| also see: www.youtube.com , rosebellkagumire.com and rosebellkagumire.com Top 10 ways to tell Kony (video) is phony: www.4thmedia.org On the Kony Video: Again lost in this frenzy is what the actual people of Uganda think about the video. - Dr Beatrice Mpora, director of Kairos, a community health organisation in Gulu, a town that was once the centre of the rebels' activities. "What that video says is totally wrong, and it can cause us more problems than help us. There has not been a single soul from the LRA here since 2006. Now we have peace, people are back in their homes, they are planting their fields, they are starting their businesses. That is what people should help us with." - Javie Ssozi, an influential Ugandan blogger. "Suggesting that the answer is more military action is just wrong. Have they thought of the consequences? Making Kony 'famous' could make him stronger. Arguing for more US troops could make him scared, and make him abduct more children, or go on the offensive." - Rosebell Kagumire, a Ugandan journalist specialising in peace and conflict reporting. This paints a picture of Uganda six or seven years ago, that is totally not how it is today. It's highly irresponsible". Source: www.independent.ie Posted by: Colm O' Toole | Mar 9, 2012 8:19:53 AM | 35 www.moonofalabama.org There's a rather skeptical view from this BBC correspondent, which raises similar points to this thread. Joseph Kony campaign under fire The extraordinarily sudden success, if that is ... |
