"With the flow of modern military weaponry into East Africa, the raids have become much larger and more deadly.
The Ugandan army has waged an aggressive campaign to disarm the Karamojong over the past three years and reduce tribal fighting, but the tribesmen have been reluctant to hand over their weapons.
Only a quarter of the 40,000 guns in the hands of the tribesmen have been collected, according to army estimates. "
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On the contrary, Yoweri Museveni's NRM military dictatorship has been deliberately arming vigilante Militia (like the so called Arrow Groups) quiet extensively with modern weapons. That such massacres can occur in such magnitude is pretty much expected. In fact, Ugandans and Members of the International Community should expect even more such massacres in TESO. We in the UPC have been adamantly opposed to the arming of civilians in Eastern Uganda and use them to fight Yoweri Museveni's wars. But our pleas have often fallen on deaf ears! Let Ecweru deal with it.
Matek
