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The Karamoja sub-region, commonly known as Karamoja, is a region in Uganda. It covers an area of 27,528km and comprises the Kotido District , Kaabong District , Karenga District , Nabilatuk District , Abim District , Moroto District , Napak District , Amudat District and Nakapiripirit District .
The Karamojong live in the southern part of the region in the north-east of Uganda, occupying an area equivalent to one tenth of the country.According to anthropologists, the Karamojong are part of a group that migrated from present-day Ethiopia around 1600 A.D. and split into two branches, with one branch moving to present day Kenya to form the Kalenjin group and Maasai cluster. [6]
The first diocese to be erected in this area was that called simply the Diocese of Northern Uganda, which was split from the Diocese on the Upper Nile in 1961. Today the mother church is St Philip's Cathedral, Gulu .
John Byabagambi (born 8 May 1958) is a Ugandan engineer and politician.He was the Cabinet Minister for Karamoja Affairs, in the Cabinet of Uganda.He was appointed to that position on 6 June 2016, [1] and was replaced by Mary Goretti Kitutu on 8 June 2021. [2]
The Ministry for Karamoja Affairs is a cabinet level government ministry of Uganda. The ministry is responsible for the coordination of all government programs in the five districts of the Karamoja sub-region. [1] John Byabagambi is the minister for Karamoja affairs. [2] [3] [4]
The first indication of the past existence of a people known as Oropom was through fieldwork done by J.G.Wilson in the mid-20th century. While resident in Karamoja region of Uganda, he came across widespread and abundant archaeological material including stone tools and pottery of a nature also found in Karasuk, Turkana and West Pokot districts in Kenya.
Jesca Ruth Ataa is a Ugandan human rights defender, Activist and the leader of Nakere Rural Women Activists (NARWOA), a community-based organization in Kotido, Karamoja. [1] Established in 2002, NARWOA addresses issues including domestic violence, political instability, and economic empowerment for women. [ 2 ]
The Nyangia community are a tribe in North-eastern Uganda. They live on the slopes of Nyangea Mountains, west of Kidepo Valley National Park, along the Ugandan border with South Sudan. The Nyangia also called Nyang'i, Nyangea or Nyangia are part of the Nilotic ethnic group largely found in Karenga Districtt in Karamoja. [3] [4]