IDPs Will Go Home Soon - Army Commander
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New Vision (Kampala)
May 13, 2004
Posted to the web May 13, 2004
Ray Olweny
Kampala
ARMY Commander Maj. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima has said Internally Displaced Persons'
(IDP) camps will soon be disbanded in war-affected areas because the end of the armed
rebellion in the north is imminent.
Aronda was speaking at a recent security meeting in Pader, where he said he was keen
to see the camps disbanded. "I don't want IDPs. I want people to go home so life can
return to normal," he said.
State minister for security Betty Akech, who chaired the meeting, sent a condolence
message to people who had lost their relatives at the hands of the rebels. She
promised that the Government would work hard to provide security to the people of
northern Uganda.
ple from Pader, Kitgum, Gulu and was attended among others by state minister for
north, Grace Akello, RDC Gulu, RDC Kitgum, LC 5 Kitgum, cultural chiefs, elders, the
LC 3 chairpersons from Pader district and resolved over 20 points to be followed by
the government and stakeholders if peace is to be achieved.
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