Arm Royal Guards, Emorimor Appeals to Government
New Vision (Kampala)August 18, 2003
Posted to the web August 18, 2003 Nathan Etengu
Kampala
The leader of the Iteso cultural union, Emorimor Augustine Osuban, has appealed to the Government to arm the royal guards recently trained to protect him.He said the nine guards needed to be equipped following the recent abduction of the former Emorimor, Paphras Imodot Edimu.
Imodot was abducted by the LRA rebels on August 6 and held for more than six hours before he escaped during heavy gunfire by the UPDF helicopter gunship that attacked the rebels in the area where he was being held."This shows that we need to protect our leaders from such attacks. The guards should also know their roles," Osuban said.
The Emorimor made the appeal when he formally received the guards during the Iteso Cultural Union meeting at Soroti Secondary School on Saturday.The guards, recruited from different parts of the Iteso Cultural Union, were among the 105 royal guards who under-went a six months intensive military training at Kaweweta to protect cultural leaders in the country.
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