Hotel and Lodge Owners Told to Ask for National IDs to Prevent ADF Attacks

President Museveni has informed Ugandans that the government is continuing to destroy the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF) terrorists from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) using, mainly, air-attacks, because they are faster and can reach everywhere.

“In desperation, the terrorists have been trying to send squads into Uganda to kill unarmed civilians and plant bombs,” he said while delivering his End-of-Year Address on December 31, 2023.

“They are able to do this because the border is unclosable – it is long and has many crossing points, many of them in the bush. Besides, we do not want to close the border, because we shall disrupt the lives of the brother peoples of Congo and Uganda.”

Apart from destroying the source by attacking those criminals in Congo, Museveni said the other correct answer is thorough intelligence and internal mobilisation.

“The group of Njovu – Kamusu of 10 that entered from Congo some few months ago, has now remained with 3 people, if not two. Njovu was captured, Kamusu was killed two days ago and the others were killed in the different engagements. They are now sending bombers to kill our Bazukulu that have taken up umalaya because they live in ghettos where, sometimes, there are no cameras.”

President Museveni appealed to Ugandans to be vigilant and that they should ask for electronic Identity Cards issued by NIRA from people they find suspicious.

“Bazukulu, anybody approaching you and wanting you to keep his bag or package, insist that he opens it. If you see anything suspicious, such as a mobile telephone in the middle of the package, call the Police.”

He added: “All Hotel and Lodge owners to insist on seeing electronic identity cards of everybody and record them. We are hitting them so hard. They will soon run out of people to send for bombing. In the meantime, vigilance.”