Friday, May 18, 2012

Recent articles about Karamoja - including Nakapiripirit district

The Karamoja Cultural Museum. Funny that they had to give the definition of a museum in the article! We should visit... -- http://www.monitor.co.ug/Magazines/Farming/-/689860/1365580/-/1045t8z/-/index.html

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/We+have+lost+confidence+in+Museveni++say+Karamoja+MPs/-/688334/1404554/-/jrnyec/-/index.html  -- so much for our road being paved! they were promising that when I went in 2009, they had shown some signs of progress last year (piles of marum on the side of the road, not yet smoothed out) -- now it sounds like it's been taken off the reconstruction list

http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/Uganda+among+worst+countries+in+human+devt/-/688334/1405322/-/n9lrv7z/-/index.html



Serious flooding especially around Namalu, which is the market town we go to each week. This flooding will probably cause serious food shortages for the Karimojong later on in the year.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1404566/-/ahy3rnz/-/index.html
http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1395080/-/avhe13z/-/index.html

Nakapiripirit is the most corrupt district in Karamoja, 1 billion Ugandan shillings embezzled --  http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1375656/-/awpc6gz/-/index.html

Kidepo!! -- http://www.monitor.co.ug/artsculture/Travel/-/691238/1375130/-/nnh43i/-/index.html

Wildfires -- http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/1369572/-/ax94ivz/-/index.html


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