Tag Archives: food shortage

Concern is rising that budget cuts to key ministries like Agriculture may lead to food insecurity. In December 2022, the government tabled the draft budget estimates for the financial year 2023-24. The projected expenditure had been increased by Shs1.8 trillion from Shs48.1 trillion in the current financial year to Shs49.9 trillion. However, to note, if agriculture doesn’t receive more resources, ...

The MP for Kyadondo East, Hon. Muwadda Nkunyingi, has come out to claim that the hunger situation in the Karamoja subregion is being done deliberately by the government. Muwadda says that it seems the government wants the people there to die. He wondered why a government would mount roadblocks to people delivering relief to the area. It should be recalled ...

Julius Mucunguzi, the head of communications at the office of the Prime Minister, has said the issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. He says people should stop blaming the government for what is going on because in any case, it’s better than it was several years ago. “The issue of Karamoja is not a recent phenomenon. The government ...

The National Unity Platform under Bobi Wine, has donated food relief to the famine-hit Karamoja sub-region. The contents of the aid were 2,500kgs of maize flour and 2,500kgs of beans making it 5 tonnes of food relief. According to reports, a number of areas in the Karamoja sub-region continue to experience continued food insecurities. This is sadly expected to continue ...

A severe drought in Kenya has left millions of people without food and water and has killed thousands of animals along the way. This specifically affected the north and coastal region and there’s nothing but bad news as the situation has been predicted to only get worse with time. According to the most recent forecast, the dry spell will extend ...