The successful recoveries were made on Friday evening after a fierce exchange with the suspected cattle raiders at the Sokomej crossing point in Lobongia, Kaabong District.
The road is currently impassable after the torrential rains washed it away and creating water passageways. The road users accused the local leaders of neglecting the road despite several promises to upgrade the road. They said that the road does not have a single bridge, and whenever it rains, the roads submerge, rendering it impassable.
The municipal council is grappling with a range of challenges, including local revenue collections, unauthorized infrastructure development in town, and solid waste management due to a lack of an enforcement team. T
The peace committee called for immediate intervention by the security forces, saying that the armed warriors who are at their youthful stage have resumed attacks seriously on the community.
On Tuesday, the elders gathered in the Akiriket and slaughtered a bull that Lokure paid for as a fine for cleansing their shrine to avoid rainstorms.
Robert Lochuga, one of the residents, said that the storm came through the direction where the trees were cut.
The sub-county hosts several critical institutions, including the Nakapelimoru Army Secondary School, the 405 UPDF Brigade, a community police station, and a Health Centre III, which serves over 1,000 outpatients monthly.
According to regional police spokesperson Mike Longole, the excessive consumption of illegally brewed alcohol, especially crude waragi, has long been a major driver of crime in the area, fueling cattle rustling, violence, and deaths related to liver complications.
Mike Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson, said security operations are being reinforced through collaboration with sister forces, including the Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) and the Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF).
Joseph Lobot, the LC5 chairperson of the Amudat district said that the Grow project was well thought out but miscalculated when the proponents thought that all women were equal in terms of entrepreneurship skills, capability, and legalization of enterprises.
The equipment distribution is part of the “Fostering Sustainability and Resilience for Food Security in the Karamoja Sub-region” (F-SURE) project, a five-year initiative funded by the Global Environment Facility (GEF) and jointly implemented by FAO and UNDP.
In the last year's season, the project registered some progress where over 2,800 acres of land were plowed within the districts of Nabilatuk, Nakapiripirit, and Napak while other districts missed out.
Despite calls for more additional tractors, some tractors have broken down and parked at Nabuin Research Institute waiting for repairs.
The incident occurred on Friday afternoon at a grazing ground in Kautakou Village, where pastoralists from the Bokora community in Napak and the Matheniko of Moroto were grazing their livestock together.
While other regions consume alcohol for pleasure and other reasons, in Karamoja, local brews like Ebutia in Kotido and Kwete in Moroto, Napak, and Nakapiripirit are taken as food by the local communities. Some people depend on the local brew for days without eating any solid food.
Despite interventions by both government and development partners, the parents have paid deaf ears to resort to keeping children in the kraals to look after the livestock instead of taking them to school. Children especially boys are taken to the kraals as young as six years old and spend their entire lives until their youthful stage then they return home for marriage while the warriors recruit others into cattle rustling.
In 2022, the government commenced the construction at an estimated cost of about 3.6 billion Shillings, and the works were expected to be completed in December 2024.
The land, leased through the Kailikong Communal Land Association, was offered for three years at 800 million shillings, payable in installments. The first deposit of 200 million shillings is expected in May 2025, with subsequent payments due every six months.
On Monday, Eight farmer groups with a membership of 120 each in the two sub-counties of Looro in Amudat and Tapac in Moroto received 1,010 kilograms of maize seeds, and 202 bags of fertilizers for both Urea and DAP, worth 50,935,000 shillings. The farmers are yet to receive the post-harvest storage bags and maize grinding machines for value addition, costing 55,047,000 shillings.
