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Background: Omiito

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    I love making constructive use of myself. When I wake up-this is really determined by the task at hand. For instance when there is an assignment to be accomplished at the shortest time possible, I wake up at wake up at 3:00am or 4:00am.

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Village facts

  • location

    Omiito is among the 8 parishes in Kapir sub county, in Kumi District,on North Eastern Uganda. Omiito is situated along Kumi-Soroti road. It borders with Lake Bisina.

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  • people

    Like the districts of Soroti, Katakwi, Amuria, Bukedia; the people from Kumi District are called \'Iteso\' and speak the local language \'Ateso\'. Some Iteso can also be found in the districts of Pallisa, Tororo and Kaberamaido.

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  • history

    Iteso traditions relate that they originated somewhere in what is now Sudan and moved south over a period of centuries. It is not possible to calculate the time of this movement.

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  • arts and crafts

    Kumi District is generally flat with few undulations and isolated inselbergs in Ngora, Nyero, Kapir, Mukongoro, Bukedea and Kachumbala sub-counties.

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