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New Vision (Kampala)
October 10, 2003
Posted to the web October 10, 2003
Alfred Wasike
Kampala
TOP Church leaders yesterday condemned the suffering visited on innocent civilians by the 17-year-long war in northern Uganda.
"We, as Christian leaders, reiterate our faith and commitment in a peaceful solution to the conflict in northern Uganda. We condemn and abhor the wanton killings, mutilation and debasement of our brethren in that part of the country by the belligerents," said the Uganda Joint Christian Council (UJCC) leadership in its 41st Independence Day statement.
The statement was signed by the UJCC chairperson Archbishop of the Orthodox Church, His Eminence Jonah Lwanga, the head of the Roman Catholic Church, Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala and the Church of Uganda leader, Rt. Rev. Dr. Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyooyo.
It also called for unity in diversity and the need to fight poverty and corruption.
"The journey from independence in 1962, can be characterised as a struggle for national identity," they said.
