Tag Archives: hunger

Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Nabilatuk district in Karamoja sub region has registered the death of 226 people as a result of hunger in a period of five months. John Longolio, the town clerk Nabilatuk town council says all the 226 people died in Nabilatuk town council from March to July …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Fourteen sub counties in Kotido district have missed out on the first batch of relief food dispatched to Karamoja as hunger deepens. Kotido district comprises 19 sub-counties. Early last week, the government kicked off relief food distribution in Karamoja sub-region following the dire food insecurity …

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Karamoja residents have asked the government to revisit the yearly handouts of relief food to Karamoja and instead consider establishing irrigation capability to address perennial hunger in the region. Karamoja region is currently battling hunger which has claimed over 900 people in …

Otuke, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | More than 40 Karamojong have crossed into Otuke district in search of food. The group comprising women, young girls, and children from Kotido district have taken shelter at Okwongo Church of Uganda and Okwongo Primary School in Okwongo town council, Otuke district. John Bosco Dagama …

Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Dozens of learners suffering from nodding syndrome have abandoned classes due to hunger. A report from Alune Primary School in Kitgum district indicates that the thirty learners with nodding syndrome who had enrolled in the school have all abandoned studies in the past months. The school …

Nairobi, Kenya | Xinhua | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Wednesday his government has reduced the price of maize flour by half, to cushion citizens from acute food insecurity linked to prolonged drought and the skyrocketing cost of fuel. Kenyatta said that a two-kg packet of maize flour would be retailing …

Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There are mixed feelings about the successful implementation of the Parish Development Model-PDM in the Karamoja sub-region because of the biting hunger and insecurity. Early this year, the government launched the Shillings 490 billion program, just about a year after the marketing of Emyooga, another …

 800 million people around the world affected Kampala, Uganda | RONALD MUSOKE | In the week Ugandan legislators from the northeastern region of Karamoja shed tears on national television due to the alarming hunger situation in their home districts, a UN report warned that the situation could get worse. The …

Katakwi, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents in Dadas village, Akoboi sub county in Katakwi district on Thursday converged to prepare a meal that was donated by the Office of the Prime Minister-OPM. The decision was arrived at after the authorities were stuck on how to identify the most vulnerable households …

Kotido, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least twenty-two people have died in Kalemalera village, Kacheri sub-county in Kotido district after eating wild cassava. The victims started dying last week. The latest victim died on Wednesday. The majority of the victims are children below five years and elderly persons aged 70-years …