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Ochan Otim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ochan Otim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
UPDF abduct, murder, children in Adilang....
On 9 April 2005, 4 girls set off from Adilang camp to go and collect firewood from their abandoned homesteads. The girls who were in their mid-teens were identified as Joska Akello, Paska Achola, Mary Akidi and Pamela Aryemo. When the girls got to their former homestead, they separated with each going to collect firewood in a different direction. The only survivor amongst them, Akello narrates that as she had finished gathering her firewood, she waited in vain for her friends. It was after a long wait that she decided to rush back to the camp and seek help from other people. At the camp, when she explained how her friends had mysteriously vanished, news spread fast and people went to meet the UPDF commander. The UPDF agreed for the civilians to go out and look for their missing friends.
Not long after the civilians had left the camp, they came across the UPDF. The UPDF ordered the civilians to stop. They then demanded from the civilians where they were going. When the civilians explained, the UPDF bagan chasing them to go back to the camp. The UPDF said it was already too late (which was strange as the time was only 12.45pm). When the civilians showed reluctance, the UPDF then started hitting them. Akidi's mother was hit on the head with the metal back of a UPDF gun. She had a swollen head from beatings received from the UPDF.
On the morning of 10 April 2005 and with no news of the girls, even a larger number of civilians decided to leave the camp to go looking for the girls. This time the civilians did not meet with the UPDF. On reaching the suspected area, the civilians ventured into an abandoned homestead. At the entrance, they found Akidi's blouse drenched in blood. A few steps away they found her underwear. When the civilians entered a hut, they found Akidi's body - with her skirt placed upon her face. Akidi had been raped and strangled until she died. Outside the hut, there were footmarks of soldiers all over the compound (in Uganda, soldiers wear distinct footwear/shoes - which is unique and available only to them). There were also empty cans of "Tyson waragi" and cigarete filters all over the compound. The bodies of Aryemo and Achola were not found for another week (having badly decomposed). Their remains were found far away from where Akidi was killed. They too had been murdered in the most vicious way.
When the above murders were reported to the UPDF, they blamed the LRA. But as everyone knows in Northern Uganda, the LRA do not drink, let alone drink "Tyson waragi". The above murders were the actions of non other than the UPDF.
Lagungu-gungu in Rackoko...
On 18 February 2005, a group of 14 year old girls set off from Rac-koko in Aruu county to go and harvest grass to thatch their parents' huts. They l eft the camp for Bolo village, all in Pader district. Some of the girls were identified as Sunday Amony, Lawino, Ayugi and Maria.
It was as they left that they noticed they were being followed by a group of UPDF soldiers (the girls counted 13 government soldiers). Whilst the UPDF have got a sinister reputation, the girls hopped for the best and that �God willing� nothing terrible would happen to them. When they reached the village and started cutting the grass they went for, the same group of UPDF soldiers emerged from nowhere. As a pretext, one of the UPDF soldiers started making claims that Sunday Amony was infact his ex-wife who ran away from him whilst he was at Pajule. This prompted the girls to explain to the soldiers that their friend at 14, was a year 2 secondary pupil at Rac-Koko secondary. The rest of the UPDF soldiers then came and grabbed Amony and carried her to a last remaining hut, in an abandoned home. Soon afterwards, the girls could hear Amony's scream. The rest of the UPDF soldiers then came for the remaining girls.
Maria decided not to wait for what was coming. She ran as fast as she could but the 3 UPDF soldiers who were giving her chase caught up with. The UPDF then beat Maria until blood was oozing from her head. Maria was brought back and raped with the rest of her friends.
After the UPDF had finished with the girls, they warned them that should the girls report what had happened to them to people in the camp, they (the UPDF) would come back and kill all of them, including members of their family. Despite the threats, the girls reported the incident to people at the camp and the matter was taken to the UPDF authorities. But as ever, nothing was done to the UPDF rapists.
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