Christians believe that Jesus Christ died on the cross on behalf of
everyone on earth; including those who betrayed and killed him. His death was
to wash away our sins and allow us have renewed life free from wickedness. A
vivid account of this can be found in the books of Mathew 28, Mark 16 and Luke
24.
It was Mahatma Gandhi who summarized the events of Easter as that time
when, “a man who was completely innocent, offered himself as a sacrifice for
the good of others, including his enemies, and became the ransom of the
world".
Certainly, Easter period serves to animate Christians globally and to
allow them develop renewed hope and faith in the face of sin believing strongly
that victory is conceivable. Thus, we
must celebrate despite the challenges of; war, diseases, hunger, hatred,
betrayal and sin that have bedeviled our societies. We must stick to the believe
that victory is coming and that sin, bleakness shall dwindle.
********** ********** ********** ********* True is that today we live in an unpredictable time full of unusual occurrences. For us from Karamoja, every day is worth celebrating and giving thanks to the almighty because the current spate of insecurity there has seen our people lose lives and livestock on a daily basis. This hurts our people deeply because livestock is their main source of survival, and the deaths simply break hearts.
Well, we shouldn’t
lose hope but share our pains with God this holy week aware that he never fails
and that the devil will not succeed.
Indeed, Satan is trying hardest to drug us into dirt; to frustrate our
unity; We shouldn’t allow this. As Karamoja people, we can support government to
help us eliminate the conflict but pointing fingers and promising hell for one
another won’t help.
I repeat, the biggest problem of Karamoja is nothing but, hunger. The unreliable
rainfalls make it difficult to count on crop growing in Karamoja. Livestock is everything
for the Karamojong and they need protection for these animals (cattle,
donkeys, sheep, goats) to secure
their future.
Several attempts
by NGOs and GoU to forge alternatives for cattle in Karamoja through
multimillion dollar projects have failed and may never work if they don't focus
on the real needs of these people. Failure to create livestock security at household will
always make the Karamojong people feel insecure, thus risking their lives to go for raids just
as they get hurt by the armed Turkana who enter our country and drive off livestock from the Karamojong.
Thus, a solution to the insecurity problem requires fixing permanently the
food problem. Leaders should direct their efforts to supporting
restocking, multiplication and protection of animals in Karamoja. Without
animals, life in Karamoja remains
bleak.
