THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY
TRANSCRIPT
51 min 50
slate
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The Nile River naturally separates
the northern and southern regions of Uganda.
When you cross to the North, via the Karuma Bridge,
a different, dilapidated country emerges. 10:00:59:15
slate
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In 1987, in the North, a local rebel movement
began a civil war with the State.
Known as the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA),
it is led by mystic Joseph Kony.
Lacking popular support, the group targets
the civilian population of the North. 10:01:22:12
slate
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Over time, the rebel's political agenda
has become unclear.
President Museveni has long claimed
he was determined to be over and done with the LRA.
Yet the war has dragged on for 20 years. 10:01:42:10
slate
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Mango Films presents
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title
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THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COUNTRY
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Jackson on the road (audio)
10:03:01:26 This one is so called a main road. Big main road! Can you see? 10:03:06:16
10:03:23:14 When you go on the other side of the country, do you see such roads? 10:03:28:02
10:03:28:09 From Kampala to Mbarara, everything is in good condition. 10:03:33:14
10:03:33:25 But here, as you can see, the war has destroyed the roads. 10:03:39:12
10:03:41:25 This is what I want to show you. This is a school. Can you see? 10:03:45:28
10:03:46:04 It's now bushy. This is a primary school. 10:03:51:11
10:03:53:07 Do you see how is our situation? 10:03:56:01
10:03:56:11 Where do you think our children will go when the education is destroyed like this. 10:04:03:05
10:04:03:20 Everything is destroyed down like this. 10:04:07:09
super
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ST MARY'S ABOKE COLLEGE
40 km from Lira
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Angelina visits Aboke College (audio)
10:04:26:22 I was myself a student in this collage, some times back. 10:04:32:01
10:04:32:18 I did my secondary education here. 10:04:35:16
10:04:36:12 Some renovations have been taking place here. 10:04:41:01
10:04:41:13 But this is still the old piece that I know. 10:04:46:00
10:04:48:10 All those windows were intact by that time. 10 10:04:51:10
10:04:54:27 You can even see this portion. It has been blocked off. This is what used to be
a window 10:05:02:26
10:05:03:06 But it had to be blocked after the rebel's attacked this school. 10:05:07:14
10:05:07:18 It was actually in 1996, on the 10th of October in the morning when the rebels came and
attacked this school. 10:05:18:06
10:05:28:20 139 girls were taken that day. 10:05:32:10
10:05:33:25 When we arrived later in the day, 10:05:36:27
10:05:38:07 this school that looked so beautiful 10:05:40:27
10:05:41:04 it looked like a burial ground, it looked like a cemetery. 10:05:45:06
10:05:45:15 There was misery everywhere. 10:05:48:07
10:05:48:14 The books were littered everywhere and the children's clothes were littered everywhere
on the compound. 10:05:55:15
10:05:58:07 And the girls were all missing. 10:06:00:19
10:06:02:08 The deputy headmistress of the school 10:06:05:24
10:06:06:05 who was an Italian nun 10:06:08:28
10:06:09:13 followed the rebels with one of the teachers, a young one. 10:06:15:11
10:06:15:24 She caught up with them, deep in the bush. 10:06:21:11
10:06:21:29 She pleaded for the release of the girls. 10:06:26:03
10:06:27:01 But she was given 109 girls, 10:06:30:21
10:06:30:27 plus one little girl from the village. 10:06:33:17
10:06:33:22 So she came back with 110 children. 10:06:36:18
10:06:36:28 Thirty girls were retained. 10:06:40:06
10:06:40:14 My own daughter Charlotte was one of them. 10:06:45:29
10:06:47:25 She was 14 when she was taken. 10:06:52:21
super
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HIGHLANDS
12 km from Gulu
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Caroline walking to town (subtitles)
10:07:18:28 I'm going to Noah's Ark. That's where I sleep. 10:07:23:29
10:07:24:23 I walk about 6 miles to get there. 10:07:29:00
10:07:38:27 Caroline, why don't you sleep at home? 10:07:42:28
10:07:43:27 Because of war. 10:07:46:08
10:07:50:18 If I sleep at home, rebels can come and abduct me. 10:07:56:26
