By Our Reporter
KATAKWI
Parish Development Model beneficiaries in the villages of Getom Sub county, Katakwi district are in tears after wolves invaded their homes and killed 14 goats and 25 sheep in various households.
The most affected villages that have been terrorized for three months now include Moru B village, Akide Village, Getom Village, Paliakol Village, Africa Village with residents living in fear of both their lives and the animals.
Josephine Akoluot of Akide Village who has lost three PDM sheep says the wolf which closely looks like a dog has terrorized homes in the parishes of Aboiboi and Abela killing the animals then sucks blood leaving the meat.
Other residents who have resorted to fencing their remaining animals with thorns have appealed to government to come to their rescue saying they are stuck on how they will pay the PDM as they have already incurred natural losses.
The LC1 chairman Moru B village Abela, George Arwaitum who named a few of the households that had been attacked by the wolves said his office has been stuck with cases of false allegations where some people’s dogs were accused of preying on the sheep.
Arwaitum and other community members have now appealed to government to task Uganda Wildlife Authority (UWA) to pay damages caused by their wild animals since most of the sheep and goats were bought using PDM money.
The LC3 Getom Sub County, David Eilor and his counterpart, the Lcv Councillor Getom, Papa Pastor Jimmy Okello in an interview confirmed that in most villages, the sheep and goats killed were those bought using PDM money.
The Parish Development Model (PDM) is a government led initiative in Uganda aimed at transforming subsistence households into the money economy and improve service delivery and alleviate poverty at the grassroots level.
