Britain should pay reparation - demand Lamogi elders
Oct 08, 2007
THE Lamogi clan leaders have asked President Yoweri Museveni to open up avenues of reconciliation (Mato Oput) between the people of Lamogi and Queen Elizabeth II over the atrocities committed by the British during the 1911 Lamogi rebellion, writes Chris Ocowun.
THE Lamogi clan leaders have asked President Yoweri Museveni to open up avenues of reconciliation (Mato Oput) between the people of Lamogi and Queen Elizabeth II over the atrocities committed by the British during the 1911 Lamogi rebellion, writes Chris Ocowun.
Addressing a press conference at Bermuda Hotel in Gulu on Friday, the chairman of the Lamogi Clans Government, Zacheous Olyel, said they would like to meet the Queen when she comes for the Commonwealth meeting next month.
“During the 1911 Lamogi rebellion, Great Britain killed our people and used chemical poisoning against us in the caves of Guruguru hills. They caged us in Pece IDP camp, where many people died of diseases and starvation. We seek redress and compensation for the lives and property lost,†Olyel said in a September 27 letter to the President.
He added that they support Museveni’s Pan African vision, sighting it as one of the principles they sought to promote during the rebellion.
The clans’s government also appealed to the President to support the establishment of Lamogi chiefdoms.
The President was asked to avail Amuru district with more resources in order to speed up the development of the area and to intervene in the border dispute between Amuru and Adjumani district.
Addressing a press conference at Bermuda Hotel in Gulu on Friday, the chairman of the Lamogi Clans Government, Zacheous Olyel, said they would like to meet the Queen when she comes for the Commonwealth meeting next month.
“During the 1911 Lamogi rebellion, Great Britain killed our people and used chemical poisoning against us in the caves of Guruguru hills. They caged us in Pece IDP camp, where many people died of diseases and starvation. We seek redress and compensation for the lives and property lost,†Olyel said in a September 27 letter to the President.
He added that they support Museveni’s Pan African vision, sighting it as one of the principles they sought to promote during the rebellion.
The clans’s government also appealed to the President to support the establishment of Lamogi chiefdoms.
The President was asked to avail Amuru district with more resources in order to speed up the development of the area and to intervene in the border dispute between Amuru and Adjumani district.