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Karamojong Raids: Compensation to cost Sh1 Trillion

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | At least Sh 1 trillion is needed to compensate for the losses that caused by suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers in the past five years. In May, President Yoweri Museveni, while meeting Acholi and Lango leaders to assess and find solutions to the Karamojong raids …

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Manpower crisis stifles police operation against rustlers in Acholi

Agago, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Police in the Aswa River Region have blamed the persistent incursion of suspected Karimojong rustlers in Acholi Sub-region on the limited numbers of Anti Stock Theft Unit personnel manning the porous areas. The region has lately witnessed repeated attacks from suspected armed Karimojong …

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Moroto leaders demand reinstatement of vigilantes

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of Moroto district leaders have renewed their call for the reinstatement of the local vigilante groups to back security forces in the fight against cattle rustlers. The leaders argue that the communities have continued losing cattle to suspected raiders and little is done …

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Security forces probe Karamoja leaders over extortion

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A section of leaders in the Karamoja sub-region have been accused of extorting from the community to bail out suspected cattle rustlers arrested during security operations against illegal guns. Forces say that they have recorded a series of complaints from the public about leaders convincing …

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15 rustlers killed during clash with UPDF

Kaabong, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A least 15 cattle rustlers of the Jie ethnicity in Kotido have been killed during a two-hour gun battle with the Uganda People’s Defense Forces in Kaabong district. The warriors were killed in Kaloto village, Lolelia sub-county, Kaabong district on Wednesday when they went to …

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Security forces in Karamoja recover 25,000 stolen cattle

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in the Karamoja region have recovered 25,783 cows and arrested 11,595 cattle rustlers in one year. According to security forces, about 42,000 cows were stolen between the month of July 2021. Michael Longole, the Mt. Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson attributes the …

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Outrage in Karamoja as UPDF arrests reformed cattle rustlers

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The joint security forces in Karamoja are arresting and detaining suspected cattle rustlers who hand over their firearms voluntarily, despite criticism from both leaders and the community. The arrests are in contravention of a government call to Karamojong warriors to voluntarily hand over illegal …

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Karamojong warriors raid animals from heavily protected kraal

Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A group of suspected Karamojong cattle rustlers from Nabilatuk district on Thursday daringly attacked a heavily protected kraal under the joint security forces of police and army and took off with 40 heads of cattle. The incident that took place at 11pm in Lokitelarengan village, …

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413 Karamojong warriors killed in 12 months

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The accumulated total of Karamojong cattle rustlers killed by joint security forces deployed to end lawlessness in Karamoja now stands at 413. Micheal Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson said the rustlers were put out of action from the 17th of July 2021 to July …

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ISO staff in Moroto shot by suspected cattle rustlers

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | An informant attached to the Internal Security Organisation-ISO in Moroto district is fighting for his life at Moroto regional referral hospital after being shot by suspected cattle rustlers. The victim is Mark Longok Louse, a resident of Kambizi village, Nacogorom parish in Loputuk sub-county, Moroto …

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