{"id":65651,"date":"2024-01-26T17:55:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-26T17:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu"},"modified":"2024-01-26T18:07:09","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T18:07:09","slug":"armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","title":{"rendered":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, authorities have said.<\/b><\/p>\n

The two militiamen belonging to the Mai Mai Kabido, an armed group in neighbouring DR Congo, were found with an AK-47 rifle at the time they were apprehended by the UPDF 307 brigade for questioning.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, brigade commander Lt Col Robert Nahamya confirmed the arrest, adding that plans were under way to transfer the matter to the UPDF 2nd division headquarters in Mbarara city for further management of the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Wednesday morning in Kyeshero Central Cell, Kyeshero Sub County in Kanungu District, we arrested two Congolese nationals from ( Mai Mai) rebel group attached to Nyamilima detach. They are Innocent Vitwale,20, and Niyo kibuga, 21,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

According to him, the two rebels who crossed into Uganda through the porous Kashenyi border carried 28 ammunitions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey crossed into Kanungu District at around midnight and moved until morning when civilians reported the matter to our forces that reacted and apprehended them,\u201d Lt Col Nahamya said on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

Lt Col Nahamya clarified that the two detainees are not members of the ADF rebel group as earlier circulated on social media.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese people told us that they were trying to dodge the military operation against other rebel groups in DR Congo and they decided to hide in Uganda for safety,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI appeal to our people to continue with their activities as normal because UPDF is there to secure borders and protect them. The arrested Congolese nationals have no connections with the ADF rebels,\u201d Lt Col Nahamya added.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda<\/a> Follow Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, authorities have said. The two militiamen belonging to the Mai Mai Kabido, an armed group in neighbouring DR Congo, were found with an AK-47 rifle at the time they were apprehended by the UPDF 307 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":65649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[233,240,234],"class_list":["post-65651","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-uganda","tag-uganda"],"yoast_head":"\nArmed militiamen arrested in Kanungu - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1280\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\"},\"wordCount\":285,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Africa Press\",\"Africa Press-Uganda\",\"uganda\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\",\"name\":\"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg\",\"width\":1280,\"height\":720,\"caption\":\"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu - Uganda","description":"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu","og_description":"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1280,"height":720,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu","datePublished":"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu"},"wordCount":285,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg","keywords":["Africa Press","Africa Press-Uganda","uganda"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu","name":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg","datePublished":"2024-01-26T17:55:10+00:00","dateModified":"2024-01-26T18:07:09+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"At least two Congolese rebels that overnight Wednesday crossed into Uganda via Kanungu District have been arrested, a ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/01\/sm_1706279689.788364.jpg","width":1280,"height":720,"caption":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/armed-militiamen-arrested-in-kanungu#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Armed militiamen arrested in Kanungu"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}