Suspected Karimojong rustlers have shot dead Daniel Akom, the speaker of Kapeta sub-county in Kotido district, and his wife Jenifer Akidi.
The couple was planning to sleep in their home when they were gunned down around last evening for unknown reasons.
Mr. Moses Akena, the Kotido District Police Commander, says that the couple was preparing to sleep inside their house when they were killed.
According to Akena, a joint security force comprising the army and police has started hunting for the killers.
Kotido LC V Chairperson, Joseph Komol, says that the decision of the rustlers to target elected leaders is unfortunate. This came a week after the rustlers also shot dead Moses Koryang, a Village Health Team member and the LCIII chairperson of Napumpum sub-county Paul Lowok earlier. END