Tue 16, May 2023 Augustine Olule-Karamoja Police in Napak district in Karamoja sub region have impounded government vehicle registration Number UG 2524 A Toyota Hillux pickup, grey in colour belonging to the ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries carrying 16 jerrycans of illicit Waragi. The vehicle which was driven …
Read More »NFA official arrested for assaulting an Indian investor in Kikuube district.
BY OUR REPORTER Police in Kikuube district yesterday arrested one Ayebare Joseph, a senior official working with National Forestry Authority (NFA) attached to Bugoma forest for assaulting an Indian investor RAEHA RAMASAMY KRSHANA. The Indian investor is attached to Hoima Sugar and a farm manager of Nsozi farm where Hoima …
Read More »MAAIF Launches Mechanized Tractor Scheme in Karamoja
By Timothy Eodu – Nabilatuk The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries – MAAIF has launched the Tractor Mechanized Scheme in Karamoja region. The launch which was done on Saturday 1st April 2023 from Lokapel village in Lorengedwat Sub County, Nabilatuk district, flagged off 10 tractors that will be used …
Read More »CLIMATIC CHANGE IN KARAMOJA (MOROTO), ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION
By Edward Akaki – Moroto, Karamoja On a humanitarian ground, everyone deserves a right to life, health and clean water and sanitation, afact that thousands in Karamoja see as a myth due to changing climatic conditions. The suffering and pain in Uganda’s north-eastern pastoralist region, is visible in massive crop …
Read More »Security in Karamoja gazzete 28 cattle markets
BY EDWARD AKAKI The joint security forces in Karamoja region in a bid to stop commercialized cattle raids in the region have profiled and approved 28 cattle markets in the nine districts constituting Karamoja. This was revealed in security joint press on Thursday 15th September,2022 at the 3rd Infantry Division …
Read More »Farmers earn big from NGOs project in Kitgum district
By Otim Moses Farmers in mucwini sub-county in Kitgum district are earning big from the Non-governmental organization food for the hungry after empowering them on farm activities On Wednesday, groups of famers from six parishes yeba, pakuba, okol li kol, ogwapoke , pudo and pajong in mucwini sub-county in Kitgum …
Read More »Karamoja to receive quick maturing seeds
By Augustine Olule The state minister for agriculture sub crop sector has assured the people of Karamoja government intension to distribute quick maturing seeds to all farmers for planting this season as way of fighting food insecurity in the region. According to Mr. Bwino Fred Kyakulaga, the state minister of …
Read More »ACHAYO GIFTS 50 LARGE WHITE PIGS TO GROUPS IN NGORA
By Lawrence Okwakol Ten savings and credits groups with over 150 members in Kobuin sub county, Ngora district have been empowered with start up piggery project of five pigs each. The 50 large white pigs worth 15million shs were handed by Charles Ekelot to the beneficiaries on Thursday in the …
Read More »Kotido youth expects millions from groundnuts harvest
By Kasline Gladys Lakareber. Despite the climatic change challenge in the Karamoja region and the surrounding areas during the first planting season of 2022, some farmers made use of the little Rain drops. A youth in Napumpum village, Napumpum Sub county, Kotido district Moses Evra Lokech while speaking to our …
Read More »Utilize Current Rains Properly, Achayo Rallies people in Teso
By Lawrence OkwakolPeople from Teso sub region have been asked to utilize the current rains to plant fast growing crops in this second season.Juliet Achayo Lodou the Ngora county member of parliament in Ngora district passed the message in Kobuin sub county on Tuesday while meeting the football players which …
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