{UAH} WORLD DUPED: Joseph Kony Sickness and possible Surrender story found to be a Hoax
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Joseph Kony Sickness and possible Surrender story found to be a Hoax, allegedly Forms Alliance with another Rebel Faction in CAR
Fred Daka Kamwada & Agencies
Last week, the Ugandan media was awash with news that Elusive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony is sick and reportedly was considering surrendering.
However, we have gathered that the brutal man is still enjoying goodies in Central African Republic after having struck a deal with one of the military factions in the country.
Although the media recently reported that he was sick and wanted to surrender, the truth is that the man is in good health and not willing to surrender.
 The Ugandan media also reported that the government of the Central African Republic was negotiating with the brutal rebel leader with the possibility of his surrender on the cards. That also doesn’t seem to be true.
It so happens that the story was a complete hoax meant to hoodwink the unsuspecting Ugandan government!
And indeed the Ugandan government fell for the story of Kony’s surrender and had Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Hon Okello Oryem issuing statements welcoming him (Kony) back home.
The story of Kony’s possible surrender took the entire country by complete surprise but our sources have since disputed the story after rubbished all the options for a peaceful surrender during the ill-fated Juba peace talks a few years ago.
The Truth
It’s actually believed that Kony is hobnobbing with one of the military factions that are destabilizing the CAR at the moment.
It’s said that the Ugandan rebel leader struck a deal with the Seleca rebels during the war that brought them to power. He reportedly gave them man power which helped in the ousting former President Francoise Bozize.
The Seleca rebels have since been the core of President Michel Djotodia’s government.
The Seleka, a predominantly Muslim rebel coalition led by Djotodia, overthrew former President François Bozizé on March 24.
A September Human Rights Watch report details the Seleka’s deliberate killing of civilians â€" including women, children, and the elderly â€" between March and June and confirms the wanton destruction of more than 1,000 homes, both in the capital, Bangui, and the provinces.
In an apparent attempt to distance himself from these abuses, President Djotodia on September 13 officially disbanded the Seleka some of whose members are believed to be Chadian, Sudanese and LRA.
Some sections of the former Seleka rebels were nominally integrated into a new “national army but others were left out,�
The group, now referred to as ex-Seleka has continued to commit abuses in the Central African Republic and in the recent months they have done what Kony used to do in northern Uganda by raiding villages.
It’s feared that Kony is now part of the former Seleka rebel fighters who have not been integrated into the national army.
The Atrocities
It has been reported that on November 10, 2013, they pillaged and burned a small town in the Central African Republic sending panic in the tiny West African country.
It’s these criminal acts which have prompted President Djotodia to pronounce that he was ready to surrender Kony to the Ugandan government.
It’s actually reported that a senior commander of the Seleca rebels Gen Abdalla Hamat struck a deal with Kony and integrated the LRA in his group.
It’s believed that President Djotodia wants to scare Gen Abdalla Hamat to stop hobnobbing with Kony after realizing that some sections of the Seleca rebels are not on good terms with his government.
Former Seleca
They have since been involved in a wide range of criminal activities. For instance on November 10, Human Rights Watch saw Gen. Abdallah Hamat, the military commander of a large section of Ombella-Mpoko province who is believed to be with Joseph Kony , amass his men in the town of Gaga to join an attack against a local armed group, known as the anti-balaka, near the town of Camp Bangui.
 Four days later, Human Rights Watch reached Camp Bangui and found it totally destroyed. Survivors said that Seleka forces were responsible for the devastation. Hamat and another senior military officer acknowledged that their forces had been at Camp Bangui and there had been combat, causing some damage.
Human Rights Watch then travelled to the Ombella-Mpoko province on to investigate the killing of civilians and the burning of homes during an October battle between ex-Seleka and anti-balaka forces in Gaga.
The anti-balaka â€" armed groups created by then-President Bozizé to fight banditry â€" are predominantly Christian and include some soldiers who served under Bozizé in the Central African Armed Forces (FACA).
In recent weeks, violence and insecurity in the Central African Republic have taken on an alarming sectarian dimension, as the anti-balaka attack Muslim civilians in respond to ex-Seleka abuses.
Human Rights Watch observed a large number of what appeared to be child soldiers in Hamat’s ranks.
They also met with Djotodia in November and asked him about any efforts he had taken to halt abuses by his army and by ex-Seleka fighters. He said, “I can’t deny that some of these things happened, but those who are responsible will be punished.�
Self cleansing
And in an attempt to distance his government from criminal activities of the Seleca rebels, President Djotodia took the first step by announcing that he was set to handover Joseph Kony to the Ugandan government.
President Djotdia seems interested in not only distancing himself with the activities of his commanders who are hobnobbing with Kony but he is also scared of getting himself indicted.
But the truth is that Kony is in the jurisdiction of one of the former commanders of the Seleca rebels.Â
It’s also suspected that rumors of Kony’s poor health are just concocted.
President Djotodia knows that the US has offered up to $5m (£3.3m) for leads resulting in his arrest.
 There is no way he can just pronounce Kony’s sickness without capturing him.
The news of Kony’s sickness and possible surrender has since excited Kampala with many hoping that the end to the two and half decade civil strife has come to an end.
The Rebuttal
But the American officials later released a press release casting doubt on reports that Ugandan rebel leader was negotiating his surrender in the Central African Republic (CAR).
Four days ago, a US State Department official told the BBC that some rebels had been in contact but Kony was not among them.
However, CAR officials later insisted that Kony, who is wanted for alleged war crimes, has been in talks with their government.
The US official also noted that Kony had previously used "any and every pretext regroup and rearm, ultimately returning to kidnapping, killing, displacing and otherwise abusing civilian populations".
He is cohorts with some senior officers of the CAR.
Kony founded the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in northern Uganda more than 20 years ago, and his fighters are notorious for abducting children to serve as sex slaves and child soldiers.
Kony was on the verge of signing a peace deal in 2008 but insisted that the International Criminal Court (ICC) first drop its arrest warrant, which it refused to do.
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