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By Robert Egwea in London, February 8, 2009

David Nyekorach Matsanga

In reaction to the determination of UPDF to capture LRA leader Joseph Kony alive, David Nyekorach Matsanga contacted us a short while ago and refuted the claim that Kony is in DRC.

“I have an official letter as the leader of the peace delegation from President Kabila on this issue. What is in the letter from President Kabila whom I spoke to on Thursday is different from what NRM propagandists in Kampala are saying”, said Matsanga

The LRA peace delegation leader stressed that Joseph Kony is not in DRC. “The UPDF can continue cutting down teak timber for export but as far as I am know Kony and the bulk of LRA are not in DRC”.

“I have also explained to President Kabila all facts regarding UPDF. Let us push for peace. A military solution will never bring peace to northern Uganda. Our people have suffered a lot and 23 years of deadline politics must be brought to an end through dialogue”

Matsanga added that our country needs peace not militarism and stressed that the global trends are in for dialogue not confrontation. “I value total peace, not half peace through the barrel of the gun”, he added.

The LRA peace negotiations leader concluded by saying: “Let us give our people the dignity that they have lost. Military option leads to more violence which I have condemned on both sides as LRA peace negotiator”.