Kampala, Uganda – East Africa / March 12, 2026.
by AdministratorKAPATU Project Leaders Present Progress, Audit Reports to Vice President Alupo
Leaders of the Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU) project have presented a progress update and an independent financial audit report to Vice President Maj. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo on funds advanced by the government to kick-start the institution.
The meeting, held at the Vice President’s office, focused on the utilisation of Shs10 billion that government released last year as part of the Shs30 billion seed capital pledged by President Yoweri Museveni for the establishment of the university at Losilang in Kotido Municipality.
The KAPATU delegation was led by the university’s president and Bishop of Kotido Catholic Diocese, Rt Rev Dominic Eibu (MCCJ). Other members included the university council chairperson, Mr Severino Twinobusingye; Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs Prof Annette Kezaabu; Principal Technical Advisor Dr Robert Limlim; University Secretary Mr Henry Kyarimpa; and the institution’s chief of security, Amb Phillip Idro, among other officials.
While presenting the report, Mr Twinobusingye said the project received the Shs10 billion in two instalments of Shs3 billion and Shs7 billion, leaving a balance of Shs20 billion yet to be disbursed.
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He explained that in line with the institution’s commitment to transparency and accountability, the university engaged external auditors to review the utilisation of the funds. The audit report formed part of three documents presented to the Vice President, who also serves as the founding Deputy Chancellor of KAPATU. President Museveni is the founding Chancellor.
The other documents included a report detailing KAPATU’s activities between 2014 and 2023, culminating in the laying of the foundation stone at Losilang, and an 890-page report outlining achievements, challenges, and the project’s future plans.
The delegation also screened a 59-minute documentary highlighting the university’s role in the socio-economic transformation of Karamoja.
“At KAPATU, we emphasise transparency and accountability in the management of public funds. The President pledged Shs30 billion and we have so far received Shs10 billion, which has been utilised. We commissioned external auditors and this is the report,” Mr Twinobusingye said while presenting the documents.
He described KAPATU as a strategic initiative aimed at driving socio-economic transformation in Karamoja.
Achievements
Dr Limlim highlighted key milestones achieved so far, including the KAPATU unveiling and thanksgiving ceremony held on November 23, 2025, at Losilang. The event attracted participants from across Karamoja and the wider Ateker region, including the Ethiopian Ambassador representing the Ateker community in Ethiopia.
According to Dr Limlim, the event served as a major advocacy platform for the university project, drawing widespread support from communities across the region.
Other achievements include hosting a verification team from the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) on December 16, 2025, furnishing of offices and the university library, restructuring staff, conducting a financial audit, and the ongoing construction of an administration block.
The project has also produced a documentary aimed at raising visibility and advocacy for the university, initiated engagement with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) Council, and facilitated the establishment of a police post at Losilang to enhance security.
However, Dr Limlim noted that the project faces challenges, including delays by NCHE to grant the institution a provisional licence required to begin academic programmes.
He appealed to the Vice President to support efforts to expedite the licensing process and also assist in securing the remaining Shs20 billion pledged by government.
Government response
In her remarks, Vice President Alupo commended the KAPATU team for documenting the project’s progress and maintaining accountability in the management of public funds.
She also praised the concept behind the university, noting that its focus on peace and technology aligns with the development needs of Karamoja.
“The challenges notwithstanding, what matters is the mission and vision of this project. I stand ready to act as a connector as we continue implementing programmes aimed at transforming Karamoja,” she said.
H.E Alupo said the government has undertaken several interventions in the region but emphasised that long-term transformation will depend on equipping people with skills and education.
She added that establishing universities in different regions is intended to make higher education more accessible to students whose families struggle to send them far from home.
The Vice President pledged that government would study the submissions from the KAPATU leadership to ensure the project continues progressing.
Rt Rev Eibu also congratulated President Museveni and Vice President Alupo on their recent electoral victory and reiterated the university’s commitment to supporting the development of Karamoja.
ABOUT KAPATU
KAPATU is a Nucleus National Public University established jointly by the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Kotido and Moroto, the Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI), headed by its president, Counsel Severino Twinobusingye, and the government of Uganda. With its main campus situated at Losilang, Kotido municipality (Karamoja). The initiative aims to foster peace and sustainable development in the region through education.