10:08:01:19 In the countryside, it is dangerous. 10:08:07:22
10:08:08:00 In town, it is safer because there are soldiers patrolling. 10:08:12:12
super
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GULU TOWN
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super
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NOAH'S ARK
Night shelter for children
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Interview with Caroline at Noah's Ark (subtitles)
10:09:06:23 My name is Caroline. 10:09:11:04
10:09:14:18 I am 12 years old. 10:09:16:28
10:09:17:13 I come from the Highlands. 10:09:19:16
10:09:20:23 I started coming here 4 years ago. 10:09:26:08
10:09:37:28 One night, the rebels came and attacked us. 10:09:43:24
10:09:44:20 When we got outside, they ordered me to walk. 10:09:48:25
10:09:49:04 But I pretended I was handicapped. 10:09:55:00
10:09:55:07 When the rebels went behind the house, 10:09:58:18
10:09:59:04 I managed to escape to the bush with my younger brother on my back. 10:10:05:07
10:10:05:20 I kept going till I got to town and never went back home. 10:10:11:05
10:10:17:10 Now I am staying with my auntie. 10:10:22:16
10:10:29:28 What happened to your older brother? Was he abducted? 10:10:35:18
10:10:36:00 Yes, and he never came back. 10:10:39:18
10:10:42:17 We think he died. 10:10:47:22
slate
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Since the beginning of the war,
an estimated 60,000 children
have been abducted by the rebels.
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Angelina at CPA office (audio)
10:12:02:19 This is our head office. 10:12:05:26
10:12:06:14 This is Lira head office of Concerned Parents Association. 10:12:11:14
10:12:12:11 This is where the main administrative work takes place. 10:12:18:08
10:12:18:21 And it trickles down to the various district affected by war, 10:12:24:04
10:12:24:12 namely Gulu, Kitgum, Lira, Pader... 10:12:27:19
10:12:40:02 When you look at this, some of them are 9 years old, 11 years, 12 years...10:12:45:00
10:12:45:04 They are very, very young. 10:12:50:05
10:12:50:13 Eleven, 12, 15 years old... 10:12:55:10
10:12:55:27 Very young people, because the rebels want somebody they can indoctrinate. 10:13:01:01
10:13:01:12 Somebody they can train to listen to them. 10:13:04:12
10:13:04:14 You, know, when you take a child away from the environment of a family, an environment where
they can trust somebody 10:13:12:29
10:13:13:22 What they see in the bush are these men, maybe a part from the wilderness. 10:13:20:21
10:13:23:16 They are forced to stick to them. 10:13:25:20
10:13:25:27 Because they are taken very far away from home 10:13:29:00
10:13:29:08 in the next country. 10:13:31:15
10:13:34:22 And they are the people lined on the frontline when they have to confront any military group,
any government soldiers. 10:13:40:06
10:13:40:10 They are used like human shields. 10:13:43:11
10:13:43:17 And they are actually the people mostly killed during fighting. 10:13:48:23
super
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OWANGKADO
70 km from Lira 10:13:57:11
Angioletta goes back to her village (subtitles)
10:14:07:04 This is the place. 10:14:10:20
10:14:11:07 It's all bushy now. 10:14:16:24
10:14:29:21 All my trees have been cut down. 10:14:33:17
10:14:37:13 My home was over there. 10:14:39:10
10:14:39:18 The whole place is overgrown with thorns. 10:14:43:10
10:14:43:26 All my shea trees were cut down. 10:14:47:03
10:15:44:18 This is my home! 10:15:47:11
10:15:49:20 It had everything I needed. 10:15:57:07
10:15:57:22 Everything was stolen, then the house was burnt down. 10:16:04:01
10:16:06:15 My children were killed on the road we came on. 10:16:12:00
10:16:15:26 I had to run away and when I came back the next day, 10:16:20:17
10:16:20:21 I couldn't find them. 10:16:22:04
10:16:22:11 The rebels were gone by then. 10:16:26:02
10:16:26:21 My children were given luggage to carry, 10:16:31:06
10:16:31:15 and they got tired and wanted to rest. 10:16:37:20
10:16:38:03 The rebels just killed them on the spot10:16:44:19
10:16:45:04 and left their bodies. 10:16:52:21
10:17:07:10 I had vowed never to return. 10:17:10:18
10:17:11:24 Today I have finally come back. 10:17:15:24
10:17:16:29 I am glad I survived. 10:17:20:16
Jackson on the road (audio)
10:17:35:04 In Northern Uganda, all the families have been affected. 10:17:39:13
10:17:39:24 It can be your brother being killed, or your father, 10:17:44:09
10:17:44:20 or all your relatives being killed by the rebels. 10:17:48:20
.
