UPC calls for probe into Rwenzori clashes

Mar 30, 2016

"The Rwenzori conflict is quite complex, it did not start today, it has been there for the past time mainly centred on land and economic paralysis, other than these, there could be other reasons fuelling this conflict"

The Uganda People's Congress party (UPC) has called on government to carry out deeper investigations into the Rwenzori region conflict in a sober, political and non-belligerent manner to avoid further conflicts like the case was in the greater North and Eastern regions of the country.

Christopher Apollo Lwanga, head of UPC school of Ideology and Research said that what is happening in Rwenzori region is a complex situation more than what meets the eye, and asked government to move cautiously when addressing the crisis.

"The Rwenzori conflict is quite complex, it did not start today, it has been there for the past time mainly centred on land and economic paralysis, other than these, there could be other reasons fuelling this conflict. UPC urges the government to slowly but deeply investigate the actual cause of these conflicts, address the underlying reasons in a sober, political and non-belligerent manner," he said

Adding: "This must be done slowly though deeply because if it is done hurriedly, one may miss a point and the conflicts may keep resurfacing.

Lwanga made the remarks during a weekly press briefing held at the party's headquarters in Kampala yesterday.

Andrew Omara, working in the department of Media and Communications at UPC noted that the greater North and Eastern regions of Uganda are only just returning to normalcy after conflicts of many years which affected their lives in every aspect of their lives.

He was concerned that if those in Rwenzori region do not stop the fighting, the consequences of the conflict will result in a price that is unimaginable as well as horrific.

"Government needs to work with cultural and religious leaders, and other stakeholders including the common man, involve each and every aspect, revise the history to get to the bottom of the situation to find out what is fuelling the conflict and come up with right decisions," said Omara.

Lwanga urged all Ugandans to seek peaceful solutions to the conflicts now raging in the Greater Rwenzori Region to avoid loss more lives and property

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