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	Karamoja - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Karamoja sub-region is a region in northeastern Uganda comprising of the districts of Kotido, Moroto, Kaabong and Nakapiripirit.
		Living in Karamoja are mainly the Karimojong ethnic group, most of whom follow a semi-nomadic lifestyle.
		The 1980 famine in Karamoja was, in terms of mortality rates, one of the worst in history.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Karamoja (348 words)

	PREFACE
		The Karamoja region of northeastern Uganda is bordered on the east by the Rift Valley escarpment that drops down into the Kenya territory of Turkana, on the north by the Sudan, on the south by the Mt. Elgon region, and on the west by the home territories of the Teso, Langi, and Acholi peoples.
		Karamoja has been seen by these outsiders as a land of lawlessness and primitive culture, inhabited by bloodthirsty people who preyed upon neighboring groups, and were irrationally attached to their cattle, who refused to participate in modern forms of government and the market economy, resisted formal education and Christianity, and avoided paying taxes.
		The principal ethnic groups of Karamoja are classically identified within the "Karamojong Cluster," i.e., the Dodoth in the north, the Jie in the center, and the Karimojong in the center-south.
	sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /ejab/5/preface.html (734 words)

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		Within Karamoja, the dominant groups are the Dodoth in the north, the Jie in the central region, and in the south a cluster of closely related ethnic groups known as Bokora, Matheniko, and Pian all of whom are referred to generally as the Karimojong.
		The widespread insecurity in Karamoja in the latter half of 1979 and early 1980 resulted in many family groups planting far less than in a normal year because people feared to cultivate far from the safety of their relatively well-protected dwellings.
		This necessitated a joint Kenya Uganda military operation to quell the violent raiding and displaced an estimated 75% of the population in the extreme south, rendering the whole of Karamoja famine prone in early 1985 (Dodge, 1986: 760).
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v1/1/3.htm (6975 words)

	National Resistance Movement Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chairman reminded them that the presence of illegal guns does not only affect the neighbours of Karamoja but is also detrimental to the Karimojong themselves as the guns scare away investors and development partners.
		He stressed that a number of government projects and programs as well as those that are donor supported, have either closed or failed to take off because of scare brought caused by the gun.
		He assured Karamoja delegation that government is committed to the development of their region especially the infrastructure.
	www.nrm.ug /n104.php (857 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Africa \| Guns and drought in Karamoja
		In much of Karamoja if someone dies outside the home they are simply left there - it is believed that by carrying the corpse home you are bringing further problems on the family.
		In Karamoja both famine and insecurity are feeding off each other and both issues need to be addressed urgently.
		The only signs of optimism I witnessed in Karamoja were the efforts made by women's groups to pacify the region.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/africa/2777059.stm (862 words)

	allAfrica.com: Uganda: UPDF Reinforces Troops in Karamoja (Page 1 of 1) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He said the deployment was adequate to prevent alliances that the warriors in Karamoja and those from Kenya had used to cause mayhem in the region.
		Ndahura advised the local leaders in Karamoja to educate their electorate on the "lethal" power of the army.
		He said the community in Karamoja should be made to know the futility of firing at a helicopter gunship and that of attacking the UPDF troops in an operation.
	allafrica.com /stories/200611200272.html (485 words)

	— and of the poorest -DAWN - International; September 16, 2005
		Drought has struck Uganda’s Karamoja region repeatedly in recent years and the witch-doctor said the mud would ward off the cholera that has preyed on those weakened by hunger.
		Karamoja, around 750km northeast of the capital Kampala or at least a 12-hour drive along rutted roads, is the most marginalized corner of Uganda, with the country’s worst levels of health and education.
		Aid workers say health rates are even lower in Karamoja than in the vast refugee camps for the 1.5 million people uprooted by the neighbouring conflict.
	www.dawn.com /2005/09/16/int17.htm (519 words)

