Food shortage hits Karamoja again
This is not the first time that Karamoja is being hit by hunger. This file photo shows a child eating boiled sorghum in Lorengedwat sub county in Nakapiripirit District in 2011.
What you need to know:
Karamoja sub region is prone to draught and hunger due to unfavourable climatic conditions.
Karamoja. Karamoja sub-region in north eastern Uganda is experiencing shortage of food.
Several families are now having one meal a day while the less fortunate ones have been compelled to eat leaves gathered from trees.
Authorities and residents of the sub-region blame the food shortage on drought which has caused crops to wither.
The Napak District LC5 chairperson, Mr Joseph Lomonyang, called for immediate government intervention, saying some people are at the verge of dying, especially in Ngoleriet, Matany, Lokopo and Lopei sub-counties.
“Things have turned to be bad again this year yet in the beginning we thought our people would be self-reliant,” he said.
Amudat District LC5 chairperson Francis Kiyonga said: “Our people in Amudat lost their crops during the first rain that caused floods and those who planted late met with serious sunshine.”
