By Stanley Ebele National Resistance Movement (NRM) party youth leaders in Karamoja Sub-region have endorsed former Miss Tourism Uganda 2017, Elma Challa Kapel, for the Northern Region Youth Member Of Parliament ahead of the party primaries. Kapel 27, is the daughter of…
Local leaders in Moroto District are demanding for a total ban on the sale and drinking of waragi, citing its harmful effects. They emphasize that this unregulated alcohol has led to numerous deaths within the community. On Thursday evening, joint security forces…
By Edward Eninu The Justice and Peace Department of Kotido Catholic Diocese (JPD-K) is hosting its annual Memorial Peace Prayer in Kanair, Kotido District, commemorating two years since the inception of its peacebuilding initiatives in North Karamoja. The event bringing together communities…
By Prosper Gibolo The national delegate representing Karamoja secondary schools at the Association of Physical Education Teachers Uganda (APETU), Bonny Otto, has expressed dismay over the low participation of Karamoja schools in the physical education festival. This followed the poor turnout in…
By Stanley Ebele Despite peaceful conclusion, the youth village committee elections in Kotido District and Municipality were significantly dented by widespread mobilization failures, leading to a dismal voter turnout and leaving hundreds of positions vacant. The Electoral Commission gazetted June 16 to…
By Bondry Kilenga The Ugandan and Chinese governments, in partnership with the World Food Programme (WFP) and Andre Foods International (AFI), have flagged off a rice distribution program in Karamoja to support vulnerable communities affected by food insecurity and malnutrition. The distribution…
By Bondry Kilenga Hundreds of learners at Kakore Primary School Nakitoit South village in Karenga sub-county, Karenga district can now have safe and clean water following the commissioning of the hand pump borehole, an intervention by World Vision. The new water source…
By Prosper Gibolo Diocesan Development Services -North Karamoja (DDS-NK), has launched a six months immunisation drive dubbed Echipichip Ikicham project. Benjamin Adiaka, the Project Coordinator says the Shs184 million Project funded by Gavi under the Equity Accelerator Fund (EAF) will be implemented…