Kitgum war museum opened
Apr 07, 2011
A war memorial centre has been opened in Kitgum district. The Kitgum War Memorial Museum is meant to provide historical information about the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in northern Uganda.
By WOKORACH OBOI
A war memorial centre has been opened in Kitgum district. The Kitgum War Memorial Museum is meant to provide historical information about the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in northern Uganda.
Commissioning the centre on Wednesday, the Uganda Law Commission chairman, Prof. Joseph Kakooza, said it would act as a reminder to avoid another conflict in the country in future.
Kakooza said the centre will collect materials about the war in the north and other conflicts which occurred in other parts of the country since 1962.
He blamed Uganda’s turbulent past on thirst for power and greed for wealth.
Kakooza urged leaders to fight bloodshed and seek lasting peace.
Located at the district headquarters, the facility will comprise a museum, a library and a peace documentation centre. It will collect and preserve artifacts about war.
The centre, worth over sh500m, is funded by USAID through the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative and is being implemented by Makerere University’s Refugee Law Project.
It will contain live exhibitions and an information technology centre where visitors will watch digital versions of archived material relating to war.
However, only the first phase of the project was launched. The rest, including the museum, will be completed later.
Kenneth Oketta, the prime minister of Ker Kwaro Acholi, the Acholi cultural institution, said although the centre will preserve aspects of the Acholi culture, it will also help in the transition and resettlement process.
The retired bishop of Kitgum Diocese, Macleod Baker Ochola II, described the centre as a divine inspirational vision, which would benefit the world.
The Kitgum LC5 chairman, John Komakech Ogwok, said the centre would benefit the learned and the illiterate.
A war memorial centre has been opened in Kitgum district. The Kitgum War Memorial Museum is meant to provide historical information about the Lord’s Resistance Army insurgency in northern Uganda.
Commissioning the centre on Wednesday, the Uganda Law Commission chairman, Prof. Joseph Kakooza, said it would act as a reminder to avoid another conflict in the country in future.
Kakooza said the centre will collect materials about the war in the north and other conflicts which occurred in other parts of the country since 1962.
He blamed Uganda’s turbulent past on thirst for power and greed for wealth.
Kakooza urged leaders to fight bloodshed and seek lasting peace.
Located at the district headquarters, the facility will comprise a museum, a library and a peace documentation centre. It will collect and preserve artifacts about war.
The centre, worth over sh500m, is funded by USAID through the Northern Uganda Transition Initiative and is being implemented by Makerere University’s Refugee Law Project.
It will contain live exhibitions and an information technology centre where visitors will watch digital versions of archived material relating to war.
However, only the first phase of the project was launched. The rest, including the museum, will be completed later.
Kenneth Oketta, the prime minister of Ker Kwaro Acholi, the Acholi cultural institution, said although the centre will preserve aspects of the Acholi culture, it will also help in the transition and resettlement process.
The retired bishop of Kitgum Diocese, Macleod Baker Ochola II, described the centre as a divine inspirational vision, which would benefit the world.
The Kitgum LC5 chairman, John Komakech Ogwok, said the centre would benefit the learned and the illiterate.