Kotido authorities announce checkpoints to stop residents migrating to neighbouring districts

Kotido Assistant Resident District Commissioner Peter Abrahams Lokwii said authorities will set up security checkpoints on exit routes and that people found moving in large groups will be arrested and returned home, URN reported via The Independent. The measures follow the return of at least 275 migrants from Agago District, who according to the article had left home because of hunger. A Panyangara resident questioned restricting movement without first addressing food shortages.