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Kwoyelo rejects request to reconcile with LRA victims

Kwoyelo rejects request to reconcile with LRA victims

Rédaction Africa Links 24 with Uganda Monitor
Published on 2024-10-14 15:00:00

Former Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group commander Thomas Kwoyelo on Monday told the judges of the International Crimes Division of the High Court (ICD) that he was not ready to undertake ‘mato-oput’, a traditional reconciliation ritual in Uganda’s Acholi culture.

The ritual, under the Acholi justice system, involves a set of undertakings including admission of guilt by an offender, asking for forgiveness, and reconciling.

On October 14, Kwoyelo appeared before the ICD sitting at Gulu High Court circuit in Gulu City before a panel of judges including Michael…

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