<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear all,<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Here is a statement supporting pastoralism in Uganda. Please share widely.</div><div class="">.</div><div class="">Cheers,</div><div class="">Ann</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="WordSection1" style="page: WordSection1; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: ArialMT; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;"><div class=""><table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tbody class=""><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">Subject:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">"Pastoralism is our Future" - KDF statement New Vision Uganda<o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">Date:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Mon, 27 May 2019 06:57:25 +0000<o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Koen Vantroos<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Ann Waters Bayer<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:waters-bayer@web.de" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><waters-bayer@web.de></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr><tr class=""><td nowrap="" valign="top" style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; text-align: right;" class=""><b class="">CC:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><o:p class=""></o:p></b></div></td><td style="padding: 0in;" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;" class="">Simon Peter Longoli<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:longolisimon@gmail.com" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><longolisimon@gmail.com></a><o:p class=""></o:p></div></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br class="">Dear CELEP members and partners,<br class="">We have contacted you last week regarding the signature of the statement in attachment, to react to the contradicting statements made by Ugandan Ministers regarding pastoralism. The statement was written by Karamoja Development Forum (CELEP Eastern African partners in Uganda) to address this situation. It was published today in the Ugandan newspaper New Vision. Could you also spread it online (Twitter for instance) and tag CELEP (@CELEP_FP) and KDF? CELEP provided some backstopping to write the statement.<br class="">Cheers,<br class="">Koen Van Troos<br class="">Education and Policy Coordinator<br class=""><br class="">CELEP focal point at VSF-Belgium<br class="">Avenue Paul Deschanellaan 36-38, 1030 Brussels<br class="">T +32 (0)2 240 49 66 F +32 (0)2 539 34 90<br class="">E<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org</a><a href="mailto:k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><mailto:k.vantroos@vsf-belgium.org></a><br class=""><a href="http://www.celep.info/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.celep.info</a><a href="http://www.celep.info/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><http://www.celep.info></a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>-<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.vsf-belgium.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class="">www.vsf-belgium.org</a><a href="http://www.vsf-belgium.org/" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline;" class=""><http://www.vsf-belgium.org></a><br class=""><o:p class=""></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></body></html>