UPDF third division spokesperson captain Deo Asiimwe Akiiki has disclosed that they have started demilitarizing Karamoja and Teso region because the regions have stabilized.

Captain Deo Akiiki

Speaking to journalist Deo Akiiki says the main reason they had deployed the army and LDUs in Teso and Karamoja was to cattail the cattle rustling, warriors and LRA insurgency that most of whom have been whipped out.

He particularly noted that, the Teso region was fully secures with no single village under any threat.

He added that even the Karamoja was very peaceful because the cattle rustling had been suppressed. Captain Deo Akiiki says as a result of stability the government was stepping down the presence of UPDF and increase police personnel to keep law and order.

He added that every soon there will be no more UPDF soldiers in towns and trading centre’s either Teso and Karamoja region.

By Mugisa Isaac Mathias