Karamoja seniors question police report on recuperation of taken animals

Seniors in Karamoja have dismissed a report by police about the recuperation of struck steers from the district.

As per the Moroto Regional Police Spokesperson Michael Longole, the police and the joint security powers in Karamoja have recuperated 9,118 heads of dairy cattle out of the 10,200 that were accounted for to have been attacked or taken.

Longole said the recuperations had worked on because of extra security staff and combined with the utilization of choppers conveyed to the area to help in following taken cows.

He added that the joint security powers were additionally following for the missing creatures and whenever they are found, the creatures will be given over to the proprietors.

Notwithstanding, a few older folks from Karamoja have dismissed as untruths, the report by the police showing that the recuperation rate is high at 90%.

Jackson Angella, a senior from Moroto region contradicts the report saying that a large number of cows have been taken however under 50 heads of steers have been recuperated.

He says on a few events the security offices neglect to recuperate the dairy cattle regardless of the presence of choppers in Moroto.

A senior and a local area pioneer in Kotido region John Bosco Akore, says that the joint powers have consistently been on the ground following up on each lead given to them about taken cows.

As per Akore, the recuperation rate is reasonable in light of the fact that UPDF essentially recuperates part of the taken cows to the tune of up to 60-70 percent.

Akore says at whatever point the robbery is accounted for to the UPDF, they have recuperated the greater part of the struck animals.

Last week, in the locale of Nabilatuk and Moroto where assaults were accounted for, every one of the 1,200 heads of steers have not yet been recuperated. In Moroto, more significant strikes were accounted for and something like 600 heads of dairy cattle were struck with under 50 apparently recuperated by the joint powers as indicated by the region administrator David Koriang.

The UPDF third Division Spokesperson Edrin Mawanda and Mt. Moroto Police Acting Spokesperson, Michael Longoli say the joint powers are following the taken creatures.