Karamoja from Texas

Me and JB buying the chickens

The Karamoja are a group of people in northern Uganda that are cattle hustlers. They believe that all cows belong to them, so they go around stealing cows and do not fear using force. And thus, me being from Texas, and my housemates having only their stereotypical views of Texans I am now the Karamoja from Texas. Being the tough Karamoja/Texan I slaughtered our dinner for the night. . .Ok ok I didn't slaughter it but I plucked and gutted which in my book is good enough. JB our local friends walked me through the whole process, and I must say there something quite satisfying about killing and working for your own dinner.

We went to the market and picked out our two chickens. Did some barGAINing as usual, and paid 9,000 shillings for each chicken (about $4.50USD). Then we proceeded to carry these live chickens back on boda bodas.

As with all our live sacrifices we always name them before we slaughter. These two lovely ladies were Odongo Venus and Akello Serena. They definitely were fighters- I could say more but for those with weak stomachs I will refrain.


After rubbing on some spice and roasting them up, I had the honor of eating the gizzard. It was actually quite delicious, a little rubbery but tasty- needless to say I would eat it again and definitely slaughter another chicken. Next on my list is the damn rooster that continues to wake us up every morning.

random pic: Me and Aga. . .he's a lil trouble maker