Join govt to fight LRA, Acholi told
MEMBERS of the Acholi Parliamentary Group have advised the people of Acholi to rally behind the government and support peace efforts being undertaken in the Acholi sub-region.
By Justin Moro in Kitgum
MEMBERS of the Acholi Parliamentary Group have advised the people of Acholi to rally behind the government and support peace efforts being undertaken in the Acholi sub-region.
The MPs led by Zachary Olum (Nwoya county) said the Government was willing to talk with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to end the 17-year conflict.
Addressing a public peace mobilisation meetings in Kitgum town hospital ground and in Kitgum Matidi Displaced Peoples Camp in Chua county, the MPs assured all surrendering LRA fighters that they would be peacefully received and integrated into the community.
“We Acholi people must unite and support the government in restoring peace. LRA reels should talk with the government team so that peace returns,†he said.
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MEMBERS of the Acholi Parliamentary Group have advised the people of Acholi to rally behind the government and support peace efforts being undertaken in the Acholi sub-region.
The MPs led by Zachary Olum (Nwoya county) said the Government was willing to talk with the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels to end the 17-year conflict.
Addressing a public peace mobilisation meetings in Kitgum town hospital ground and in Kitgum Matidi Displaced Peoples Camp in Chua county, the MPs assured all surrendering LRA fighters that they would be peacefully received and integrated into the community.
“We Acholi people must unite and support the government in restoring peace. LRA reels should talk with the government team so that peace returns,†he said.
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