After the demise of Gulu District Sport Officer Aldo Otto Okot, his children dropped out of school; the widowers were denied pensions.
“We appeal to General Charles Otema Awany and Richard Todwong, the NRM Secretary General, as clan members, to help us, the family of the late Aldo Otto, to get payment.
GULU CITY-TUESDAY JUNE 17, 2026.
By Okumu Livingstone Langol, (Uganda Correspondent.)
Jane Otto, the widow of the late Aldo Otto Okot, decried and said they are living in abject poverty after the death of their loved husband, Aldo Otto Okot, who passed on in 20219 to date, they family have not received any penny from the government.
Added after the death of our husband, his children dropped out of school; we were re-allocated to Got Olal village, Awere Sub-County, Pader District due to lack of money. The painful issue is that Aldo Otto Okot was a very generous person who served the government diligently, and we are being paid in our own coin.
“We have moved several times to seek the pension and Gratuity since 1019, when our husband passed on. Whenever we reach the Gulu District Senior Principal Finance Officer, when she sees us, her response is, “Why do you come to my office?” Go and wait for my response; I will call you. Mrs. Jane Otto bitterly lamented.
We have no options; if our message would reach Gen. Charles Otema Awany and NRM SG, Richard Todwong, we hope our issues with the pension would be solved. For years, we have not received any single pension money.
Irene Akidia, Gulu District Senior Principal Officer, when contacted by our Uganda Correspondent for comment on Tuesday, June 17, she acknowledged that indeed the wives of Aldo Okot have been frequently following the pension and gratuity of their husband, only that the government based their pension payment on the financial budget.
“We have not been paying the late Aldo Otto family, yes. But the District Sport Officer has been following the issues; I hope with some money pending to be taken back from financial year 2025/2026, there is UGX 600 million to be returned to treasury; we shall see the way forward.
The late Aldo Otto is on U4 Public Services government payroll; his take-home package was UGX 700,000, and the Ministry of Public Services stated as follows: Where the person engaged dies during a tour of service, then – (a) if the Government is satisfied that he or she is survived by a widow.
or widower or dependent children, no gratuity shall be payable under clause 33 of this Agreement, but the Government shall pay, or to the benefit of the widow or widower or children or the widow or widower and children, as the case may be, a death gratuity consisting of a sum equal to the annual salary of the person engaged at the rate payable immediately before his or her death;
and (b) in any other case, the Government shall pay to his or her personal representatives for the benefit of his or her estate, a death gratuity calculated in accordance with clause 33 of the Agreement as if this Agreement had ended on the day following the date of his or her death.
Ojara Sunday Braxton, the current Education Officer, the attempt to reach him was futile; when contacted, his known phone was out of reach.
The chairman of Awere, Odek, Lalogi community AOL living in Gulu, Okello Allan, according to the information the widower gave to our source, say he was concerned of the plight of the late Ado Otto Okot, the former Secretary General of AOL community.
Aldo Otto died under circumstances, his body was found lying outside his courtyard, many though was a suicide, as predicted without a medical examination. According to the family, he was killed due to his work, because there were hired goons who reported that they were hired to kill him. But those goon distance themselves his killing.
Aldo Otto had some difficulties during his tenure in office as Gulu District Education Officer; one Masindi District Sports Officer called Aside kidnapped one of the sports girls under disgust, paid Lum some money to said girl and took her to Masindi, without the family’s knowledge and Gulu District Education Sport Officer, which raised concern then.
According to the widowers, the said Aside hired hits to eliminate him; since he had passed on, a police file was recorded to ascertain the allegation.
