Northern Uganda Messenger Post

NORTHERN UGANDA MESSENGER POST: Madhvani Amuru out-growers scheme modern slavery no Acholi should support!

Madhvani Amuru out-growers scheme modern slavery no Acholi should support! By Okello Lucima[1] Why Onek is not collegial with Acholi MPs (APG) I would like to comment on Hilary Onek's "Acholi MPs need to educate the public on land" (New Vision, 13 February 2008), which was a rejoinder to Mark Odongkara's letter; "Onek is Acholi first" (Sunday Monitor, 03 February 2008). The subjects of these exchanges and concerns is the squabbles over the Madhvani Amuru land saga and Onek's lack of interest in perceived threats to Acholi customary land from the state, those connected to the state, and the ruling National Resistance Movement / Army (NRM/A). This is noted in contrast to the active voices of his colleagues in the Acholi Parliamentary Group (APG), who have been on the battlefront in underlining the unjust and immoral imports of a "gold rush" for land in the Acholi region, ahead of a properly planned and managed disbandment of concentration ca...