	AEGiS-NV: Deaf train in sign language
		Addressing participants at St Phillips Community centre Moroto on Wednesday, UNADS information officer Joseph Mbulamwana said the deaf in Karamoja were marginalised and excluded from almost all government development programmes, including the Universal Primary Education.
		He said in all the three districts of Karamoja, there was no single school for the deaf and yet some districts in central Uganda had more than one, thus denying them their right to education.
		He urged local governments in Karamoja and the education ministry to introduce a pilot school for the deaf.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2004/NV040832.html (422 words)

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		Peter Lokeris, the Ugandan minister in charge of the Karamoja region, has warned of a severe famine in the region in the coming months, and urged the international community to support the government's efforts to supply relief food there.
		According to OCHA, the situation is especially "sad" in Dodoth, the largest, most populated and the remotest of all Karamoja counties, where locals are destroying their soils as they attempt to cultivate in the area's dry belt, notably Kaabong, Kathile, Loyoro and Kapedo.
		A relatively reasonable harvest was realised in Karamoja's green belt, especially in Labwor and to some extent in the Karega and Nopore areas, the report added.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=29841 (952 words)

	Practical Action - Karamoja disarmament gets underway amid uncertainty (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Ugandan government has embarked on a serious Karamoja disarmament programme, exactly one year after the failed initial disarmament was abandoned at the height of increased Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) incursions in the north.
		Speaking at the rally, the President, stressed that the Karamoja disarmament must take place whether tribes in neighbouring countries are disarmed or not.
		The Karamoja disarmament programme, which would inevitably result to further violence and considerable human rights abuses has been justified by the Government and the donor community as a result of the prevailing post September 11th discourses which associate failed and failing states such as those in North- East Africa with the proliferation of terrorist activities.
	www.itdg.org /?id=peace6_karamoja (566 words)

	News: Uganda, Uganda recovers 900 guns from warriors in Karamoja region
		She was presenting a statement to Parliament on the disarmament program in Karamoja region following concerns raised by members of parliament from Teso region that the Karimojong have continued to terrorize their areas with impunity, according to a report from Radio Uganda.
		Nakabirwa told the house that 60 people arrested in the forceful disarmament exercise have been tried while another 65 are awaiting trial.
		Karamoja, bordering with Sudan and Kenya, has a semi-desert type of vegetation and cattle rearing under pastoralism is the main economic activity in the region.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ACIO-6CRRT7?OpenDocument (292 words)

	The EastAfrican
		VIOLENCE-PRONE Karamoja region in northeast Uganda is sliding into yet another round of bloodshed as rival clans bicker over water for their livestock, less than a month after the start of the long dry season.
		Minister of State for Karamoja Affairs Peter Lokeris said the tension among warriors could also be as a result of vendettas among the feuding clans.
		A recent United Nations report on Uganda warned that the security situation in Karamoja continued to be fragile, and that with the imminent drought, a humanitarian crisis was in the offing.
	www.nationaudio.com /News/EastAfrican/201299/Regional/Regional37.html (648 words)

	National Resistance Movement Online (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Chairman was on his just concluded campaign in Karamoja sub-region where he addressed thousands of NRM supporters at Kangole Trading Centre, in Ngoleriet sub-county of Bokora County, Moroto district.
		Chairman further disclosed that apart from the valley dams that are being repaired in various places in Karamoja sub-region, more dams would be built in the area.
		Chairman however, urged the people of Karamoja sub-region to vote NRM and all Movement candidates at all levels on 23rd February 2006.
	www.nrm.ug /n67.php (879 words)

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		Competition for water and pasture to feed the herds, regarded as a source of wealth and status, have produced a culture of raiding and warfare in which men are noted for their bravery and social standing.
		Development has halted in Karamoja, where health and education levels are the worst in the country.
		Few development agencies are present in Karamoja, and most HIV/AIDS education in Nakapiripirit is carried out by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) and the Church of Uganda, which refuses to promote contraception.
	www.plusnews.org /AIDSreport.asp?ReportID=6137 (984 words)

