Remigio Acia, the Chairperson of Karamoja Parliamentary Group, says the money will boost the capacity of the security personnel and equip them to handle the task ahead. Acia notes that there is need to invest in civil-military tactics and fully operationalize security intelligence systems to net the armed criminals.
During the first disarmament process that ushered a window of peace for at least 10 years, there were some reports that the soldiers used inhumane methods including torture in order to make residents disclose where they kept the illegal guns, and some have reportedly suffered permanent disabilities and deformities while others reportedly died.
The gun from Kaabong was recovered from a suspected Jie warrior who was killed in a fight between the UPDF and cattle raiders in Narengepak in Kathile Sub County this week.
Major Telesphor Turyamumanya, the 3rd Division UPDF Spokesperson told URN on Saturday that most of the firearms were recovered from Kotido and Kaabong districts.
Captain Telesphor says at the start of the operation they engaged key leaders to persuade the warriors to hand over their weapons voluntarily and report to local authorities for resettlement.
