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Viewing cable 08KAMPALA1449, NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (October 1-31, 2008)

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08KAMPALA1449 2008-11-04 10:18 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Kampala
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UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 KAMPALA 001449 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT PASS TO USAID AND OFDA 
 
E.O. 12958:  N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PREF ASEC EAID UG SU CG
SUBJECT: NORTHERN UGANDA NOTES (October 1-31, 2008) 
 
KAMPALA 00001449  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1.  (U) Summary:  The following Northern Uganda Notes provide 
information on the situation on the ground and USG activities aimed 
at meeting Mission's objectives in northern Uganda.  These 
objectives include promoting regional stability through peace and 
security, good governance, access to social services, economic 
growth, and humanitarian assistance.  Post appreciates feedback from 
consumers on the utility of this product and any gaps in information 
that need to be filled.  End Summary. 
 
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PEACE AND RECONCILIATION PROCESSES 
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2.  (SBU) On October 8, Southern Sudan's President Salva Kiir 
demanded a timeframe within which the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) 
must sign the Final Peace Agreement (FPA).  Kiir told southern 
Sudanese parliamentarians that he could not wait indefinitely for 
LRA leader Joseph Kony to sign the FPA.  Kiir appealed to the UN 
Special Envoy for LRA-Affected Areas, Joachim Chissano, and Chief 
Mediator Riek Machar to provide a deadline for the signing of the 
FPA so that other options can be explored. 
 
3.  (U) The establishment of the War Crimes Division of the High 
Court could be delayed, according to Principal Judge James Ogoola. 
On October 3, Justice Ogoola told a human rights consultative 
meeting that the absence of an appropriate domestic law could limit 
the scope of the new division.  Meanwhile, on October 28 the 
International Criminal Court (ICC) announced the commencement of a 
pre-trial court to determine if Kony would be tried by the 
international court or the Ugandan High Court.  The ICC appointed a 
lawyer to defend Kony and the other two ICC indictees.  The GOU, the 
ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo, and Kony's lawyer were invited to 
submit views on the court by November 10. 
 
4.  (U) Ocampo renewed calls for the arrest of Kony following recent 
LRA attacks in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and southern 
Sudan.  On October 22, the ICC pressed the DRC to execute arrest 
warrants for the LRA leaders.  The ICC called on the DRC to provide 
detailed information on measures it was taking to execute the 
warrants of arrest.  The responses are due on November 17. 
 
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HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE AND ECONOMIC RECOVERY 
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5.  (U) On October 2, leaders in the north appealed to the World 
Food Program (WFP) not to end school feeding programs.  The leaders 
argued that it is too early to end school feeding because many 
families can only afford one meal per day for their children. 
 
6.  (U) The Acholi Parliamentary Group is seeking a court injunction 
to halt the Peace, Recovery and Development Plan (PRDP) for northern 
Uganda, claiming that the implementation of the PRDP is vague.  Aruu 
County MP Samuel Odonga Otto said that the recovery project captures 
a large geographic area, including districts such as Kapchorwa, 
Busia, Arua, Mbale and Tororo, which were not LRA-affected.  The 
parliamentarians argued that the project may not help the 
communities actually affected.  Otto also said the government does 
not have money available for the PRDP activities and is waiting for 
donations from the international community. 
 
7.  (U)  On October 27, Minister of State for Northern Uganda David 
Wakikona warned leaders in northern Uganda against politicizing 
government programs, which are meant to rebuild the war-ravaged 
region.  Wakikona urged the leaders to focus on recovery of their 
areas instead of politics.  He added that if the leaders politicize 
developmental programs that investments, stability and security, and 
the local people would suffer. 
 
8.  (U) USG Activities: Ambassador Browning participated in the 
handover ceremony for Invisible Children projects in northern Uganda 
on October 29.  Invisible Children started operations in northern 
Uganda in September 2005.  In 2007, it began a program named 
"Schools for Schools" which has linked 850 schools in the US to ten 
schools in LRA-affected districts of Amuru, Gulu, and Pader to 
reconstruct and rehabilitate damaged schools.  Invisible Children 
raised $1 million, primarily from U.S. schoolchildren, in 100 days 
for the renovations, text book supplies, and teacher incentives. 
While in Gulu, the Ambassador met with local government officials, 
non-governmental organizations that implement U.S. programs, and 
staff at the USAID Northern Uganda Office. 
 
