How has the LRA insurgency affected Lango?
The worst was in 2003 when Kony entered Lango through Otuke through to Teso. It is important to note that when Kony came to Lango and Teso, people did not negotiate. They took up arms under Amuka and Arrow boys and Kony was pushed out of Lango, Teso and eventually Uganda. There is relative peace in Lango, Teso, Karamoja and West Nile and life is beginning to normalise. In Otuke, the people have left the camps and returned home. But the biggest challenge now is for the Government to assist with rebuilding peoples’ lives. The peace has come as a result of struggle. By the time Kony accepted to talk, he was no longer in Uganda. What is your stand on Kony’s refusal to sign the final peace agreement? It is important to know that the problem of Kony is no longer a Ugandan issue. It is a regional an international matter. This is because the human devastation Kony is causing is in South Sudan, DR Congo and the Central African Republic is unacceptable. I have always supported the peace process.
