Nabilatuk, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Gombolola Internal Security Officers and Peace Committee chairpersons in Karamoja region are no longer staying in their homes for fear of attack by cattle rustlers. The armed rustlers have turned their guns against GISOs and Peace Committee chairpersons for reporting them to Uganda People’s Defense …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The army and police forces are not about to get tired of hunting for the 219 prisoners who escaped from Moroto government prisons last year. The inmates broke out of jail in November last year after overpowering prison staff and accessing the armory where they …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police have stormed a storage facility at Kosiroi in Moroto district along the Uganda-Kenya border where a businessman has been repackaging Ugandan sugar in paper bags labelled Kenyan sugar. They impounded 250 bags packaged under Kabaras Sugar Factory, a Kenyan based sugar factory. The …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The ongoing cordon and search operation by the army and police has led to the recovery of 23 firearms from cattle rustlers across Karamoja region since the second phase of disarmament exercise started on July 17th, 2021. Michael Longole, the Karamoja Region police spokesperson says …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police and army will on Saturday launch the second phase of the disarmament exercise in Karamoja. Michael Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson says that the joint force operation will first begin with voluntary disarmament. Voluntary disarmament involves a peaceful recovery of guns where …
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Napak, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The police in Napak district has launched a hunt for gunmen who ambushed and killed a businessman. Michael Longole, the Karamoja regional police spokesperson identified the deceased as Lorot Turon, 40 years, a resident of Kamor village, Kanawat sub county in Kotido district. He says …
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Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Charity Sisters in Moroto have taken the responsibility of taking care of 13 South Sudanese children that police rescued from child traffickers who they intercepted earlier this week. The children have been living with police, sleeping at police reception until Wednesday when the Catholic …
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Karamoja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | There is a heavy deployment of anti-stock theft Unit personnel in Karamoja following an increase in cases of cattle rustling in the area. The police unit was created to prevent the theft of cattle in Teso and Karamoja sub-regions. Although the regions had enjoyed peace …
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