According to Gen Busizoori, the clashes resulting into death inside the disputed territory is due to lack of roads since the UPDF quick reaction forces cannot easily reach on time to crime scenes.
Gen Busizoori noted that due to the current prevailing "peace", they decided to direct the reopening of the facility to the public, after years of conflicts that put the lives of health workers, and patients at risk.
The deceased were attacked in early hours of Monday in Lianguru village, Fuda Parish in Pakele Sub-County of Adjumani by men armed with machetes, bows, and arrows.
Brig. Kabango told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Friday that illegal land acquisition in the areas of Apaa is the driving factor for the influx of non-natives.
Col. Benard Rubainika Kashemeza, the former Brigade Commander of the 501 brigade was sacked over the weekend and recalled to the Fourth Infantry Division Headquarters in Gulu City where he is locked up.
According to security reports, three of the deceased persons hail from the Central part of Uganda while three others are local farmers of Madi origin. Their identities weren’t readily available by press time.
Their arrest comes barely one week after security personnel arrested two people whose identities have been concealed following the death of four people from Madi after violent clashes.
