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Museveni to End Cattle Rustling

The Monitor (Kampala)
NEWS
July 18, 2005
Posted to the web July 18, 2005

By David Mafabi
Sironko
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has vowed to end the Karimojong cattle rustling
forcefully if the warriors have failed to comply through peaceful means.
Museveni said he would ensure that specialised equipment besides increasing the
numbers of soldiers are put at Kaata Barracks to bar any possible Karimojong
raids in Sironko district.
Museveni was on Saturday at Masaba Secondary School responding to a memorandum
presented by the LC5 Chairman, Mr Francis Nagimesi, about the souring relations
between residents of Sironko and the Karimojong due to constant cattle raids.
Nagimesi said Karimojong rustlers had left over 1,000 people in the sub-
counties of Bukhalu, Muyembe and Bunambutye dead.
"Over 1,500 people have been displaced and over 5,000 head of cattle has been
rustled," Nagimesi said.
He said because of continued Karimojong incursions, residents of the three
counties had not settled to do farming and their greatest problem was famine.
Nagimesi said recently when solidiers at Kaata Barracks failed to contain the
Karimojong rustlers, the residents barricaded Sironko-Nakapiripiriti road to
prevent the vehicles from Karamoja region to cross through Sironko.

   

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