He noted that in the past, there has been a belief that security agencies are enemies of the media while the media too are the enemies of the security, a concept he says is being addressed with the transformation of the army into a professional force.
Gen Busizoori noted that due to the current prevailing "peace", they decided to direct the reopening of the facility to the public, after years of conflicts that put the lives of health workers, and patients at risk.
Fourth Infantry Division Commander Brig. Felix Busizoori says the army has already identified foreign nationals from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Burundi among those illegally felling trees in Zoka Forest Reserve.
Brig. Kabango told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Friday that illegal land acquisition in the areas of Apaa is the driving factor for the influx of non-natives.
Col. Nambafu handed a 20-year jail sentence to Jacob Oyet Ojera a soldier attached to Lugore military Detach in Palaro Sub-county, Gulu district for shooting to death his wife on October 30, 2023.
Col. Benard Rubainika Kashemeza, the former Brigade Commander of the 501 brigade was sacked over the weekend and recalled to the Fourth Infantry Division Headquarters in Gulu City where he is locked up.
Fourth Infantry Division commander Brig. Michael Kabango told Uganda Radio Network on Monday that some security personnel are encouraging the influx of locals inside the gazeted Zoka Central Forest Reserve and East Madi Wildlife Reserve.
According to security reports, three of the deceased persons hail from the Central part of Uganda while three others are local farmers of Madi origin. Their identities weren’t readily available by press time.
An army officer who commanded the arrest and only identified himself as Innocent from Lugore barracks notes that the suspects assumed roles they weren’t assigned in the implementation of evicting the cattle keepers.
The prosecution stated that Maj. Kibuuka on or around the 9th day of April 2023 while at Zoka in Itirikwa Sub-county, Adjumani district undermined his supervisor, and Commanding Officer 71st Battalion and deployed troops without informing his Commanding officer contrary to section 36 of the UPDF Act number 7/2005.
The army disciplinary court charged Maj. Kibuuka 38 of two counts of assault and occasioning bodily harm contrary to section 236 of the penal code Act Cap 120 and insubordinate behavior contrary to section 36 of the UPDF Act number 7/2005.
Gen. Elwelu notes that it would be a waste of time for the army to achieve its role in promoting security if it doesn’t co-opt and work closely with the local leaders and other stakeholders.
The UPDF Fourth Infantry Division Commander Brig. Bonny Bamwiseki says increased vigilance, patrols, and ambushes will help to trap perpetrators and curb looming violence from occurring.
President Museveni issued a two-month eviction ultimatum in November the last year and set out key conditions for the pastoralists to meet or face eviction. The conditions required that all pastoralists fence off their grazing lands, provide private water sources, and avail to local leaders their genuine personal details, land size and location, and land sales agreements.
