Most school children in Katakwi are fearing to return back home for their holiday due to the current insecurity caused by Karamang warriers in the region.
The secretary of Katakwi district education performance improvement committee Joseph Patrick Amadia Omugeto says there many children who have failed to return home for their 1st term holidays because they fear to fall victim of Karamajong attacks.
Amadoi observed that most school children have returned in their relative homes to take refuge until security has normalized.
Amadoi appealed the government to deploy more troops to the district to curb the Karamajong threats.
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces has been carrying out a disarmament exercise in Karamoja but some pockets of insecurity still persist in the region.
By Mugisa Isaac Mathias