Business in Mpondwe Town Council in Kasese district have returned to normal after the recent attack on Lhubiriha Secondary School by the Allied Democratic Force rebels.
Lieutenant (Rtd) Maate Magwara, the Kasese Deputy Resident District Commissioner, told Nexus Media on Monday, June 19, 2023, that security has restored calm in the area.
According to Maate, schools that had temporarily suspended operations have also reopened. He assured residents of safety and protection against any form of attack.
“I call upon all parents to send back students to school as we have now beefed up security and increased deployment,” said Magwara.
He said security has intensified patrols and is heavily deployed along the porous border areas.
“My humble appeal is to all heads of schools and community leaders to work closely with security agencies to help in information sharing. I also urge all schools to at least have three security guards to easily alert armed security agencies in case of any security breach,” said the Deputy RDC.
On Friday night, June 17th, suspected ADF rebels raided Lhubiriha secondary school in Mpondwe town council, murdered about 37 students, and abducted an unspecified number of learners.
Mpondwe is a border town with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and it is believed that the ADF rebels sneaked into Uganda late Friday night to carry out an attack on the school.
Lhubiriha Secondary School had a population of 62 students, and with 37 dead, four survivors, one day scholar, and one student away from school, a total of 19 students are unaccounted for and are now believed to have been kidnapped.
