Iteso demand Bahima eviction
May 02, 2006
Teso leaders want the Government to immediately evacuate Bahima and Banyarwanda pastoralists from Teso communal wetlands, reports <b>Simon Naulele</b>.
Teso leaders want the Government to immediately evacuate Bahima and Banyarwanda pastoralists from Teso communal wetlands, reports Simon Naulele.
The Iteso Cultural Union deputy prime minister, John Dewit Oryokot, said in a statement the Government must uproot the settlers urgently.
This call followed a call by Teso Paramount chief Papa Emorimor Augustine Osuban for the immediate evacuation of the pastoralists.
They appealed to the Government to close all displaced people’s camps in Teso and resettle the people.
“The government must ensure that the Karimojong are disarmed and cause peace and unity between the people of Teso and Karamoja,†the statement said.
They also demanded the government honours a pledge to grant Tororo-Teso and Pallisa-Teso district status in accordance with the the 1947 borders.
Meanwhile, MP for Kapelebyong county, Johnson Malinga has challenged the Government to immediately evict the pastoralists from wetlands. He said the herdsmen should live with the rest of the indigenous people and not in isolated wetlands.
He said if the Government did not act immediately, Teso people would assume that the ‘invasion’ of the wetlands in the region was planned by the government. Malinga was speaking in Soroti town.
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The Iteso Cultural Union deputy prime minister, John Dewit Oryokot, said in a statement the Government must uproot the settlers urgently.
This call followed a call by Teso Paramount chief Papa Emorimor Augustine Osuban for the immediate evacuation of the pastoralists.
They appealed to the Government to close all displaced people’s camps in Teso and resettle the people.
“The government must ensure that the Karimojong are disarmed and cause peace and unity between the people of Teso and Karamoja,†the statement said.
They also demanded the government honours a pledge to grant Tororo-Teso and Pallisa-Teso district status in accordance with the the 1947 borders.
Meanwhile, MP for Kapelebyong county, Johnson Malinga has challenged the Government to immediately evict the pastoralists from wetlands. He said the herdsmen should live with the rest of the indigenous people and not in isolated wetlands.
He said if the Government did not act immediately, Teso people would assume that the ‘invasion’ of the wetlands in the region was planned by the government. Malinga was speaking in Soroti town.
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