By Bondry Kilenga Kotido district veterinary department has kicked off the operationalization of animal dips in Nakapelimoru sub-county to combat tick-borne diseases. The development was confirmed by Dr. Joseph Longole, the Kotido district veterinary officer in an exclusive interview with Etoil A…
By Bondry Kilenga In a significant step to combat Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD), the Ministry of Agriculture Animal Industry and Fisheries (MAAIF) has dispatched over 151,000 doses of vaccines to Kotido district. Joseph Longoli the district veterinary officer confirmed the development,…
By Jeniffer Acheng The Kotido District Senior Health Inspector, Tonny Achuma courts communities to exercise extra caution when buying food items in the open markets for their own safety. This comes in the wake of cassava poisoning report that left a minor…
March 13, 2025 By Stanley Ebele Several women from Karamoja who had crossed to the neighbouring districts of Katakwi, Kapelebyong, Amuria and Soroti in the Teso sub- region have started returning home. Their return coincides with the onset of rains which started…
By Bondry Kilenga March 11, 2025 The Kotido DAO Kotido Bernard Otim (left) Charles Ichogor RDC Kotido (middle) and Patrick Odongo, Deputy Principal Kotido Technical Institute (right) (Photo by Bondry Kilenga) KOTIDO: The students, tutors of Kotido technical Institute and the neighboring…
Residents of Napumpum Sub County in Kotido have unanimously resolved to stop any economic activities on Kaeselem dam to spare it exclusively to being a source of water for cattle. Kaeselem dam The dam located in Lolito parish had lately attracted a…
By Stanley Ebele Farm Radio International, with funding from the World Food Program-WFP, has donated solar powered digital radio handsets to 54 community listener groups in the nine districts of Karamoja sub region. The groups are from Kotido, Kaabong, Karenga and Abim…
By Jennifer Acheng &Raphael Acheboi Livestock farmers in Kotido district, are protesting a move by government requiring them to pay for the Foot and Mouth Disease-FMD vaccine doses under the new vaccine policy. Last week, government through the agricultural ministry, announced a…