The army has put in place tough measures to prevent further violence in Apaa Township.
The measures seek to allow the judicial commission of inquiry and security personnel to carry out thorough investigations in the area without interference.
This follows last Thursday`s attack by unknown men wielding spears, bows, and arrows in Bed Mot, Te Okono, Oyanga, Goro B, and Acholi Ber killing four people and injuring several others.
The Fourth Division Commander, Brigadier General Michael Kabango said on Sunday during an interview that Apaa is currently a crime scene explaining that movements in and out of the area have been restricted and under the management of the security until further notice.
He noted that all entries into the area have been restricted, pointing out specifically to political leaders from either side whom he says want to gain access to the area since the incident was reported.
Brigadier General Kabango says that this is to avoid interference with investigations. He disclosed that these resolutions were reached during a security meeting held in the Adjumani district following the attack.
Kabango said that the police together with the local security team on the ground have embarked on the registration of all occupants in the area to assess their identities.
The other measure includes a ban on the loading and exportation of charcoal and timber from the area since it has been identified as a lead to the violence.
An investigation to identify the victims and the perpetrators who are still at large has also been instituted though no arrest has been made yet.
The opening up of new settlements and farmlands within the contested area has also been banned with immediate effect.
Brigadier General Kabango disclosed that they have added new forces to enhance manpower, adding that the brigade commander of 503 is now based in Apaa deliberately to deal with the problem and repulse any further attack.
Brigadier Kabango disclosed that the security will soon reshuffle all security heads deployed in the area to pave the way for investigations.
On Saturday legislators under the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG) led by Anthony Akol said that they are disheartened by the persistent attack and rights abuses in Apaa at the watch of security personnel.
They said that at least 29 people have been killed and over 300 injured in the area due to the conflict.
They are demanding the government to enhance security deployment, arrest the perpetrators, provide relief items to the victims and compensate them for losses, degazette the area and make it an autonomous district under the central government, and restore social services.
They also want the government to train and recruit 10 home guards in each parish in Apaa out of the 36 to enhance security, provide food and non-food relief, and compensate the affected families with 10 million shillings for each.
Akol and his colleagues Sharon Balmoyi Laker, Betty Aol Ocan, Martin Ojara Mapenduzi, and Simon Peter Wokorach threatened to boycott parliament if the issues were not addressed within one week.
While speaking during the Light Up Acholi for Jesus Crusade at Kaunda Grounds in Gulu City on Saturday, President Museveni disclosed that Apaa is in the Madi area, adding that more investigations are being conducted by a judicial commission of inquiry which has already been constituted. URN
Whether it’s Apaa or not Apaa the level of corruption is the one which brews insecurities in any given situation
It can as well lead to genocide and collard government
We need to avoid politics of identity
That’s what’s happening in Israel and Asia and America and Oceania. Including Europe. Sectarian management can’t solve fundamental issues.
We need to be neutral and be of human kind.