It was conceived in 2014 but actualised on 29th April, 2023, in a colourful ceremony at Nsambya presided over by H.E. the Vice President, Maj. Jessica Alupo, who represented H.E. the President. The KAPATU project is being overseen by a Strategic Leadership Committee comprising President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Chair/Founding Chancellor), Vice President Jessica Alupo (Founding Deputy Chancellor), and First Lady, also Minister for Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataha Museveni.
The government has, in the FY2025/26, allocated Shs180bn for the university’s establishment following a special cabinet sitting on 16th December 2024, chaired by H.E. the President and also attended by H.E. the Vice President.
by AdministratorVIDEO: Counsel Twinobusingye Severino making a presentation at NALI
Kyankwanzi, Uganda – East Africa / March 6, 2026
Counsel Twinobusingye Severino, the Principal Legal Advisor to the National Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation, also Senior Presidential Advisor on Defense, Gen. Caleb Akandwanaho Salim Saleh, giving a lecture to OWC officers and Local Government officials at the National Leadership Institute-Kyankwanzi. He lectured them on Strategic litigation among other issues.
by AdministratorKaramoja’s Unfinished Promise: Neglect, Bureaucracy and the Cost of Delay
Kampala, Uganda – East Africa / March 4, 2026.
By Counsel Twinobusingye Severino
In 1963, shortly after visiting Karamoja, Prime Minister Milton Obote is widely quoted as having remarked: “We shall not wait for Karamoja to develop.” Whether apocryphal or not, the sentiment has lingered for six decades, not always in words, but often in attitude.
Today, Karamoja remains one of Uganda’s most paradoxical regions: rich in (natural) endowment (especially mineral wealth, rich soils, etc.), culture and human potential, yet endemically stuck at the bottom of all major national development indicators. With a population estimated at 1.5 million by the UBOS last census, it still struggles with limited access to quality education, healthcare, modern agriculture, and infrastructure. Over six decades since independence, Karamaja remains, to many Ugandans, less a part of this nation, having failed to integrate fully both in the national conscience and planning. For many Ugandans, Karamoja appears less like a fully integrated region of the Republic and more like a neglected frontier.
The question that refuses to go away is this: Is Karamoja’s stagnation a result of chronic national neglect, or of individual attitudes that quietly resist its transformation?
Transformation Requires Alignment
History shows that regional transformation, particularly in Africa, is neither accidental nor instantaneous. It requires political will at the highest levels, policy coherence across institutions, and regulatory frameworks that enable rather than obstruct investment.
When the Executive, Cabinet, Legislature, and regulatory bodies align around a shared development vision, the private sector, the fifth and indispensable actor, follows. Where they do not, progress stalls.
Karamoja’s story reflects both effort and frustration. Successive governments have launched multi-million-dollar initiatives to improve security, livelihoods, and infrastructure. President Museveni’s administration has invested heavily in disarmament, roads, schools, and social protection programmes. Yet the region’s gains have often been diluted by mismanagement, corruption, and bureaucratic inertia.
Good intentions have too frequently collided with weak implementation.
Education as the Long-Term Equaliser
In 2014, the Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI) conducted research in Karamoja to assess its structural challenges and long-term prospects. One conclusion stood out: sustainable transformation must be anchored in education.
From that research emerged the vision of the Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU), an institution intended to address not only academic gaps but also the region’s unique socio-economic realities. The initiative brought together CLASI, the Kotido Catholic Diocese, and the Government of Uganda in a rare multi-stakeholder partnership.
In April 2023, the project was formally unveiled at a ceremony presided over by President Museveni, represented by Vice President Jessica Alupo. Three months later, the foundation stone was laid at Losilang in Kotido Municipality. In 2024, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) granted a Letter of Interim Authority, allowing promoters to recruit staff, establish administrative structures and mobilise resources ahead of full licensing.
By December 2025, NCHE officials visited Losilang to assess the university’s application for a Provisional Licence to admit students.
The symbolism of those milestones cannot be understated. For a region long associated with conflict and marginalisation, the establishment of a university is not merely an educational project; it is a statement of inclusion and a cornerstone to real empowerment and equalisation.
The Bureaucracy Question
Funding and political goodwill have not been the primary challenge. Support has come from across government and faith-based institutions. Yet progress has been slowed by procedural caution within sections of the bureaucracy, particularly in regulatory and legal approval processes.
To be clear, regulatory compliance matters. Institutions of higher learning must meet established standards. But there is a delicate balance between due diligence and excessive rigidity.
