Esau Bahikayo, the Camp Commandant told Uganda Radio Network (URN), that by Saturday evening, they had registered 2,130 refugees at the centre but many more were still being brought in by UNHCR from the border where they report immediately after crossing from the DRC. He complained that the camp had not been adequately equipped to handle the influx.
Fresh fighting has broken out between M23 rebels and the DRC army forcing thousands to flee into Uganda. Most of the refugees are women and children. They are temporarily being sheltered Kihihi Police post, waiting to be transferred to Nyakabande Reception Centre in Kisoro.
Judith Rwakishumba, Jinja Resident District Commissioner has faulted Kale Kayihura, Inspector General of Police for disbanded the newly appointed leadership of Jinja Central Market.
Hundreds of people from the northern Uganda districts have converged at Kaunda grounds in Gulu town to celebrate the International Peace Day, a gathering they say is reflect on their past, ravaged by a war that lasted twenty one years.