	New Vision Online : Coordinate Karamoja operation with Kenya (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The north-eastern sub-region of Karamoja has the highest number of illegal weapons of any area in Uganda, with local people totting them casually as they herd cattle.
		So, because the problem is not exclusive to Karamoja, there is a need for the various efforts to be joint with the other parties.
		The culture of raiding for cattle in Karamoja is mirrored in the Pokot and Turkana regions of Kenya — indeed it is common for rustlers to cross to the other side of the common border to raid.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/14/507210 (349 words)

	afrol News - Water harvesting promoted in troubled Karamoja Cluster
		The pilot project is set up in the troubled "Karamoja Cluster" - a term that describes the pastoral and agro-pastoral ethnic groups, most of whom share a common language, culture, and land area encompassing north-eastern Uganda, north-western Kenya, south-eastern Sudan and south-western Ethiopia.
		The drylands of the Karamoja Cluster, like many arid to semi-arid lands of Africa, have a diversity of ecosystems tuned to a seasonal but highly variable pattern of rainfall, according to a recent USAID report.
		Additionally, the Karamoja Cluster encompasses the most remote areas of all the four countries; Uganda, Kenya, Sudan and Ethiopia.
	www.afrol.com /printable_article/12946 (639 words)

	WFP ASSISTS DROUGHT HIT KARAMOJA, HIGHEST MALNUTRITION IN UGANDA : ArriveNet Press Releases : Not For Profit (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		"Karamoja already suffers from the highest levels of malnutrition in Uganda and given the poor 2004 harvest, we are greatly concerned about the fate of the hundreds of thousands of people there who risk running out of food before the next harvest in September," said WFP Country Director Ken Noah Davies.
		Karamoja, comprising Moroto, Kotido and Nakapiripirit districts, has been hit by drought every five years since 1980.
		WFP school feeding programmes in the region will ensure that primary schoolchildren receive a nutritious meal in school, and that a take home ration is provided to primary school girls who manage to attend class at least 80 percent of the school days.
	press.arrivenet.com /notforprofit/article.php/654150.html (871 words)

	Totems of Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Totems of each clan were chosen based on what that animal for instance contributed in one way or another to the livelihood of the Karimojong and also the significance of the totem to the people who believe in it.
		Even today in Karamoja a young person does not associate with any clan until he goes to the shrine during initiation and joins a clan of his choice.
		The leader or leaders of a clan in Karamoja were chosen by considering age, knowledge of the past, charisma and mental uprightness.
	masscom.mak.ac.ug /history/kjong.htm (1111 words)

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		The young people of Karamoja as they share and grow in their faith.
		Education - that the children of Karamoja will be able to attend school and that the educational provision will increase.
		Karamoja Prayer Requests - April 2006 Future of the Diocese: On the 22nd of May the church will elect a bishop for the new northern diocese of Karamoja.
	www.floodmeadows.com /karamoja/prayerupdates/2006-04.doc (1070 words)

	Philip Shaw \| The Rufford Small Grants for Nature Conservation
		The Karamoja Apalis (Apalis karamojae) is a globally threatened warbler whose stronghold is thought to lie in woodlands bordering the flood plains of the Wembere Steppe, considered to be the most threatened Important Bird Area in Tanzania.
		Since almost nothing is known of its status or ecology, the main objectives of this survey were: to determine the distribution of Karamoja Apalis in the steppe; to measure its abundance and habitat requirements; and to evaluate the extent of recent habitat loss.
		In 2003, a survey of the globally threatened warbler Karamoja Apalis in the Wembere Steppe, central Tanzania, confirmed that the species is largely dependent on one particular acacia species - Whistling Thorn – and showed that the warbler’s specialised habitat is less extensive in the steppe than had once been thought1.
	www.rufford.org /rsg/Projects/PhilipShaw (1174 words)

	Newsletter No. 4 - Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK) - Uganda - EENET
		In co-operation with the Ministry of State for Karamoja Affairs, the district education authorities and Save the Children Norway, the people of this area began an initiative to develop alternative education for their children.
		Karamoja is an arid, remote region in north-eastern Uganda populated by the Karimojong.
		In a country full of overcrowded classrooms, Karamoja’s classrooms are nearly empty.
	www.eenet.org.uk /newsletters/news4/p3.shtml (779 words)

