President Museveni has directed security to reactivate Local Defence Units following the latest attack on a village in Kamwenge by ADF rebels that left 10 dead.
“On account of these repeated atrocities by these infiltrators from Congo, I have directed the UPDF to reactivate the force of the LDUs in the areas surrounding Queen Elizabeth National Parks, Kibaale Forests, the forests in Kyenjojo and Kagadi, Semuliki National Park and Bwindi National Park,” Museveni said in a statement on Wednesday.
“Since the terrorists cowardly attack soft targets in the form of unarmed civilians, we are reactivating our old method of transforming the village soft targets into lethal local hard points. We are not short of manpower. It only means deploying more resources to support the manpower.”
In the wee hours of Tuesday morning, a group of ADF rebels attacked Kyitehurizi trading centre in Kyabandara parish in Kamwenge subcounty in which they killed 10 people.
According to the president, the 2am attack saw 10 crop night watchmen against monkeys from the forest attacked and killed.
He said a young girl escaped the attack .
“More could have escaped if they had been sensitized not to be docile when confronted by these killers. Those four killers are the remnants of the Njovu-Kamusu group of 10 that entered Uganda from Congo second round, some weeks ago. They had crossed back to Congo but came back.”
Museveni said the attackers used pangas for fear of using bullets that would alert the population.
“Therefore, the girl who escaped must be saluted. She is the one who alerted the area. I have asked the Woman MP and the State House Comptroller to bring her to me so that I meet her and thank her for her bravery.”
He said he has directed State House to send financial support to each of the families who lost their loved ones during the attack.
The president also revealed that a week ago, CMI operatives and SFC commandos destroyed a squad of three of that group including Kamusu that had replaced Njovu as the group leader.
“Kamusu was shot although we have not seen his dead body yet. The other two dead bodies and their guns were abandoned by the terrorists at the encounter point.”
“The four pigs will pay for their crimes and so will all their associates if they do not surrender and abandon terrorism.”
