The current hunger situation in Karamoja region has reached level in living memory, as it is now forcing farmers to sell off the very tools they depend on, including the recently distributed oxen ploughs.
Early this year the office of the prime minister distributed hand hoes and oxen ploughs to families in the region to boost agriculture, however many farmers are selling off the inputs as scrap metal to raise money for buying food.
Yesterday journalists came across some farmers in Kaabong selling off oxen ploughs as scrap at 30,000 Shillings yet on the market these oxen ploughs cost from 130,000 to 200,000Â Shillings.
Mark Teko, one of the farmers who was selling his at Kaabong town council told the press that it was useless for him to keep the plough without bulls to be used yet he’s hungry
Mr. Jino Meri the district chairperson Kaabong district said the situation is worse and appealed to the government to rescue the region with relief food distribution. END
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