The Chairperson of the Karamoja Parliamentary Caucus Remigio Achia castigated UPDF for criminalising the entire region, saying such an attitude has led to the loss of over 3,000 law-abiding citizens and thousands of children forced into destitution in the streets or urban centres.
Maj Telesphor Turyamumanya, the UPDF 4th Division spokesperson says the pending recruitment is aimed at complementing the efforts of the army and Anti-Stock Theft Unit ASTU along the border lines.
Katakwi District police Commander Peter Oduko says the student was mistaken for a suspected cattle rustler. Similarly, Captain Hebert Arinaitwe, the UPDF 3rd Division spokesperson says that the student defied a directive to identify himself and opted to run away from the soldiers who had mounted an operation in the area.
Concerned residents of Teso-sub region have tasked Chief Justice Bart Katureebe to intervene in their four cases in which they sued government seeking to be compensated for the loss of their cattle to Karimojong raiders and soldiers.
Two Uganda Peoples Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers are nursing injuries at Matany Missionary Hospital in Napak district after they shot by unidentified gunmen in Nakapiripirit district.
Micheal Ilukol, the crime department in-charge Napak district, says the women were found collecting firewood in company of a man in the bushes. He explains that an elderly woman, who happened to be an in-law to the man, was forced to have sexual intercourse with him at gun-point.