	BIBLIOGRAPHY
		Gulliver, P. "The Population of Karamoja." Uganda Journal 17 (1953): 179-85.
		Wayland, E. "Preliminary Studies of the Tribes of Karamoja (The Labwor, the Wanderobo, the Dodotho and the Jie; with a note concerning the Karamojong)." Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute 61 (1931): 187-230.
		Wilson, John G. "The Addition of Talc and Asbestos to Pot Clay by Past and Present Inhabitants of Karamoja District in Uganda and Adjoining Districts of Kenya." Man 8 (1973): 300-2.
	sdrc.lib.uiowa.edu /ejab/5/kmja.html (1560 words)

	KARAMOJONG SCIENTISTS:
		The pastoralists of the arid-semi-arid and insecure Karamoja of Northeastern Uganda rely upon their livestock for their livelihood and have developed many local techniques and medicines to insure their health.
		Karamoja is a region in the northeastern part of Uganda that is characterized as arid-semi-arid land (ASAL) with poor infrastructure including inadequate veterinary services.
		All of these activities were done in the bush of Karamoja and carried out by the Karamojong, except for one of the authors.
	www.vetwork.org.uk /karamoja.htm (1655 words)

	New Vision Online : Butime resigns as Minister of Karamoja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		He was state minister for international affairs and held the portfolio of the acting foreign affairs after the death of James Wapakhabulo.
		In the 2004 reshuffle, he was named the state minister for communications, the portfolio he has held until the President appointed him the State Minister for Karamoja Affairs in Office of the Prime Minister.
		Butime was vetted by the appointments committee and took oath in the presence of the President but a source at the Prime Minister’s Office said he had never reported to work.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/8/12/504193 (628 words)

	Karamoja, the Ethnic Groups (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Karamojong Cluster consists of the Dodoth living in the north part of Karamoja, the Jie in the center of the region, and the Karamojong proper from the center to the south.
		The Teso and Turkana peoples are part of the cluster, but live outside of the Karamoja region--the Turkana just beyond the border with Kenya, and the Teso virtually on the border.
		Most likely, as they moved southwest from Ethiopia, they settled first in the Karamoja area, and then continued farther south to settle Teso, Lango, and Kumam.
	www.littlestar.com /karamojong/karmjong/ethnic1.htm (313 words)

	Life in The Family International » Blog Archive » Going to Karamoja
		It is a day’s journey to Karamoja, a region which lies just under the border of Kenya and Sudan.
		The most important thing to a Karimojong (what the people of Karamoja are called) would have to be their cows.
		We’re mostly visiting camps in Karamoja to bring relief and donated goods widows and orphans who have lost their men from cattle raids.
	www.livethecreed.com /2005/07/23/going-to-karamoja (744 words)

	Blogger News Network » Uganda:Increased Insecurity in Karamoja
		Insecurity in the Karamoja sub-region of northeastern Uganda has increased in the last month.
		The alarming report reveals that child abuse is on the increase in the sub-region as desperate Karimojong parents sell their children, especially girls, to raise money to maintain the remaining members of their families.
		GLCSS observes that the Karamoja weapons problem has a wider or broader context that must be carefully understood for a proper diagnosis.
	www.bloggernews.net /12015 (1246 words)

	News from Reading Today Daily : Uganda: Changing attitudes to education in Karamoja (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Primary-school attendance is still woefully low across Karamoja — 30 percent in Moroto and Kotido, and 40 percent in Nakapiripirit compared to 83 percent nationwide.
		As the saying goes: “Educated men have no cows.” And in Karamoja cows are all.
		Weblog references to Uganda: Changing attitudes to education in Karamoja (Trackback URL http://blog.reading.org/archives/001863.html) are listed below.
	blog.reading.org /archives/001863.html (185 words)

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