"The liberators moved north to Koboko. Here they found nearly no living
soul, for this was the place for more destruction. But the people were aware
of this beforehand and had fled in the course of moving to Koboko via small
county on the West Nile called Maracha, they left no hut, granary, chicken
hut unburned. All food crops from the field were either slashed or
uprooted"....Ugandan refugees in Yei River District 1983.
"While the Tanzanians were busy looting, the Luo group was busy killing"
"The determination of UNLA to avenge past suffering for which the people of
West Nile were held responsible was made explicit through inscriptions on
walls and trees, for example. The Lugbara killed our people, now it must be
our turn to kill them"
"In the afternoon one would only meet soldiers in the streets. During this
time, the safest person was a concubine, the only neighbor (friend) of the
Acholi and Langi". The death toll went very high so that everyone nearly
forgot Amin's lawlessness.
Death statistics reminded one of Obote (supposed) statement that Arua or
West Nile shall not be spared, but turned into a modern national park.
Dr. Umar, the only medical doctor working inside the guerrilla-controlled
are wrote: "death is so common it is no longer a bereavement. Life has lost
its meaning meaning. The dead are not even given their due respect. Many are
unburied, especially those who perish from the barrel of a gun. Those who
get buried are wrapped in banana leaves, for burial cloth has become a
treasure hard to come by".
"An elderly blind man walked for 110 miles to trade tobacco, guided by his
six-year-old son" The journey was so tiresome, it took him three months to
recover.
Friends, this is what we Ugandans called liberation in April 1979!! Being
transferred from the frying pan of Iddi Amin to the fire of Acholis, is
called liberation in Uganda. "Kitalo nnyo".
EM
On the 49th Parallel
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni
katika machafuko"
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