Tag Archives: Karamoja Famine

One of Uganda’s biggest telecommunications companies, Airtel Uganda, has donated food to Karamoja under its Airtel Cares program. It donated 10 tonnes of food to 2000 homes in North- Eastern Uganda, Karamoja. This is in an effort to lend a helping hand in ending hunger that has stroked the region. David Birungi, the Airtel Uganda Public Relations, and Corporate Communications ...

The State Minister for Karamoja Hon Agnes Nandutu has come out to lambast the National Unity Platform’s recent gesture of delivering food to the hunger-stricken region. She said that they were only doing this for cheap popularity. Last month, the hunger in the Karamoja subregion garnered widespread attention. This saw different people and entities move to provide relief in their ...

The government has sent 790 metric tons of relief food to Karamoja sub-region where people are on the brink of starvation. Mr. Hillary Onek, the Minister for Relief, Disaster Preparedness, and Refugees flagged off 552 of the total relief food sent. The 238 metric tonnes of beans at the Office of Prime Minister Stores in Namanve, Wakiso District yesterday. “When ...

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 ...

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 ...