Uganda: UPDF to Guard Kony, Says Govt

Kampala — THE army will offer protection to LRA rebel chief Joseph Kony once he agrees to disarm after the signing of the final peace agreement on April 5, the government said yesterday.

Leader of government peace delegation Ruhakana Rugunda told journalists at the Media Centre, in Kampala, that the South Sudan government is providing a battalion of soldiers to guard Kony and his fighters at Rikwangba on the Sudan-DR Congo border during the disarmament exercise.

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