Banyarwanda Herdsmen in Uganda attacked.

Masaka - Banyarwanda herdsmen in Uganda’s central District of Masaka are living in a state of fear after five of their members were hacked with machetes in clashes officials say are over land. A recent case involved one Kaboroga who was left almost dead after being beaten up and hacked with machetes because his cows found their way into a neighbour’s farm. According to eye witnesses, Kaboroga was left unconscious with deep cuts in the head and the entire body. Hajji Harunah Numba, the chairman of Banyarwanda in Masaka, said that following that incident, unknown people came and destroyed farms, slaughtered cows and burnt homes of Banyarwanda community. Numba said their attackers have demanded that the Banyarwanda in this area of Masaka leave and go elsewhere. George Nsengiyunva, one of the victims who spoke to The New Times with a deep cut on his head said attackers also hacked his brother when he came to his rescue. “The people who burnt Banyarwanda farms claim that they are fed up with them because they are foreigners and they should go back to Rwanda or they wipe them out,” Nsengiyunva told The New Times.