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****** Uganda: Army Captures Five LRA Rebels ******
Raymond Baguma and Barbara Among
5 March 2009
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Kampala — The joint force pursuing the LRA in the Garamba jungles yesterday
captured five rebels, including a Ugandan woman who was wife to a rebel
commander.
Margaret Achola, 22, from Kalongo in Pader district and her 14-year-old
daughter, Fatuma Angeyo, were captured at Ukwa, south of Ri-Kwangba.
A Congolese woman, Muka Bitire, with her 14-year-old son, Uboyogo Akumbayo Munu
and a boy, Momumangi Tede, 14, from the Central African Republic were also
captured.
Capt. Deo Akiiki, the operation spokesperson said another LRA fighter killed on
Tuesday, had not been identified. He said the rebel, who had dreadlocks, could
have been the commander of a rebel unit.
Akiiki said those rescued were part of Thomas Kwoyelo's group. Kwoyelo was shot
in the stomach and captured on Tuesday. He was then flown to Kampala on
Wednesday evening.
Army spokesperson Maj. Felix Kulayigye yesterday said Kwoyelo was being
attended to at a military hospital and his chances of survival were high.
The army said the body of the UPDF soldier who was killed during the battle
with Kwoyelo's group, would be flown to Uganda after informing his family.
Meanwhile, the Archbishop of the Episcopal Church of the Sudan, the Rev. Daniel
Deng Bul Yak, on Monday handed over a petition, on behalf of his Church, the
Church of Uganda and the Anglican Church in north eastern DR Congo, to the
British Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, at a meeting in London.
He requested for diplomatic pressure to end the brutal attacks on unarmed
civilians by the LRA.
Deng said although the LRA attacks were the most pressing security issue in
Southern Sudan, local violence was still going on and needed to be tackled
within the framework of the Sudanese Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the
north and the south.
The petition was signed by Deng, Archbishop Henry Luke Orombi and Bishop George
Ande of Aru in north-east DR Congo.
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