“These rebels do not even understand what the amnesty means,” he said on Sunday, according to the independent ‘Monitor’ daily. “It’s an insult to the people and the UPDF [Uganda People’s Defence Force] to hear some Kampala politicians talk about the amnesty while rebels continue to burn innocent people alive.” Kazini was speaking in the Kirindi displaced people’s camp in the western town of Bundibugyo, where ADF rebels massacred about 24 people. According to Kazini, some recently-captured rebels had been recruited in Bugiri, east of Kampala. He added however that the army was “happy with one thing”. “They [the rebels] have descended from the [Rwenzori] mountains to Semliki [national] park for water and food, and with our deployment, they cannot easily avoid contact with us,” he said.
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