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Govt to Resettle Ex-Captives

New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
September 2, 2004
Posted to the web September 2, 2004

By Nathan Etengu
Kampala
THE Government is to resettle over 25,000 former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA)
abductees at Labora farm, Gulu district, state minister for disaster
preparedness Christine Amongin Aporu said on Saturday.
She said those to be resettled included former LRA fighters who surrendered and
the abductees who either escaped or were rescued by the UPDF.
"We now have more than 25,000 people including former LRA fighters and
abductees that the Government intends to resettle," Amongin said.
She said the Government would continue to empower the returnees with various
development programmes initiated in the region. She said the former LRA
fighters were free to join the UPDF.

   

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