Sunday, August 20, 2006

Two members the LRA London Team were detained in Juba

It has emerged that a few weeks ago Dr Walter Oweka and Dr Terence Paito arrived in Juba unexpectedly and were detained for 4 days before the Josphine Apira, the deputy head of the LRA negotiation team came the their rescue. It appears as if the two arrived unannounced to the Juba authorities despite their invitation apparently coming from the deputy head of the delegation. There is presently grave concern about Dr Oweka's health as he reportedly as an injury to his shoulder, suspected to be a fracture. It is not clear whether the injury is linked to his detention. Meanwhile, Peter Odok, former Resident District Commissioner in Gulu has vowed to expose those in Juba who he says are influencing Vincent Otii not to come to the talks. Peter Odok as for long maintained that the brains behind the LRA were in London. His veiled threat apperas to be aimed at the London elements of the LRA delegation in London. This comes in the light of Ugandan President Museveni announcing that if the peace talks fail, Uganda, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of Congo have agreed to storm Kony's LRA base in Garamba. There are suggestions that the ongoing joint military exercise between Uganda, Kenya and armies from the horn of Africa might be in preparation for an assault on Kony

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