"I write what I like," like Steve Biko
“I planted these Mutuba trees as a fence in 1967 while my peers were dancing and enjoying life in Mbarara.” (Note: It is assumed that the photo is not ‘photo-shopped’ and that the caption to the photo is a direct quote from His Excellency Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the current long-serving President of the Republic of Uganda (1986 to date))
The NRMO Administration, instead, plans to import semen of the Belgian Blue animals, for the purpose of breading them for beef for export. How is this more efficient than providing the relevant extension services for the Karimojong Zebu animals so that Uganda can produce, consume and export tons of akuring and emuna?
This analysis is authored on the premise that there is a need to examine how historical factors, cultural factors, social institutions – formal policies, informal beliefs and traditions - have facilitated or not the ability of Karimojong to produce their own food; to earn and afford food; while enjoying their chosen way of life as… Continue reading Disruption of Karimojong Pastoralists’ Lives
