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Item Border residents appeal for end to cattle rustling(New Vision, 2018-06-05) Wanyama, OlandasonBorder communities on the Uganda-Kenya border have asked both governments of Uganda and Kenya to find an end to the rampant cattle thefts.Item China donates rice to Karamoja(New Vision, 2017-11-15) Wanyama, OlandasonThe Chinese Government has donated rice worth sh18b to Karamoja to alleviate the effects of drought that hit the region last year.Item Donkey thefts leave families helpless(New Vision, 2017-08-29) Wanyama, OlandasonAround 1.8 million donkey hides are traded per year worldwide and demand is estimated at between four and 10 million skins. Records indicate that hundreds of donkeys have been stolen from Karamoja in the past 16 months.Item Drought hits hard villages on Uganda-Kenya border.(New Vision, 2017-08-22) Wanyama, OlandasonLokiru Ekodakwang, a farmer, says his anticipated harvest this year will not be realised, following a dry spell that swept across the Uganda-Kenya border. The 68-year-old id from Tim'ngorok village Tapac parish, Moroto district, a few kilometers to the border.Item Funds meant for the elderly well-utilised-Irish Aid boss.(New Vision, 2017-07-06) Wanyama, OlandasonThe visiting Irish Aid secretary general, Niall Burgess, has said the funds channelled for the elderly in Karamoja had successfully impacted on the lives of the Kirimojong.Item Kadaga fights female mutilation(New Vision, 2018-03-05) Wanyama, OlandasonSpeaker Kadaga donated books entitled, The Switch written by the general duties minister Mary Karooro Okurut in efforts to eradicate FGMItem Karamoja elders get eye care(New Vision, 2018-04-30) Wanyama, OlandasonClose to 5,000 elderly persons have received eye care services under the expanded Sighted Savers pilot programme in Moroto district.Item Karamoja gets X- ray machine.(New Vision, 2017-08-17) Kimono, Godfrey; Wanyama, OlandasonKaramoja residents have been relieved of travelling long distances to access X- ray services after getting new equipment at Matany Hospital in Napak district. the new modern phototherapy (X-ray machine) worth $65,000 (about sh230m) was donated by the Rotary Club of Port Bell, with support from the Rotary Club of Ammersee in Germany and the Rotary Foundation.Item Karamoja herders demand tsetse fly aerial spray(New Vision, 2017-11-21) Wanyama, OlandasonHerders from Kaabong and Kotido districts of Karamoja sub-region have appreciated the 'Emergency tsetse fly control intervention project' that was launched in the area early this year.Item Karamoja registers initial harvest as rain takes break.(New Vision, 2017-09-13) Wanyama, OlandasonClimate experts recently predicted that rains are expected to continue until December. the experts also advised Ugandans to look out for planting seasons as there was likely to be a break in the rainy seasonItem Karimojong urged to promote peace using culture.(New Vision, 2017-09-05) Wanyama, OlandasonThe state minister for minerals, Peter Lokeris, has said culture is significant in promoting peace in Karamoja region, previously characterised by armed conflict and cattle rustling. "We need to make use of culture to ensure the promotion of peace," he noted.Item Kenyan pastoralists remain in Uganda as dry spell persists.(New Vision, 2017-07-26) Wanyama, OlandasonHe appealed to the pastoralists to be calm as they wait for weather back home to get better.Item Moroto teacher held over allegedly molesting minors(New Vision, 2018-04-12) Wanyama, OlandasonWilfred Walucho Simiyu, 53, a teacher at Moroto Municipality Primary School, is being held at Moroto Central Police Station for allegedly molesting 11 school girls. The girls are aged between 11 and 15.Item MPs decry cruel practices(New Vision, 2017-07-31) Wanyama, OlandasonA section of lawmakers have urged communities in Amudat district to replace the negative cultural practices with better and positive ideas that will develop them. The legislators urged households still practising female genital mutilation(FGM) to abandon the ancient culture and embrace modernity.Item NARO takes fish to Karamoja(New Vision, 2017-06-27) Wanyama, OlandasonThe National Agricultural Research Organisation (NARO) is working on a plan to commerce cage fish farming in the Arecek and Kobebe dam waters in Karamoja region.Item New wave of cattle theft hits Karamoja(New Vision, 2018-01-31) Wanyama, OlandasonThe rampart cattle thefts among the Dodoth in Kaabong Jie in Kotido and Turkana from northwestern Kenya are threatening peace in Karamoja, according to security agencies.Item Pastoralists finally return home(New Vision, 2018-04-12) Wanyama, OlandasonHundreds of pastoralists from Karamoja and the Turkana in Kenya have finally returned home after a 10-month search for pasture and water in Karamoja and neighboring regions.Item UPDF, prisons officers arrested in Moroto town night operation.(New Vision, 2017-07-08) Wanyama, OlandasonThe Police and Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) arrested 57 suspected criminals during an operation in Moroto town, Moroto district. The suspects were accused of sleeping in deserted houses, under stalls at the roadside markets and housebreaking.