 
KAMPALA 00001449  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
9.  (U) USAID's office of Transition Initiatives (OTI) approved 
three new activities: a grant to provide engineering support to the 
Gulu District Engineer to advance a number of infrastructure 
projects; the purchase of furniture to equip sub-county offices and 
courtrooms; and rehabilitation of a borehole in Opaya primary 
school, an area of high levels of internally displaced persons (IDP) 
returns.  This brings total funding under the OTI to $680,000 in 
support of 21 activities.  In the Acholi districts of Amuru, Gulu, 
Kitgum, and Pader, approximately 37 percent of those who were 
internally displaced at the peak of the conflict remain in mother 
camps, 38 percent have moved to satellite or transit camps, and 28 
percent have returned to their villages. 
 
10.  (U) USAID donated approximately $6,000 to assist in the fight 
against diseases such as malaria, bilharzia, trachoma and river 
blindness in Amuru District.  The administrator in charge of Vector 
Control Program, Richard Odokonyero, announced that implementation 
started in October and will be completed in November. 
 
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SECURITY UPDATE 
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11.  (U) On October 8, the United Nations High Commissioner for 
Refugees (UNHCR) reported that a total of 23,000 Congolese fled 
their homes due to LRA attacks in September.  UNHCR estimates that 
up to 150 Congolese had crossed daily from the DRC to the villages 
of Sakure, 15 kilometers south of Yambio, and Gangura, 30 kilometers 
south-west of Yambio, in southern Sudan.  Approximately 5,000 
Congolese were reported in Yambio, while 17,000 others are in the 
Dungu area of northeastern DRC.  The UN, non-governmental 
organizations (NGOs) and the Southern Sudan Relief and 
Rehabilitation Commission undertook joint operations to assist the 
displaced. 
 
12.  (U) On October 10, the UN Mission in Congo (MONUC) said LRA 
rebels killed 52 civilians and abducted 159 children when they 
attacked Dungu town.  MONUC's Political Affairs Officer Jacob Mogeni 
called for a strategy to deal with the LRA and other negative forces 
during a border security meeting. 
 
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FROM THE MEDIA AND THE WEB 
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13.  (U) The LRA resumed attacks on civilians in the eastern part of 
the DRC, according to the Daily Monitor's article entitled, "No 
Attack on Congo Planned - Uganda".  According to the story, Uganda 
has assured the DRC that it would not send troops across the border 
"clandestinely" to carry out pre-emptive strikes on LRA rebels. 
Henry Okello Oryem, State Minister for International Relations, said 
that Uganda had told Kinshasa that its contribution to resolving the 
security challenges will be made in broad daylight.  The paper also 
reported that defense ministry and military officials from Uganda, 
DRC, and southern Sudan have been working on joint plans to attack 
the rebel army in its bases in eastern Congo, but no action has been 
taken despite several meetings. 
 
14.  (U) The Army Spokesperson, Major Paddy Ankunda, was quoted as 
saying that the Ugandan Peoples' Defense Forces (UPDF) was 
monitoring the borders as a precautionary measure against the LRA, 
but that should the LRA attempt to enter Uganda, the UPDF was ready 
to take action.  Ankunda reportedly said that the army was 
monitoring the DRC border on a daily basis and denied that General 
Aronda Nyakairima had given any orders.  Ankunda urged displaced 
persons to continue returning to their villages, assuring them that 
there was no security threat. 
 
15.  (U) LRA peace delegation leader David Matsanga issued a 
communique to the international community and Chissano, demanding a 
new location for the LRA assembly.  Matsanga said that the LRA has 
no faith in the security of the Rikwangba assembly area and staging 
point at Nabanga that have been the hub of peace activities since 
2006.  He added that recent troop movements in southern Sudan have 
given the UPDF a free hand, making the areas unsafe for the LRA. 
The Daily Monitor asked the leader of the Ugandan Government's peace 
team, Ruhakana Rugunda, for his thoughts on Matsanga's letter. 
Rugunda said that the way forward is for the LRA to sign the final 
peace agreement because time is not on their side.  "If they (the 
LRA) have issues, they can raise them as part of and within the 
framework of the agreement," according to Rugunda. 
BROWNING