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	Mount Moroto National Park Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Mount Moroto Lies in the extreme east of Uganda and is the most accessible place to see some of the dry northeastern " special ", many at the western edge of their ranges here in Karamoja province.
		Although a long hike is required to reach the higher areas, excellent arid thorn savanna and rocky slopes are accessible from the town at the foot of the mountain.
		Moroto can be reached from Mbale either via Soroti (90 km tarmarc, or 170 km 2 WD dirt, drive time required 6 hours) or via the direct eastern route (230 km.
	www.safari-uganda.com /uganda/mountmoroto.php (719 words)

	NatureUganda.org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Moroto Forest Reserve is perched on top of the escarpment of the Eastern Rift, east of Moroto town; its eastern boundaries are also those of the Ugandan border with Kenya.
		The upper parts of Mt Moroto are forested, but the reserve extends a considerable distance into savannas of various types, including Combretum woodlands, as well as bushland and tree/shrub steppe.
		There is an old record from the slopes of Mt. Moroto and specimens were collected at the foot of the mountains in 1958 and in the early 1960s (Collar and Stuart 1988).
	www.natureuganda.org /html/Moroto.htm (438 words)

	MP spends Christmas night in police cell
		Moroto and councillor, Mr Jacob Samuli, were picked up by heavily armed security agents in seven police vehicles for allegedly inciting the Pokot community to invade farms in Trans Nzoia District.
		Moroto was driven to Kees Primary School where Trans Nzoia DC Christopher Musumbu was waiting.
		Moroto also reportedly told the community to invade the Agricultural Development Corporation farms in Trans Nzoia District, claiming that they owned the district.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/print/news.php?articleid=9214 (985 words)

	Access Uganda Tours
		One of a chain of volcanoes along the Kenyan border that begins with Mount Elgon in south and includes Mounts Kadam and Morungole, Moroto is a forest reserve protecting a range of habitats from arid thorn savanna to dry montane forest.
		Moroto can be reached from Mbale either via Soroti (90 km tar, or 170 km 2 WD dirt, drive time required 6 hours) or via the direct eastern route (230 km.
		The stretch between Nakapiripit and Moroto is particularly good with Pygmy Falcon, Jackson's Hornbill and White- headed Buffalo Weaver common at the roadside although a fair selection of dry country " specials" may be found a mere 25km north of the Kapchorwa turnoff.
	www.accessugandatours.com /natparksmountmoroto.htm (826 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		For Moroto and Kotido the most armed were the least raided.
		For example, Moroto Town, the largest town in all of Karamoja, no longer has running water or 24-hour electricity; many of the shops along its main street are boarded up, and the hospital does not have the staff or supplies to provide basic health services.
		The overall force was greatly expanded to 1,000 per county--5,000 in Moroto District (southern Karamoja) and 3,000 in Kotido District (northern Karamoja).
	web.africa.ufl.edu /asq/v1/1/3.htm (6975 words)

	AEGiS-NV: 5 jailed over Moroto High School strike
		Five students are in jail, being suspects in a violent strike at Moroto High school which destroyed property worth millions of shillings.
		Moroto Grade Two Magistrate Jolly Onyang sent the students on remand on Friday after they denied the charges.
		Moroto district CID officer Romano Okuja said 13 other students, including seven girls, were granted a non-cash bail after they were found to be juveniles.
	www.aegis.com /news/nv/2004/NV041229.html (444 words)

	MP led warriors in invasion, says DC
		Kapenguria MP Samuel Moroto led armed Pokot warriors to invade Kanyarkwat farm on the volatile border between West Pokot and Trans-Nzoia Districts, the Government said yesterday.
		Moroto has been in police cells since the Christmas night, waiting to be charged in court this morning.
		Elsewhere, Ikolomani MP Bonny Khalwale yesterday said Moroto’s arrest was necessary to avert tribal clashes between the Luhya and Pokot communities.
	www.eastandard.net /archives/cl/hm_news/news.php?articleid=9318 (486 words)

	ITDG - East Africa - 30 Years of Cross-Border Peace (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Thousands of Moroto residents were taken by surprise when visiting Turkana and Matheniko women staged a hilarious peace dance at the Moroto Stadium on 11th — 12th October 2003.
		Moroto United showcased the best of soccer talent in the whole of Karamojong cluster when they thrashed visiting Loima stars from Turkana district 3-0 in an entertaining match played at Moroto Stadium, Uganda.
		Moroto United, a team comprising young stars mainly drawn from Moroto, Nakapipirit, Kotido and Kaabong districts, dictated the pace of the match for the better part of the second half.
	www.itdg.org /?id=peace3_30_turkana (1383 words)

	ReliefWeb » Document Preview » Children leave cattle battles for school enticed by meal
		Moroto, Northeast Uganda, April 26, 2004 - It's official: the Karamojong are finally making the transition from warriors to school boys.
		Teachers and administrators in Moroto district in the remote north east of the country say the Alternative Basic Education for Karamoja (ABEK) programme was slow to get off the ground, but will soon see the Karamojong pastoralists catch up with the rest of Uganda.
		In addition to offering food to families in a region plagued by drought, the ABEK programme is flexible, giving the children plenty of daytime to look after cows, a traditional activity sacred to Karamoja's pastoral communities.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/5e9579a4c3e87ac185256e86005ba39e (916 words)

