Ms. Olive Lomokol successfully defended her Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) thesis at the Makerere Institute of Social Research (MISR) on Tuesday, 20 January 2026, from 3:00 to 6:00 p.m., at MISR Seminar Room 1 and via zoom. The public defense marked an important scholarly intervention in long-standing debates on violence, governance, and pastoralism in Uganda’s Karamoja region.