Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces-UPDF is set to demobilize all Local Defence Unit-LDU personnel in the Karamoja region due to acts of misconduct. The LDUs are accused of misusing government stores in their possession by hiring out the guns and uniforms to criminals and participating …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Karamoja have called for an inclusive disarmament process where the UPDF should involve elected and religious leaders, civil society and community leaders in order to minimize cases of human rights abuses. During the first disarmament process that ushered in a window of peace …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is increasing uncertainty on food security in Karamoja sub-region as crops are beginning to dry up in the gardens due to the prolonged dry spell that has persisted from May to date. The region normally receives one planting season from April to August each …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament from the Karamoja region have protested the appointments of Maria Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu, as ministers in charge of Karamoja. President Museveni on Tuesday evening appointed the former Energy Minister Maria Goretti Kitutu as Minister for Karamoja and former NTV journalist, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has directed legislators from Karamoja to join the security team in searching for the people involved in lynching a famous community leader. It comes a week after unknown people lynched Mariko Abura Apanaluk, a renown Karimojong elder and kraal leader together …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Members of Parliament for the nine districts of Karamoja region have called for an emergency meeting with the UPDF and police commanders to discuss the growing insecurity concerns in the region. The meeting which will take place tomorrow on Saturday in Napak district follows the …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A report on the security status in Karamoja shared to the Inspector General of Police Martin Ochola, shows Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) working alongside Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has killed 10 cattle rustlers and recovered eight Sub Machines Guns in the last three weeks. …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A team from the Ministry of Agriculture has blamed the repeated flooding in Karamoja to poor land management. John Lodungokol, the Assistant Commissioner crop production in the Ministry of Agriculture told URN on Sunday that the environmental degradation in Karamoja was the main cause of …
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The army will start another phase of forceful disarmament of Karimojong next month if voluntary disarmament by the locals remains low. Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The 3rd Infantry Division of the Uganda Peoples Defense Force-UPDF in Moroto has received only two guns after asking the locals to freely surrender …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Rupa Community Development Trust-RUCODET, a community organization formed to protect land and mining rights for the community in Karamoja faces uncertain future due to lack of funds. Registered on December 1, 2017, RUCODET gained a lot of momentum in 2019 after negotiating for surface rights for …
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