The invasion has forced 3rd Division UPDF in Moroto to deploy helicopters to track and pursue suspected cattle thieves and the stolen animals.
Read more ...Rupa and Katikekile sub-counties have been fighting over administrative boundary since 2002 when mining activities commenced in Moroto.
Read more ...Francis Lokiru, the LC3 chairman for Nakapiripririt Town Council says the cassava cuttings were distributed when they were already dry. He says they are going to burn them in the presence of OWC officials to send a message to higher authorities.
Read more ...Dennis Obbo, the Communications Officer at the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development says that the border conflict is being infuriated by politicians that he said should back off from the border. He explains that the border conflict, which has taken decades, was carefully studied and scientifically resolved.
Read more ...Speaking on behalf of the MPs, the Pian MP, Remigio Achia, MPs lamented that most of the land in the region has been taken away due to greed by elites who are natives of the land. He noted that the elites have exploited the ignorance of the community that is aggravated by high illiteracy levels.
Read more ...A total of 22 civilians have been lined up to face the Court Martial in Moroto over illegal possession of firearms.
Read more ...The project aimed at improving food security, infrastructural development and good governance in five sub-regions of Acholi, Karamoja, Lango, Teso and West Nile are funded by European Union.
Read more ...The debate comes barely a month after a declaration by agriculture ministry officials that the government was considering a ban on Nomadic Pastoralism in order to promote crop farming and paddock grazing in order to reduce food insecurity and increase family incomes.
Read more ...All the eight districts of Karamoja have boundary conflicts. Kotido and Abim have locked horns over Lokililing and Moru-Alokwangat Parishes while Kotido and Kaabong also have a disputed boundary at Lolelia in Kacheri Sub County. Napak district is at loggerheads with Katakwi, Abim and Moroto, some of which have culminated into violence.
Read more ...Chilla and five others was convicted on Thursday after court found her and the co-accused guilty of assaulting singer, Alex Lokutan alias MC Gray.
Read more ...However, in the land awareness meeting in Moroto, several people argued that the land titles could be forged and fraudulently acquired through ignorance of the community.
Read more ...However, after the interviews, some of the posts had their appointments withheld following a petition by a concerned citizen in the district. The petitioner cited political interference in the recruitment process.
Read more ...The unreliable power supply has caused losses to both the business community and government institutions.
Read more ...Relatives told our reporter that Achuka told them she had killed the old woman and fled into hiding. She didn’t disclose the motive of her action.
Read more ...In January 2019, livestock quarantine was imposed following an outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease, FMD. Consequently, sale and purchase of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs and their products were prohibited and all markets closed. The movement of cattle, goats, sheep and pigs and their products was restricted.
Read more ...Margaret Okuda, the district sports officer for Kotido says that since UN Agency for Children, UNICEF stopped funding sports activities seven years ago, the district has never participated in any national sports events.
Read more ...Gloria Napeyok who is also a gospel singer was convicted by Grade II Magistrate, Paul Abunyala on Tuesday after she pleaded guilty to theft. She was jointly convicted with her boyfriend Hamis Lopeyok over the same offence.
Read more ...The late Annet Ajok was gunned down during a protest protests in Lokitelebu where residents had barricaded Kotido-Abim Road paralyzing traffic for several hours.
Read more ...Muhammed Munyasi, a businessman dealing mainly in agro-produce attributes the alarming food prices to poor storage mechanisms used in the country.
Read more ...Morutit, like Nabilatuk Resolution was put in place in 2013 to deter locals from stealing cattle. Under the Morutit and Nabilatuk Resolutions, cattle thieves pay twice the number of livestock stolen to the owner and, additional animal for elders and members of the Peace Committee.
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