{"id":17491,"date":"2021-09-11T16:52:13","date_gmt":"2021-09-11T16:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=17491"},"modified":"2021-09-11T16:02:28","modified_gmt":"2021-09-11T16:02:28","slug":"museveni-visits-as-updf-moves-ground-troops-in-karamoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/museveni-visits-as-updf-moves-ground-troops-in-karamoja","title":{"rendered":"Museveni visits as UPDF moves ground troops in Karamoja"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a> &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\">Uganda<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The movements, which commenced Wednesday evening, come ahead of President Museveni\u2019s planned visit to the sub-region following the recent wave of insecurity<\/p>\n<p>The Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) has redeployed troops in Karamoja to crack down on cattle rustling in the conflict-prone sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>The movements, which commenced Wednesday evening, come ahead of President Museveni\u2019s planned visit to the sub-region following the recent wave of insecurity. The President is expected to meet the sub-region\u2019s leaders and armed forces commanders on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>By Wednesday, more than eight truckloads of soldiers had criss-crossed Moroto Town to different locations in Karamoja.<\/p>\n<p>Capt Edrin Mawanda, the UPDF 3rd Division spokesperson, confirmed the movements, but said they were routine transfers within the sub-region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s true we\u2019re making transfers with soldiers from one battalion transferred to another within the sub-region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><b>Residents speak out<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Mr Simon Longole, a resident of Katanga Village in Moroto Municipality, said it is unfortunate that the UPDF is visibly only active when the President is visiting the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis is what they should have done earlier because some of these soldiers become used to cattle rustlers when they overstay in one place,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Jimmy Lomokol, the chairperson of Karamoja Private Sector Foundation, said moving the soldiers without proper command will not address the growing insecurity in Karamoja. He said the cattle rustlers have exploited the weakness of UPDF intelligence services and have devised ways of outmanoeuvring them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you don\u2019t hit these warriors harder, they will not fear,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Uganda. The movements, which commenced Wednesday evening, come ahead of President Museveni\u2019s planned visit to the sub-region following the recent wave of insecurity The Uganda People\u2019s Defence Forces (UPDF) has redeployed troops in Karamoja to crack down on cattle rustling in the conflict-prone sub-region. 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