He said that the Movement government would respect the peace agreement,
adding that some of the former rebels will be integrated into the Uganda
People's Defence Forces (UPDF).
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Fellow Citizens:
This sounds like a good Idea... absorb and intergrate some of the the former
UNRFII rebels... and send them to Congo, Sudan or for that matter Rwanda to
fight!
... If you are stupid you will be taken into slavery!!!
Matek
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He said that the Movement government would respect the peace agreement,
adding that some of the former rebels will be integrated into the Uganda
People's Defence Forces (UPDF).
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The Monitor (Kampala)
December 26, 2002
Posted to the web December 26, 2002
Joseph Olanyo
Kampala
President Yoweri Museveni has commended the Uganda National Rescue Front II
(UNRF II) rebels for voluntarily heeding the Amnesty Law that enabled them to
give up fighting and restore peace to the West Nile region.
Museveni who witnessed the signing ceremony of the peace agreement between
government and UNRF II at Boma grounds in Yumbe on Tuesday, expressed his
gratitude to the leadership of UNRF II for choosing the constitutional path
to bring peace.
The agreement was reached after weeklong peace negotiations between the
Movement and UNRF II at Arua State Lodge.
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Internal Affairs Eriya Kategaya signed
on behalf of government, while Maj. Gen. Bamuze signed on behalf of UNFR II.
Accompanied by his wife, Museveni said that without embracing peace no
development could take place.
He said that the Movement government would respect the peace agreement,
adding that some of the former rebels will be integrated into the Uganda
People's Defence Forces (UPDF).
President Museveni said that the insecurity in Acholi sub-region meted onto
the people by the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) bandits will soon come to an
end. He said that government would assist the businessmen from Yumbe whose
properties were destroyed by the LRA.
Kategaya hailed all development partners for their assistance to bring peace
to West Nile region.
The Second Deputy Prime Minister, Brig. Moses Ali who is also East Moyo MP,
described the ceremony as a big harvest for President Museveni who has sowed
seeds of peace.
He hailed the former UNRF II rebels for renouncing their activities.
The ceremony was witnessed by Irish ambassador Martin O'Fainin, the chairman
of the Amnesty Commission Justice Peter Onega, and Yumbe RDC Ahmed Doka.
