Karimojong enduring attachment to their culture. Kampala, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Notwithstanding the social- cultural stereotype often attached to the Karamojong, a north- eastern ethnic group in Uganda, the group is privileged to preserve it’s distinct traditional norm and practices in the contemporary times. A visitor to Moroto and …
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Karimojong enduring attachment to their culture Moroto, Uganda | DOMINIC MUWANGUZI | Notwithstanding the social- cultural stereotype often attached to the Karamojong, a north- eastern ethnic group in Uganda, the group is privileged to preserve it’s distinct traditional norm and practices in the contemporary times. A visitor to Moroto and …
Read More »45 stolen cattle recovered from suspected Karamojong thieves in Agago
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents and security personnel in Agago district have recovered 45 cattle from suspected armed Karamojong cattle thieves. The animals were reportedly stolen during a raid at about 10 pm Tuesday in Mura East village in Ngora parish, Paimol sub county. Paimol sub county chairperson …
Read More »Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers kill three people in Kitgum
Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers have killed three people in Orom sub county in Kitgum district. Orom sub county chairperson Quirino Olum says the armed rustlers believed to be seven in number, raided Lapetak village in Loliya parish on Tuesday evening with intentions of stealing …
Read More »Agago vigilante group kills two suspected Karamojong cattle thieves
Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Local vigilantes in Agago district have killed two armed suspected Karamojong cattle thieves. The two were killed in a botched livestock raid from Paimol sub county on Tuesday Linos Ngompek, the Agago Resident District Commissioner told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Wednesday that the …
Read More »Illegal guns fueling killings in Karamoja – RDC
Abim, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Abim says the high incidents leading to death by shooting in the district are fueled by armed Karimojong warriors who continuously attack to steal cows. Samuel Mpimbaza Hashaka says that the armed Karamojong mainly from Kotido turn their …
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