{Mr Martin Okidi, Uncle to Joseph Kony}
{{Joseph Kony a Ugandan Rebel Leader who has remained elusive for over 26years, has managed to telephone his relatives assuring them that he and his children are very fine.}}
The leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) called his relatives and other friends this week, reassuring them that he was well and had no intentions of returning to Uganda.
According to a ugandan newspaper, Mr Martin Okidi, an uncle to Joseph Kony, said his nephew called on Wednesday night, saying he was safe and now engaged in farming in between Central African Republic and the DR Congo.
“He told us that he is farming and no one is seeing him. He is with his children and a few guards,” Mr Okidi was quoted adding that Kony had also talked to two other paternal uncles.
the rebel’s relatives who had come to receive a message from Kony, said they were excited to receive his call after five years of no communication. His relatives said he last called in 2008.
The three claimed that Kony said he would not return to Uganda to fight for change in leadership.
“He assured us that the change would come from within Uganda and not through him,” Mr Okidi said.
He, however, did not say he would denounce rebellion, but only insisted he would not return to fight in Uganda.
The claim of the relatives could not be verified from any other source. Army and intelligence network in northern Uganda said they were not aware of the call.
But the UPDF Political Commissar, Col. Felix Kulayigye, dismissed claims that Kony is engaged in farming, adding, “our intelligence indicates he is in Darfur region of Sudan.”
NMG
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