Karamoja’s circumstances are not identical to those of Kampala or Mbarara. Regions that have endured decades of insecurity and underinvestment require responsive, context-sensitive decision-making. When procedure becomes detached from purpose, it risks undermining the very transformation it seeks to safeguard.
During a visit to the proposed main campus at Losilang in December 2025, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) team had the opportunity to see firsthand the context in which this university is being established. For many members of the delegation, it was their first time in Karamoja — and in Kotido in particular. Physical presence, more than briefing papers or compliance files, has a way of sharpening perspective.
The visit underscored the urgency and relevance of establishing the institution, not as an abstract policy proposal, but as a lived necessity. It also highlighted the broader ecosystem that supports the project, including the extended network of facilities across the region that form part of its enabling infrastructure, though these were not fully toured during the visit.
Sometimes, it is only by standing on the ground, seeing the distance, the terrain, the unmet demand, that the developmental case becomes unmistakable.
The writer is the President of Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI) and Chair of KAPATU Council.
ABOUT KAPATU
KAPATU is a Nucleus National Public University established jointly by the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Kotido and Moroto, the Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI), headed by its president, Counsel Severino Twinobusingye, and the government of Uganda. Its main campus is situated at Losilang, Kotido municipality (Karamoja). The initiative aims to foster peace and sustainable development in the region through education.
It was conceived in 2014 but actualised on 29th April, 2023, in a colourful ceremony at Nsambya presided over by the Vice President of Uganda, H.E. Maj. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who represented H.E. the President. The KAPATU project is being overseen by a Strategic Leadership Committee comprising President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Chair/Founding Chancellor), Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo (Founding Deputy Chancellor), and First Lady, also Minister for Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataha Museveni.
The government has, in the FY2025/26, allocated Shs180bn for the university’s establishment following a special cabinet sitting on 16th December 2024, chaired by H.E. the President and also attended by H.E. the Vice President.
by AdministratorGallery: COUNSEL SEVERINO TWINOBUSINGYE’S ENGAGEMENTS WITH OWC CHIEF COORDINATOR GEN. SALIM SALEH AT KYANKWANZI – Part 3
OWC Chief Coordinator, Gen. Salim Saleh (center), Counsel Twinobusingye (Lt) and Lt. Gen. Phillip Idro (R)
by AdministratorGallery: COUNSEL SEVERINO TWINOBUSINGYE’S ENGAGEMENTS WITH OWC MILITARY OFFICERS AT KYANKWANZI – Part Two
Counsel Twinobusingye (R) with OWC officers at the National Leadership Institute-Kyankwanzi
by AdministratorMEDIA: PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION PETITION NO.1 2016 AMAMA MBABAZI Vs YOWERI MUSEVENI
Day 1 in pictures at the Supreme Court in Kampala
SOURCE: ( New Vision, 10th March, 2016, https://tseverinoadvocates.com/politics/in-pictures-polls-petition-day-2/ )
by AdministratorKaramoja’s Structural Challenges and the Imperative for the KAPATU Project
Kampala, Uganda – East Africa / February 14, 2025.
By Counsel Twinobusingye Severino
The story of burying the pen and the book at Lomukura in Karamoja remains one of the most symbolic narratives in the region’s educational history. It reflects a deep-rooted tension between the promise of formal education and the painful experiences associated with colonial administration.
At the time, the elders of Karamoja were divided. One group supported the introduction of formal education for their children, while another strongly opposed it. Those opposed associated the pen and the book with colonial exploitation. They accused colonial authorities and their local agents of using the pen to conscript their children into foreign wars from which many never returned, while the same instrument was used by tax collectors to impose harsh and burdensome taxes on the local population.
As a result, the more radical elders resolved to bury the pen and the book at Lomukura in Kotido Municipality, treating them as symbols of oppression and collective suffering. Although a small number of families secretly sent their children to schools in Moroto District and Ngora in the neighboring Teso sub-region, the overwhelming majority of elders rejected formal education.
