Our Profile
Origin/Historical Background
Historically the clan came from the East and settled first under the famous Otuke Hill/Mountain thereafter disintegrated into three fronts under different leadership as indicated below;
- Won Ongole: He separated and went through Dokolo, Aduku, Cawente and eventually settled in Namasale.
- Adonyo: He passed via Ngeta hills and went to Alito, Anyomorem, Amuca up to Apii.
- Okello Wot Agita: For him he went through Omoro came to Erute South, Amac and settled in Akalo.
FORMER CLAN CHIEF
Late Mzee George William Opio Oling
was the pioneer cultural chief who led the clan through thick amd thin. He was able to unite the clan and led the process of registration of the clan with the Lango cultural foundation. Today Otengoro Olang Okwer Wang is one of the over 140 recognised clans in lango. He was deputised by Mr. Ogwang David Charles and a host of key clan executives. As the new leadership we salute them for the work they did to hold the clan together amidst difficulties.Our Motto
Love God and mankind, Obey the constitution of Uganda and that of the clan.
Clan Symboles and Recitation (Anyut Me Atekere Man)
The following is our ways of identifications
GWONG: Awon Olang Awon Olang Awon tiling tiling Awon Otweo Abeno, Awon twe ibadi Awon omor ikide Awon girrr.
KWER: Kwer ame tekere man kwero obedo wang otino kede Agara (olang) otweo ityen atin tung cem ikare ame atin tye ikor.
OUR VISION
- A creative and inclusive community/clan.
OUR MISION
- Develop,Preserve, Protect and promote arts, Culture and heritage
OUR VALUES AND COMMITMENTS
- Patriotism: As loyal PATRIOTS, we passionately serve our clan and LCF to build culture and nation.
- Inclusion: The clan is committed to participatory decision-making. We value and welcome diverse people and ideas.
- Diversity Our clan values and celebrates the diverse history, identities and cultures within our community. The clan embraces an intersectional, multi-issue approach to culture, programming, partnership, inclusion and community building.
- Collaboration We believe our success is tied to that of our partners and other members of the community. Our primary commitment is to support, elevate and engage organizations and individuals in, from, and serving Lango cultural foundation. We collaborate and coordinate with local, regional, and national partners in service of our community.
- Creative/Innovation: In everything we do, we strive for CREATIVE/INNOVATIVE approaches.
- Integrity: In our day-to-day activities, our INTEGRITY shines through.
- Professionalism: Together, we act PROFESSIONALLY to deliver value to the Clan, its people and mankind.
- Accountability: We are ACCOUNTABLE to our clan, the people of Lango and Uganda at large in our quest to provide them with high-quality services.
Otengoro Olang Okwer Wang key strategic objectives
- Acquire land and construct a central home for the clan to coordinate all clan activities.
- Register a SACCO for the clan to facilitate and inculcate the culture of savings and borrowing and investments in order to eliminate poverty in our homes.
- Acquire an ambulance for the clan to facilitate safe delivery of our mothers hence reducing maternal mortality rate.
- Relatedly we shall conduct regular health camps to address the high rate of diseases among the clan members.
- Registration of all clan members to acquire IDs which will help us eliminate child marriages and teenage pregnancy and incest.
- Increase the access and participation of grassroots in Government developmental projects and partnership support.
- Enable transparency, accountability, social cohesion and evidenced-based good governance of all what we do such as, budget support, assets management, archives, records, published information, and the symbolic inheritance of the clan through institutional management, regulation and development.
- Revive Agriculture through modern methods of farming and famer field visits to best farmers to reduce on subsistence farming and poverty in the households.
- Rally all the clan members to embrace education for all policy. No child of school going age will be allowed to stay at home without attending school. We shall put in place bylaws to address that.
- Creativity and innovation by way of developing the intellectual property and capacity of our clan members.
- Harness all form of support through development of projects and partnerships to reduce the poverty levels among clan members.