Lacambel: The warrior who used radio to broker peace with LRA rebels dies

At the peak of the Joseph Kony-led Lord`s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group insurgency, which terrorised northern Uganda, the name Lacambel Wod Ogena resounded in the thicket and among those encamped in the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.

Lacambel`s, real name John Bosco Oryema, voice dominated the airwaves across Northern Uganda, his radio program ‘’Dwog Cen Paco’’, translated as ‘’Come Back Home’’, which aired on Mega Fm every Tuesday and Thursday evenings, was the bridge between the rebels in the bush and the communities of Acholi.