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[Independent (Kampala)] In the sun-scorched plains of Karamoja, the most urgent crisis is not hunger but water scarcity, driven increasingly by climate change, especially prolonged and more frequent droughts that are drying rivers, dams, and traditional water points at an alarming rate. While images of emaciated cattle, relief food queues, and cracked earth dominate the headlines, they conceal a deeper emergency: a climate-intensified water shortage that is collapsing pasture, weakening livestock, and forcing communities to
