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--- Begin Message ---Acholi MPs threaten investors over land AGNESS NANDUTU/YASIN MUGERWA PARLIAMENT Monitor, News | November 17, 2006 MEMBERS of Parliament Odonga Otto (Aruu) and Hussein Godi (Arua Municipality) yesterday threatened to mobilise the local people to spear any investor who dares step on Acholi land. Addressing a press conference at Parliament, the MPs said should the government allocate any piece of Acholi land to investors they are ready to mobile the local people to use spears in defence of their land. "Any person in the name of an investor who steps on Acholi land will be speared instantly. We have reached a decision on this matter. We're not threatening anybody but this is what we are going to do," Otto said. Asked whether he was not inciting violence among the Acholi population, Otto said he was responsible for the outcome of his remarks. "Yes I am inciting violence because I want our people to protect their land. Those Indians who are going around with cotton should come back to Kampala on hearing this warning," he said. "I am ready to face any court in this country to defend my word. We shall spear whoever grabs our land and this is the package we have for the so-called investors," The threat comes barely three days after the Acholi Parliamentary Group threatened war should the government allocate their land to investors. But Lands Minister Daniel Omara Atubo responded by saying the government will not allocate Acholi land to investors without the consent of the owners. He said the government has its own land in Acholi and has the right to determine how best to use it. But Aswa MP Reagan Okumu said on phone that the government has no land in Acholi. "He is trying to please his boss. Let him produce the land titles of that government land and tell us where specifically the land is," he said. Atubo challenged the MPs to produce any documented attempt by the government to grab land in Acholi. Otto said the government's decision to involve the RDCs and army officers in the resettlement of internally displaced people, in an attempt to 'grab' their land. He warned that the people of Aruu County are ready to face any person who dares to grab their land. Reacting to Otto's comments, Godi has also vowed to mobilise the people in Arua to spear whoever attempts to come near that land. "Our land is a no- go- area. Those intending to grab Acholi land must be joking," Godi said.
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