President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni has moved to address the gun crisis at the Kenya - Uganda border, a crisis that has led to loss of innocent lives and endangered thousands of others in the two East African nations. On Wednesday, June 8, Museveni met top security organs drawn from different units in Uganda over the volatile situation in Karamoja region, which according to police sources in Uganda, is spilling over to Kenya. During the meeting held at State Lodge in Kapchorwa, Eastern Uganda, Museveni noted that the gun issues affecting some parts of Kenya should not affect Uganda's efforts to weed out infighting and cattle rustling in his country. While issuing the command, Museveni drew a comparison to the operation in Kenya which he described as being effective in handling the issue of cattle rustling. "We are beginning to draw two critical exercises that we want to do which include reorganizing deployment in that area and declaration of a curfew," Matiang'i explained.

Source: Daily Nation June 09, 2022 09:42 UTC