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Karamoja MPs protest move to abolish KDA

Prossy Kisakye | February 23, 2024

Legislators from Karamoja sub-region have protested government’s Bill aimed at abolishing the Karamoja Development Agency (KDA) under the Rationalization of Agencies and Public Expenditure programme. This after the Minister for Karamoja affairs, Mary Goretti Kitutu presented a Bill to repeal KDA to the Presidential Affairs Committee where she justified the […]


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Four arrested, five guns recovered in Karamoja

Barbra Anyait | February 12, 2024

The joint security forces in Karamoja sub-region say they have arrested four suspects and recovered five guns during separate operations, according to a statement issued by Major Isaac Oware, Public Information Officer of the Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) Third Division. On February 10, 2024, a night patrol conducted a […]


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Museveni reveals plan to turn Karamoja into industrial hub

Prossy Kisakye | September 13, 2023

President Museveni has revealed that Karamoja will be turned into an industrial hub given its great potential, thanks to mineral deposits. He was officiating at the groundbreaking ceremony of a new cement plant being constructed in partnership with a Chinese company, West International Holdings, valued at 300 million US dollars. […]


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UPDF helicopter crash-lands in Karamoja

admin | July 30, 2023

By Mike Sebalu The Uganda People’s Defence Force (UPDF) is investigating circumstances that led to the Air Forces helicopter crash land in Karamoja. In a press statement, Defence spokesperson Brig Gen. Felix Kulayigye says the incident happened at Nadiket village, located about 5km West of Moroto Barracks, in Loptuk sub […]


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Rugged terrain hampers fight against FGM in Karamoja, Sebei  

Simon Peter Emwamu | June 13, 2023

The fight against the outlawed practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Karamoja and Sebei sub-regions is reportedly still getting resistance among conservative cultural leaders living in the rugged terrains. Following a week-long engagement among elders, youth, and religious leaders organized by Action Aid in Soroti, David Mande, a youth […]



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