Dr. Ronald Miria Ocaatre, supervisor of the mass polio vaccination campaign in the Moroto region, noted that progress had been made despite the challenges encountered by the team. He emphasized that the campaign had gone well across most of the district, but the network issues hindered data upload in three sub-counties.
The incident occurred on Sunday morning when six armed warriors abducted two women, Komowa Lote and her mother-in-law Otiama Nause, both residents of Naniman village in Lotisan sub-county, while they were gathering white ants nearby.
The area in question used to be the main Akiriket for the people of Matheniko clan as well as the meeting point for elders before the UPDF forces established the military detachment. The elders now want back their land so that they can revive the Akiriket.
In 2014, the UWA gazetted 85 percent of the land under Matheniko –Bokora Game reserve in the Lotisan sub-county when people fled their homes due to insecurity.
John Robert Adupa, the LC 3 chairperson for Lotisan Sub-county said that residents have fled their homes in Kobebe following the massive raids. According to Adupa, the locals took off and left the three lifeless bodies at the kraal where the incident took place.
John Robert Adupa, the LC 3 chairperson of Lotisan sub-county, says that he started receiving rumors from the community members that some people were traversing their villages to register residents with promises of giving them money.
John Robert Adupa the LCIII Chairperson Lotisan sub-county, says that the warriors attacked the kraal in the night and people who were guarding the kraal fled to the Army detach that is about 100 meters away.
