Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has issued an ultimatum to the Kenyan government, demanding compliance with his demands or else the Turkana people residing in Uganda will face deportation within six months.

In an extensive 18-page Executive Order Number 3 of 2023, which has been made public, Museveni expressed his frustration over the Turkana community's behavior in Uganda. He claimed that their presence in the country had led to an increase in criminal activities, including instances of gun violence and cattle theft.

Museveni stated that he had previously instructed the Turkana people not to bring firearms into Uganda and emphasized that they should only graze their cattle without being armed. However, his orders were disregarded, and he alleged that the Turkana raided and killed disarmed Karamojong residents, stole thousands of cattle, and even caused the deaths of three geologists, one officer, and one soldier who were guarding the cattle.

"I now direct that this Turkana nonsense must stop," Museveni declared.

The Ugandan President demanded that the Kenyan government hand over the Turkana herders accused of killing the Ugandan geologists for a murder trial. While the guns used in the incidents were returned to Uganda, Museveni insisted that the perpetrators must also be brought back to face justice. Additionally, he stated that they would need to perform a traditional ritual to atone for their actions, involving the provision of cows equivalent to the value that the deceased geologists would have contributed throughout their lives.

Regarding the theft of 2,245 cattle, Museveni instructed that the Turkana community must return the same number of stolen cattle to the affected Ugandan communities. He urged the coordination between the Kenyan and Ugandan governments to facilitate cattle identification, including the possibility of implementing cattle branding to indicate the respective cattle populations' districts and sub-counties.

Museveni warned that any Turkana individuals crossing the border into Uganda with firearms would risk arrest and face charges of terrorism in a Court Martial.

The Ugandan President granted the Kenyan government a six-month period to comply with these directives. Failure to do so would result in the expulsion of all Kenyan Turkana people and their cattle from Uganda, with a subsequent ban on their re-entry into the country.