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"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy"
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Sent: Monday, November 25, 2002 6:32
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Subject: ugnet_: Document offering shs
780 to catch LRA leaders unsigned-Monitor 25/11/2002
Army offers Shs 780m to catch LRA leaders
By John Muto-Ono p�LajurThe UPDF has offered a Shs 20m reward for
information leading to the capture of rebel warlord Joseph Kony or any of his
38 commanders.
According to a statement issued Saturday in Gulu, the army
is offering Shs 780m for the capture of 39 Lord�s Resistance Army
commanders.
The statement says 25 of the wanted commanders operate from
within Uganda while 14 are in southern Sudan.
The UPDF believes Vincent
Otti, James Opoka, Okello Matata, Nyeko Tolbert Yadin, Caesar Acellam,
Lukwiyaa Raska, Odyambo Okot, Ocan Bunia, Livingstone Opiro, and Abudema Buk
are in Uganda. Others are Sam Obotolong, Sam Lagoga, Opio Makas, Dominic
Ongwen, Lapanyikwara, Wod Paco (Onyee), Bogi, Pokot, Akuru, Kwoyello, Okulu,
Lamola, Angola, Aboro and Opiro Anaka.
Those reported to be hiding inside
southern Sudan are Joseph Kony, Banyu, Lakati, Tabu Ley, Okello Trigger,
Cosmas Adyebo (no relation to the late Prime Minister), Charles Otim,
Labalpiny, Alit, Opoka, Michael Odong, Onen Kamdule, Abugada and Onek.
�It
is at this crucial turning point of the war that UPDF calls upon peace-loving
Ugandans to rise up and join in the hunt against Kony and his bandits,� the
army release says.
�They are short of ammunition and other logistical
supplies. Their action is a signal for imminent total defeat, and the UPDF
shall continue the offensive until all rebel remnants are completely
annihilated,� it says.
The release also offered some olive branch to those
in the rebel ranks who are interested in peace.
It says rebels who accept
peace should go and reorganise between River Atepi and Owiny-ki-bul in
southern Sudan.
The UPDF promises "not to hunt them, but instead shall
provide them with food, medicine and other logistics".
Another option the
rebels could take, the army statement says, "is to benefit from the Amnesty
Law, which is still open to all armed belligerents who denounce armed
rebellion and opt for peace negotiations".
Lt. Col. Charles Otemaa-Awaany,
the intelligence officer in the Office of the UPDF Northern Uganda Command,
said the UPDF has the money for operations.
"The money is there for UPDF
operations against the LRA," he said yesterday.
However, the document
announcing the reward was unsigned. But when asked if the release offering the
money was authentic, UPDF spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza said it was,
although no one signed it.
"It is authentic," he said. "It is from the
Northern Command. That is a structure, but I don�t know why somebody forgot to
append his signature to it."
November 24, 2002 23:04:54
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