Former female abductees of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), now under the War Victims and Children Networking Initiative, have urged the government to resettle them, two decades after returning from captivity.
The women hail from Gulu, Amuru, Nwoya, Pader, Kitgum, Lamwo, and Omoro districts in Northern Uganda.
Ms Margret Alum, a former abductee from Gulu, was taken by the LRA at the age of 14. She returned with three children but has since struggled to secure a home for them. Alum appealed to the government for support, citing the stigma and rejection they continue to face.
“Our children are seen as burdens in the community because we don’t know the origin of their fathers. We ask the government to provide us with land so we can settle. We have been crying for many years,” Ms Alum said.
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