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Angry rioters burn NGO vehicles, smash Yumbe District buildings

DAVID OKEMA | PML Daily Staff CorrespondentbyDAVID OKEMA | PML Daily Staff Correspondent
March 28, 2018
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A policeman ducks to avoid a stone thrown by a rioter as police fired teargas to quell the riot: PHOTOS BY DAVID OKEMA

At least two vehicles belonging to humanitarian agencies based in Yumbe District were Wednesday burnt by angry demonstrators who were protesting an operation launched by Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) on numberless motorcycles.

A demonstration by  boda boda cyclists together with residents was triggered when a vehicle purportedly belonging to URA knocked and injured a yet-t- be identified boda boda cyclist during an operation of impounding numberless motorcycles.

The demonstration turned riotous when stones were pelted at the Yumbe District Council building, prompting a soldier aboard a URA pickup truck to fire bullets in the air and in the process injured three boda boda riders.

Rioters torched a vehicle belonging to Dan Church Aid, a charity organisation in Yumbe District: PHOTO BY DAVID OKEMA

This, according to eye witnesses sparked off more anger, as the demonstrators went for officials. According to Ms Josephine Angucia the North Western region police spokesperson, two vehicles, a double cabin pickup belonging to a yet-to-be identified NGO and a Prado UAW 390Z that belongs to Dan Church Aid, a charity organization operating in Yumbe District were set ablaze by the rioters.

Ms Angucia told PML Daily that the injured have only been identified as Gadafi and Jamal and one is yet to be identified all boda boda operators in Yumbe town.

She added that no death was recorded and a number of rioters were arrested to help police in investigations.

She, however, said the situation was calmed by afternoon following heavy police deployment in Yumbe town.

This is however not the first attack on humanitarian agencies in Yumbe District. Last year angry residents attacked humanitarian agencies including World Vision, Lutheran World Federation over dissatisfaction with the criteria for employing workers. Residents complained that the agencies were bringing non-residents to do work that they could also do.

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