What do I gain from making this up? Ask those who know and they will tell you (e.g. the Kabaka's press secretary). The Kabaka traveled to West Nile twice (if my memory serves me right) in the mid-90's to help draw attention to the plight of Sudanese refugees. Newspaper or TV accounts must still exist.
vukoni
ps. Please try to at least spell my name correctly. It doesn't reflect very well on your grasp of facts or courtesy.
At 07:54 PM 1/24/2004 -0800, you wrote:
Lasanga:
The King has not (to my knowledge) traveled to the refugee camps in northern Uganda to show solidarity with the residents who were and are being looted and killed by armed groups as our own UPDF looked the other way.
My question to you is: If the residents in refugee camps are not safe with the UPDF looking the other way when armed groups loot and killed them, what makes you sure our King will not be looted and killed as our UPDF is looking the other way??
Due to security reasons, I don't think the King will travel to the refugee camps! It's sad but true. The King has no Kabakaship Guard Brigade (like Mu7) to beep up security on his visits to the refugee. If you have been following the events, you would have found out by now that the King is given limited security by the UPDF.
If it is the same UPDF that is looking the other way when civilians are attacked by armed groups, and it is the same arm 'guarding' the King, I suppose that same UPDF will look the other way as the King will be attacked by armed groups.
I personally would advise the King not to dare go to the refugee camps with this same UPDF as his security guards if he wants his life. The King is not a fool, he can see through all this UPDF mess! The King should communicate with civilians in refugee camps and help with deplomatic peace talks to end the war, as He (King) is doing now. I salute him for his goodwill to all Ugandans.
There is alot the King can contribute to help end the war and this suffering without physically visiting the unprotected refugee camps in the north. What do you think?? Do you think everything has to be physical in order to make an impact?? Wake up to reality.
Zakoomu R.
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