“We are robbed of our motorbikes; the unlucky ones are killed and their dead bodies dumped by the roadside,” one boda boda operator said. Boda Boda operators complained that, besides livestock theft, there are escalating cases of killings of riders at Lugulu market by robbers posing as passengers. Residents of Busia’s Lugulu sub-location, Butula subcounty, have expressed concern over rising livestock theft. “When they steal livestock from a village, the following night they move on to the next village,” Ouma said. They alleged the thieves use pickups and lorries to transport the livestock and move from village to village.

Source: The Star June 23, 2016 04:30 UTC