Usalama kwa wote – Karamoja: 27,000 warriors arrested, 1,015 guns recovered
Cattle theft in the Karamoja sub-region is gradually reducing after the intervention by the UPDF.
Category: Karamoja
Moroto: Turkana pastoralists receive livestock after surrendering guns
On March 22, 2023, three Ugandan geologists who were on a routine mapping in Moroto district were brutally killed.
Civil-military cooperation crucial – Brig Gen Rwashande
Rwashande made the remarks Tuesday as he launched the Civil Military Coordination Centre in Moroto Municipality, Moroto District.
Nakaseke hosts over 250 Karamoja leaders for an ideological orientation program
The program will take place at the Oliver Reginald Tambo Leadership School, Nakaseke District.
A soldier who shot 18 cows dead in Nakapiripirit to be subjected to health check
The suspected soldier has been arrested and will be subjected to a health check, UPDF has said.
Karamoja, Busoga lead in fertility in latest UBOS report
The 2022 UDHS puts Karamoja as the most fertile sub-region in the country with 6.7 per cent.
Return all guns, Major General Don Nabasa urges Karacunas
Amid the possession of illegal guns in Karamoja, dozens have been recovered since the operation against cattle theft started.
UPDF helicopter crash lands in Karamoja
In July 2022, four UPDF officers survived death after helicopter crash in Mityana.
Napak housing units: Brig Gen Busizoori commends construction progress
The construction project started in June 2022 and the UPDF commander says it is an initiative of the forces to address housing problem.
Cattle rustlers, Karachunas urged to embrace amnesty window
We urge you to relay to the cattle rustlers to heed this call and return all guns to the government,” said Ambrose Onoria, the Resident District Commissioner (RDC) of Kotido.
Karamoja: 37,746 livestock recovered since operation “Usalama Kwa Wote” was launched
Amid efforts to calm the situation and allow communal relationship, the concept has not been embraced by livestock warriors making some areas of Karamoja more volatile.
Joint security team recover 503 live rounds of ammunition at Uganda-Kenya border
The suspects rode a numberless motorcycle through a small path (panya route) from the Riwo-Girik side in Amudat district, said a security officer.