Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson says that they are cracking down on the motorists without proper documentation following intelligence that some of the motorcycles are used to facilitate crime.
Lobong shared that the teachers have also requested the district authorities to replace the windows of the staff houses with metal ones to enhance their security.
According to security, the registration and branding of cattle will enable them to manage the recoveries of stolen cows and avert exaggeration of numbers which have always put security forces under pressure to track animals that do not exist.
However, the proposal has generated a debate as a section of leaders oppose the plan lamenting that branding of cattle will be a waste of resources for no value.
The suspect who escaped has been identified as Alfred Mukusu, who was arrested on 18th of May 2023 for allegedly defiling a 10 years old girl. The officers under arrest had brought him out of the cell to clean the police compound when he bolted.
The two teachers whose identities have been withheld by police are accused of conniving with the suspected warriors to carry out an attack at Atedeoi Primary School.
While presiding over the handover at the UPDF 3rd Division headquarters on Friday, Gen Wilson Mbadi, the Chief of Defence Forces thanked the outgoing commander for his contribution to address the insecurity in the region.
According to John Robert Adupa, the LC 3 Chairperson of Lotisan Sub County, residents from Kidepo who were following the footprints of suspected thieves were alerted by someone from Looyarakamwae village in Rupa Sub County that an unidentified man had been murdered in the area.
According to Justin Tuko, the Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner, the suspect was arrested on Monday evening in Nabokat village, Nadunget Sub County. The authorities received reliable information that the suspect had been moving around different villages within the area to avoid arrest.
John Robert Adupa, the LC3 chairperson for Lotisan Sub County in Moroto district told URN that all the five minors who were undergoing treatment at Lodwar referral hospital have been discharged in a stable condition.
Brig Gen Joseph Balikudembe, the UPDF 3rd Division commander told URN that they conducted their operations following intelligence indicating that the kraal was accommodating criminal elements terrorizing Moroto town and other places.
Father Michael Lubega, a Parish Priest at Regina Mundi Cathedral, told URN that the young generation in Karamoja has been raised in violence and it is high time the people of Karamoja embraced peace for development.
According to the teachers, they are fearing of possible attacks because the schools have been turned into a battle field and crossing point for the cattle rustlers.
Longole
urged the public to be vigilant during the holiday and avoid late-night
movements since security forces would be conducting operations against criminal
elements. He also recommended that residents create neighborhood watches,
harden targets for criminals, and report suspicious individuals to the police.
The deceased who was riding his motorcycle at 11.30 pm when he encountered armed warriors who were on a raid mission and he accidentally flashed light into a hiding ground prompting warriors to shoot him and died instantly.
Ariong sustained the injuries on Monday evening in Lokilala cell in Nakamistae ward in Nadunget Town council after four officers from his station responded to an alarm raised by a Boda boda rider who was under attack from thugs.
Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson, says that the incident happened Wednesday at around 1: 30 pm in Kaurio village in Tapac sub-county in Moroto district.