10:17:50:08 My sister's husband has been killed with two of his brothers. 10:17:57:19
10:18:00:09 The three brothers were killed in one night. 10:18:06:10
10:18:06:26 Just up here. 10:18:10:07
10:18:10:13 Just close to the town. 10:18:13:01
10:18:15:02 Because there is no protection. The army is not protecting enough. 10:18:18:19
10:18:19:29 The government is not doing enough to protect us. 10:18:23:23
10:18:25:03 That I can assure you! 10:18:29:07
super
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KAMPALA
capital of Uganda
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slate
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Speech by President Museveni
26 January 2006
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Speech by President Museveni (subtitles)
10:18:52:10 Defense is our sovereign area. 10:18:55:22
10:18:55:27 Nobody can comment on that, 10:18:58:07
10:18:58:13 except the President of Uganda and the Parliament of Uganda, 10:19:02:23
10:19:02:27 elected by the people of Uganda to deal with that issue. 10:19:08:03
10:19:10:04 There is nobody who can disturb Uganda, nobody. 10:19:15:11
10:19:18:10 That Kony's group is finished, 10:19:20:29
10:19:21:06 because there are only 3 remnant groups. 10:19:25:01
10:19:25:13 Kony is hiding with about 20 people 10:19:29:03
10:19:29:09 somewhere near the Nile. We are looking for him. 10:19:32:18
10:19:33:17 The remnants of Kony who are still running in Uganda, 10:19:37:27
10:19:38:02 we are getting them everyday. 10:19:40:06
10:19:40:11 That problem is really finished. 10:19:44:01
super
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UPDF
Ugandan People's Defence Forces
10:19:55:07
super
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BOROBORO PARISH
Lira
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Angelina visits Bishop Cami (audio)
10:21:24:23 We ‘re sorry10:21:27:01
10:21:27:07 You're welcome! 10:21:29:12
super
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BISHOP CAMI
Religious Leader's Peace Initiative
10:21:40:28
Interview with Bishop Cami (audio)
10:21:51:26 Can you explain to me why the Ugandan Army, 10:21:54:24
10:21:55:02 who has more than 40 times the LRA manpower 10:21:58:22
10:21:59:03 was not able to stop LRA so far? 10:22:02:27
10:22:04:06 In a religious language, I would call it a mystery. 10:22:10:06
10:22:10:15 Because a mystery is something you cannot understand. 10:22:14:15
10:22:14:24 It is something you have no explanation for. 10:22:17:28
10:22:18:05 Because sincerely, LRA, given their number, and given the number of the army 10:22:26:06
10:22:26:26 one would definitely know that the army men are too many for the LRA. 10:22:34:10
10:22:34:16 So they should be able to protect the people. 10:22:38:16
10:22:38:24 But is has not happened. 10:22:41:19
10:22:42:00 Two, when the LRA come in land to attack, 10:22:47:25
10:22:48:05 in which attack they kill, they abduct, they loot. 10:22:53:13
10:22:53:23 And they stay in land for so long. 10:22:57:29
10:22:58:08 And again, LRA doesn't have any modern mode of transport. 10:23:02:21
10:23:02:27 They walk on foot. 10:23:05:01
10:23:05:05 If they abduct they make people walk carrying the loot they have stolen. 10:23:10:14
10:23:10:23 They may come from Sudan, 10:23:13:03
10:23:13:09 come through Acholiland, Lango and go to Teso. 10:23:17:07
10:23:17:14 And it may take them three of four months 10:23:20:18
10:23:20:21 before they can eventually get all the abductees and the loots to go back to Sudan, if at all
they will go. 10:23:30:01
10:23:31:18 So the problem is: 10:23:33:17
10:23:33:20 These people are on foot, army has helicopters. 10:23:37:12
10:23:37:15 They have all the sophisticated vehicles, the mambas, whatever. 10:23:42:23
10:23:43:01 Army should be faster than those walking on foot. 10:23:47:22
10:23:48:08 And do that is a mystery. We do not understand. 10:23:53:17
super
10:24:06:29
NOAH'S ARK
Gulu
10:24:12:03
super
10:24:54:16
LARRO QUARRY
15 km from Gulu
10:24:59:14
Caroline breaking stone at the quarry (subtitles)
10:25:50:02 I have been doing this work for 3 years. 10:25:53:22
10:26:05:04 The problem is there is no money. 10:26:08:12
10:26:08:17 So I have to come here to earn money to buy food. 10:26:13:19
10:26:23:29 It's not good work, 10:26:26:19
10:26:26:26 but I have no choice. 10:26:31:14
10:26:34:10 My parents are gone. 10:26:41:02
10:26:50:27 If we were in the village we would do farm work. 10:26:56:28.
