Kampala
The US President George W Bush and the South Sudan Vice-President, Gen. Salva Kiir, have discussed means to deal with the secluded Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader, Joseph Kony, now holed up in the Garamba jungle.
The discussion between the out-going American President and Gen. Kiir took place in Mr Bush’s Oval Office in Washington on Monday, the White House has said. “We also talked of the issue of the LRA in Northern Uganda, which has now shifted to Congo and Southern Sudan – and how to handle this,” Gen. Kiir is quoted by the White House on its website. “These terrorists have no respect of human rights and we’ll have to deal with it so that they have to accept the regional changes and be brought to end the conflict,” he added.
The statement does however not mention how the US will help in ending the LRA menace. Whereas it has been reported the US has been providing war materials especially surveillance equipment to Uganda to deal with LRA, the US embassy in Kampala has denied the reports. On the contrary the US says it has only provided non-lethal materials and trained Ugandan soldiers. But the discussion between Bush and Gen. Kiir over LRA is a clear testimony of US’s important role in fighting the LRA, which it has put on her list of international terrorist organisations. South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the two allies helping Uganda in Operation Lightning Thunder, a code-name for the military operation against the rebels.
Meanwhile, Daily Monitor has established that the Chief of Defence Forces,’ Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, yesterday recalled Capt. Chris Magezi who has been the operation’s spokesman.
Capt. Deo Akiiki has been appointed to replace him. Capt. Akiiki and Army spokesman, Maj. Paddy Ankunda could not be got for a comment as both were in Dungu, the force’s tactical headquarters in DRC. The reasons for the changes are not known.
The US President George W Bush and the South Sudan Vice-President, Gen. Salva Kiir, have discussed means to deal with the secluded Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel leader, Joseph Kony, now holed up in the Garamba jungle.
The discussion between the out-going American President and Gen. Kiir took place in Mr Bush’s Oval Office in Washington on Monday, the White House has said. “We also talked of the issue of the LRA in Northern Uganda, which has now shifted to Congo and Southern Sudan – and how to handle this,” Gen. Kiir is quoted by the White House on its website. “These terrorists have no respect of human rights and we’ll have to deal with it so that they have to accept the regional changes and be brought to end the conflict,” he added.
The statement does however not mention how the US will help in ending the LRA menace. Whereas it has been reported the US has been providing war materials especially surveillance equipment to Uganda to deal with LRA, the US embassy in Kampala has denied the reports. On the contrary the US says it has only provided non-lethal materials and trained Ugandan soldiers. But the discussion between Bush and Gen. Kiir over LRA is a clear testimony of US’s important role in fighting the LRA, which it has put on her list of international terrorist organisations. South Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are the two allies helping Uganda in Operation Lightning Thunder, a code-name for the military operation against the rebels.
Meanwhile, Daily Monitor has established that the Chief of Defence Forces,’ Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, yesterday recalled Capt. Chris Magezi who has been the operation’s spokesman.
Capt. Deo Akiiki has been appointed to replace him. Capt. Akiiki and Army spokesman, Maj. Paddy Ankunda could not be got for a comment as both were in Dungu, the force’s tactical headquarters in DRC. The reasons for the changes are not known.
http://www.monitor.co.ug/artman/publish/news/US_President_Bush_Kiir_discuss_Kony_in_America_77831.shtml
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