President Museveni on 16 May issued Executive Order No. 3 of 2023 to avert anti-cattle rustling by undisciplined nomads known as the Balaalo in the North and North-Eastern regions of Uganda.
Lucy Nakori, a resident of Loputuk sub-county in Moroto district, says that the warriors who were passing by her home carried away the food she was cooking and continued with their raiding mission.
Justin Tuko, the Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner-RDC, said they have already issued an order to security forces to shoot and kill those suspected of owning illegal firearms but they have given them the last chance to voluntarily hand over the firearms.
During the first disarmament process that ushered a window of peace for at least 10 years, there were some reports that the soldiers used inhumane methods including torture in order to make residents disclose where they kept the illegal guns, and some have reportedly suffered permanent disabilities and deformities while others reportedly died.
Lokwang has asked the UPDF to increase their presence along the Uganda- Kenya border especially at Kamion and Timu, where there is limited military presence coupled with a scarce population in the area.
Captain Telesphor says at the start of the operation they engaged key leaders to persuade the warriors to hand over their weapons voluntarily and report to local authorities for resettlement.
The Resident District Commissioner Katakwi, Joseph Arwata, told Journalists in Soroti on Thursday, that the warriors attacked the village at about 3:00am on Monday and raided eight heads of cattle.
