First Lady must tread carefully on Karamoja Development Agency
First Lady Janet Museveni. Photo/MORGAN MBABAZI
Such is the perception of Karamoja to Ugandans from the south of the country that when President Yoweri Museveni shuffled his internal affairs minister to the Karamoja portfolio after the 2006 polls, Maj Tom Butiime — backed by his constituents — turned down the appointment.
Like the voters of Mwenge North who had voted this veteran of the five-year bush war that brought Museveni to power, Butiime saw the appointment as a slap in the face.
