Roselyn Otim

The two renowned Acholi female artists left for the United Kingdom in the early 2000s at the peak of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency. They composed songs in Acholi directed to compel Joseph Kony, the commander of LRA rebels to return home and abandon the insurgency because the Acholi people were suffering. 

They also praised Acholi culture and tradition in their songs which they said makes them proud. Otim also composed a song commemorating the heroic death of Dr Matthew Lukwiya who succumbed to the Ebola endemic in the course of duty at Lacor hospital. 

The two artists asked people back in Acholi land and Uganda at large to adhere to the government’s directives aimed at containing the spread of the disease.  

Gilbert Olanya, the general secretary Acholi Parliamentary Group said that they are in constant contact with the two artists to monitor their condition and consoling them to remain strong during this trying moment. 

United Kingdom has over 47,806 confirmed COVID-19 cases with over 4,000 deaths. Uganda has 52 confirmed cases and hasn’t registered any deaths.