During the Kony 2012 event in Gulu, Norbert Mao (the Democratic Party President and former LC5 chairman of Gulu District) called for an extension of Uganda’s Amnesty Act for the LRA, which is due to expire in May 2012.
According to the Kony 2012 events guest of honor, the Deputy Speaker of Uganda’s Parliament Jacob Oulanyah, the Amnesty Act has been extended for two more years though it has yet to be solidified.
This is huge. LRA combatants that defect will be able to be pardoned. Without the Amnesty Act it would be difficult for those forced to be LRA rebels to come home to Uganda.
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