analysisFormer president Idi Amin wanted Bakiga to migrate to Karamoja after being informed of overpopulation in their homeland Kabale. Their enterprising spirit has proved that one can live peacefully anywhere in Uganda," Amin observed. You should feel free to come and settle anywhere in Uganda since the whole of Uganda belongs to you," Amin told the Bakiga. Incentives to migrate to KaramojaAmin knew that it would not be easy to persuade the Bakiga to relocate from Kigezi to Karamoja. Bakiga would have been Karamoja investorsOwing to the British colonial government sentiment after the 1899 insurgency in the area, Karamoja was neglected.

Source: The North Africa Journal April 02, 2017 22:07 UTC