Government moves Karamoja drought food relief distribution from private contractors to UPDF and Prisons

According to Minister of State for Northern Uganda Beatrice Akori Akello, President Museveni directed the Office of the Prime Minister to stop using private contractors and to have the UPDF and the Uganda Prisons Service distribute emergency food relief in drought-hit Karamoja. She said OPM had signed a memorandum of understanding and would supervise delivery to sub-county headquarters. The Office of the Prime Minister says about 600,000 people in the sub-region face acute hunger.