The meeting, organized by the Justice and Peace departments of the Gulu Archdiocese and the Kotido Catholic Diocese, took place at the Orom sub-county trading center. It brought together reformed former rustlers from Kotido district, who had previously engaged in cattle raiding but have since renounced their violent ways.
Bosco Odong, a farmer in Orom trading center says they have never benefited as farmers from the installation of the machine since it has always been closed.
Information obtained by URN from reliable security sources indicates that suspect assaulted and raped an elderly woman before fleeing to Kampala in March last year from where he is believed to have been recruited into the rebel outfit.
His orders follow an assessment that established that hundreds of pupils are yet to report for the third term of school, which opened more than two weeks ago. The assessment by the district authorities found that many of the children are accompanying their parents to gardens during school time.
