The suspected soldier has been arrested and will be subjected to a health check, UPDF has said.
Karamoja
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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.
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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.
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UPDF helicopter crash lands in Karamoja
In July 2022, four UPDF officers survived death after helicopter crash in Mityana.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Karamoja: Amb. Julius Moto on botched valley dams, cattle and incompetent OPM
“Karamoja sub-region had 2.3 million (19.8%) cattle and the rest of Northern Uganda had 1.6 million (14.4 %) just about the exact numbers of cattle in Botswana,” Ambassador Moto said, quoting animal census of 2008 by UBOS.
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UPDF captures 1 alive, recovers a gun and cattle in Kaabong district
Joint security forces headed by the UPDF remain committed in execution of their mandate and conduct of disarmament operations in order to pacify the Karamoja sub-region, he promised.