BY TIMOTHY EODU NAPAK: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Over 500 pupils from the nine districts of Karamoja have turned up for the regional Music, Dance and Drama Festival being hosted by Kangole Boys Primary school in Napak district. Each district was expected to present the best choirs after the recently …
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BY JAMES MUYA KARENGA: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 A farmers’ group in Karenga district in Karamoja has taken on fish farming and vegetable growing to fight malnutrition. “We had 20 malnourished children in our families that were being given plumpy’nut. Only six of them got well, so, we decided to …
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BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Moses Kaukon, says the vegetable gardens have helped him to supplement his salary, provide food for the family and also teach small scale gardening to other farmers. He teaches at Musas primary school in Katikekile Sub-County, 19km from Moroto town. His demonstration …
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BY MATHEW ABEKSON MOROTO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 A new dormitory for female students has been commissioned at Moroto Core Primary Teachers College. The 42-bed capacity dormitory was constructed by the German humanitarian organization, Welt Hunger Hilfe. The commissioner for teacher education at the Ministry of Education and Sports, Jonathan …
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BY GLADYS LAKAREBER KOTIDO: FRIDAY, AUGUST 05, 2022 Isaiah Lokech, the LCV councilor representing Kapeta sub county in Kotido district has urged farmers in Karamoja sub-region to utilize the current rain season to enhance agricultural production. “Go out, especially men, plant more crops like millet, maize, sweet potatoes, simsim and …
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BY JAMES MUYA NAPAK: MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022 Peter Iriama and Mario Lochen are a team of the well-known warriors who have been reportedly raiding cattle from the neighboring districts using a gun. They on Sunday peacefully handed over the gun to Francis Obed Lochoro, the local council III chairman …
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BY TIMOTHY EODU MOROTO: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022 The crowd roared in ovation as reformed former Karamojong warriors from Lokeriaut primary school joined the school choir and made their way on to the podium. It was a rare occasion at Kasimeri Primary school in Moroto district where a music dance …
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BY EDWARDS AKAKI MOROTO: SATURDAY, JULY 30, 2022 The traders in Moroto central business area known as Camp Swahili have welcomed the ongoing construction of reads under the Uganda support to municipal infrastructure development (USMID) program with excitement. These are the upgrading of the two streets of Jie and Lopeduru …
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BY JAMES MUYA KARENGA: FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 The Karamoja sub-region is famous in the media for growing insecurity, cattle rustling and starvation but amidst this chilling narrative, one young man in Karenga district is on a mission to offer news of hope to Karamoja. “Not the whole of Karamoja …
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BY EDWARDS AKAKI AND MATHEW ABEKSON MOROTO: FRIDAY, JULY 29, 2022 As the bright morning sun dapples, the semi-arid plains of Karamoja sub-region in northeastern Uganda spring to life. After the morning household errands, they throng with empty jerrycans to Nakapilimen, a local brew cellar, one kilometer from Moroto town …
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