Okuto
Do you want 'Kony' to just accept ONLY what M7 is offering, for the sake of
peace ?
Without some sort of self governance another 'rebel' could start in the same
area again, plunging the area into more mayhem.
Maybe federo, with Acholi RDC's and LC's in charge, would ensure that no
shadowy figure starts a war which will take the victorious and strong M7
another 20 years to NEGOTIATE away while based in a foreign country.
M7's arguments about this war are shallow, hollow and repetitive and some new
proposals are in order here.
Nume.
Okuto del Coli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Seems to me like a typical case of derailment. THE INITIAL MOTIVE FOR THE LRA's
ARMED RESISTANCE as we have often known, was not FEDERALISM.
In any case, the method of fighting they have employed thus far does not
suggest any thing in that direction, They have never taken control of any bit
of Uganda. Which they would have been expected to, if FEDERALISM was part of
their motive.
Some interest else is hi jacking and the innocent Ugandan perseverance
persists!!
noc'la gaumoy
--- On Tue 11/14, Matek Opoko < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote:
From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.net
Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 11:51:33 -0800 (PST)
Subject: [Ugnet] Uganda: LRA Demands Hold Truce to Ransom
Reacting to THE EAST AFRICAN ARTICLE BELOW , MANY POLITICAL OBSERVERS WOULD
SAY That LRA demands , which includes the call for federalism in Uganda , are
genuine and must be addressed if any agreement will be reached in the so called
Juba peace talks. Refusing to address those demands in Ernest is indeed a
recipe for more wars and more Human Suffering.
Matek
Uganda: LRA Demands Hold Truce to Ransom
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The East African (Nairobi)
November 14, 2006
Posted to the web November 14, 2006
BARBARA AMONG
Nairobi
Lopsided demands and dis-agreement over the terms of a revised truce accord
between the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) have
held up peace talks between the two sides in the southern Sudanese city of
Juba, officials said last week.
Talks aimed at ending the two-decade-old war in northern Uganda between the
government and Lords Resistance Army rebels have now dragged on for three
months with no achievement on any of the five agreed-upon agenda items.
Rapidly unfolding events, especially the reported killing of more
than 40 civilians by LRA rebels, the ambush of an SPLA truck by the Uganda
army, continuous ferrying of food to the rebels by the Government of Southern
Sudan, suggest that an outbreak of renewed hostilities is imminent.
The two sides renewed the truce two weeks ago, giving the rebels a month to
assemble, but the LRA rebels are yet to show up in the two assembly areas of
Owiny-Kibul and Ri-kwangba in Southern Sudan.
Further hurting the talks is the constant stream of new demands raised by the
rebel political wing (LRM) in the talks. The team last week presented a new set
of refined demands, including special protection for its fighters and the
establishment of a fully-fledged ministry in which the rebels would have a
stake, a proposal the government has flatly rejected.
The Uganda government has said it is fast growing impatient with the talks
and has within a period of three weeks, written twice to the mediator and
Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS) expressing its disappointment at the pace
of the talks.
GoSS is hosting the stop-start peace talks between the Uganda government and
the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels who have long been accused of
committing atrocities against villagers across the two border regions.
Unlike past talks, where the perceived reluctance of both the government and
the LRA rebels to engage with one another in political dialogue emerged
consistently, this time round, the peace talks started in high gear and the two
sides had shown increased commitment.
However, the often-articulated government view that the LRA lack a
comprehensive political objective and is therefore a "common criminal" seems to
be coming back on the table.
The repeated argument by the government that the rebels are using the talks
to reorganise is quickly resurfacing. The army has on five occasions in the
past month engaged rebels trying to cross the Nile into Garamba in Congo.
While the rebel political wing constantly raise new demands, leaving old ones
unresolved, LRA leader Joseph Kony and his top lieutenants have consistently
focused on the withdrawal of the International Criminal Court (ICC) indictment.
The 26-page document, spelling out fresh LRA demands, surfaced after the LRM
was joined by a fresh team from the US and UK. Okidi Jaramogi, now based in
Southern Sudan, and Onen Ostraco, based in Nairobi, have brought a new twist to
the talks by introducing it.
The rebel political wing is known for squandering past international peace
talks, most notably the 1997 Rome peace talks, initiated by the Sant'Egidio
group.
The LRA delegation presented the 26-page document to the chief mediator, Dr
Riek Machar, on Monday night at the Juba Raha Hotel, containing demands 80
percent of which Kampala has rejected.
The parties have since August been debating comprehensive solutions to the
conflict, a path that could lead to the signing of a comprehensive peace
agreement.
The document demands that the parties adopt special security measures
including a designated assembly area in Northern Uganda, to be elaborated in
subsequent agreements.
The LRA also wants Masindi district in western Uganda included in districts
affected by the war, which should then be declared "disaster areas."
The LRA also demands that a referendum be held in 12 months after signing the
agreement, a move the rebels say will show that there is genuine demand for a
federal form of government as the only way for guaranteeing the political
stability of the country.
The Uganda government has rejected the above demands, maintaining that it is
only offering a "soft landing" for the rebels.
The government also argues that the new demands were not raised by the rebels
when presenting earlier papers for discussion on the five agreed upon agenda
items nor were they presented during the reviewing of the Cessation of
Hostilities agreement.
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The visit by Uganda's President, Yoweri Museveni, to Juba last month has not
boosted the talks as was earlier expected.
The Juba talks, the latest in many attempts to end the LRA insurgency, have
been plagued from the start by profound mistrust on both sides, which spiked
earlier last month with the military and rebels both accusing the other of
initiating hostilities.
Because of this mistrust, the LRA moved out of the two assembly points and
are now heading towards Garamba forest in DR Congo.
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