The KAPATU President, and also the Bishop of Kotido Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu MCCJ, together with the Deputy Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs Prof. Annette Kezaabu, during a visit to Namejio Community Kraal School (NACOKS) and Akurun Akaalam monument in Lomukura village, Kotido Municipality, the site where elders from Karamoja unearthed the pen
The KAPATU President, and also the Bishop of Kotido Catholic Diocese, Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu MCCJ, together with the Deputy Vice Chancellor-Academic Affairs Prof. Annette Kezaabu, during a visit to Namejio Community Kraal School (NACOKS) and Akurun Akaalam monument in Lomukura village, Kotido Municipality, the site where elders from Karamoja unearthed the pen
Nearly six decades later, a significant turning point emerged. On 5 November 2003, the First Lady of Uganda, now Minister for Education and Sports, Hon. Janet Kataaha Museveni, presided over a historic ceremony at Lomukura during which the elders formally unearthed the pen and the book. This act symbolically reopened the path for education to take root in Karamoja.
A monument was erected to commemorate this milestone, marking a new era in the region’s transformation journey. Around this site, the local community established a makeshift community school where children gather after returning from herding cattle to acquire basic literacy and numeracy skills. However, despite operating for several years and enrolling significant numbers of learners, this school remains unrecognized by government authorities. It lacks basic infrastructure, including classrooms and sanitation facilities, highlighting the persistent gap between community initiative and state support.
The mere existence and sustained attendance of this community school is a clear testament to the profound shift in attitudes toward education among the Karimojong. It demonstrates that the community is now ready to fully embrace education as a pathway to development.
Nevertheless, education in Karamoja continues to face severe structural challenges. The sub-region records the lowest literacy rate in Uganda, at 30.4%, compared to the national average of 76.1%. School dropout rates remain high, compounded by poor infrastructure, chronic hunger, child labour in mining activities, and deeply entrenched cultural preferences for pastoralism. Although cattle rustling has historically exacerbated insecurity, the Resident District Commissioner of Kotido, Mr. Charles Ochogor, has confirmed that the area is now largely peaceful and poised for development.
Available research further indicates that more than 50% of children aged between 6 and 24 in Karamoja have never attended school, while approximately 86% of the youth population lacks any formal education. Youth unemployment exceeds 40%, affecting the most productive age group, which constitutes nearly 60% of the region’s population. This situation has fueled cycles of violence and social instability. Poverty levels in Karamoja remain the highest nationally, standing at 74.2%.
Equally concerning is the large proportion of extremely idle youth, estimated at between 60% and 68%, who are neither employed, enrolled in education, nor engaged in formal training or skills development. This represents a significant loss of human potential and a critical development challenge.
In light of these realities, only a holistic and transformative intervention can adequately address Karamoja’s development deficit. According to Dr. Robert Limlim, Head of the Karamoja Professionals Association, the sub-region suffers from long-standing underdevelopment driven by limited access to skills, knowledge, and institutional capacity. He argues that Karamoja urgently requires a comprehensive and sustainable solution.
It is within this context that the establishment of the Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU) must be understood. The official unveiling of the KAPATU project on 23 November 2025 at Losilang, Kotido Municipality, by His Excellency the President of Uganda, represented by the Rt. Hon. Amama Mbabazi SC marked a decisive response to these challenges. KAPATU is envisioned as a transformative institution capable of addressing the structural roots of Karamoja’s underdevelopment.
KAPATU is a tripartite initiative involving the Catholic Lawyers’ Society International (CLASI), chaired by Counsel Twinobusingye Severino, who also serves as Chairperson of the KAPATU Council; the Kotido Catholic Diocese, led by Rt. Rev. Dominic Eibu MCCJ, who is also the KAPATU President, and the Government of Uganda.
The idea for KAPATU was conceived in 2014 following extensive research conducted by CLASI, which revealed a significant socio-economic and educational gap between Karamoja and the rest of the country, necessitating a holistic institutional response. In April 2023, the concept was formally operationalised when His Excellency the President, represented by Her Excellency the Vice President, Maj. Jessica Alupo, officially launched the project at the Uganda Episcopal Conference headquarters in Nsambya. This was followed by a groundbreaking ceremony at Losilang in July 2023, paving the way for the project’s formal unveiling in November 2025.
The local community regards KAPATU as a strategic anchor institution capable of driving socio-economic transformation, fostering peace, and promoting regional stability. Notably, on 16 December 2025, the National Council for Higher Education (NCHE) conducted an inspection visit to KAPATU’s main campus at Losilang to assess its readiness to commence academic operations. The process toward the grant of a provisional license is currently underway, representing a major milestone in the realisation of Karamoja’s educational and developmental aspirations.
