Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Justin Tuko announced the decision on Thursday, saying the curfew will run between 8 pm and 5 am mostly in camp Swahili, Kambizi and Camp Swahili juu where cases of burglary are on the rise.
Moroto municipal
authorities have announced a night curfew until further notice to stem the
insecurity caused by armed cattle rustlers.
Moroto Deputy Resident District Commissioner, Justin
Tuko announced the decision on Thursday, saying the curfew will run between 8
pm and 5 am mostly in camp Swahili, Kambizi and Camp Swahili juu where cases of
burglary are on the rise.
"There are many armed cattle rustlers roaming
about, especially at night, breaking into people’s houses, stealing chicken
and committing murder,’’ Tuko said. He said people and motorcycles will
be prohibited within the town from 8 pm to 5 am until further notice.
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Julius Otim, a Boda boda rider in Moroto municipality has welcomed
the decision but appealed to security to adjust the time from 8 pm to 10 pm
to allow them to finalize with business.
Otim says that if the curfew is imposed from 8 pm,
it will affect them financially because they are still recovering from the previous
lockdown.
He said that already they are affected by high prices of
commodities and limiting their business will incur them huge losses.
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Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto regional police
spokesperson said that they are carrying out their normal operations to stop
rising incidents of insecurity within the municipality.
Longole revealed that the operations were launched
following the outcry from the residents over continuous attacks by suspected
cattle rustlers.
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URN has learnt that Moroto appears to be the first to impose a night curfew since the renewed cattle raids including burglary in several
districts in Karamoja sub-region.