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Jun 08, 2009

<b>Karimojong told grow own food</b> <br>MOROTO-The Karimojong have been asked to engage in agriculture if hey are to benefit from the Prosperity for All programme. The resident district commissioner, Nahaman Ojwee, warned the residents against selling

Karimojong told grow own food
MOROTO-The Karimojong have been asked to engage in agriculture if hey are to benefit from the Prosperity for All programme. The resident district commissioner, Nahaman Ojwee, warned the residents against selling farm inputs, saying they would be punished. He was on Thursday touring farms in Rupa and Lotome sub- counties meant to revitalise food security in the district. “If we plant crops during the current heavy rains, we will do well in the next harvest season,” he said. He advised the farmers against consuming all the seeds after harvest, saying they should reserve some for the next planting season. He said the Government and development partners’ efforts to provide food to the area were not sustainable.

UPE children turn to fishing
AMOLATAR-Most pupils under the Universal Primary Education have not reported to school for the second term. A survey by the district head teachers association shows that many pupils are engaged in fishing. “We visited many landing sites and found that most of the pupils were fishing. I wonder if they are employed or they are on their own,” Jimmy Okello Omoko, the association general secretary, said on Thursday. Omoko blamed the parents for allowing the children to go fishing during school days. He called upon the local government to take action against the concerned parents.

Poaching hits Murchison park
MASINDI-The manager of Pa-Raa Murchison Falls Conservation Area, Justus Tusubira, has said poaching and wire snares of wild animals are the major challenges to the reserve. Tusubira said the park was engaging the communities in alternative economic activities to discourage them from poaching. He said the poachers had received sh53.4m to motivate them to abandon poaching. He cited wildfires, illegal grazing and unclear boundaries as the other challenges they were facing. Tusubira said there were over 450 bird species in the area, including the endemic shoebill and saddle bill stork. He noted that the area was an ideal breeding home for the Nile crocodile.

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