PUTTING INTO PERSPECTIVE THE OPM ‘MABATI’ MISAPPROPRIATION AND KARAMOJA IMPROVED GOATS’ SAGA
Summary:
This think Piece aims to put in a broader perspective the current debates surrounding the controversial handling by the Office of the Prime Minister (OPM), and the Ministry of Karamoja Affairs (MKAs) of relief items intended for different categories of vulnerable persons in Karamoja. In calling for a paradigm shift in the discourse on development in Karamoja, it is proposed in the article, that the bureaucratic mechanisms for the delivery of the development in Karamoja need to be re-thought, while paying close attention to the unintended political effects served by recurrent failures.
