Good day all, Briefly, I happended to have worked with Okuni Patrick in the Rural Water project in Mbale from 2000-2002. I found him the Deputy Project Coordinator, whilst I was the Water Engineer for the greater Mbale(now fragmemented in Sironko, Bubulo, Mbale, Bududa Districts).I happenned to have replaced another Ombaci great-Richard Matua. That also happenned to have been the time when Gordon Obitre, Stone Opinira, Xavier Drani, Godfrey Mundua, Obetia were all in Mbale thus making it a place to be. But of course we had also known our selves in Arua Hill Primary school where he was a classmate of my elder sister. I can attest to the following: i) He was clear, clean in all his transactions and an independent thinker; ii) He was always super intellient and analytcial in all his undertakings-meetings he chaired were well delibarated upon and action oriented; iii) When his immediate supervior Eng. Disan Ssozi(the then Project Coordinator) was shot, Patrick was immediately made the acting Project Coordinator for eigth(8) months. Because of his unquestional integrity, there was no inch of suspecion IN ANYONE implicating him vying for his boss' position like is often the case these days; iii He was always very polite,gentle and thougthfull of others earning him being named the Project staff of the year; iv) in 2001/2 Patrick and Copperfield Engineered the formation of WestNile Community of which I was elected as the Chairman and depuitsed by Dr. Alonga(formerly lecturer at IUIU). In other words voluntary community work has always been at his heart! It is therefore no wonder that the 4th World Women Conference in Beijing in 1995 Country report submitted by DANIDA as Uganda Country Report was Patricks work at The Ruwasa project in Mbale where Gender was maintreamed in the Water Sector-specifically as a software issue-The first of its kind in the World! Lastly, According Collins Yukwa( a private Contractor in Mvara-Arua) and Lt. Spear Leti(Late Obi's son now in Airforce), who where students of Architecture in Kyambogo when the UCE 1985 exams where being marked, it is said that After Okuni scored 100% in Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Geography, History. His papers were remarked 3 times by three different examiners. After his results were confirmed "AS TRUE", his RESULTS BECAME THE OFFICIAL MARKING SCHEME FOR THE REST OF THE STUDENTS! Best Emmanuel Roy Edebua Longo
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