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INVESTIGATION: Mad rush for graphite in Kitgum District, an economic blessing or another resource curse?

by Paul MurungiDecember 20, 2024December 22, 2024
Dan Komakech, Blencowe’s public and community relations officer holding a graphite stone at the Orom- Cross graphite mining area. Blencowe is set to begin mining operations next year .
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In the previously war-ravaged and tightly knit community of Locomo in Kitgum District, the local clan has a saying: “The land belongs to the dead, it is under the care of the living, and it is being held in trust for future generations.”

There is an innate connection between the tiny rural population of some 300 people and the land they work and see around them.

Largely, it is used for s

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Paul Murungi

Paul Murungi is a Ugandan Business Journalist with highly specialised financial journalism training from South Africa, London (UK), Ghana, Tanzania, and Uganda. His coverage involves ground breaking stories across the East African region with a focus on ICT, Energy, Oil and Gas, Mining, Companies, Capital and Financial markets, and the general Economy.

His body of work has contributed to policy change in private and public companies.

Paul has so far won five continental awards at the Sanlam Group Awards for Excellence in Financial Journalism in Johannesburg, South Africa, and several Uganda national journalism awards in business and technology at the ACME Awards.

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