I took a 3 day trip to Karamoja for a meeting last week. This was my second time in the region that most Ugandans know so little about. Most of our images on Karamoja are based on many stereotypes and myths. There’s now relative peace in Karamoja after disarmament process but much of the area still needs a lot support in order to develop- not forgetting making sure Karimojong people benefit from the gold and marble mined in the area.
Not many seem to know where the gold goes. There’s been a constant American soldiers presence in the area for some years that is unexplained. This is a region with great potential and beauty that has been mostly locked out by our governments.
View from Mt.Moroto. It is a great climb and good for viewing the sunset.
Moroto sunset
Big smilesClementina in her uniform back from school with a friend at a village outside Moroto.
Bushenyi roots.
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I studied Mass Communication at Makerere University, short courses on Non-violent conflict at Tufts University, Global Leadership and Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and MA in Media, Peace and Conflict Studies from the University for Peace. Outside Uganda, I have lived in Costa Rica, Switzerland and a bit in Ethiopia.
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More details on American soldiers please. Have been trying to get the us embassy to pressure the pentagon to end military imperialism of Uganda.
Rosebell Kagumire 
More details on American soldiers please. Have been trying to get the us embassy to pressure the pentagon to end military imperialism of Uganda.