By Our Reporter
NATIONAL
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA’s) Joseph Kony’s family has jetted in from the Central African Republic.
The family that includes Ruth Achan, wife of fugitive LRA commander Joseph Kony, children, Maisa Amu, Betty Akidi, and Pope Kony, landed at Entebbe International Airport on Wednesday night, February 26, 2025.
They were received by Uganda’s State Minister for Northern Uganda, Kenneth Omona, after being repatriated from the Central African Republic.
The family is set to be resettled in Gulu, while Kony remains on the run with a Shs17b US bounty on his head.
This repatriation follows previous efforts to bring former LRA members back to Uganda. In July 2023, Uganda received 14 former LRA fighters, along with their families, after they surrendered to CAR authorities. Led by Major General Ali Acaye, also known as “Doctor,” the group included 14 wives and 33 children.
Under Kony’s leadership, the LRA committed widespread atrocities, including abductions, mutilations, and killings of thousands of civilians across northern Uganda and neighbouring countries.
Though the group was forced out of Uganda in 2006, it continued operations in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the CAR. Kony remains wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Ugandan government has been facilitating the return and reintegration of former LRA members and their families as part of ongoing efforts to restore peace and stability in the affected regions.
