Taban To Meet Kony
TABAN Amin, son to the late president Idi Amin yesterday said he was willing to go to Joseph Kony’s military camp at Baraak State Lodge in Juba, Sudan to talk to him over peace if the Uganda government could facilitate him.
By Justin Moro
and Dennis Ojwee
TABAN Amin, son to the late president Idi Amin yesterday said he was willing to go to Joseph Kony’s military camp at Baraak State Lodge in Juba, Sudan to talk to him over peace if the Uganda government could facilitate him.
Taban was addressing journalists of the Northern Media Club at Acholi Inn in Gulu yesterday.
“I am ready to go to meet Kony in Sudan even now if I am given a go-ahead and facilitation by the Government. I know where Joseph Kony’s military camp is in Baraak in Juba, Sudan. I can go there because Kony knows me very well. I met with him once in Sudan and I don’t think he (Kony) will refuse to talk to me,†Taban said.
Taban travelled to Kitgum yesterday with the director general of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col. Elly Kayanja, to visit areas affected by the LRA rebellion.
The party, which included Kitgum resident district commissioner Lt. Santo Okot Lapolo, left Gulu by road. Taban arrived in Gulu on Saturday, addressed a public rally and held a radio talk show.
“It’s just a matter of getting a ticket and getting to Juba in Sudan and I will meet Kony. I think he will trust me because I have been with him in Sudan. May be he has not been accepting to talk to some people who have been trying because he never trusted them.
“So, we shall do everything possible to convince Kony to end this war. Kony is an ordinary Ugandan like us. Kony was born just like any other person and I know he will accept to listen to me,†he said.
Taban said his 2,500 fighters would return from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) within two days if their flight arrangements were completed.
He said it was the duty of the United Nations to bring back to Uganda weapons from his fighters.
He declined to reveal the number and type of weapons his soldiers possess. “That is a military affair, not for the press,†he said. “We in the north militarily oriented but have failed to topple the Government,†he said.
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and Dennis Ojwee
TABAN Amin, son to the late president Idi Amin yesterday said he was willing to go to Joseph Kony’s military camp at Baraak State Lodge in Juba, Sudan to talk to him over peace if the Uganda government could facilitate him.
Taban was addressing journalists of the Northern Media Club at Acholi Inn in Gulu yesterday.
“I am ready to go to meet Kony in Sudan even now if I am given a go-ahead and facilitation by the Government. I know where Joseph Kony’s military camp is in Baraak in Juba, Sudan. I can go there because Kony knows me very well. I met with him once in Sudan and I don’t think he (Kony) will refuse to talk to me,†Taban said.
Taban travelled to Kitgum yesterday with the director general of the Internal Security Organisation (ISO), Col. Elly Kayanja, to visit areas affected by the LRA rebellion.
The party, which included Kitgum resident district commissioner Lt. Santo Okot Lapolo, left Gulu by road. Taban arrived in Gulu on Saturday, addressed a public rally and held a radio talk show.
“It’s just a matter of getting a ticket and getting to Juba in Sudan and I will meet Kony. I think he will trust me because I have been with him in Sudan. May be he has not been accepting to talk to some people who have been trying because he never trusted them.
“So, we shall do everything possible to convince Kony to end this war. Kony is an ordinary Ugandan like us. Kony was born just like any other person and I know he will accept to listen to me,†he said.
Taban said his 2,500 fighters would return from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) within two days if their flight arrangements were completed.
He said it was the duty of the United Nations to bring back to Uganda weapons from his fighters.
He declined to reveal the number and type of weapons his soldiers possess. “That is a military affair, not for the press,†he said. “We in the north militarily oriented but have failed to topple the Government,†he said.
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