Council pays tribute to Hon Lapwony Tingo Bonifance

Nebbi District council has paid tribute and last respect to fallen colleague Hon. Lapwony Tingo Bonifance on Friday 13^th September 2013. The motion to pay tribute to the fallen councilor of Panyango Sub County was moved by the Deputy Speaker Hon. Omito Steen. Speaker after speaker praised Tingo for his outstanding performance in council.

According Hon. Oyet Patrick, Councilor for Wadelai sub county, Tingo was a seasoned politician, a mentor and open minded person with high sense of humor who dedicated his service to the people of Panyango and Nebbi District at large. Oyet however decried the culture of appreciating people when they are dead. “How I wish all these words we are saying today were before Tingo when he is still alive, but we are mentioning them when he is gone”. He said that Tingo was so eloquent and a great contributor in the council. He also noted that based on Tingo’s experience as the longest servicing member of the council, he was not only a colleague but a father who always guided others councilors how right things should be done.

Hon Manda Christine Odongkara, Female Councilor for Panyimur Sub County said that Tingo’s services in Council will forever be missed.

Tingo 66, who passed on at Mulago hospital on Wednesday 11^th 2013 due to liver failure served in the District Council from 1998 to 2013. He served as the Secretary for Social Services from 1998 to 2006. By time of his death, he was a member of the Elderly, Disabled, Community and Social Service Committee. Tingo was laid to rest at his ancestral home in Angaba village in Panyango Sub County on Saturday 14^th September 2013.

May his soul rest in peace.

DCAO Tivu Mark pays his last respect during the council session

Councilors viewing the remains Hon Tingo (RIP)