By Bondry Kilenga Police in Kidepo Regional have outlined measures to guarantee peaceful ongoing National Resistance Movement (NRM) party grassroots elections. These measures include analyzing crime trends, strengthening community policing, and implementing the sub-county policing model to enhance collaboration. Denis Ocama, the…
By Alexander Mackey Okori The Anti-Stock Theft Unit (ASTU) has impounded a vehicle with registration number UBL 798Z for transporting illicit waragi. The vehicle, heading to an unknown destination in the Karamoja sub-region, was intercepted at Atari Checkpoint on Muyembe-Namalu road on…
By Stanley Ebele The Joint Security Forces have recovered two firearms from armed men in Moroto district as the security forces continue to enforce the Usalama Kwa Wote operation in Karamoja. The guns were recovered from unspecified locations in Moroto district with…
Bondry Kilenga The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has recovered two guns during a security Baraza held on Thursday at Napumpum sub-county in Kotido district. The guns were voluntarily handed over by individuals who had been holding them illegally, marking a significant…
The US and Somalia have carried out an airstrike against Islamist militants during a battle for control of a strategic central town, killing 12 suspected Al Shabab militants linked to al-Qaeda group, the government said on Thursday. The “well-coordinated” strike on Adan…
By Jennifer Acheng The joint security forces have arrested over 29,000 suspected cattle rustlers in the ongoing disarmament operation across Karamoja sub-region. In July 2021, government launched operation code named “Usalama Kwa Wote” to pacify the region, a move that has since…
Our Reporter Arthur Mugyenyi, replaces the late Brigadier Charles Oluka, as the new Director General of the Internal Security Organization (ISO). He will be deputized by Tonny Kinyera Apecu, according to the statement issued by the President Press Unit on Tuesday. The…
By Our Reporter. Kotido Elders’ Council have attributed the peace gains in Karamoja to the relentless efforts of the fallen UPDF 405 Commander, Col. David Byaruhanga. In an exclusive interview with Etoil A Karamoja in Moroto, John Bosco Akore Ojokotau, the Secretary…