Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court in Kampala has banned members of the media and the general public from taking photographs and videos from the ongoing trial of officials involved in the diversion of iron sheets meant for the Community Empowerment Program of Karamoja sub-region. The order …
Read More »PDM: Karamoja leaders demand cash payments
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local leaders in the Karamoja sub-region are calling for a change in the disbursement of the Parish Development Model (PDM) fund. They are demanding that the funds be delivered in cash directly to the beneficiaries, rather than through electronic money transfers. Currently, some districts in …
Read More »DPP asks court to dismiss Lugoloobi’s application for relaxed bail terms
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The office of the Director of Public Prosecutions has asked the High Court to dismiss an application by State Minister for Finance and Economic Planning, Amos Lugoloobi to relax his bail terms. In April this year, Lugoloobi was charged with dealing with suspect property, …
Read More »Over 700 officers set to retire from ASTU in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Over 714 officers from the Anti Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) in the Karamoja sub-region have been sent home in preparation for their retirement. The officers, aged 60 years and above, have been given this opportunity to transition into a better life after their dedicated …
Read More »Fake farm inputs affecting nascent crop farming in Karamoja
Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Unregulated liberalization is posing a threat to agriculture, particularly crop production, in the Karamoja region of Uganda, potentially hindering the government’s efforts to achieve food self-sufficiency in the area. Joh Longino, the Nakapiripirit District Local Council 5 Chairperson, expressed concerns about the distribution of substandard …
Read More »COURT: Trial of politicians in Karamoja iron sheets scandal can go ahead
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has dismissed an application by Male Mabirizi challenging the trial of politicians for the diversion of iron sheets and property under their ministries and departments as opposed to Accounting Officers. In April 2023, Mabirizi petitioned the Anti-Corruption Court challenging the arrests, interrogations, …
Read More »Sub County chairperson, 2 UPDF soliders gunned down in Kotido
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A suspected warrior has shot dead Moses Lomuria, the LC 3 chairperson of Longaroe Sub County in Kotido district, a security informer only identified as Lokol, and two unidentified Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF soldiers. The four met their death in Narubela trading center in Longaroe Sub County around 3:00 …
Read More »Dropping Iron Sheets case shocks, divides Karamoja leaders
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The decision by the Director of Public Prosecution to close 17 files on the theft and diversion of iron sheets has sparked mixed reactions from the local leaders in the Karamoja sub region. DPP Jane Frances Abodo, herself a daughter of Karamoja, last week closed …
Read More »IRON SHEETS: Minister Kitutu committed to High Court for trial
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Anti-Corruption Court has committed Karamoja Affairs Minister Mary Gorreti Kitutu and two of her co-accused to the High Court to face trial on charges related to loss of public property arising from the diversion of the iron sheets meant for the Karamoja Community …
Read More »Over 89,000 children, 10,000 women face malnutrition in Karamoja
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 89,000 children under the age of five and 10,000 pregnant and breastfeeding women in the nine districts of Karamoja are in dire need of immediate assistance due to severe malnutrition. This distressing revelation comes from the latest Integrated Food Security Phase Classification …
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