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Ake
from Uganda wrote on 29.November 2003 um 17:09 Uhr: |
IP Adresse: 81.199.21.6 (62.67.214.55)
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LRA kills nine in Lira
THE Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels killed nine people on Wednesday at Ogowie in Omoro sub-county, Moroto county in Lira district, reports James Oloch.
William Ayena, who witnessed the massacre, said about 30 rebels rounded-up the people at the funeral of a person killed by the rebels the previous day and took them to nearby swamp where they killed them Moses Odongo, a survivor, identified the dead as Okongo Okino, Akwec Silo, Ocen Nicholas, Aliro Aporo, Ecel Tony, Ecin Apenyo, Semy Adupa, Odero Okello and Omara Adungo .
Odongo said the rebels used sticks and stones to kill them after tying their hands. He said by Thursday, the relatives were still scared of collecting the bodies
Since this guest book is also part of LRA mouthpiece, Ayoo, Mulindwa, Antony , Oloro, Assimwe get this one. |
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Ake
from Uganda wrote on 28.November 2003 um 07:18 Uhr: |
IP Adresse: 81.199.21.6 (62.67.214.55)
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Army kills 10 LRA rebels in Kitgum
The UPDF in Kitgum on Wednesday killed 10 Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels and recovered four guns from them in skirmishes reported in Abam village, south of Palabek-Gem, reports Dennis Ojwee.
The army overall intelligence officer in-charge of operation Iron Fist in northern Uganda, Lt. Col. Charles Otema-Awany, said at least 10 LRA fighters died.
“We (UPDF) fought a group of rebels at about 10:00am this morning (Wednesday) and killed at least 10 rebels. We also recovered four rifles.
“Our forces on the ground are still searching the area and by the end of the day, we shall have got all the details,” Otema-Awany said.
He said the rebels, between 30 and 40, reportedly belonged to a main team commanded by Joseph Kony’s deputy, Vincent Otti.
He said the rebels were sent in disarray when the UPDF 503 Brigade commanded by Lt. Col. Sam Kiwanuka repulsed them.
The northern region overall army spokesman, Lt. Paddy Ankunda (left), yesterday said the UPDF attacked a group of LRA rebels in Palabek-Gem.
Meanwhile, sources in Kitgum district said a group of LRA rebels estimated at about 100 were reportedly moving closer towards Palabek areas along the Kitgum-Sudan border.
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Patrict Assimwe
from Uganda wrote on 27.November 2003 um 22:45 Uhr: |
IP Adresse: 194.8.197.204,213.168.96.144 (62.67.214.55)
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Dutch Warning On Aid
UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
NEWS
November 27, 2003
Posted to the web November 27, 2003
Kampala
The Dutch ambassador to Uganda, Matthew Peters, has warned Uganda that it risks losing budget support unless it does more to strengthen its democratic credentials.
He was speaking on Wednesday at the signing of Uganda\'s budget support agreement, valued at - 23.9 million.
\"It is my great fear that the space for political parties will be opened up at a late stage, which would not allow sufficient time for the democratic process to run its course,\" he said.
Political parties were banned in Uganda when President Yoweri Museveni\'s National Resistance Movement (NRM) took power in 1986. Presidential and parliamentary elections were allowed, but forming parties was forbidden on the grounds that they were divisive.
Since then, Museveni has agreed to restore multiparty politics, although some observers have pointed to restrictions such as the Political Parties and Organisations Act which forbids parties to campaign outside the capital.
\"Uganda has never had a peaceful transition of leadership,\" Peters added. To do so, he said, \"would be a major step towards embedding a democratic tradition in Uganda\".
Uganda is the fourth biggest recipient of aid from the Netherlands. |
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Vahid Oloro
from Kenya wrote on 24.November 2003 um 10:39 Uhr: |
IP Adresse: 213.147.67.101 (62.67.214.55)
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The posting by Mr. Okot Too-Oneka raises very interesting issues that I feel should be prioritized in Uganda.
There have been countless blames from dispensation to dispensation on who actually is responsible for the deplorable situation in country. It is difficult for many of us the young, who have little history of the past misdeeds, to know who to blame.
What is amazing is that all the personalities involved in blame slinging have at one time or the other, been buddies.
From Mutesa to Obote to Amin and all the way to Museveni today, all these fellows share one political cradle point. Yet it is the same clique that appears so irreconcilable today that it is near impossible to believe that they at one time were birds of the same feather.
As the founding politicians age away, it is imperative that they put to table this hatred so that we establish who actually is responsible for the mess or at least how it started. What is important is that they handover to the young a true history of events that have led to this stalemate.
That is where Okot Too-Oneka has a point.
For instance, there have been numerous accusations leveled on former President, Milton Obote, including the alleged rigging of the 1980 elections. Yet to some written independent literature, Obote and his UPC genuinely won the 1980 elections given the conditions in the country.
And yet intriguing, UPC leadership has never come up to give an account of what actually transpired that December. The best they have done is to evoke the Commonwealth declaration and deny that the elections were rigged. And yet it is becoming clear that the Commonwealth declaration was made on assumption that it was DP that had won the elections. It is known that the forces behind the commonwealth never wanted Obote to return to power. I will post at later date clear information on this claim. |
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Patrict Assimwe
from Uganda wrote on 24.November 2003 um 10:30 Uhr: |
IP Adresse: 194.8.197.204,194.8.205.139 (62.67.214.55)
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Army knew of Ngetta attack - Col. Mugume
By Emma Mutaizibwa & Joe Wacha
Nov 24, 2003
LIRA - Fifth Division commander Col. John Mugume has said the army knew about the attack on Ngetta in which 12 civilians were killed.
\"We were informed about the attack on Ngetta,\" Mugume told an angry President Museveni at the weekend.
Museveni expressed his anger at the killing in Ngetta on Friday while meeting Lango cultural leaders at Lira Hotel.
The cultural leaders accused the army of failing to beat off the attack despite receiving prior information.
Museveni summoned Col. Mugume and the Operation Iron Fist Intelligence Officer Lt. Col. Otema Awany to the meeting to respond the accusations. Mugume admitted the army received warning reports about the attack.
Mugume said the army deployed at Ngetta. \"The army was a distance away from the home where the massacre occurred,\" he lamented.
He conceded however, that the army has been slow in responding to rebel attacks.
\"We get information but our response is not timely,\" he said.
Museveni asked Mugume to coordinate with local leaders when deploying in anticipation of rebel attacks. \"It\'s not enough to deploy and not to inform the local leaders. You should have asked the local leaders to pinpoint the area where the LRA would use to infiltrate the area,\" Museveni said.
The President gave Shs 3.6 million to the bereaved families. Meanwhile, one rebel involved in the massacre was captured.
The child soldier told a gathering on Thursday that he was ordered by his commander Lamola to kill two civilians.
The divisional army spokesperson Lt. Chris Magezi yesterday confirmed the child soldier was captured.
\"The rebels who attacked Ngetta were ordered to kill two people each,\" he said.
Magezi said that four rebels were captured in last week\'s fighting. \"One of them we captured is Vincent Otti\'s wife Aryemo Alice,\" Magezi said. |
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