Another resident of Fitina Mbaya who only identified himself as Swaleh, said in July 2019, some SPLA soldiers stormed his shop and picked 3 mobile phones, 2 solar panels, a box of soap, silver fish and seven goats from his home.
Otuke District Police Commander Edson Birema identified the suspects as Lumuge Teko, 25, Nathlineora Linga, 29, Napathia Apakareli, 29, and Apajiwai Kiyonga, 32, all from Kotido district. The suspects are now held at Otuke Central Police Station on charges of theft.
Alex Twesigye a resident of Butobere in Central Division, Kabale Municipality says that last year, he was stopped by the soldiers while on patrol at around 10:00 pm while heading home from Kabale town.Tweisgye says that the soldiers caned him and ordered he gives them money.
Ronald Mutegeki, the LC V Chairperson Bundibugyo District, says that Busunga Primary School, located seven kilometers from the Uganda- DRC border will temporarily be used as a center to receive displaced families from Eastern DRC.
Lugoloobi also notes that the increase in fish stocks such as Tilapia, which grows very fast, has boosted the district local revenue collection. He explains that the district had stopped issuing Fish movement permits three years ago.
At least 52 bodies Rwenzururu royal guards who were killed during the November 2016 attack on Omusinga Charles Wesley Mumberes palace are yet to be claimed, almost a year after they were buried in a military barracks. More than 100 people are believed to have died when the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces- UPDF under the command of the then Second Division Commander, Major General Peter Elwelu, raided Rwenzururu palace in Kasese town.
In November, armed youth groups of Esyomango syObusinga, a youth group associated with Rwenzururu Kingdom terrorised residents in Karangura sub county. They carried out illegal night foot patrols, collected taxes in form of chicken, goats, and money and food items from the residents. The attacks in Kabarole culminated in the raid on the palace of the Rwenzururu King in Kasese district on November 26 and 27 in which more than 100 people died and Mumbere and hundreds of his royal guards arrested.
Muntu says he has suspended his planned campaigns until Thursday this week to mobilise masses against the proposed scrapping of the presidential age limit and coordinate activities aimed at stopping the move.
The deceased, identified as Lance Corporal David Ochuna and the injured, private John Jackie Kusuba attached to the UPDF 63 Battalion barracks, were shot as the army and game rangers exchanged gunfire with the rebels.
In the aftermath of fighting in the Rwenzori region, residents of Karangura Sub County in Kabarole district want permanent presence of security in the area.
Sixteen patrol bombs, 42 knives, three metal detectors, one SMG rifle, and one pistol with two magazines, four radio calls and 47 pangas, were also recovered at the palace.
Mumbere who has been in detention at Kasese Police Station since 1pm, was driven in a convoy of army and police vehicles to Kasese Airstrip at Nyakasanga. He was accompanied by the Deputy Inspector General of Police Asuman Mugenyi.
The set-up of the camp is an indication that the group is organised and was planning to attack either security installations or residents. The size of the camp is equivalent to that of a football pitch. Its surrounded by banana and coffee plantations. There is also a check-point which had been established at the entrance of the camp.
The suspects appeared before Bundibugyo Grade One Magistrate Phillip Oji on Thursday afternoon and were jointly charged with murder, attempted murder and arson.
A Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldier is admitted at Iganga main hospital after being sprayed with chloroform by a sex worker at a lodge in Iganga town. The soldier was also robbed of two million shillings.
Pius Mujuzi, the Resident District Commissioner Bundibugyo said that Tugume and the police constable were killed when the more than fifty youths armed with spears and knives attacked the police station. According to Mujuzi, they disarmed Tugume and shot him dead and then went to the station armory, but they were repulsed. One of the attackers was gunned down.
Recent criticisms by the international community had dented the UPDF image as M23 rebels clad in UCP fought in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The now defeated rebels had an outfit almost similar to the UPDF camouflage.
However, on arrival at Luweero Central Police, Godfrey Ninsiima, the Luweero District Police Commander declined to detain the guards and instead ordered the arrest of the soldiers.
