{"id":47146,"date":"2026-08-21T17:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/?p=47146"},"modified":"2026-08-21T17:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T15:13:02","slug":"ees-government-dismisses-claims-of-denied-medical-care-to-ex-mayor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/ees-government-dismisses-claims-of-denied-medical-care-to-ex-mayor\/","title":{"rendered":"EES government dismisses claims of denied medical care to Ex-Mayor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Ijoo Bosco <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Eastern Equatoria State government has dismissed allegations that former Kapoeta town mayor, Elia Lokuda, was denied medical treatment while in prison custody.<\/p>\n<p>State Minister of Information and Communication, Elia John Ahaji, described the reports circulating on social media as false, misleading, and fabricated.<\/p>\n<p>The denial follows claims attributed to Lokuda\u2019s family that the former mayor collapsed while in custody and was subsequently denied access to medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ahaji said Lokuda received medical attention through the established prison health system, insisting that no government institution or external authority blocked him from accessing treatment.<\/p>\n<p>The government has warned that those spreading what it considers false information could face legal action, particularly if the claims are found to harm the reputation of state institutions.<\/p>\n<p>Minister Ahaji also urged social media administrators and online groups to verify information before publishing or sharing sensitive allegations.<\/p>\n<p>The government called on the public to disregard the reports, saying they could undermine peace, unity, and stability in Eastern Equatoria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Ijoo Bosco The Eastern Equatoria State government has dismissed allegations that former Kapoeta town mayor, Elia Lokuda, was denied medical treatment while in prison custody. State Minister of Information and Communication, Elia John Ahaji, described the reports circulating on social media as false, misleading, and fabricated. The denial follows<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/2026\/08\/21\/ees-government-dismisses-claims-of-denied-medical-care-to-ex-mayor\/\">[Read More&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":47147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[113,119,80,79,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-47146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-easter-equatoria-state","category-health-2","category-national","category-news","category-politics"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/EES-government-dismisses-claims-of-denied-medical-care-to-Ex-Mayor.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47146","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=47146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47148,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47146\/revisions\/47148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onecitizendaily.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}