Namalu sub county chairperson Tom Olaka has revealed that his sub county which is also the food basket of Karamoja sub region, has this planting season registered a low harvest.

Olaka has attributed the low harvest to insecurity, pest and diseases as well as drought among others.

According to Olaka, suspected Pokot armed warriors invaded parts of his sub county, forcing farmers to flee and abandon their gardens, adding that they also grazed their animals on people’s plantations.

Cue//…Olaka on invasion

Aurelia Lokwii a farmer and resident of Namalu sub county says she planted sun flower, beans, maize, soya beans and rice but wondered whether she will recover from the loses she has encountered in this planting season.

Lokwii says the harvest were not as expected, blaming it on insecurity, pests and diseases.

Cue//…Aurelia Lokwii on loses.

The sub-county chairman predicts that hunger might once again strike the entire sub-region and also called for governments and other stake holders’ intervention so that lives are not lost in Karamoja.

Cue//…Olaka on hunger fears.