About 70% of Uganda is tsetse infested. Tsetse distribution in Uganda is part of the broader endemic mid-latitudes tsetse occurrence in Africa extending that covers the area from sub-Saharan  and  tropical  Africa  including  the  Kalahari  desert.  Uganda currently has 11 sub-species of tsetse. However, of these, only two, Glossina f, fuscipes and Glossina pallidipes have had significant verification and publicity before the latest invasion  of  Glossina  morstitans  in  Karamoja.

An   examination   of   socioecological   resilience   of   tsetse   infested   communities   in   northern   Karamoja   indicated   absorptive capacity of 15.0%, adaptive capacity of 22.1% and transformative capacity of 24.5% with an overall computed socioecological  resilience  index  of  20.5  percent.

Actors in tsetse control must pay close attention to seasonal dimensions  because  dispersal  is  associated  with  seasonal  migrations of hosts, especially wildlife. Considering the flux in  wildlife  and  livestock-cattle  mobility  into  Uganda  during  the  dry  season,  it  is  vital  that  monitoring  be  conducted  to  ascertain  tsetse  dynamics  associated  with  this  mobility.

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Source: College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES)/RUFORUM