Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has announced that the Kenyan government will compensate the families of five Ugandans three geologists and two Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) soldiers allegedly killed by Turkana warriors in 2022.
Speaking during a rally at Kalas Girls Primary School grounds on October 29, 2025, Museveni emphasized that justice and reconciliation are essential to maintaining peaceful coexistence between communities along the Uganda–Kenya border.
He revealed plans to organize a compensation ceremony in Moroto District, Northern Uganda, which will be attended by Kenyan President William Ruto. The ceremony is expected to take place after Kenya’s upcoming elections.
“The Kenyan government will pay for the lives of those killed. After the elections, I will perform a ceremony with President Ruto in Moroto for the Kenyan government to pay,” Museveni said.
Museveni added that traditional elders, bishops, and sheikhs would participate in the reconciliation ceremony to perform rituals aimed at cleansing the blood of the victims and restoring harmony between the affected communities.
“The Turkana still have a debt, as they must compensate for the lives of people they killed. I told President Ruto that if these criminals don’t have money, the Kenyan government must pay,” he said.
The incident in question occurred in March 2022, when Turkana warriors allegedly ambushed and killed three geologists from Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development, along with two UPDF soldiers guarding them. The group had been conducting a mineral mapping exercise in Moroto near the Uganda–Kenya border when they were attacked, and the assailants reportedly made away with two military rifles.
Museveni’s announcement signals a renewed commitment to cross-border cooperation and peace restoration in the Karamoja–Turkana corridor, an area often affected by resource-based conflicts and cattle rustling.
