Lira RCC Egole Lawrence Tasks Health Managers On Accountability.
By Patrick Okidi Ocamoyitdyel
Lira City – Lira Resident City Commissioner (RCC), Mr Emmy Egole Lawrence, has urged health managers in Lango to tighten accountability, improve medicines management and tackle absenteeism and delays in referring patients for specialised treatment.
Egole Lawrence on Thursday 3rd September, 2026 while adressing a press conference of sellected journalists from Lira RRH, said regional performance reviews should be treated as accountability platforms where recurring weaknesses are identified and acted upon, rather than routine meetings that produce reports without follow-up.
He made the remarks ahead of the 2026 Lango Regional Health Sector Joint Review Mission.
The Lira RCC commended Lira Regional Referral Hospital (LRRH) for its innovations, noting that the facility was recently selected as a benchmarking centre by Kabale Regional Referral Hospital. He urged district health officers and facility managers to adopt useful practices from the regional referral hospital.
RCC Egole Lawrence said poor medicines management, theft of drugs, absenteeism and delayed referrals continue to undermine healthcare delivery, with some patients reaching referral facilities only after their conditions have significantly deteriorated.
He pledged that his office would work with LRRH and other health facilities to strengthen accountability in the management of public resources and delivery of services to residents.
The 2026 Joint Review Mission will be the third regional health assembly under the theme, “Broadening Health Sector Readiness for a Sustainable Growth Towards the 10-Fold Growth.” It will bring together stakeholders from the nine districts and one city in Lango at Gracious Palace Hotel in Lira City from September 8 to 9, 2026.
The assembly is expected to help in improving performance, strengthen accountability and improve the referral system for patients requiring specialised care.
LRRH Senior Executive Consultant, Dr Andrew Odur, said the assembly should go beyond reviewing statistics and provide practical solutions to persistent gaps affecting healthcare delivery.
LRRH Public Health Consultant, Dr Ronald Misinde, said the Joint Review Mission, also known as the Regional Health Assembly, will assess health-sector performance across Lango and identify interventions needed to keep the population healthy and productive.
Dr Misinde said LRRH, as a regional referral facility, has a mandate to coordinate health service delivery across Lango by monitoring and evaluating district performance and making recommendations on how identified gaps can be addressed.
Lira District Assistant District Health Officer for Maternal and Child Health, Dr Edimon Acheka, narrated that the weekly review sessions bring together midwives, medical officers, clinical officers, laboratory personnel and other health workers to examine circumstances surrounding deaths, identify service-delivery gaps and share lessons that can improve clinical practice.
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