Another one bites the dust
As the third in command for the LRA was buried, not in his ancestral home but in Ajulu Displaced Persons Camp, the irony was clear - even in death the war that he was part of followed Raska Lukwiya to his grave. Some argue that he was a victim because he did not join the LRA willingly but was abducted by Kony. Others to the contrary cast him as a major perpetrator of henious crimes against innocent people. Either way, we will never be able to hear it from him. As Lukwiya was being buried, the LRA delegation in Juba got news of the death of one of its commanders, Reagan Akena, killed by the Ugandan army in Amuru. The delegation were still wearing black arm bands to mourn Raska Lukwiya. The killing of Akena has increased speculations as to whether the Juba talks have provided a good opportunity for the Uganda military to collect more accurate intelligence information that has enabled them within a period of less than a week to deal the LRA two major blows in the field. This cannot be beyond the realm of posibility considering the way people flocked to Garamba and have converging on to Juba through invitation by different players. At this rate of LRA fatality, if for every LRA commander killed the LRA delegation at the talks ask for 3 days of mourning, one wonders whether the talks will ever resume.