KAMPALA, March 28 (Xinhua) -- Two vehicles belonging to a non-governmental organization working with refugees in Uganda's Yumbe district have been burnt down by a rowdy mob.
The vehicles were on Wednesday found parked in the compound of Dan Church Aid offices in Yumbe, located about 522 km north of the capital Kampala.
Yumbe is home to one of the biggest settlement camps for refugees who escaped bloody skirmishes that have ravaged South Sudan for more than 10 years. Bidibidi camp is home to about 272,206 South Sudanese refugees. It is the world's largest settlement camp.
The Uganda Police spokesperson, Emilian Kayima, confirmed the attacks in a press statement.
"The rioters burnt two motor vehicles as well as one motorcycle. The riot was sparked off by a previous operation carried out by the Uganda Revenue Authority that aimed at cracking down on boda bodas that were doing business without paying taxes," Kayima said.
Boda bodas are commercial motor cycle riders commonly used in Uganda to transport thousands of travelers for short distances.
Dan Church Aid from Denmark has been supporting refugees through its livelihood programs where the settlers are helped to start up self-help projects such as agriculture among others.
Robert Baryamwesiga, the settlement commandant from the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of Yumbe, told Xinhua "the criminals rammed into the NGO's compound where they set them ablaze."
He added that the situation was under surveillance as more reinforcements of soldiers had been brought in from the nearing districts.
"All the workers are safe and no one has been injured," he said.
