Robert Kajokare is the head Catechist in Palorinya Refugee Settlement Camp. He is South Sudanese by Nationality and only moved to Uganda because of the civil war in South Sudan. Currently, he lives in Pasu Belameling Zone I, in Palorinya Refugee Settlement. Kajokare heads catechists from 12 different chapels in the settlement. These are composed of four zones: Base Camp, Morobi zone I, Morobi Zone II, Morobi Zone III and Belameling Zone I. Before moving to Uganda, Robert Kajokare worked at Sacred Heart Parish in Lomin, under Yei Catholic Diocese. Kajokare who first joined the service in 1998 while still in South Sudan has served as a catechist for 24 years. He has lived most of his life as a refugee in a refugee camp.
He was born in Afoji Village in Moyo district in Uganda during the first war in Sudan that broke out between 1955 and 1972. After his birth, his parents moved to Gulu district and settled in Unyama village where he spent his early childhood.
In 1972, the Arabs of Northern Sudan and Anyanya of South Sudan came together and signed a peace agreement, which made it possible for his parents to return to Kajo Keji with the whole family. He began his education, but unfortunately for him, it would not be long before his education would get interrupted. In 1987, when he was in S.4, another war broke out which interrupted all their lives; including his education, which forced the whole family to move back to Uganda. Sadly, he dropped out of school because his parents were refugees who had no job and money to pay his school dues.
This time as refugees, they settled in Lefori in Moyo district as self-settlers together with the Parish Priest of Scared Heart Lomin. While in Moyo, they opened up several chapels and there was a need for someone to help with the chapels. Kajokare was requested by the parish priest to give a hand with running the chapels and since back home he loved working and helping in the Church, he gladly accepted the service. In 1997, he was sent to Maracha in Arua for training as a catechist until 1999 when he went to Londonga and continued his training as a catechist. READ MORE