10:26:58:03 If peace returns, I will give up this work and go home. 10:27:03:06
slate
10:27:56:07
Between 2004 and 2006,
over 90% of public schools
in the Gulu district
were closed.
10:28:05:12
super
10:28:09:20
LIRA TOWN
10:28:13:18
Radio excerpts 1 - Mwenda interviews the President (subtitles)
10:28:34:00 Welcome to this special edition with Andrew Mwenda live on 93.3 KFM. 10:28:38:02
10:28:38:04 Our guest this evening, a very special one: 10:28:40:07
10:28:40:11 the President of the Republic of Uganda. 10:28:42:08
10:28:42:10 General Yoweri Museveni, a retired general. 10:28:45:16
10:28:45:21 Mr. President, welcome to the show. 10:28:47:21
10:28:48:03 A great pleasure for us at KFM to receive you. 10:28:50:28
10:28:51:17 This is not the first time you've promised that Kony is finished. 10:28:56:06
10:28:56:17 Why should the citizens of this country trust your word today...10:28:59:25
10:28:59:26 when you say Kony is going to be finished... 10:29:00:11
10:29:01:17 when over the last 18 years, you have said the same thing 10:29:03:23
10:29:03:29 and Kony has remained a menace in this country? 10:29:06:29
10:29:07:04 Well, the main problem was...10:29:12:00
10:29:12:00 we listened to the donors and did not spend enough on defence. 10:29:14:10
10:29:15:07 Two years ago, we rejected that line 10:29:18:13
10:29:18:23 and decided to spend adequately on defence. 10:29:22:10
10:29:22:19 I have not completed the arming of the army, 10:29:26:19
10:29:26:25 but we have got a credible capacity. 10:29:31:04
Jackson on the road (audio)
10:29:58:23 Can you see? This is a camp. 10:30:00:14
10:30:01:18 This is a very big camp. 10:30:04:28
10:30:05:14 It is about 40 000 people. Very big camp. 10:30:11:09
10:30:12:19 As we are proceeding, you will see plenty. 10:30:16:20
10:30:16:26 We shall stop in one location and you see. 10:30:21:09
10:30:25:23 The war has lasted for 20 years 10:30:28:11
10:30:28:18 and we are within the camps like this. 10:30:33:15
10:30:34:28 Can you see? They went to look for food. 10:30:40:11
10:30:40:14 They are coming back now, carrying mangos. 10:30:43:23
slate
10:32:08:17
Since 1996, the army has forced
people in the North to leave their villages
and go to internal displacement camps.
Now, 80% of the Northern population
lives in these camps.
