BLOOD IN KARAMOJA: UPDF Kills Over 300 Suspected Karamojong Rustlers in 8 Months

Uganda’s army, the UPDF, says it has killed 309 suspected Karamojong warriors and rustlers in the past eight months. 

According to UPDF spokesperson Brig Gen Felix Kulayigye, “the situation in Karamoja is under control” and that it has not deteriorated as reported.

On March 21, suspected Turkana criminals, who reportedly entered Uganda in search of pastures, killed three geologists from the Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development and two UPDF personnel in Moroto district.

This prompted the Ugandan army to intensify operations against the suspected Karamojong rustlers.

Kulayigye has listed the achievements registered in the past 10 days as well as those recorded since the launch of Operation Usalama Kwa Wote in July 2021.

March 19 – 29 March 2022

20 Warriors put out of action

04 Guns recovered

47 live rounds of ammunition recovered

39 Warriors arrested

776 Livestock recovered

DOWNSIDE

04 UPDF soldiers killed in action

05 civilians killed by suspected Karamojong warriors

170 livestock stolen

July 2021 (Start of Operation Usalalama Kwa Wote) to date:

> Warriors put out action — 309

_ » Guns recovered – 184

> Ammunition recovered – 2,352 rounds

> Warriors arrested — 1,792

>» Warriors prosecuted — 360

» Livestock recovered from the warriors 17,186