Through KAPATU, Karamoja stands on the threshold of a new chapter—one defined not by marginalisation, but by opportunity, skills development, peace, and sustainable transformation through education.
The writer is the Chairperson Council-KAPATU.
ABOUT KAPATU
KAPATU is a Nucleus National Public University established jointly by the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Kotido and Moroto, the Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI), headed by its president, Counsel Severino Twinobusingye, and the government of Uganda. Its main campus is situated at Losilang, Kotido municipality (Karamoja). The initiative aims to foster peace and sustainable development in the region through education.
It was conceived in 2014 but actualised on 29th April, 2023, in a colourful ceremony at Nsambya presided over by the Vice President of Uganda, H.E. Maj. Jessica Rose Epel Alupo, who represented H.E. the President. The KAPATU project is being overseen by a Strategic Leadership Committee comprising President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Chair/Founding Chancellor), Vice President Jessica Rose Epel Alupo (Founding Deputy Chancellor), and First Lady, also Minister for Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataha Museveni.
The government has, in the FY2025/26, allocated Shs180bn for the university’s establishment following a special cabinet sitting on 16th December 2024, chaired by H.E. the President and also attended by H.E. the Vice President.
Meanwhile, in her remarks, Prof. Biira explained that for NCHE to have come to Losilang, it was a testament that the Council received KAPATU’s Application for a License proposing a number of programs, the objectives and aims for which the University is being formed in addition to the academic facilities in place among others.
“Today is my first time to be in Karamoja and I now understand why we need this university and I think it’s the right time that we have this vision bear the fruits. So, we are here to celebrate the unearthing of the Pen. We urge you to give us the necessary information so that we write a report and forward to NCHE that is going to put the final nail” she said.
Prof. Biira said the team was impressed with the level of preparedness at KAPATU noting the availability of necessary Human resource already in place even before the University begins. She urged the management, Staff and Deans who have decided to be part of KAPATU to stay forever so that their report can stand a test of time.
The team was also impressed with availability of land to allow future expansion, noting that in other universities, they are a one-stop center with industries and innovation centers within the university.
“So, because you have land, this is also possible,” she said. Other areas of excellent score according to the team’s assessment included land ownership, ready policies in place, availability of infrastructure including library, computer lab, offices, availability of utilities, certificates of occupancy, Partnership MoUs, Mobilization of necessary financial support to sustain the university, human resource and academic programs. The team however, recommended some areas of improvement including engraving of KAPATU property for proof of ownership, separation of governance and management structures to avoid micro-management and recruitment of more core staff to run the proposed programs.
In his closing remarks, Bishop Eibu described the visit as historic, noting that the day shall remain in the books for years to come.
ABOUT KAPATU
KAPATU is a Nucleus National Public University established jointly by the Roman Catholic Dioceses of Kotido and Moroto, the Catholic Lawyers Society International (CLASI), headed by its president, Counsel Severino Twinobusingye, and the government of Uganda. With its main campus situated at Losilang, Kotido municipality (Karamoja). The initiative aims to foster peace and sustainable development in the region through education.
It was conceived in 2014 but actualised on 29th April, 2023, in a colourful ceremony at Nsambya presided over by H.E. the Vice President, Maj. Jessica Alupo, who represented H.E. the President. The KAPATU project is being overseen by a Strategic Leadership Committee comprising President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni (Chair/Founding Chancellor), Vice President Jessica Alupo (Founding Deputy Chancellor), and First Lady, also Minister for Education and Sports, Maama Janet Kataha Museveni.
The government has, in the FY2025/26, allocated Shs180bn for the university’s establishment following a special cabinet sitting on 16th December 2024, chaired by H.E. the President and also attended by H.E. the Vice President.
by AdministratorProtecting the Gains! CLASI President Twinobusingye Severino Rallies Citizens to Prioritize Peace Ahead of Uganda’s Presidential Elections
Kanungu, Uganda – East Africa / January, 2026.
The President of Catholic Lawyers’ Society International (CLASI), Counsel Severino Twinobusingye, has emphasized the need for Ugandans to prioritize peace and security as critical gains they must safeguard as they go to elect their President tomorrow.
The elections are due to take place tomorrow, January 15, 2026, countrywide, with voters expected to elect the President, Member of Parliament, and District Woman Representative.
