Although residents of Lolung Village, in Rupa Sub-county, Moroto District continue to scramble for gold in the area, their struggle has not freed them from poverty.
Ms Marka Awocik, the woman representative for Lolung Small Scale Gold Mining Association, says gold in Rupa was discovered by children who were herding cattle.
“We all left our homes and that explains how we ended up at the mining site,” she says.
According to a new report released by Native TV and Travels and Stiffen Doen, a Dutch charity organisation on gold mining in the area, Karamoja residents continue to live in abject poverty despite the discovery of the precious mineral.
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