Moroto, Uganda | Patricia Akankwatsa | Karamoja, a region in Uganda long plagued by hunger and food insecurity, is the focus of a newly launched project by the European Union, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP). With a €5 million …
Read More »New food security program to benefit 16,000 households in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | 16,000 households are set to benefit from a new food security program in Karamoja. The “Improving Food Security and Resilience of Food Production Systems” is an initiative that is expected to indirectly impact up to 80,000 individuals across all nine districts of the Karamoja sub-region—including …
Read More »Ireland celebrates 20 years of humanitarian work in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ireland Embassy in Uganda has commemorated its twentieth anniversary of steering development initiatives in the Karamoja sub-region. H.E Kevin Colgan, the Irish Ambassador to Uganda noted that it is important to maintain Ireland’s connection with the region for than twenty years of Irish missionaries and …
Read More »EU funded sh20 billion food production scheme for Karamoja launched
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A sh20 billion food security and production project for Karamoja to be funded by the European Union, has been launched today. The three year project that aims to sustain food production on large scale in Karamoja sub-region, was launched by Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry …
Read More »Karamoja artisanal miners join fight to end child labour
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The artisanal miners in the districts of Moroto and Nakapiripirit have joined the fight to end child labor in the mining areas. Child labor has persisted in Karamoja for a long time as families have no choice but to put their children to work in …
Read More »Karamoja leaders laud Uganda’s outgoing UNICEF reprsentative
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders in Karamoja have applauded the United Nations International Children’s Fund country’s representative Dr. Munir Safieldin for his contribution to improving education and health in the sub-region. Dr Munir who has been in the International Service for 31 years has ended his stay in Uganda after …
Read More »Karamoja cultural festival hangs in balance over insuffient funds
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Karamoja Cultural Day Celebrations hang in balance due to a lack of resources. The eighth edition is scheduled for the 2nd to 7th of September 2024 in Karenga district. The annual festival is celebrated rotationally in the different districts within Karamoja. It brings together the …
Read More »Women in Karamoja urged to take lead in climate change fight
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Women and youth in the Karamoja sub-region have been urged to lead in the fight against climate change. The National Development Plan III and Vision 2040 recognizes that climate change adaptation is vital to increasing household incomes and improving the equality of life of …
Read More »Mukula places shs10 million bounty on driver who knocked Aleper
Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The National Resistance Movement-NRM party Chairperson of the Eastern region, Capt. Mike Mukula has announced a bounty of 10 Million Shillings on whoever provides information leading to the arrest of the driver who knocked dead former Moroto Municipality MP Simon Peter Aleper. Aleper, 50, who died in a …
Read More »Karamoja leaders upset by Museveni’s remarks on free land for investor
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of local leaders in the Karamoja sub-region are disappointed with the speech President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni delivered in Kampala to honor the late Simon Peter Aleper, former Member of Parliament for Moroto municipality . The President was unhappy with Albert Lokoru, a …
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