	2005 Population Figures for Moroto, Uganda (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Moroto in E. Uganda needs a doctor for the hospital, and a...
		7,020 for Moroto, Uganda is based on a number of factors and sources.
		Please bear in mind that this is only an estimate of the number of people in a given city -- actual figures can be obtained from the U.N. and government sources.
	travel.synabu.com /cities/M/Moroto,_Uganda.html (181 words)

	Hundreds died in Uganda massacre, aid agencies confirm, revise toll [Free Republic]
		Karamoja, once a province in its own right, is a notoriously volatile region comprising Moroto and Kotido districts in the arid northeast of the country.
		Since the late 1970s, when Karamajong warriors broke into an army barracks in Moroto District, firearms have replaced the traditional spear, while many of the raids are no longer conducted under the authority of elders.
		The meeting, reportedly headed by Vice President Wandera Specioza Kazibwe, was prompted by an attack by the Jie tribe in Kotido District in July on a military convoy, which was on a mission to recover cows stolen from the Matheniko by the Jie.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a37e78f0c7ef6.htm (652 words)

	Great Commission Christians, Index
		Mark and Elaine Pierce are serving the Dodoth (a Karamojong subgroup) near Kaabong in the Kotido District to the north of Moroto.
		The Anglican Church in Moroto town is headed by Bishop Peter Lomongin and hosts the Saint Phillips guest house, where anyone can get an inexpensive overnight room.
		The Charismatic Catholics host "Life in the Spirit" seminars in southern Karamoja (Moroto District), and on December 17, 2000, the first Catholic Diocese was opened in Tepez.
	www.littlestar.com /karamojong/greatc (618 words)

	The Namibian \| Africa News \| Uganda's Karamajongo warrior herdsmen hand in 3000 guns
		The 3,000 guns were handed over to the government by the Karamojong in the northeastern districts of Moroto, Kotido and Nakapiripirit, the state house said in a statement issued late Sunday.
		Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni witnessed the excercise in Moroto and "thanked the people of Karamoja for responding positively to his call to voluntarily hand over illegal guns in their possession," the statement said.
		Cows are at the centre of the Karamojong value system and cattle rustling is a way of life, with the animals secured used by young men to secure the bride price required to marry.
	www.namibian.com.na /2001/December/africa/012BEBA0A0.html (359 words)

	Uganda - ACT: 23-Oct-01
		Thus over the years, with subsequent Karamajong raids, the displaced people run back to the camps from where they access their gardens during the planting and harvesting period and then return to the safety of the camps at night.
		Katakwi district is located in North Eastern Uganda bordering with Moroto District in the north and east, Kumi and Soroti Districts in the south and Lira District in the west.
		Staff will mainly be sub-contracted from other LWF projects in Moroto, Adjumani and Rakai for at least seven months, to assist in the technical aspects of the project.
	www.cidi.org /humanitarian/hsr/01b/ixl49.html (3276 words)

	Augusta Georgia: technology@ugusta: Researchers find fossils of earliest tree-swinging ape 4/18/97
		The 90-to-110-pound animal was the earliest to develop shoulders that would allow it to swing from branches, though it probably moved on all fours when on the ground, the team of scientists said.
		Morotopithecus, named for the Moroto area of Uganda where the fossils were found, was closely related to modern apes and humans.
		In 1994-95, the researchers revisited the area, uncovering new fossils that led them to the conclusion that they had found a new type of primitive ape.
	www.augustachronicle.com /stories/041897/tech_oldape.html (662 words)

	New Vision Online : Moroto County MP Okot goofs wife! (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		To be honest I too had never heard of him but for the record, I am reliably informed he is the MP for Moroto County.
		I think the hot Moroto sunshine went to his head for he Okot, has done the unthinkable.
		If Okot can tell the media: “I have been sending her text messages and she is not worth calling me her husband” then you can expect he is probably proud of what he has done.
	www.newvision.co.ug /D/9/267/416923 (621 words)

	Miami Vice episode 41
		Moroto was only put away for eight years, and not even two had passed before he lost his head.
		Fuente begins by telling them that Moroto was a faithful carrier of his product until he stole $3M from him and disappeared.
		Then he finds out Moroto is in prison, called for the cop who nailed him, Sonny Crockett, and only one left the room alive.
	www.buyersmls.com /miamivice/episode41.htm (801 words)

