About 100 former LRA abductees marched quietly through Gulu town yesterday in commemoration of missing children and the people killed in the war. Unlike in the past 20 years, it is now safe to move in Northern Uganda .

The marchers raised hoardings in which they called on the public to support their cause.

Some of the posters read “Say NO to war in northern Uganda,” others had “Forgive us for what we could have done,” to mention but afew.

The event was prearranged by a charitable trust, known as World Vision. The programme manager of the children of war rehabilitation center in Gulu, Fulukas Boroa Enyaga, said the charity had helped 15,000 former abductees. He said the walk was fanatical especially to the children who were made to fight and kill .

Gulu district deputy speaker Patrick Oola Lumumba petitioned donors to help the post trauma abductees. He said that they receive death threats from some few rebels still in the bush.

Oola was abducted when he was 15. He said many Women with children returning from the bush had been abandoned and rejected by men.

Unlike in the past years, it is now 95% safe to travel to Northern Uganda.

UGANDA TRAVEL NEWS

By Tanah H