{"id":47001,"date":"2026-08-17T14:31:03","date_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=47001"},"modified":"2026-08-17T14:31:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-17T12:31:03","slug":"acholi-community-elders-seek-support-to-finalise-chiefdom-constitution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/acholi-community-elders-seek-support-to-finalise-chiefdom-constitution\/","title":{"rendered":"Acholi Community elders seek support to finalise chiefdom constitution"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>By Ijoo Bosco <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Acholi elders have appealed for financial and logistical support to complete the drafting of a constitution aimed at strengthening the traditional institution and addressing land-related concerns within the community.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal was made by Elder Oloya Mika during an Acholi constitution validation and review meeting.<\/p>\n<p>He said the drafting process had already undergone five rounds of consultations with Boma chiefs across the Acholi community, with support from youth leaders.<\/p>\n<p>Elder Oloya urged Acholi members and well-wishers to contribute resources needed to finalise the document, describing the constitution as an important framework for strengthening the authority and coordination of the traditional institution.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Chairperson of the Acholi Community in South Sudan, Otim David, said the community plans to convene a strategic meeting within the next three weeks to discuss issues of common interest ahead of the forthcoming elections.<\/p>\n<p>Otim encouraged community members to exercise their democratic rights by freely choosing leaders of their choice while safeguarding the interests and welfare of the Acholi community.<\/p>\n<p>He also challenged candidates seeking re-election to account for their previous performance, urging voters to assess their achievements and records before deciding whether to support them for another term.<\/p>\n<p>Otim called on the Acholi community to maintain unity, strengthen cooperation, and embrace collective action to advance peace, development, and shared interests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco Acholi elders have appealed for financial and logistical support to complete the drafting of a constitution aimed at strengthening the traditional institution and addressing land-related concerns within the community. The appeal was made by Elder Oloya Mika during an Acholi constitution validation and review meeting. He said<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/17\/acholi-community-elders-seek-support-to-finalise-chiefdom-constitution\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47002,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[112,80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-eastern-equatoria-state","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Acholi-Community-elders-seek-support-to-finalise-chiefdom-constitution-.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47001","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47001"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47001\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47003,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47001\/revisions\/47003"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47002"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47001"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47001"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47001"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}