Fresh cattle raids threaten Uganda, Kenya peace pact
Renewed cross-border cattle theft is a setback to recent efforts by Uganda and Kenya to take the development of pastoralist communities beyond the two countries. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
Fresh cross-border cattle raids in Karamoja are threatening to tear apart a memorandum of understanding on peace and development, signed barely two months ago between Uganda and Kenya.
Uganda’s northeastern region has suffered a series of cattle raids which local leaders and security agencies say “have intensified since October” this year, with “several people killed and thousands of cattle lost.”