Counsel Twinobusingye who also doubles as the Principal Legal Advisor to the Chief Coordinator of Operation Wealth Creation (OWC), as well as a Senior Presidential Adviser on National Defense, General Salim Saleh, made the remarks while appearing on Kikinzi FM, a local radio station in Kanungu district (Western Uganda).
He noted that the upcoming election is critical for the continuity of the prevailing national security, peace, and wealth.
“All the developments that we have experienced over so many years have been around under the leadership of President Museveni and have been as a result of Peace. The central message is the protection of the gains achieved under the current leadership. So, it is peace that matters more than anything else” he said.
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According to Counsel Twinobusingye, Peace is fundamental for everyone’s health, education, and stability. He explained that, whereas some people argue that one cannot eat peace, they forget that without it, wealth becomes a storm and disappears.
“To understand peace, one needs to experience war. If you have ever found yourself in a situation of war, that’s when you can appreciate what it means, because with peace, you can work and have money. But if bricks are flying over your head, bombs are all over the place, then that’s when you will realize how important peace is. Those who say without money in your pocket, there is no peace, do not understand the meaning of Peace. Peace enables people to plan and invest because the economic future is predictable. And so, the vote that we are going into is a vote of Peace,” He said.
He advised citizens on the message from the Office of the President, urging them to vote peacefully as the country is stable and the security situation is under control.
Regarding sectarianism, Counsel Twinobusingye strongly advised citizens against mixing religion and politics, emphasizing that politics is about the management of society and providing services like roads, hospitals, and schools.
He cited his personal childhood story of having to walk 14 kilometers every day to a Catholic school instead of attending a nearby Anglican school, attributing this to religious divisions at the time. He, therefore, urged voters to shun any leader who tells them to vote based on their church or mosque.
“Religion is a private matter between a human being and God. Otherwise, who knows the religion of the medicine we use? Is it Catholic, Protestant, or Muslim? It is just medicine. The National Resistance Movement (NRM) leadership is accommodative, all-embracing, and non-sectarian,” He rallied.
Twinobusingye also downplayed arguments by some individuals demanding the ruling NRM to leave power, having spent 40 years, saying such views are merely a marketing strategy by opponents who want to get into power.
He cautioned people against wasting their precious time at polling stations after casting their vote, under the guise of protecting their votes. He explained to the people the whole process, as it goes right from voting up to the declaration of results, emphasizing that whether voters remain at the polling station or not, it is irrelevant. He warned that the slogan encouraging people to ‘secure their vote’ after voting is only intended to promote violence.
“Once the ballot paper has been put in the ballot box, it will be removed and counted and recorded on the Declaration Form, entered in records, and what follows next is the announcement by the Electoral Commission. So, what does your waiting add to that exercise? You stand there for the whole day after voting. Why are you wasting time? Why don’t you go and do other things? Nobody should allow chaos. If you have finished voting, just go home, rest, and wait for what the Electoral Commission will say. The Electoral Commission is mandated to count, record, and announce the results; voters have no control over this process,” He guided.
Regarding the implementation of the Parish Development Model (PDM), Counsel Twinobusingye explained the importance of this program and urged the masses to shun whoever advocates for its dissolution. He said the program is a government system designed to ensure that it puts money into people’s pockets, especially the most vulnerable poor, who constitute about 36%.
He said OWC, under the guidance of the President and General Salim Saleh, has been instrumental in ensuring money from the PDM goes into people’s pockets.
“You can see when someone says that he’s going to close this, it means that he’s saying that this 36% people in Uganda should be completely left over and they remain in poverty. We are saying that under certain circumstances, they must be gotten out of poverty. We have tried, and we are determined to do that,” He said.
by AdministratorREPORT: Narrative Brief to H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni on Inauguration of KAPATU
The Narrative Brief presented to H.E. the President of the Republic of Uganda and KAPATU Founding Chancellor, Gen. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni is both a historical reflection and a declaration of transformation. It chronicles the long, complex, and redemptive journey of the Karamojong people from cultural resistance of formal education, symbolized by the rejection and ‘burying of the pen’ in Akwapowa-Nadunget-Matheniko of Moroto in 1911 and Lomukura-Losilang-Jie of Kotido in 1942, to intellectual renaissance of embracing formal education symbolized by the ‘Unearthing the Pen’ in November 1995, culminating in the November 2025, establishment of the Karamoja Peace and Technology University (KAPATU) — a monumental institution that symbolizes the triumph of peace, education, and national unity under Your Excellency’s visionary leadership.