Kotido deputy RDC John Magyezi Lukooki has said security officials in the district are on high alert following reports of Karacunas rearming themselves.

Magyezi without divulging details said they have received intelligence reports about some elements who have started rearming themselves from the neighboring countries of South Sudan, Kenya and Ethiopia with firearms.

According to Magyezi, the intelligence reports also indicate that those rearming are majorly Karacunas frustrated by government delays in honoring its pledges to those who voluntarily handed over their illegal weapons.

He says the rearming by wrong elements has caused a rise in petty thefts in some sub counties over the past few weeks where locals are robbed of their cash and valuables, while some are injured.

Magyezi says top security officials are devising means to weed out the wrong elements and also deploy patrols in the nights to secure the area.

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He called upon the Karacunas to desist from rearming, adding that RDCs in Karamoja region are set to meet with the president in September where the issue of fulfillment of pledges is top on the agenda to be discussed.

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