. Land is indeed a highly cherished resource amongst
the Iteso and this could have been one of the reasons why these people were
forced to go into these extremes,” he added.
Question
Were nude protests a justifiable way for the women to exhibit their anger over alleged Soroti University land grabbing?
A. Yes
B. No
Instructions
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