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“If you put Karamoja aside, Bukedi is one of the poorest regions in the country. This is a paradox. The causes of this poverty situation should be investigated and solutions and interventions sought,” said the Prime Minister of the Adhola Cultural Institution (TACI) Josel R ObboTieng , who briefed the MPs at a special meeting on Easter Monday.
While extreme poverty at a national level has generally declined since 1990s, this trend has not occurred evenly across the country. Although northern and western regions have seen a decrease in the share of population in poverty since the 1990s, the eastern region has recorded an increase in poverty (from 24.3% in 1999/2000 to 35.7% in 2016/17), overtaking the northern region as the poorest.
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