Families of Mucwini victims want reparation SOURCE: The Monitor By James Eriku Families who lost their dear ones in Mucwini massacre in Kitgum District at the peak of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebellion in 2002 have asked the government to consider compensating them for the loss. The bereaved relatives said it is through compensation that they would feel government’s commitment in redressing the plight of children and women orphaned and widowed by the raid. “We ask the government to join hands with the cultural institution to compensate the families of those who died, to foster reconciliation and healing,” a statement read by the victims during a memorial prayer at the weekend, reads in part. In the early morning of July 24, 2002,
the village witnessed one of the bloodiest attacks by the LRA on
civilians when 56 people were massacred. This
is after they claimed that one of the sons of the village who had been
abducted escaped and returned to the area with their gun. Unfair act The most affected parishes in Mucwini by the LRA raids were; Pajong, Yepa, Pubec, Pudo, Ogwapoke, Agwoko, Akara and Bura. URL Address: http://www.monitor.co.ug/News/National/-/688334/980774/-/x3sbey/-/index.html |