At about 3 pm, the suspect along with about 19 other people reportedly returned to the farm and attacked the farm workers forcing them to flee for their safety. The suspects during the attack reportedly destroyed several properties including a tractor, grass thatched huts, latrine doors and looted seeds from the farm store.
Baluku however recalled after covering about 90 km into the journey, sudden sporadic gunshots rang out from the nearby bush targeting the front part of the bus.
David Ongom Mudong, the Aswa West Police Spokesperson said Friday that Detective Sergeant Ociti released the suspect under lawful detention without notifying senior police officers at Awach Police Station.
harifa Akullu met her death at the hands of an unidentified gunman in front of Lim Welo Guest House, a popular brothel along Acholi Lane in Pece-Laroo Division on Sunday morning.
Fourth Infantry Division Commander Brig. Felix Busizoori says the army has already identified foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi among those illegally felling trees in Zoka Forest Reserve.
Aswa West Police Spokesperson David Ongom Mudong told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Thursday that some of the suspects arrested in the operation were found in possession of government stores comprising UPDF and police uniforms.
Preliminary police reports indicate that Ojok was attacked from his kiosk by two gunmen dressed in green military jackets who had disguised as customers.
The statistics recorded in the Acholi and Karamoja sub-regions indicate that 878 are new, and 418 cases are old but still under review. Of the new cases, 527 are male, while 351 are female. While 270 review cases were male and 148 cases were female.
An army officer who commanded the arrest and only identified himself as Innocent from Lugore barracks notes that the suspects assumed roles they weren’t assigned in the implementation of evicting the cattle keepers.
Alex Bwangamoi Okello, the DEI Permanent Secretary, highlighted various measures in place to combat corruption, stressing the need for collective support. These measures encompass electronic transaction systems, policy amendments tailored to address local challenges and other preventative mechanisms.
Preliminary police investigation indicates the suspect returned home at about 11 pm Sunday night from a bar while drunk and asked her mother to serve him food but his request wasn’t immediately granted.
For three months, Layet and her family had to endure tough living conditions in Adilang Town Council trading center, some nine kilometers away from their village home where they sought refuge. Even when she returned home recently, Layet says she barely has enough food to feed herself and the family and notes that they don’t feel safe.
The State Minister for Foreign Affairs Henry Okello Oryem says the revelation has exposed the truth about LRA's alleged Western sponsors, even though when the government made it clear in the past, no one cared to listen.
“Between December 2006 and October 2007, Inder allegedly transferred funds to the LRA on at least six occasions. According to direct witnesses, between 40,000 USD (about 136 million shillings) to 60,000 USD (204 million shillings) was transferred each time through Western Union and picked up by LRA commanders in Juba,” Frivet’s statement reads in Part.
Speaking to hundreds of believers in Gulu City on Saturday, President Museveni noted that the Commission of inquiry will help to bring out the truth about the land conflict and unearth the perpetrators of violence.
Speaking to Uganda Radio Network in an exclusive interview Wednesday in Gulu City, Ali revealed that his father had become a threat to his life and her mother prompting his escape.
The prosecution told the court that Ojanga, David Opiyo, and others still at large on August 5 2021 while in Alingiri village in Lungulu Sub-county in Nwoya District with malice afore thought unlawfully murdered Alimocan.
The gunmen shot Olobo in the stomach and he succumbed to the gunshot wounds on Sunday morning at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital where he had been rushed for emergency treatment.
Patrick Kidega, the Officer in Charge of Gulu Central Police Station who rushed with security officers at the crime scene says the assailant could have been coordinating with another person to execute the robbery.
Noah Eringu 46, attached to Awach Police Station in Awach Sub-county was stabbed three times in the back by Bosco Akena on Wednesday afternoon in Obiya Village, Bucoro Parish.
