Gulu, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has directed Amuru District leaders, backed by the military and police, to hold pastoralists accountable for the destruction caused by their livestock on the community crop gardens. This follows a protracted outcry by residents from the six villages of Lakang, Bana, Lujoro, …
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Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) member states have finally endorsed the implementation of a roadmap for the IGAD transhumance protocol that will allow cross border pastoralism. IGAD member states of Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan and Uganda all agreed to start the …
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Kapelebyong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Kapelebyong district have been banned from grazing on the agricultural land. Area councillors are also demanding that all migrant Ankole Pastoralists who entered the district last year should be evicted after allegedly allowing their animals to destroy acres of crops gardens. The pastoralists, …
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Sembabule, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Pastoralists in Sembabule district have resorted using a concoction of chemicals to fight resistant ticks. Farmers in the cattle corridor have for many years been grappling with highly resistant Ticks that are no longer responding to synthetic pyrethroids that are supposed to naturally kill the …
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Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Leaders from Karamoja sub-region have asked the government to compensate pastoralists whose livestock was stolen by suspected Turkana herdsmen. Thousands of herds of cattle have been stolen from the districts of Kotido, Kaabong, Moroto and Napak. Kotido district authorities said 2,398 cattle and over 950 …
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