Kitgum, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Security personnel in Kitgum District bear evicted seventy nine heads of cattle from Tepwoyo West village in Mucwini West Sub-county, Kitgum District.
The farm animals belonged to Paul Okot, a businessman in Kitgum Municipality, who claimed to bear bought the animals from a herdman in Lakaranganya village, Laguti Sub-county, Pader District. He had earlier taken the cattle to Tepwoyo West village, the set aside the neighborhood there grew to turn into suspicious and reported the topic to the arena of job of the Resident District Commissioner.
Jimmy Ssegawa Ebil, the Kitgum RDC, printed that Okot claimed that he bought 47 herds of cattle from the herdsman known entirely as Fred before he became as soon as given 32 herds belonging to the seller to form out; then again, when tasked, he did not make proof of ownership, prompting authorities to pressure the farm animals away and return them to Laguti Sub-county.
Stephen Labalpiny, the Kitgum Assistant Resident District Commissioner, said that the seventy nine herds of cattle were driven away on Thursday early morning toward Pader District, because the operation aimed to wait on an eye on cattle circulation and ownership in the arena. Ebil suspects that the Mulalalo herdman can bear given Okot the seventy nine herds of cattle because the enforcement of the presidential govt relate takes function.
The animals will probably be driven to the border of Kitgum and Pader District, the set aside they’re going to probably be handed over to Pader District authorities for additonal circulation. Labalpiny emphasised that this circulation enforces President Museveni’s Executive Negate number three.
This enforcement is fragment of President Museveni’s contemporary directives. This month, he issued a 2d directive for the eviction of migrant cattle keepers from Northern Uganda.
A identical directive became as soon as issued in May well maybe 2025, after Executive Negate number 3 of 2023 became as soon as halted because of the a foot-and-mouth illness outbreak in over 30 districts.
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