{"id":6547,"date":"2021-03-18T13:00:57","date_gmt":"2021-03-18T13:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?p=6547"},"modified":"2021-03-18T11:06:10","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T11:06:10","slug":"updf-moves-to-phase-out-ldus-in-karamoja","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/updf-moves-to-phase-out-ldus-in-karamoja","title":{"rendered":"UPDF moves to phase out LDUs 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 Uganda People&#8217;s Defence Force (UPDF) has announced plans to phase out Local Defence Unit (LDU) personnel recruited and deployed in Karamoja.<\/p>\n<p>The plan aimed at streamlining all LDU activities in Karamoja was on Wednesday announced by the commander of Land forces, Lt General Peter Elwelu, while addressing the media at the UPDF 3rd division headquarters in Moroto.<\/p>\n<p>Gen Elwelu said the army&#8217;s decision to phase out LDU activities in Karamoja follows investigations that proved- some Karimojong who were trained as LDU personnel had become a security threat.<\/p>\n<p>He said, this will prompt screening of the LDUs where those with good record will be taken back for refresher training and later get integrated into the national army, Uganda People\u2019s Defence Force (UPDF).<\/p>\n<p>&#8221; Upon screening, we shall retire those who will have been found to have criminal records,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>commander of Land forces, Lt General Peter Elwelu. 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