Gov't gets elders, local leaders to exhume pen in Karamoja

Aug 08, 2017

In fact, anyone in Karamoja who attempted to let their children join education was banished by Karimojong elders and declared an enemy of society.

Elders say the pen was buried in present-day Kotido district. The elders and opinion leaders particularly pointed out the pen because it was used as a coding tool during the conscription of youth into the colonial army and head count of cows for household taxes.

The burial of the pen, therefore, was a symbol of outright rejection of formal education. In fact, anyone in Karamoja who attempted to let their children join education was banished by Karimojong elders and declared an enemy of society.

The elders, who are believed in Karamoja to be intermediaries between gods and people, had been predicting doom and death. But now the same elders are being encouraged to support education in the region. Government now wants to use the same elders to revamp education in Karamoja.  Get the detailed story in Mwalimu Wednesday or subscribe for the Epaper

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