| UPDF disarm K’jong |
| By Victor Karamagi |
| KAMPALA - The UPDF has re-started disarmament of the Karimojong warriors to remove illegal guns from the region, almost four years after the plan was suspended. Army Spokesman, Maj. Shaban Bantariza, said on Friday the army would establish permanent presence in Karamoja to ensure that all illegal arms are handed over. "We shall not withdraw. Some Karimojong hid guns in the mountains the last time we attempted disarmament by force. The guns that will be buried will rot this time," he said. The army is implementing the second phase of the Karamoja Disarmament Programme that started in December 2001. The first phase expired in February 2002. President Yoweri Museveni re-launched it in September last year at a rally in Moroto where he said after the disarmament exercise in Karamoja, the Uganda armed forces would concentrate on protecting the people from armed rustlers from Kenya. |
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