Voice of America reports that MPs representing the northern region of Uganda staged a walkout of parliament to protest the government’s inability to deal decisively with the Lord’s Resistance Army’s continuing violent incursions in that part of the country.
Lira district MP Margaret Ateng complained that after 16 years the Ugandan government still doesn’t seem to be able to stop the LRA from operating in northern Uganda,
But, to our surprise, no changes have come, changes meaning that there’s not been a stop to LRA incursions. Instead, it has worsened. We’ve seen that, whatever we’ve been mentioning, whatever we’ve been stating to be done, whatever advice we’ve given for things to improve has not been taken up.
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Uganda parliament members protest continuing northern violence. Voice of America, November 24, 2003.