Opuya handed over her phone to the treasurer of "Yesu Ngesi Erot," a Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization (SACCO) in Arengkeju Village, Acherer Parish, Loputuk Sub County, in hopes of securing the funds.
In June 2024, for example, the education authorities in Moroto district were forced to suspend operations at three community schools due to growing security threats posed by armed rustlers to both learners and teachers.
Caroline Kharono, the Meal Coordinator for the Work No Child program in Moroto, stated that children removed from mining sites underwent mentorship sessions before being enrolled in formal education and community-based skilling programs.
Sarah Akello, an environmental defender from Tapac Sub County, noted that their advocacy against destructive mining activities, particularly by Tororo Cement Factory Limited, has exposed them to threats.
Stone quarries and gold mining sites host the highest number of children while others are subjected to carrying bundles of firewood and bags of charcoal for sale to feed their families. Sometimes children walk for over 15 kilometres to Moroto town in search of markets.
The Principal Judge, Justice Flavian Zeija, presided over the official launch and stated that daily hearings of cases will be conducted to reduce the backlog and ensure timely justice. Plans are also underway to establish a regional court, although this will depend on the region that provides land for premises to cut the costs of moving to Kampala for appeals.
John Robert Adupa, the LC 3 Chairperson for Lotisan Sub County told URN that the maize was bought from Uganda by the Turkana county government and will benefit more than 50,000 people in Lotisan.
The angry protesters accused UPDF of extending its boundaries into the community land and forcefully surveying it without their knowledge. According to the local communities, the UPDF wants to seize over 600 acres of land belonging to the communitie
Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe, the 3rd Division Commander noted that the one-day seminar was timely and purposeful to help them improve on operational guidelines.
William Lochodo, the senior probation and welfare officer for Moroto district told URN that poverty has forced parents to accept small bribes from the defilers to kill the case and the victim is denied justice.
Speaking at the launch of the handbook at Moroto district headquarters, Pamela Kabahesi, the National Programme Coordinator Development Initiative for Northern Uganda, said the book was printed in Acholi, Langi, Ateso, and Ngakarimojong contains the laws and policies governing the functions of local government sand community participation in the decision making process.
Patricia Lokeris, not her real name, 13, one of the victims, says that she was studying at Musupo primary school in P4 at the time her aunty attempted to marry her off to a UPDF soldier.
Philip Loumo, one of the pastoralists, said they have to walk through the bush for 100 kilometers to Moroto town to access health services and 40 kilometers to Rupa sub-county to access schools and clean water.
Martin Satya, a driver hired by the company told URN that he was tortured on August 28, by his 'boss,' a Chinese national who accused him of siphoning fuel from a truck that he had been told to take to the garage for repairs.
In 2021, at least 400 million shillings were set aside for the completion of dormitories that were at the roofing level but since then, the project has been stagnant for more than six months despite being behind the schedule.
The home was established by the late Bill Behrman who passed away in 2018 and in 2020 Rebekah Bullen inherited the orphanage, under the Mission Critical international.
The closure of schools which has lasted close to two years has sent many would-be learners into employment, scores of them working in paid and unpaid forms of work in the mines in Moroto, Kaabong and Nakapiripirit districts. Area leaders fear that many of these children might never return to school, even after the reopening in January.
The recent operations in Kotido, Kaabong and other parts of Karamoja forced many men out of their homes in fear of being arrested as suspected cattle rustlers and tried in the military court, leaving just vulnerable persons in the homes in what police say could lead to more suffering of innocent people.
