The District Security Committee meeting convened to debate escalating insecurity in Agago District on April, 12 agreed to, among other tools, summarily imposed a ban on loud music beyond 8 pm in the district as an extension of the fight against cattle rustling in the district.
The decision followed widespread complaints from community members that loud music in the various clubs was acting as an impediment to alarms made by locals when cattle rustlers attack them.
The meeting that was jointly chaired by the Resident District Commissioner Emmanuel Okot, and Deputy Cosmas James Okidi resolved that a ban be imposed in the meantime as sought by the public.
They also advised that animal checkpoints be established in key areas to track cattle raiders dealing in the commercial animal trade.
To address the problem of manpower gaps in police, the officials directed that a letter be written to the Inspector General of Police – IGP Martin Okoth Ochola to beef up the existing 12 policing units in the district which has 26 administrative units.
Police were also tasked to beef up efforts in community policing to curb especially serious crimes in the district.
On the status of the various government projects and programmes in the district, the Committee asked the Chief Administrative Officer- CAO to prepare a status report detailing the implementation status for the individual projects for the year ending.
Members present reminded themselves of the presence of government airtime on the various radio stations in and out of the District and appealed to the office of the RDC to make effective use of it in sensitising the residents on government programs such as Emyooga and Parish Development models.
Agago remains one of the districts in the Acholi sub-region that are threatened by the vice of armed cattle rustling by Karamajong worries in their Eastern neighbourhood.
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