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		Shaban Bantariza, UPDF Director of Public Relations and Information, told IRIN that the Jie, one of the five main Karamojong groups, was resisting efforts to disarm them and had instead dug trenches around their huts, from which they were shooting at soldiers.
		Kenya and Uganda agreed on Sunday in the Ugandan town of Amudat [1.57 N 34.57 E] to strengthen peace efforts along their common frontier and to engage in a major crackdown on illegal arms, cattle rustling and the free movement of criminal elements between the countries, the Kenyan government owned Kenya Times reported on Tuesday.
		The meeting observed that illegal arms were the main cause of cattle rustling and banditry (especially in Moroto and Nakapiripirit in Uganda, and West Pokot in Kenya) along the countries' common border, the report added.
	www.irinnews.org /report.asp?ReportID=27857&SelectRegion=East_Africa&SelectCountry=UGANDA (996 words)

	United Bible Societies -- Scripture Language Report 1996
		But brighter than the blue skies and colourful costumes were the smiles of the Karimojong when they heard the Scriptures being read aloud in their own language.
		After the address, the Moroto town choir sang a special anthem, reminding the people of the Great Commission, in which God commands all believers to: "Go, then, to all peoples everywhere and make them my disciples..." (Matthew 28:19).
		The Bible Society staff heard of two such incidents just a few days before they were due to travel to Moroto for the launch ceremony: one involved a local bishop, who miraculously escaped with his life; the other was more tragic, involving one of the translators, who was shot dead along with two other passengers.
	www.biblesociety.org /wr_322/new322-6.htm (943 words)

	Oropom - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		According to Webster, they originally lived near Mt. Moroto, from which they moved west to the plain between Napak and Elgon before being defeated and scattered by the Karimojong in 1830.
		According to Wilson, people considering themselves Oropom are (as of 1970) particularly concentrated within the Karamoja area in Matheniko and Jie counties, and to a lesser extent in Bokora; some are also found among the Tepes people of Moroto and the Kadam Mountains.
		Others are found in Pian county, notably at Lorengedwat.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oropom (593 words)

	Christian International Peace Service Annual Report (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		The CHIPS project which has operated in 3 different places in Katakwi and Moroto for the last 9 years, opened the current base at Lomaratoit in 1997.
		This place was void of any human beings; there was only wild game and an old engine pump which was used in the late 1960s, and it was believed that the place was a conduit route for Karamojong rustlers.
		That this has been possible is due both to the bravery and determination of the CHIPS Team Members in Uganda as well as to the prayers and financial generosity of CHIPS supporters in UK.
	www.cips.org.uk /reports/report00_01.htm (1837 words)

	So: UNESCO-CI
		Uganda, southern Karamoja District of eastern Uganda, on the Mt. Moroto at the Kenyan border.
		Kuliak is a name given by Jie-speaking groups to a population they met when they arrived in their present territory.
		On Mount Moroto, the So language is spoken exclusively by the older people while the younger generation uses Karimojong as their first language.
	portal.unesco.org /ci/ev.php?URL_ID=10348&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201 (204 words)

	An Ancestor of Human Ancestors Found
		"Moroto" comes from the place in Uganda where the creature's bones were found, "pithecus" means "apelike." "Bishopi" honors William Bishop, a British geologist who first found bones and teeth from this ape.
		The fossils from Moroto seem to be an odd mixture of features from both modern and primitive apes.
		Morotopithecus didn't evolve directly into gibbons, orangutans, gorillas, and chimps, but he came from the same ancestors who did.
	www.news.harvard.edu /gazette/1997/04.24/AnAncestorofHum.html (700 words)

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		Maj Shaban Bantariza, the Uganda People's Defence Forces (UPDF) spokesman, told IRIN from Kampala on Monday [25 February 2002] that the army had decided to move in and forcibly disarm the Karamojong because they had largely ignored the call to surrender their guns under the voluntary disarmament programme launched by President Yoweri Museveni.
		The Jie (Kotido) seemed to have intensified their raids on the Bokora (Moroto), with a reported 10 open raids in April alone.
		In April, there were 3 reported road ambushes in the districts of Moroto and Nakapiripirit.
	www.idpproject.org /Sites/idpSurvey.nsf/(wViewCountries)/EA9FD637E9F5F84DC1256A66004A3651 (1480 words)

	Moroto District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		Moroto is a vast plain, located in the North East of Uganda.
		The rich Karimojong culture is displayed in the way they talk, dress and live; their manyattas, the typical home-settings, with their cows being their most prized tangible possessions.
		The economy of the people of Moroto depends on livestock and crop farming.
	www.moroto.go.ug (232 words)

	Government to disarm "warriors" in the northeast (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-29)
		It lies at the centre of an area where small arms are traded with the Turkana people of Kenya and with other tribes in southern Sudan, the scene of a long-running civil war.
		President Yoweri Museveni, who visited the region last week, said at a rally in Moroto town that the disarmament exercise had been suspended in order to attend to the LRA problem, but "since the LRA banditry has now been totally defeated, attention is to be refocused on the disarmament exercise in the region".
		On Friday, a Roman Catholic priest attached to the remote Moroto diocese survived an ambush when his vehicle came under fire from suspected warriors at a bridge 40 km from Moroto town.
	www.irinnews.org /print.asp?ReportID=43367 (588 words)

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