Northern Uganda Messenger Post

The UPC President, Olara A. Otunnu addressed a rally, held consultation meeting and was hosted on Voice of Lango yesterday 12 April 2010. The central government authorities in Lira, led by the RDC, tried to stop the consultative meetins from taking place at Lira Technical. Lira Technical is a public facility. The UPC and other Ugandans have rights to access and use them when available. That is what we did in the end; hold the meeting at Lira Technical. When the UPC President went on air on Voice of Lango in the evening, attempts were made to interfere with the programme. Again, the programme was aired without interruptions. Today, 13 April 2010, we understand State House has done the following: 1. Ordered Col. Ochora, RDC Gulu, to appear on the same programme tonight, to rebutt what the UPC president said in Lango yesterday; 2. Col. Ochora is under order and cued to allege the following: -That the UPC President, Olara A. Otunnu, worked closely with Joseph Kony and the LRA in northern

Otunnu Welcomes US Congressional Directive on 2011 Ugandan Elections Jan.13, 2010 Kampala, Washington, Mr. Olara A. Otunnu, former United Nations Under Secretary General and an opposition leader in Uganda, today welcomed the directive by the United States Congress to the US Secretary of State to closely monitor preparations for the 2011 Elections in Uganda. Mr. Otunnu said, “I am delighted and applaud the US Congress for taking this decisive action in favour of free and fair elections in Uganda. This is a most welcome development.” Speaking in Washington, Mr. Otunnu said that the U.S. Congress has directed the US Secretary of State to work with other countries, including the European Union and Canada, to ensure free and fair elections in Uganda in 2011. Mr. Otunnu stated, “The Congressional directive is of particular importance given the extensive and well documented rigging and fraud witnessed in recent elections in Uganda.” The Congressional directive calls for close monitoring of t