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More LRA Rebels Assemble in Safe Zones

New Vision (Kampala)
NEWS
September 13, 2006
Posted to the web September 14, 2006

By Henry Mukasa
Kampala
PROSPECTS for the success of the Cessation of Hostilities Agreement (CHA) grew
yesterday with reports that big numbers of the LRA rebels have assembled at
Owiny Ki-Bul and Ri-Kwangba.
Sources in the SPLA said LRA commanders Dominic Ongwen and Lt. Col. Okello
Okuti, with fighters they led from Pader and Kitgum districts, had reached
Owiny Ki-Bul.
The group from Gulu, led by Kwoyelo, is expected to reach the assembly point
today.
The source said three quarters of the LRA fighters who have been hiding in the
forested Garamba National Park in Eastern DRC, led by Second-in-Command Vincent
Otti, have also assembled at Ri-Kwangba.
"They have reached both assembly points. They even picked food taken by the
mediators," the source said.
Another source said the rebels have camped on the banks of River Atepi, near
Owiny Ki-Bul.
The LRA team is expected to leave Juba today for Ri-Kwangba to consult with
leader Joseph Kony and Otti on the talks.
Before the talks took a break on Tuesday, the two parties had started
discussions on item No. 2 on the agenda, the Comprehensive Solutions to the
causes of the war.


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