THE MIGHTY: Nsibambi leads Museveni out after the launch yesterday as ministers follow

By Felix Osike
PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has ruled out further talks with the LRA rebel leaders who have been indicted by the International Criminal Court.
Previous talks led by former minister Betty Bigombe failed.
Museveni has also warned Karimojong warriors who have not surrendered their guns, that they will face the military Court Martial.
The President was yesterday launching a multi-dimensional Joint Monitoring Committee (JMC) for peace, security and humanitarian action in northern Uganda at Speke Resort Munyonyo in Kampala.
“Some people have been peddling lies that there can be a peaceful solution to (LRA leader Joseph) Kony. I don’t accept this. unconditional forgiveness for all will be a big mistake. Kony and the other three commanders must face trial in The Hague.
“What remains to be done now is working with the Sudan government, the SPLA, the Congo government and MONUC to capture Kony and a few of his associates and hand them over to The Hague so that we end impunity,” he said.
Museveni said the transitional justice being advocated for by some outsiders would not apply to Kony and his top commanders.
Present were Prime Minister Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, foreign affairs minister Sam Kutesa, local government minister Tarsis Kabwegyere, northern Uganda rehabilitation state minister Grace Akello, diplomats, MPs and district chairpersons from the north.
Museveni warned, “We have created capacity that henceforth, no terrorist or law breaker will come to Uganda and survive for any length of time.
“That is why Kony is running away. He is not going to the Garamba National Park as a tourist. We are left with a few gaps here and there which we are going to solve.”
Nsibambi, who chairs the committee, said emergency plans and the JMC was a welcome development and an indication of continued commitment by the Government and development partners to fully pacify and bring the north to the path of reco-very and development.
Kutesa said the plan was a short term mechanism as the Government works out another programme to solve the problems of northern Uganda.
Akello said the overall purpose of the plan was to consolidate peace and recovery in the north, with the overall aim of bringing the region at parity with the south.
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