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Karamoja-based cement factory on spot as workers turn to flying toilets

KAMPALA: Workers at a cement factory in Moroto district are up in arms following alleged mistreatment by their bosses. Local media reported that workers at Sunbird factory which is owned by West International Holdings Limited that will soon start manufacturing clinker have complained of poor sanitation facilities. Reports claimed at least 50 Ugandan and Chinese workers have turned to easing themselves in the bushes due to lack of washroom facilities inside the estimated $300 million factory. One of the workers told local media that, “For one to answer to nature’s call, most employees rush behind a mound of soil because there is no latrine on site, and what has helped is that Nanduget is sparsely populated area.” West International Holdings Limited is a subsidiary of China West Cement Limited. The China Railway 20th Bureau Group Corporation is the company responsible for the construction works […]

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Karimojong woman beats man into coma over asking for sex

KARAMOJA. A 30-year-old man in Nakapiripirit district, northern Uganda has been hospitalized in critical condition at Tokora health center IV after being severely beaten into a coma when he made advances towards a woman. Joseph Aleper, a resident of Acherer trading centre in Moruita sub-county, encountered trouble on Thursday afternoon when he propositioned a woman named Evelyne Napakol, also a resident of the area, for sexual relations.  Napakol allegedly rejected Aleper's advances, leading to a verbal altercation that escalated into a physical confrontation. During the altercation, Benna Akol, a friend of Napakol, joined the fight and severely beat Aleper into a coma. Michael Longole, Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson, confirmed the incident, stating that the police were promptly informed and intervened. Longole said that a team of detectives visited the crime scene and apprehended the two women, who now face […]

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MPs discover, exhume ghost dams in Karamoja again

KAMPALA - Ghosts and scandals continue rocking Karamoja, with Members of Parliament recently unearthing non-existent irrigation dams and valley tanks. The legislators on the agriculture committee discovered that despite government sinking billions of shillings in the project, some tanks and dams were never constructed in both Karamoja and Teso sub-regions. The dams had been planned to improve agriculture in the two regions. What we found was that some of the dams that are being talked about are not even existing, for example Paylong dam which is supposed to help the community of Kotido isn’t even existing,” Janet Grace Akech Okori-Moe, the chairperson of the agriculture committee, said. “What we saw at the site of Pylong is some pond with weeds grown all over the place and I think that one was constructed by the Ministry of Water,” she added. “There […]