The Uganda Peoples’ Defence Forces (UPDF) Land Force Commander, Lt Gen Kayanja Muhanga together with Somali National Army (SNA) Chief of Defence Forces (CDF), Gen Odowaa Yusuf Rageh, have jointly agreed to enact a curfew on the highway (main supply route) from Afgoye to Barawe in lower Shabelle region.
The curfew agreement was proposed on 29th May 2023 at Goloweyn Forward Operating Base (FOB) where the two Generals met commanders and troops serving under ATMIS in sector one.
The Generals agreed that by stopping vehicles’ movement at night will deny Al-Shabaab’s use of Vehicle Borne Improvised Devices as a weapon of choice to carry out complex attacks.
The order shall take immediate effect after a harmonisation meeting between Force commanders with local leaders of Marka and Kuutnuwarey districts.
Lt Gen Muhanga is in Somalia to investigate an attack on the UPDF troops that happened on Friday last week by Al-Shabaab terrorists.
The findings will help inform decisions to be implemented going forward.