Govt to Bail Out Karamoja Model Farmers
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
THE Government is to re-consider funding the model farmers in Karamoja whose crops failed to germinate due to drought.
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Uganda: 'NAADS for a Review in Karamoja'
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
The government is to reconsider funding model farmers under the National Agricultural Advisory Sevices (Naads) programme for the financial Year 2008/2009 in the Karamoja region whose crops failed to germinate due to drought.
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Uganda: Cattle Can Become Karamoja's Gold
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
According to the National Livestock Census, Karamoja region has the most cattle in Uganda but remains the most underdeveloped and impoverished region because the resource is not exploited, writes Evelyn Lirri.
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Uganda: Dry Karamoja Could Do With Irrigation Schemes
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
With its unreliable and erratic rains, scorching sun, dust mainly offset by storms, dry rivers and ambushes, Karamoja is not a suitable region for crop farming - let alone living in.
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Take Charge of Your Security, Karamoja Told
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
People in Karamoja region should take charge of their security instead of solely depending on the UPDF, a bishop has appealed. Bishop Joseph Abura of karamoja diocese last Friday said: "The community wants the UPDF to guard their families but the best security is by the people themselves. They should not pick firearms but voices, whistles, spears to curb internal insecurity."...
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Uganda: Region Needs to Adopt an Enterprising Culture
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Two weeks ago, the news pages relayed an unprecedentedly unusual piece of good news from Karamoja. It was news of a report from the National Livestock Census report that cited Karamoja region as having the highest numbers of livestock, (cattle, goats and camels) in the whole of Uganda.
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Early Warning System Predicts Less Hunger In Uganda’s Karamoga Region
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
An organization that predicts famines says it expects a reduction in the number of Ugandans facing extreme hunger. (..) He [Narman Ojwe, the resident district commissioner of Moroto District in Karamoja] praised the World Food Program (WFP) for feeding the people in the region. “They distribute the food according to the number of people in a household.”
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3 Moroto NAADS Officials Interdicted
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
... June this year, the officials sold hoes and seeds supplied during a campaign on food security in Karamoja.Meanwhile, the state minister for Karamoja Affairs, Janet Museveni, discovered that NAADS officials in Kaabong district had mismanaged funds amounting to sh122m meant for projects in the 2008/2009 financial year.This was during her tour of the region to assess the performance...
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Uganda Hunger to Ease on Improved Harvests, Fewsnet Forecasts
World Food Program (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The number of Ugandans facing extreme hunger will probably fall to 1.38 million from 2.11 million between now and December as harvests improve, the U.S.-funded Famine Early Warning Network, known as Fewsnet, said today.(..)Food insecurity, particularly in the dry northeastern Karamoja region, remains high with the United Nations’ World Food Program feeding 1.15 million Ugandans.
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Kenya/Sudan Peace Talks Canceled
Net News Publisher (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
... rustling activities in Uganda. Although the Ugandan government has stepped up disarmament in the Karamoja region, the Dodoth have frustrated the exercise. Tension has been high at the border with Sudan following attacks by Toposa pastoralists from Southern Sudan. Source African Press Agency Net News Publisher