UGANDA

NATIONAL CONFLICTS
participants from Acholi, Lango and West Nile, the memory of atrocities still leads to
feelings of vengeance. 139
17. Amin Reprisals Against Community in Lalogi for Hiding Museveni
(1971)
Museveni, currently President, was involved in rebel activities against President Amin
throughout the 1970s. In 1971, he hid from the Ugandan Army in Lalogi Sub-County
in Gulu District. During a reprisal attack by Amin, some Acholi men were executed,
including Colonel Omoya. Participants decried the fact that Museveni never appreciated
this initial support by the Acholi, despite the fact that they had hosted him in his rebel
years, and lost some of their sons as a result. 140
139 In 1981 a Gomo Tong ceremony (Bending of the Spear) was held between the Acholis and the Lugbaras
in Palaro, but participants said the process was not concluded because the Acholis did not go to West Nile as
they were supposed to
140 Research conducted in Kitgum District
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