Major Isaac Aware, the UPDF 3rd Division Spokesperson says that the suspects were arrested on Friday during a joint security operation at Nakabale and Lokoroko trading center in Lokwakiei sub-county.
Toney Oyugi, the Station manager told URN that the thugs put him at a gun point before ordering him to sit down. "They removed all the money amounting to Shs 2million and took my phones," he said.
Emmanuel Lokiru, a resident of Kapsenyang village in North division told URN that the unidentified thugs invaded his home stealing 25 chickens that he had planned to sell on the next day of the market
The Karamojong elders note that whereas the leadership of Kapelebyong has taken extreme measures to address the conflict, as Elders they want a peaceful measure of co-existence with the neighboring districts.
The suspects who were arrested mid-last month according to the security officials were part of the racket causing havoc to the people in the districts of Acholi and Lango.
The Elders' council resolved to pick fifty youth from each of the 14 clans in Kotido district, to constitute the special battalion whose mission is to go and capture the warriors hiding in the jungle, for handing over to the government for legal action.
Michael Longole, the Mt Moroto Regional Police spokesperson says the suspects were arrested in Nariwo Village in North Division Kotido municipality while in the bar.
During the monitoring visit by the Kotido district leaders, they found out that some parents are intentionally starving their children so that they remain malnourished and continue benefiting from food and cash.
Moses Amuya, the acting UPDF 3rd Division spokesperson, says that the officer in charge of Rengen Army Detach retrieved the gun and two pieces of ammunition from the nearby bush where Mzee Komol's son had placed it.
The incident happened at Lopero village in Rengen sub county Kotido district on Tuesday evening. Available information indicates that the two armed warriors shot at the car in which the principal Mary Achuma was travelling on a journey to Kaabong from Kotido district.
Moses Akena, the Kotido District Police Commander, says that the councilor is accused of defaming and threatening the sub-county LC 3 chairperson, Moses Lomuria.
Sean Paul Atanya, the LC 3 chairperson of North division told URN that the community members abandoned the warrior's bodies as they fled the village. Atanya says since the incident happened, no one has returned back to the village since people are scared of what transpired.
Daniel Lotyang, the youth councilor representing Longaroe sub-county and a para-social worker, told URN that he found the frustrated children screaming while watching their mother's lifeless body dangling on a rope inside the grass house.
Florence Kirabira, the coordinator of the small arms control program, said that the Africa Amnesty Commission campaign, which came to an end on April 30th in Karamoja sub-region started on January 23, 2022.
It is alleged that suspected armed cattle rustlers from Kotido district raided the Police post at 10:00pm on Sunday night and made off with two AK47 rifles.
Reports indicate that about four armed warriors entered Lokirus’s kraal and when he came out to find out what was happening, he was shot several times and the warriors fled .
