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For the rest of the year, Gulu and Kasese are expected to remain at Crisis levels even while their markets are supplied with harvests.
KAMPALA, Uganda, October 7, 2020 – Ugandans in nine urban areas were at Crisis levels of food insecurity or worse for months leading to August because of negative impacts of the COVID-19 lockdown. The worst affected of were Gulu, Jinja and Kasese where nearly one in three people struggled to find nutritious food on a regular basis.
For the rest of the year, Gulu and Kasese are expected to remain at Crisis levels even while their markets are supplied with harvests.
These were some of the findings of the most comprehensive Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) analysis conducted in Uganda to date, covering Kampala and other urban areas, the Karamoja region and refugee settlements and host communities for the first time.
The analysis was carried out by the Government of Uganda and three UN agencies and measures food insecurity from June through August and projected from September to December. It was informed in part by real-time data gathered by remote telephone monitoring of households in 13 urban areas, refugee hosting districts and Karamoja region in the northeast. It is the first time, real-time data informed the IPC on urban areas.
The IPC attributed Crisis food insecurity to the loss of livelihoods in the informal sector, tourism, the travel and events industry and the education sector, reduced remittances and reduced commercial networks due to the closure of borders.
Releasing the results of the analysis, the Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng. Hillary Onek, said that the Government is committed to ensuring food and nutrition security and well-being for all people in Uganda, including those in urban areas.
Speaking while releasing the results of the analysis, the Minister for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Eng. Hillary Onek, said Government is committed to ensuring food and nutrition security and well-being for all people in the country, including those in urban areas.
“With these new findings, we now know, reliably, who the most food-insecure people are in Uganda, where they are and what we can do to save lives and preserve livelihoods. Such knowledge is critical before we take any decisions,” Mr Onek said.
“We thank our partners for working with us to come up with this very important analysis. We now must continue to work together to find solutions to the issues raised in the study,” Mr Onek added.
Currently, through a collaboration with the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the United Nations makes 10,000 calls a month to monitor food security in refugee areas, 12 urban areas and Karamoja region.
Using the real-time and other data, the IPC found that refugees in all 13 settlements in Uganda along with more than 1.3 million Ugandans in refugee-hosting districts and Karamoja region experienced Crisis or worse levels of hunger between June and August.
In Karamoja, all districts had worrying levels of malnutrition among young children and pregnant and nursing women, with malnutrition above emergency levels in Moroto and Napak.
The IPC attributed the high levels of food insecurity in refugee hosting districts and Karamoja to WFP’s ration cuts for refugees, the lockdown, floods and subsequent food losses, animal and human diseases, insecurity in some parts of Karamoja and reduced remittances as key contributors to the situation.
“Ration cuts for refugees will remain in place until we secure sufficient funding. To be able to provide full rations for refugees in the settlements until the end of 2020, WFP needs nearly US$15.3 million immediately,” said WFP Uganda Country Director, Mr El-Khidir Daloum.
FAO’s Deputy Representative, Ms Priya Gujadhur said “As part of the UN Uganda’s Emergency Appeal launched earlier this year, FAO has appealed for USD 7.8 million for food security, nutrition and livelihoods interventions. This will allow FAO to provide agricultural livelihood support and training in climate smart agricultural practices to help up to 10,000 of the most vulnerable households produce for their own consumption and diversify income sources through value chain development, thereby strengthening their resilience.”
Even with coming harvests this year, it is expected households will continue to struggle with food shortages partly because of lost incomes during the lockdown. All refugee settlements are expected to remain at Crisis level at best. Food security should improve in nine out of 12 worst-affected refugee-hosting districts. Malnutrition is expected to decline in two districts in Karamoja in the coming months.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, the Ministry for Disaster Preparedness and Refugees, Kampala Capital City Authority, the Uganda Bureau of Statistics, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and WFP participated in the IPC analysis. The European Union, World Bank and UK Aid funded the exercise








President Donald J. Trump have used all of 2020 to not take it serious. He has tried to keep the numbers down. Stop testing, contract-testing and also opening up society without having control of the pandemic. The COVID-19 or Coronavirus have really shown the problematic side of the Trump Administration.
They have let people die on a massive scale. The President have seen over 200,000 citizens died because of it. The same state that has working on overtime to dislodge and take away medical insurance for people with pre-conditions. Which he wants the Supreme Court to do in the midst of the global pandemic. The same administration that has already kicked out so many of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) or Obama Care. This has been one of main things of this Presidency.
This is the same man who has sold dreams and called COVID-19 a hoax. Now, the man has it and he hasn’t followed guidelines himself. This is why he has gotten it. He didn’t social distance, he did hold public rallies and didn’t do what he could to contain the virus. This is why its ironic that he gotten it.
President Trump has done what he could to stop testing and stop the virus from spreading. Blaming anyone else, China, Democrats and whoever he could pin. Still, he haven’t been concerned as the piles of dead people have been stacked. This is the true reality of it all.
I cannot show sympathy towards Trump in a ordinary fashion. He can get my thoughts and prayers, but nothing more. As he himself made this pandemic worse. He has spread falsehoods, made arrangements, which has caused more harm and they don’t have the ability or can afford the same health care as the President can. A system, which he has rigged against the poor and the middle-income America. That is well-known, therefore, for someone downplaying it while people are missing loved ones.
It is hard to feel deeply concerned about Trump. Trump should have acted Presidential and ensured the Federal Government had put forward guidelines. Used the state to secure the public and have enough tests, PPE and so fourth. Instead, he has gambled, traded and not taken accountability. He is only accountable to success, but the failure is always someone else. That is why the Governors had to pick-up the slack of the Federal Government. It is the Federal Government, that claimed the Federal Stockpile was theirs and they delegate as they saw fit. They give to Republican states and dismiss Democratic States. This is the sort of the play this Presidency has done. Even though, the same Federal Government is supposed to serve everyone, no matter what political affiliation they have. Still, that is not a thing under … this Presidency!
When you try for so long to play shadow games, the reality comes at you so fast. Now, the reality has the Presidency. He himself has played this out and now it is returned directly in his face. He could have done things, acted swiftly and ensured the states had stopped transmission of the virus. That wasn’t in his interest. He rather would print money and hope the lower classes could carry the burden. This virus doesn’t discriminate and has not come home. The White House, associates and the First Family caught it.
If they had acted sincere and done what the CDC had asked from them. If they had made strict regulations and closed businesses. Then, they would have had more sympathy. As there are so many people who has lost their lives. That was on the watch of the President. He could have used his Executive Power, but he rather flex for the Qanon and White Supremacists. Instead of doing his duty and being their for citizens.
President Trump better be careful with the bleach and hydroxychloroquine. Who knows if he follows advisors of Fox News. Those has also downplayed this. Donald tried to Con himself out this one. Just like he has done everything else. We don’t have the full medical records and such from this man. We cannot know, if he has pre-medical conditions, which could complicate this virus for him. However, he will have the help he needs and get medical care at once, because of his office.
If he was man enough to take credit for his failure of how he has made this worse during the COVID-19. This man has mocked and called it a hoax. Now it hit home. Karma is a bitch. Therefore, don’t celebrate, but elevate. This man needs to carry his sins and that is all up to him. I doubt he will ever do it. Since this man doesn’t have it in him. He rather litigate the disease… then take responsibility for causing the outbreak to this extent. Peace.


