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Karamoja leaders angry after Karimojong youth emerge from prison looking starved.

6th April 2023 News Editor 0 Comments

A cross section of Karamoja leaders have expressed anger after a group of Karamoja youths who were jailed in Acholi prisons returned home bone thin.

About 442 suspected to be in illegal possession of firearms were rounded up during a UPDF cordon and search operation, screened and those presumed guilty were taken to detention facilities.

After serving their jail term, about 198 youth were released and returned home looking malnourished and bone thin, an incident that has sparked a lot of anger among Karamoja leaders and residents.

Kotido district Chairperson, Paul Komol Lotee claim the youths were arrested were innocent while the culprits who raided the alleged cows from Agago were left out.

Lotee added that most of those arrested were ordinary farmers from the Sub Counties of Lobanya, Kapeta and Kamor respectively.

Meanwhile, Faith Nakut, Napak district woman MP took to her Twitter Page tasking government to account for the unfair treatment of the youth who were arrested. 

On the other hand, Simon Peter Longole, an activist says the use of starvation as a weapon of war or means of punishing prisoners is a clear violation of basic human rights and he called upon government to investigate the reports of starving Karamoja youth and take swift action against the violators.

Gulu Prison authorities have remained tight lipped on the incident.