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Uganda seeks nation’s backing to fight LRA
Lord’s Resistance Army leader Joseph Kony with his daughter Lacot and son Opiyo at peace negotiations between the LRA and Ugandan religious and cultural leaders in Ri-Kwangba, Southern Sudan, on November 30, 2008. Photo/REUTERS
Posted Saturday, December 27 2008 at 09:22
“Kony has used the negotiations with the government of Uganda to buy time to abduct, retrain, re-arm, and continue killing civilians,” a press statement signed by military chiefs from the three armies of Uganda, Southern Sudan and Congo stated.
Uganda’s Prime Minister Prof Apolo Nsibambi, in an interview with The EastAfrican, said the latest military pressure against Kony is designed to bring the conflict to an end and create an enabling environment for economic recovery.
“The government has tried its best to negotiate but has not succeeded. Kony needs military pressure. Such pressure enabled us to flush him out of Uganda. Since we have embarked on economic recovery in the northern region, we do not want any disruption,” Prof Nsibambi said.
Previously, Kampala had enlisted the co-operation of political leaders, elders and clan heads to corner Kony and his forces.
And it is such co-operation that Kampala is again seeking to bring Kony to book.
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