Karamoja MPs protest appointment of Nandutu and Kitutu as region ministers
Members of Parliament from the Karamoja region have protested the appointments of Maria Goretti Kitutu and Agnes Nandutu, as ministers in charge of Karamoja.
According to Achia, the past ministers of Karamoja who do not hail from the region have been tourists in the area because they don’t understand the needs of the natives.
Faith Nakut, the Woman MP Napak says that the problem with ministers who are not from Karamoja, they come with a mentality that people in Karamoja are backward, and this hinders them from working.
The MPs say that the President should revise the cabinet.
Paul Lokol, the LC V chairperson Nabilatuk says that the appointment of the two ministers who hail from the Bugisu region to manage Karamoja affairs is an insult to the people of Karamoja.
He says that despite the Karimojong being loyal to NRM, they are still not pleased with the appointments.
“Why send the same people from Bugisu to Karamoja. Are our MPs not legible for those positions? He asked.
Simon Nangiro, one of the opinion leaders says that the appointment of Kitutu and Nadutu is meant to impress the Bugisu region and not Karimojong.
Joyce Nangiro, a resident of Moroto municipality says appointing people who do not know pastoralism will not address the concerns of the Karamojongs.
