Uganda: LRA Hits Back at Kagoda Over Juba Talks
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New Vision (Kampala)
30 July 2007
Posted to the web 31 July 2007
Kampala
THE LRA has accused the Government of "hostile propaganda" for rejecting their
$2m demand for consultations and travels. Dr. Steven Kagoda, the permanent
secretary of the internal ministry, last week called the LRA demand
"unreasonable and unrealistic, aimed at delaying the peace process".
But Martin Ojul, the leader of the LRA delegation, called Kagoda a hard-line
NRM functionary, trying to appear 'holier than the pope'.
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"It is unforgivable for a civil servant to deliberately make
irresponsible, reckless and malicious political statements, calculated at
maligning and undermining the integrity of the LRA," Ojul said in a four-page
press statement yesterday.
While denying having made the $2m a precondition for resuming the peace talks,
Ojul insisted on holding the stakeholders' conferences and on "visiting
countries that have been through the same processes".
He also insisted on involving the people in the diaspora in the process.
"Leaving them out would be a time bomb as they are a critical resource base for
post-conflict north and northeastern Uganda." Ojul accused the Government of
double standards, arguing that they asked for the same amount of money from the
donors.
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"The Government of Uganda is known to have, through the
chief mediator, presented its own budget to the donor fund of over $1.9m for
organising its own stakeholders' conferences," the statement said. But when
contacted by The New Vision, Kagoda denied the allegations.
"We submitted a draft budget of sh700m ($440,000) for consultations in Lira,
Soroti, Adjumani, Gulu and a big consultative meeting in Kampala with all the
stakeholders to work out any amendments to the law to allow for alternative
justice," he said.
"The development partners are still studying that budget and will get back to
us tomorrow."
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