Elderly and child-headed households in Nabilatuk and Nakapiripirit receive cash and food relief amid Karamoja hunger

According to the Daily Monitor, more than 500 elderly people and child-headed households in Nabilatuk and Nakapiripirit districts began receiving Shs250,000 cash transfers from Action Against Hunger, alongside maize flour and beans supplied by the government. The Nabilatuk LC5 chairperson said recent deaths reported in communities linked to the food crisis had mostly affected the elderly and child-headed households. The article cites an IPC analysis estimating that 473,000 people in Karamoja face high levels of acute food insecurity.