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Uganda: Kony, Lakwena Parents Get Museveni Iron-Sheets
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New Vision (Kampala)
13 May 2008
Posted to the web 14 May 2008
Chris Ocowun
Kampala
The mother of LRA rebel leader Joseph Kony and the father of the late rebel priestess Alice Lakwena were among 682 internally displaced people who got iron-sheets from President Museveni.
Kony's mother Margaret Anek and Severino Lukoya, the father of the former leader of the Holy Spirit Movement, would each get 30 pieces of iron-sheets to roof their houses.
Gulu deputy resident district commissioner Milton Odongo told journalists in his office on Thursday that he would woo Kony's mother back to Odek sub- county.
He said Lukoya would use the iron-sheets to roof his house at Bungatira.
He said the committee overseeing the distribution of the iron-sheets was using the lottery system to identify at least two beneficiaries in each village.
"Out of the 35,345 iron- sheets given by the president, Gulu will get 20,465 for 682 households and Amuru district 14,883 for 496 families," he said.
Odongo said the balance of the iron-sheets would be given to other vulnerable groups like those living with HIV/AIDS, landmine victims, child-headed families, persons with disabilities and the elderly.
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Museveni pledged the iron-sheets during the 2001 presidential campaigns.
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