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Security to
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New Vision (Kampala) NEWS November 7, 2002 Posted to the web November 8, 2002 By Geoffrey Kamali Kampala NATIONAL intelligence agencies are to widen their scope of operation countrywide to counter growing threats to national security. As one of the new measures, churches and religious sects will have to submit their working programmes to district security chiefs for monitoring. This was one of the recommendations adopted by a workshop on intelligence sector medium-term strategic planning held at Hotel International in Muyenga, Kampala on Tuesday. The measures follow a report by a Makerere University lecturer, Prof. Byaruhanga Akiiki, saying religious extremism was a big threat to security. "Religious extremism is no longer the same. These days, some people commit crimes in the name of religion to satisfy their egos," Prof. Akiiki said. The workshop was to assess current and potential threats and plans to counter them in the next 15 years. Muruli said various religions had in the past contributed to insecurity in the country. He said the LRA chief, Joseph Kony, had manifested himself in various forms of religious extremism. "When he started, he picked spirits from Kilak Hills. When he went to Sudan, he called himself Yusuf Muhammad Kony. Now, he is traditional, catholic and muslim," the minister added. NGOs and industrialists will also be monitored. The Mulindwas
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