Uganda: Karamoja MPs Want Aronda, Kiyonga Sacked

3 December 2006

Parliament — Members of Parliament from Karamoja are demanding the sacking of Chief of Defence Forces Gen. Aronda Nyakairima and immediate resignation of Defence Minister Dr Crispus Kiyonga for what they have termed as "reckless acts by the UPDF in Karamoja."

Their demands are contained in a critical paper assessing the government's disarmament exercise in Karamoja. The paper is due for presentation before a special NRM party caucus sitting tomorrow, Sunday Monitor has learnt.

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