BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU MADI-OKOLLO: Thursday, August 03, 2023 It was once the trampling ground of the bulky beats which got extinct in the anarchic days of early 1980s but the clamour to have the iconic White Rhinos back to the Ajai wildlife reserve just got louder during the recent cultural …
Read More »THE QUEST FOR THE REINTRODUCTION OF THE WHITE RHINOS IN AJAI WILDLIFE RESERVE
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: MONDAY, JULY 02, 2023 While growing up as a child, Ben Afidra Amorimvapi, a resident of Degiya village, Olali parish-Ogoko Sub County developed fondness for White Rhinos. With his village home sitting on what was a controlled hunting area of Ajai wildlife reserve, Amorimvapi points to …
Read More »RESEARCHER CALLS FOR PROTECTION OF CHARISMATIC NUBIAN FLAPSHELL TURTLES
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU ARUA: WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2023 Once considered extinct, Africa’s largest soft-shell turtle known as the Nubian Flapshell turtle has made an unexpected comeback in river Nile sections in Uganda’s West Nile and parts of South Sudan. However, the river shores along Enyau, a tributary of river Nile …
Read More »LIVELIHOOD PROJECTS FOR EX-POACHERS HELPING TO PRESERVE BIODIVERSITY IN QUEEN ELIZABETH NATIONAL PARK
BY RICHARD DRASIMAKU KASESE: Tuesday, February 21, 2023 While a 14-year old pupil in primary five in 1994, Julius Tumushabe got lured into poaching by peers and turned his back on school. On his debut day, he went out into the wilderness of the sprawling Queen Elizabeth National park in …
Read More »CLIMATIC CHANGE IN KARAMOJA (MOROTO), ITS EFFECTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION
By Edward Akaki – Moroto, Karamoja On a humanitarian ground, everyone deserves a right to life, health and clean water and sanitation, afact that thousands in Karamoja see as a myth due to changing climatic conditions. The suffering and pain in Uganda’s north-eastern pastoralist region, is visible in massive crop …
Read More »Kaberamaido set to host Miss Kumam Pageant
By Timothy Eodu-Kaberamaido Kaberamaido district is preparing to host the first ever edition of Miss Kumam beauty pageant finale scheduled for 23rd December 2022 at Kaberamaido Hotel. The Finale will be hosted with the theme; ‘Kumam, My Identity, My Heritage.” According to the press statement seen by www.Karamoja.com news website, …
Read More »Men, Women Disagree over Polygamy in Karamoja
By Kasline Gladys Lakareber Karamojong men believe that having more wives provides security, labour, pride, strength in their locality and also a sign of wealth (Cultural belief according to the elders). However, a section of women have had an assumption recently that the low development, low literacy levels among the …
Read More »BUSINESS HIGHLY BOOSTED IN ABIM AS KARAMOJA CULTURAL EVENT ATTENDANCE REACH CLIMAX
By Kasline Gladys Lakareber People of karamoja region are so impressive to express their happiness during the ground opening of Cultural event at Abim secondary school headed by the Governor of Turkana, Kenya on the 31th August 2022. Visitors were from Ethiopia, Kenya, south Sudan and different parts in Uganda. …
Read More »ELDERS TASKED TO CHANGE THE YOUTHS
By Kasline Gladys Lakareber The theme for 2022 karamoja cultural event is majorly to restore peace in the region and with neighbors and all eyes are focused on elders to guide youth on how to bring peace in the society. Karamoja Elders Association was formed by various elders across the …
Read More »VENUE ARRANGEMENT FOR KARAMOJA CULTURAL EVENT IS AT HIGH GEAR.
By Kasline Gladys Lakareber The organizing committee for the 7 Edition of Karamoja cultural event which is scheduled to take place on the 30th August -3rd September 2022 is currently working like donkeys to make the event colorful. With just few hours to the start of the event which is …
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