Security personnel at Ngomoromo border checkpoint who sought anonymity for fear of reprisal said that the armed men invaded the Ugandan territory on Monday night and erected a roadblock at Lakolori, a kilometre from the previous checkpoint in Otwilo all territories on the Ugandan side.
Joseph Akena, the secretary for Production in Lokung Sub-county and also a farmer says he had to sell two bags of his sim sim at only 3,500 shillings per Kilogram last month after failing to get buyers offering higher prices.
Joachin Ocan Opoka, the Lokung Sub County LC III Chairperson told URN in an interview that they have been operating without police officers for the past two and half years, yet their houses were constructed.