Elwelu said he was concerned about the high expenditure on designing yet the money could have constructed over three boreholes. He said that 138 million shillings spent on designing alone would have constructed three boreholes for the community.
The suspects were arrested on Tuesday at around 9:30 Am while inside one of the grass-thatched huts as they were planning to go for a cattle raid mission.
The gun registration number UG Pol 56-58147140-44713 with 14 rounds was on Wednesday afternoon recovered from the suspect identified as Losilimeri Nangiro a resident of Lokitimo village in Lotisan Sub County.
But just a week after the last meeting, four cyclists have been killed in the same location. The latest incident occurred on Sunday when two cyclists one identified as Emmanuel Otim and another yet to be identified were killed in a road ambush.
The warriors, who have been terrorizing the sub-counties of Rupa and Lotisan, had taken a break following security deployment and patrols in hotspot areas, particularly Nakiloro trading center, which led to the arrest of two notorious warriors.
The gun was recovered on Friday at around 9:00 Pm after police were notified by the Nachuka village chairperson who spotted a suspected warrior in the same village carrying a weapon.
The community, especially in the areas of Nakiloro, had recorded a spate of attacks by warriors who are believed to have come from the areas surrounding Mt Moroto. The armed warriors laid ambushes, abducted people, and stole livestock from residents.
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.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson said that Apule who was armed with a rifle later pointed a gun at Songok. Longole added that the warrior ordered the three to move toward the bush before shooting the officer.
The joint security forces have been cracking down on the Turkana pastoralists grazing in the Karamoja sub-region following President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni's executive order dated May 2023, ordering all the Turkana Pastoralists to return to Kenya as one of the measures to curb gun violence in the region.
On 26th Jan 24 armed Turkana herdsmen crossed into the Ugandan territory with a herd of cattle and had been grazing in Lotisan sub county, Moroto district, an action that undermines the existing Executive order No 3 of 19 May 2023.
It is against this background that the forces in the operation area of Mogos had impounded the livestock in order for armed Turkana herdsmen to surrender illegal guns.
Brigadier General Felix Busizoori, the UPDF 3rd division Deputy Commander, warned the trainees against the use of social media to share photos or videos recorded while on duty. He expressed concerns about officers taking pictures, especially during sensitive moments like torture, and later posting them on social media, causing problems for the institution.
John Robert Adupa, the LC3 chairperson of Lotisan Sub County said that the victims brought the cows to compensate the families of the deceased with expectation of returning theirs which were raided.
