Fresh bid to turn cattle rustling corridors into trade routes

Karamoja Development Forum (KDF) facilitating a dialogue for various tribes to discuss issues related to a peaceful disarmament. PHOTO | FILE | NMG

For decades, the porous border between Kenya and Uganda has been characterised by armed conflicts, livestock raids and arms smuggling between herders as they compete for pasture and water. It becomes worse in times of drought.

Mr Joseph Moit, a one-time participant in such raids remembers how one attack forced the other side to arm themselves, fearing that far-away authorities would take their sweet time to respond.