Pader RDC Warns Karimojong On Camp Attacks
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New Vision (Kampala)
May 7, 2005
Posted to the web May 9, 2005
Maurice Okore
Kampala
KARIMOJONG cattle rustlers are perpetuating the suffering of people in camps for the internally displaced in Pader district, the resident district commissioner (RDC) has said.
Sylvester Opira, in a brief following a meeting organised by the Pader district NGO Forum between the Karimojong and the Pader district leaders recently, said the rustlers attacked Ameil IDP camp in Lapono sub-county and stole nine head of cattle and kidnapped three children.
However, two of the children escaped back to the camp. The cows were recovered and handed over to the owners in the presence of Opira, Kotido RDC Kambarage Kakonge and members of civil society organisations.
"It is unfortunate that the Karimojong warriors behave as if they are above the law. They have brought more suffering to IDP camps. There is a need to enforce the law in this area," Opira said.
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