By now all Ugandans are shakened by the visuals of malnourished children and adults displayed on the media. Others including MP for Primary Health Care Hon. Margaret Muhanga claim they haven’t seen the signs and symptoms of malnutrition in children, well malnutrition exists.
Thousands in Karamoja region believed to be experiencing starvation and malnutrition due to drought, poverty and worse the increasing cost of Essential commodities.PM Robinnah Nabanjja has this week through Ministry of Finance allocated shs.135B to provide food to the region, however like many, Nabanjja agrees that provision of food is a temporary solution rather the community needs seedlings and technical support to improve their agriculture in the long run.
Politicising economic crisis instead of round table talks to yield long lasting solutions could make the situation worse. National Unity Platform (NUP) yesterday 13th July flagged off 25000kgs of Maize Flour and Beans to Karamoja, which was thoughtful however a section of the public believe its a political move to gain popularity in the region.One would argue that not only Karamoja but other areas of Acholi, Busoga too if not the whole country needs food support.
Locals are worried of famine crisis evidenced by country wide drought. What will the situation be like for urban dwellers if where they expect abundant food is cut off?Coupled with increasing fuel prices, we are yet to experience economic crisis which if not managed well will be out of hand. Recently thousands of citizens protested economic crisis in Sri Lanka that saw President Gotaboya Rajapaksa flee to safety.
