Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto regional police spokesperson said that the deceased was put out of action at 1:00am on Thursday night when the team of armed warriors met with the forces that were on patrol duties.
Simon Peter Ilukol died at around 1:00 Am when he came out of his house after hearing unknown people whispering outside his house in Namasikwei village in Ngoloriet sub-county.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson said that the police station is equipped with one furnished office block, and two accommodation blocks containing 9 housing units. Two vehicles were also given to the station to ease mobility.
According to reports, on Tuesday night, a group of suspected warriors raided Lominit village stealing goats from various households, including that of the deceased. After the raid, Chule took it upon himself to track down the raiders in an attempt to recover his stolen animals. This pursuit led him into an ambush set by the warriors.
Francis Lochoro, the Lorengecora Town Council LC 3 chairperson, led the team that apprehended Mosing and his associates while selling the stolen cows in Ongerepo village on September 17th. The stolen animals were successfully recovered.
During the Karamoja Cultural Week event, elders from all nine districts across the region came together and agreed to abandon cattle rustling and advocate for better livelihood alternatives.
Kenya Longoli, one of the parents, talks of seven children from his village who were rounded up in the streets of Kampala but they do not know the organization that carried out the operations and where the children were taken.
But Mary Agan Apuun, the District Community Development Officer for Napak says it is hard to believe that the parents do not know where their children are because they are the ones who facilitate them to travel to Kampala.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson told URN that they have transported the six women with children whose age ranges between three and 13 years to Moroto central police station.
The incident is said to have occurred on July 30, 2023, at around 4:00 pm, while the parents were away for prayers. It is alleged that the suspect lured the girl to a house within the same locality and sexually abused her.
According to Longole, the police officers responded immediately and the suspect was nabbed from his hideout within the same village.
According to Michael Longole, the Mount Moroto Regional Police spokesperson, the suspects are currently in custody at the Napak Central Police Station awaiting court proceedings.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson told URN that the suspects are in custody in Napak central police station waiting to be arraigned before courts of law.
According to Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson, the security officers at the Matany checkpoint discovered the jerrycans of illicit waragi covered with a tarpaulin during a routine check.
Robert Koryang, a resident of Lotome trading center says that they are worried about going to their farm gardens which are far away from home because of threats from the cattle raiders.
Micheal Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional police spokesperson told URN that the scuffle between the two families led to the death of two mourners who were lynched by a mob.
Micheal Longole, the Mt Moroto regional police spokesperson told URN that the scuffle between the two families led to the death of two mourners who were lynched by the angry mob.
Micheal Longole, the Mt. Moroto regional police spokesperson told URN that they still investigating the source of the fire. said the source of the fire is still unknown and by the time the police fire rescue team reached the scene all the ten huts were already razed down.
Dr. John Bosco Nsubuga the medical superintendent of St Kizito Matany hospital told Uganda Radio Network on Friday that the increasing number of patients with bullet wounds was stressing the limited resources that the hospital has for other emergency diseases.
