Two wives and children of Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) leader Joseph Kony returned to Uganda on May 21, after being flown in from Bangui, Central African Republic (CAR).
Ugandan Ikol Grace, 33, arrived with her two children, Ayuma Maria, 8, and Oryema Bosco, 2. South Sudanese national Aniyessi Teregina, 33, returned with one of Kony’s orphaned children aged 2. They were escorted from CAR to Uganda by the Chief of Defence Intelligence and Security, Major General Richard Otto.
Colonel Chris Magezi, Acting Director Defence Public Information, said, “Ikol Grace was abducted aged 10 in 2003 from Amuria District while Aniyessi Teregina was abducted in 2006 aged 13 from Yambio, Western Equatorial state in South Sudan. She will be facilitated to travel to her home in South Sudan in due course.”
Earlier this year, eight Kony wives and 13 children escaped after their camp was attacked south of Darfur, near the border of CAR, Sudan, and South Sudan. Other women, including Congolese and CAR nationals, were returned to their families.
Uganda has previously repatriated over 150 LRA returnees, including some of Kony’s wives and children, from CAR between 2023 and 2024.
RegionalUganda, Tanzania Deepen Security Ties at First Proximity Commanders’ Meeting
The UPDF and TPDF held their first proximity commanders’ meeting in Misenyi, focusing on border security, mutual cooperation, and enhancing East African integration.
