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Heavy UPDF deployment on Teso, Karamoja border

Soroti, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has deployed heavily along the Teso-Karamoja border to stop suspected Karimojong warriors from raiding livestock from Teso region. The deployment follows increased incursions by the rustlers into Katakwi, Amuria, Kapelebyong and Abim districts over the past three weeks forcing hundreds …

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Museveni commits to ending cattle rustling in Karamoja

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the Uganda Peoples Defence Forces will soon redeploy troops in Karamoja in order to solve the current security crisis in the area. These will boost the several UPDF detaches that have been established along the Karamoja borderlines to curb …

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IN THE INDEPENDENT: Hell in Karamoja

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | These are the top stories in this week’s THE INDEPENDENT. COVER Hell in Karamoja: Does sub-region require military response only? THE LAST WORD Aiding the enemy: How US involvement in the Russia-Ukraine conflict is helping the rise of China to surpass America as the world’s …

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‘Investigate UPDF dealings in Karamoja’

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs has asked the Government to investigate shady dealings of Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) deployed in Karamoja sub region. Several UPDF detaches have been established along the Karamoja borderlines to curb the rampant cattle rustling in the region that …

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Karamoja: UPDF warns Turkana pastoralists against supplying guns

Moroto, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) has warned Turkana pastoral communities against supplying guns to Karamojong which are now used for committing crimes. The warning was issued on Friday during handover of two guns which suspected Turkana cattle rustlers took away from two UPDF …

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UPDF soldier convicted of failure to protect war materials

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces General Court Martial in Makindye has convicted their own, Private Dennis Tumukunde of failure to protect war materials. Tumukunde was on Tuesday convicted by the court presided over by Lt. General Andrew Gutti. Tumukunde was in November 2018, arraigned before …

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