Nakapiripirit, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Nakapiripirit district have dispatched a team of police officers to search for the missing four dead bodies in Pian Upe game reserve. It’s alleged that on the 6th January 2023, the suspected Pokot pastoralists from Amudat district grazing in Nakapiripirit …
Read More »UWA moves to restrict pastoralists in wildlife reserves
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda Wildlife Authority-UWA in Karamoja is considering banning pastoralists from grazing in wildlife reserves. According to UWA, the presence of pastoralists has affected the breeding of animals forcing some species like ostriches to migrate to distant areas where they can not easily be traced. Edyau …
Read More »Fresh tension as ‘Balalo’ herdsmen return to Lamwo
Lamwo, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Balalo pastoralists have returned to Lamwo district six months after their eviction. In November 2021, President Museveni ordered the eviction of all pastoralists from Northern Uganda in a letter to Prime Minister Robinah Nabbanja, arguing they were illegally operating in the sub-region and causing food insecurity …
Read More »Pastoralists in Moroto cry out for food relief
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 10,000 pastoralists at Kobebe grazing area in Lotisan sub-county, Moroto district are going for days without any meal as the hunger crisis sweeps through the region. Three different communities which comprise the Jie from Kotido district, Matheniko from Moroto and Turkana from …
Read More »Kapelebyong district bans movement of Karamojong pastoralists
Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Kapelebyong district authorities have stopped Karamojong pastoralists from entering the district to graze their livestock. Over the years, Kapelebyong and Amuria districts have been the only places that Karamojong pastoralists cross to graze their livestock during drought. Francis Akorikin, the LCV chairperson of Kapelebyong says …
Read More »Karamoja leaders mount campaign to end bush burning
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders across Karamoja sub region have embarked on campaigns against bush burning among the pastoralists to save the worsening environmental situation. Karamoja region is currently dry and pastoralists have resorted to burning bushes to clear space for rat hunting, killing ticks and to allow fresh …
Read More »Security allows Karamojong, Turkana pastoralists back into Kobebe grazing area
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Karamoja comprising Uganda People’s Defence Forces and police have finally granted the pleas of the pastoralists to allow them to go back and graze their livestock in Kobebe grazing area. The joint security had flushed all the pastoralist communities, the …
Read More »Karamojong pastoralists ask security forces to halt recovery of stolen cattle
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Karamojong pastoralists have asked security forces to stop recovering stolen animals in the region. The pastoralists argue that they have tried to seek possible solutions to end insecurity but they get frustrated by the security forces. Lobur Apaa Lochap, a pastoralist in Kotido district says sometimes …
Read More »South Sudan ratifies East African bloc’s protocols on movement of persons, transhumance
Juba, South Sudan | Xinhua | South Sudan’s government said Friday it has ratified two protocols of the East African bloc, the Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) on free movement of persons and transhumance in the member states. Mayiik Ayii Deng, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation said the two …
Read More »Karamojong, Turkana pastoralists demand access to Kobebe dam
Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Turkana pastoralists from Kenya and their Karamojong counterparts in Moroto district are decrying the decision by security to deny them access to Kobebe water dam, which is currently under tight security protection. The joint security forces flashed the pastoralists from Kobebe grazing area, which also …
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