Uganda: How Karamoja First Policewoman's Land Was Grabbed

Aug 8, 2019 | Joseph Olanyo, Observer
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After serving the Uganda Police Force diligently for the last 44 years, Rtd Sergeant Mariam Sunday Lokisa knew she would retire happily to her matrimonial land in Nakapiripirit, Karamoja in northeastern Uganda. She knew this was where life would continue from until such a time when the almighty God recalls her to the land of no return. Lokisa, 61, a widow and the first Karimojong woman to be recruited into police in 1974, had also planned to put up a two bed-roomed house with some money she has been saving as part of her retirement benefit. She had a vision, a vision that would make her eke out a living by farming part of the land to supplement the family needs. A vision that would make her live with communities in harmony.