Bishop Frederick Drandua - TUALU

care. Thus Drandua proved to be a remarkable organiser and talented
administrator of the Church.
However, he has been criticised for not caring enough for his Priest’s welfare.
Many Priests felt abandoned to struggle on their own without adequate
remuneration, as the christians and the Bishop seem financially incapacitated to
support them with transport facilities and, other requirements to carry out their
pastoral duties effectively.
Towards the end of the 1980s, he made efforts to provide clean water for the
people in the region under his care. He wanted to prevent the many water borne
diseases in the area including ringworms and Bilharzia 66 .
He therefore, established a Water Department and introduced a project for the
protection of wells and spring waters under the Social Services and Development
Programme 67 . Protected wells were constructed in many parts of the Diocese to
provide clean water for the people.
Bishop Frederick went ahead to provide boreholes in most of the Parishes in the
Diocese with the help of an Italian NGO known as “ACAV” which became
established in Arua through his efforts in the early 1990s, as Agupiyo Peter Jogo,
an Administrator and Accountant of the “ACAV” in Arua , had this to say:
It was Bishop Frederick’s efforts that “ACAV” was formed
as an NGO in Arua. He wrote to the Italian Government to
invite them 68 .
By 1995, over 400 boreholes and 30 protected wells had been constructed in
Moyo, Arua and Nebbi around the Catholic Parishes 69 .
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