{{Uganda has welcomed the US\u2019 offer of up to $5m to any person who captures or provides information for the arrest of LRA commander, Joseph Kony, or any of his two top deputies; Okot Odhiambo and Dominic Ongwen.}}<\/p>\n
The US government announced the offer on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n
Uganda’s Foreign Affairs Minister Sam Kutesa described the cash offer as a \u201cmotivator\u201d for those interested in pecuniary benefits. <\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t hunt for LRA commanders and fighters so that we get money, but so as to end their terrorism,\u201d Mr Kutesa said.<\/p>\n
\u201cHowever, it [the bounty] is a motivation for whoever wants to get that money\u2026and any additional support [for eliminating LRA] is welcome.\u201d<\/p>\n
However, the US Secretary of State, Mr John Kerry, said on Wednesday, as he announced the expanded War Crimes Reward Programme, that any sharp shooter who takes any or all the trio out of action will not receive any of the monetary rewards,<\/p>\n
\u201c…This is not a dead-or-alive bounty programme. Information must lead to the secure arrest, transfer, or conviction of these people in a court of law,\u201d the Department of State quoted Mr Kerry as having said. \u201cWe want these men to look into the eyes of their victims and answer for their actions.\u201d<\/p>\n
LRA is accused of committing various war crimes, including rape, murder, enlistment of children as sex slaves and fighters as well as plunder.<\/p>\n
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