Apaa land clashes rage Leaves 6 dead and 11 others injured
Six people have been confirmed dead and 11 others severely injured in separate attacks by unknown assailants in the contested Apaa Township claimed by both Adjumani and Amuru districts.
Apaa land clashes rage Leaves 6 dead and 11 others injured
Six people have been confirmed dead and 11 others severely injured in separate attacks by unknown assailants in the contested Apaa Township claimed by both Adjumani and Amuru districts.
The attacks according to investigations happened between Thursday and Saturday in the parishes of Oyanga, Luru, and Acholi Ber in Itirikwa Sub-county, Adjumani district.
Charles Okoya, the LCI Chairperson of Apaa Township on Sunday noted that the unknown assailants attacked their victims with machetes, bows, and arrows during the separate raids.
Conflicts over the Apaa land date back to 2012 when the government began the forceful eviction of locals occupying the area claiming it’s a gazetted East Madi Wildlife Reserve under the management of Uganda Wildlife Authority. Parts of the land are also claimed by the National Forestry Authority as gazetted Zoka Central Forest Reserve inside the Adjumani district.
In August this year, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni commissioned the Judicial Commission of Inquiry into the Apaa land conflicts headed by retired Chief Justice Bart Katureebe as a last resort to solve the land conflicts. The Commission is however yet to kick start their work.
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