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Mw. Ssenyange,
You probably did not see this but the demand for an all
inclusive Truth and Reconciliation Commission has been articulated several
time before this. You will find that those 'resisting' this course of
action are not UPC.
Akena
Probe Luweero
massacres - UPC
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CHARLES
MWANGUHYA
MPAGI |
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KAMPALA
The Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) has
challenged President Yoweri Museveni to institute an international inquiry
into the killings in Luweero Triangle during the bush war between
1981-1986.
They also challenged Museveni to allow a public debate
to get to the depth of the massacres, which according to the government
estimates resulted in the death of about 300,000 people.
The
chairman of the UPC Constitutional Steering Committee, Mr Badru Wegulo,
told journalists yesterday that Museveni has a habit of digging up the
skulls of Luweero whenever an election nears. He said Museveni uses this
as a scarecrow to win votes.
If the government is concerned about
Ugandans, we demand that an international commission be set up to
investigate who is responsible for the killings in Luweero, Wegulo
said.
He said UPC wants the establishment of a Truth and
Reconciliation Commission and a public debate with Museveni at a time and
venue of his convenience so that we can deal with these matters once and
for all.
The Movement Spokesman, Mr Ofwono Opondo, said, There
is no need for a Truth and Reconciliation Commission and we shall not have
one anyway. The MP for Samia Bugwe North, Mr Aggrey Awori said, We are
tired of Luweero and the demonisation of UPC. They have stretched us far
enough. How many deaths can we pin on Museveni? he said.
Awori said
he would also move a motion in Parliament to block unending compensations
to alleged victims of the war.
Opondo dismissed UPCs call for
international investigators.
We do not need the international
community to come and tell us who killed the people in Luweero either. The
survivors are there and they can tell us who destroyed their homes. Can
UPC show us the people who ran to them for protection like the people of
the north are running away from the LRA? Opondo asked.
Wegulo
said there is need for the country to be told the truth about who fired
the first bullet and who killed which
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