Relief to the masses as a total of ten guns were recovered and 7 Karamojong and Turkana warriors killed by security operatives in a scuffle when they were trying to evade the arrest.
Four guns were recovered from the Karamojongo warriors in Kotido District, 2 from the Turkana and warriors 7 killed by the UPDF 405 brigade soldiers and another AK47 and 3 rounds of bullets were recovered from Ayie village in Guru City and a suspect known as Steven was arrest by Police`s Flying Squad. The suspect was also found with a master key which he allegedly been using to steal boda-boda motor cycles.
While police also recovered 2 AK 47 rifles, 29 rounds of bullets and a motor cycle registration number UFR 587Q .This happened in Kyebando, Kawempe Division when the territorial police was doing its routine patrolling where it found a gang of 8 people at Kyebando play ground in the wee hours of February 25, 2023.
Two of the eight suspects were searched and found with the guns and rounds of ammunitions, the suspects were identified as, Ismail Nsubuga 42, and Eliaz Mubiru 60 a boda-boda rider in Kawempe and six of these are still at large.
The police spokesperson SCP Fred Enanga, while addressing journalists in the weekly press briefing at Naguru Police Headquarters, said that this gang of eight is suspected to be the one operating in the areas of Kyebando, Kisasi , Nansana and other surrounding villages.
He said that police is continuing to search for the other six suspects who escaped while the 2 who were arrested will be aligned in court to answer charges of unlawful possession of a gun and ammunitions when investigations are concluded.
While police also recovered 2 AK 47 rifles, 29 rounds of bullets and a motor cycle registration number UFR 587Q .This happened in Kyebando, Kawempe Division when the territorial police was doing its routine patrolling where it found a gang of 8 people at Kyebando play ground in the wee hours of February 25, 2023.
Two of the eight suspects were searched and found with the guns and rounds of amputations, the suspects were identified as, Ismail Nsubuga 42, and Eliaz Mubiru 60 a bodaboda ridder in the same Division.
Uganda-Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo boarder
Enanga also revealed that on February 25, 2023, the DR Congo security operatives arrested a mother in her early 20s with two children aged 3and 5 years respectively and other younger girls aged 11, 13 and 15 years were also arrest on the same day while entering the forests of Congo where ADF rebels are suspected to be operating from. These were handed to the UPDF mountain Division brigade and upon interrogation, they revealed that they were coming from Busika, Njeru sub-county, Jinja District.
He said the DRC security operatives were tipped off by their counter parts from Uganda having received intelligence that ADF rebels have now changed tactics and are no longer recruiting the youthful people because these can easily be detected while moving and the rebel leaders have now resorted to recruiting children and younger women whom they groom and use them in spying on government security forces.
Enanga also made caution to parents to be vigilant and not to give their children to people whom they are not well conversant with activities they are doing because the ADF recruiters disguise as giving bursaries to the children and in the end they train and use them in their rebel and terrorism activities.
By George Bukenya