The raging storm : a reporter's inside account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005 / Caroline Lamwaka ; edited by Ronald R. Atkinson.
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Title
The raging storm : a reporter's inside account of the Northern Uganda War, 1986-2005 / Caroline Lamwaka ; edited by Ronald R. Atkinson.
Published
Kampala, Uganda : Fountain Publishers, 2016.
Copyright
©2016
Call Number
DT433.285 .L36 2016
ISBN
9789970252213
9970252216
9970252216
Description
xxvii, 463 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 25 cm
System Control No.
(OCoLC)960106979
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Table of Contents
Introduction
xi
Making of the Book
xi
About the Author: A Brief Biographical Sketch
xv
Book: An Overview
xix
Old Homestead
xx
1.
National Resistance Movement Comes to Power
1
Caught in the Crossfire
1
After the Take-Over
4
Museveni as President
6
Victimisation of Northerners in the South
8
Uganda National Liberation Army (UNLA)
13
Initial UNLA Resistance
17
2.
Brief Political History
20
Colonial Uganda
20
Political Parties in the Late Colonial and Early Independence Periods
21
Obote's First Regime ("Obote I")
23
Obote and Amin
28
Removal of Idi Amin
30
Obote's Second Regime ("Obote II")
35
Tito Okello Lutwa Comes to Power
36
27 July 1985 Bazilio Olara Okello Coup
40
Reactions to the Coup
42
Tito Okello Lutwa's Regime
43
Nairobi Peace Talks
44
3.
War in Acholi
49
Seeds of a Rebellion
49
Uganda People's Democratic Army
60
Namokora Killings
61
Akilok and Namokora Battles
67
Different Faces of the NRA
69
Gulu and the Surrounding Areas
72
Divisions within the Rebel Movement
74
Alice Auma Lakwena's Holy Spirit Movement
75
Joseph Kony and His Holy Spirit Movement (HSM)
83
Severino Okoya: Another Holy Spirit Rebel Leader
84
Appeal of the Rebel Spiritual Movements
85
4.
War in Lango and Teso
88
Causes of the Uprising
88
Insurgency in Lango
88
Insurgency in Teso
90
Case of George William Oguli
96
Intensification of the Rebellion
99
5.
Mission to Northern Uganda
100
Journey to Gulu
100
Rebel Activities
103
District Administrator Justine Moro
104
Human Rights Violations
106
Situation of Displaced People
109
Lacor Hospital and the Cortis
112
Local Peace Efforts
113
Visit to Anaka
114
Ministers Dispatched to the North
117
UPDA/M
119
Amnesty Centre
120
Ministerial Convoy Ambushed
121
6.
Peace Efforts Begin
137
Move towards Peace
137
UPDA Contacts NRA
139
Obote's Death
140
NRA-UPDA Talk Peace
141
Peace Talks: The Second Day
145
Trip to UPDA Headquarters
145
Meeting the UPDA
147
Talks Continue
149
Journalist's Task
151
Responses to My Articles
153
Reactions to the Talks
155
Alice Lakwena's Mother Speaks
155
Travel to Lugore
156
Baker's Fort at Patiko
158
Nasty Encounter with the UPDA
160
Travel to Kitgum
161
Rebels Raid Lacor Hospital
164
Inside the Holy Spirit Movement Camp
165
7.
NRA-UPDA Talks Advance
167
NRA, UPDA Meet Again
167
Presidential Pardon
169
UPDA Position
171
Acholi Meet
175
Responses in Gulu
177
NRA-Holy Spirit Movement Talks Begin
178
Holy Spirit Movements
180
NRA-HSM Peace Opening
184
Holy Spirit Movements and Superstition
186
Salim Saleh Meets Odong Latek
187
UPDA at Agung
189
Signing of a Peace Accord
192
Substance of the Pece Peace Accord
195
Journey to Kitgum
196
Release of Prisoners of War
197
Setbacks to the Peace Process
198
8.
War Continues
202
Impact of Counter-Insurgency
205
Displacements
206
Journalist's Challenge
209
Meeting the President
212
Commanders in Gulu Transferred
215
Mrs Betty Bigombe
218
Food Situation in Gulu
219
Rebel Ambushes
221
Rebel Raids
222
Counter-Insurgency Continues
224
Gulu Women March
226
Meeting the President Again
228
9.
Civil War in Teso
233
Soroti
233
Mukura -- Survivors' Testimonies
236
Government Response to the Mukura Disaster
238
Another Tragic Event
241
Peace Process in Teso
242
Peace Building in Teso
254
Final Thoughts
255
10.
Stalemate in Peace Efforts
257
NRM/UPDM Peace Accord
257
Operation North
259
Rebels Mutilate and Maim Civilians
262
New Peace Initiatives
264
Second Attempt at Peace Talks
267
Insecurity Elsewhere in Uganda
269
Insecurity in Acholi
271
Life in "Protected Villages"
273
Growing Humanitarian Crisis
276
Ambush
279
Why Did the War Continue?
282
11.
Impact of the War on Women and Children
296
Abductions
296
Reintegration
300
Abducted Girl's Testimony
303
Story of Grace Achayo
31
Children's Other Vulnerabilities
313
Impact of the War on Women: Displacement and Poverty
317
12.
Coping with War
325
Christmas in Gulu, 1998
325
General Comments and Observations
328
13.
Insecurity or Not, Life Must Continue: 1999-2001
338
Visit to Kitgum
338
Agoro Sub-county
345
Visit to Rackoko
347
Gulu Town
350
Gulu -- a District in Transition
351
Insecurity Again!
356
Insecurity or Not, Life Must Continue
363
Transformed Security Situation
368
14.
Coping with Insurgency: Health and Education
370
Lacor Hospital
370
Ebola!
373
Other Hospitals
380
Impact of the War on Education
382
St Joseph's College Layibi
387
15.
Attempts at Peace: 1999-2005
390
December 1999 Peace Agreement
390
Amnesty Act
392
Local Peace Initiatives
393
Operation Iron Fist and the Peace Process
397
16.
General Observations and Conclusions
432
General Observations on the Peace Process
432
General Comments on Human Rights in Northern Uganda
433
Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC), Courts Martial, and Human Rights
436
Is the Human Rights Situation in Uganda Getting Better or Worse?
438
Politics of the National Resistance Movement (NRM)
440
Grassroots Democracy
444
Regional Disparities
445
What are the Obstacles to Peace?
447
Museveni: The Person and President
448
Concluding Remarks
452
Postscript
453
Index
457