UPDF Says Situation in Karamoja Region is Contained After 3 UPDF Officers & 2 Others Got Killed

Brigadier General Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF spokesperson appeared during a talk show on one of the televisions in Uganda. Photo File.

The Uganda people defense forces have 29th March 2022 released a press statement on the situation in the Karamoja region saying it’s under control after three workers with the ministry of mineral and two UPDF officers were killed by suspected Karimojong armed men.

On the 21st of March 2022, three gynecologists and three UPDF officers were killed in Moroto district as the Karamojong region insecurity intensified with a number of cattle rustling from the neighboring communities.

Brigadier General Felix Kulayigye, the UPDF spokesperson in his statement noted that a number of good works were done since the “Usalalama kwa wote” operation began in the Karamoja region.

He added that in a period of ten days of operation, from 19th to 29th of March, UPDF has; put twenty warriors out of action, recovered four guns with 47 live rounds of ammunition, arrested thirty-nine warriors, and recovered seven hundred seventy-six (776) heads of cattle.

Hundreds of heads of cattle are being looked after by a Karomojong boy. Photo File

However, Kulayigye also noted other negative impacts of the project that led to the death of four UPDF officers, five civilians killed by suspected Karimojong warriors, and one hundred seventy livestock reported stolen but being tracked by the joint forces.

The operation, “Usalalama kwa wote” began in July 2021 with numerous achievements such as; putting three hundred nine warriors out of action, recovering one hundred eighty-four guns, two thousand three hundred fifty-two ammunitions recovered, one thousand seven hundred ninety-two suspected warriors arrested, three hundred sixty warriors prosecuted and seventeen thousand one hundred eighty-six livestock recovered.

Kulayigye said that UPDF and its security agencies are working jointly with the local leaders and residents in Karamoja to ensure that all the criminality in the sub-region and the neighboring communities are brought to an end.