10:32:22:29
Conversation with women in a displaced persons camp (subtitles)
10:32:42:27 We were chased out of our homes. 10:32:46:24
10:32:47:07 That is why we are living like slaves today. 10:32:51:06
10:32:51:17 That is why we don't have anything. 10:32:55:29
10:32:57:03 When we were in the village, we had our own gardens. 10:33:05:00
10:33:05:08 Now we have to wait for food to be distributed. 10:33:10:17
10:33:10:21 There is not enough to go around. 10:33:14:00
10:33:14:06 We have to eat whatever there is, no matter how little there is. 10:33:20:02
10:33:21:06 We have to go very far to find firewood. 10:33:26:16
10:33:26:20 We don't know how we will cook, or if we will even eat. 10:33:31:15
10:33:32:19 Now, all of us live together in one place. 10:33:35:11
10:33:35:22 All the children you see here--it's hard to take care of them. 10:33:43:09
10:33:45:21 Before we came to the camp, the children went to school. 10:33:50:17
10:33:50:21 Now they have nothing to do. 10:33:55:07
10:33:55:16 They get violent and they fight. 10:34:00:15
10:34:00:23 It was not like that before. 10:34:03:08
10:34:03:20 It has become difficult to educate them. 10:34:07:11
10:34:07:17 When we lived in the village, we got the children together 10:34:11:16
10:34:11:19 and talked to them and taught them how to live. 10:34:14:22
10:34:14:29 We fed them well and taught them how to farm the land. 10:34:19:15
10:34:21:05 The children run away from the camp because there is no food. 10:34:24:17
10:34:24:25 When we have one or two cassava roots, 10:34:29:07
10:34:29:13 the children don't even wait for us to cook it. 10:34:33:26
10:34:34:06 They take one and eat it raw. 10:34:37:13
10:34:38:10 If they don't take us back home, we're all going to commit suicide. 10:34:43:03
10:34:43:08 They have us crammed in here like animals. 10:34:49:09
super
10:34:53:28
Keyo Camp
8,000 people
10:34:59:13
super
10:35:04:04
Olwal Camp
17,000 people
10:35:10:12
super
10:35:14:09
Amuru Camp
44,000 people
10:35:20:27
super
10:35:43:18
GULU
World Food Program warehouse
10:35:52:02
Radio excerpts 2 - Mwenda interviews Christine Aporu (subtitles)
10:35:53:28 Welcome to tonight's edition with Andrew Mwenda live on 93.3 KFM. 10:35:57:27
10:35:58:05 With me in studio, Honorable Christine Aporu, 10:36:00:19
10:36:00:19 Member of Parliament representing the Kumi district 10:36:03:01
10:36:03:01 but also State Minister for disaster preparedness. 10:36:06:01
10:36:06:08 Christine, every war is constructed as a war in defence of the people. 10:36:12:09
10:36:12:14 The problem in Northern Uganda is that the 2 warlords involved-- 10:36:16:06
10:36:16:09 Who are those? 10:36:19:11
10:36:19:15 Mr. Museveni and Mr. Kony -- removed the population from its homes, 10 :36 :21 :28
10:36:22:05 put them in concentration camps, 10:36:24:07
10:36:24:11 and left the terrain for themselves to tussle it out! 10:36:27:26
10:36:28:02 So who are the soldiers defending in Northern Uganda? 10:36:30:17
10:36:30:21 If they cannot defend people's homes, people's livelihoods, 10:36:34:04
10:36:34:08 people's very basis of existence, 10:36:37:17
10:36:37:17 what are the soldiers fighting, Christine? 10:36:39:19
10:36:39:23 First of all, the army is there to protect the people, the Ugandans. 10:36:47:12
10:36:47:24 The issue of moving people from their traditional homes to the camps 10:36:53:22
10:36:53:25 was to enable the UPDF to fight and get out the LRA 10:36:58:20
10:36:58:28 from within the villages of the Acholi sub-region. 10:37:02:05
10:37:02:13 We must make our people understand! 10:37:06:02
super
10:37:18:01
JAMES OTTO
Executive Director, Human Rights Focus
10:37:25:06
Interview with James Otto (audio)
10:37:26:05 When these camps were established 10:37:29:19
10:37:30:00 the government made a very convincing argument that the army was not able to offer protection
from the people's homestead 10:37:39:09
10:37:39:15 and the best thing to do would be to bring people together 10:37:43:11
10:37:43:16 so that the army could offer them protection, 10:37:46:19
10:37:46:25 stopping attacks by LRA and abduction. 10:37:50:07
10:37:50:12 A visitor like you would believe the government. 10:37:53:17
10:37:53:20 Anybody flying over these IDPs settlement, 10:37:59:23
10:38:00:06 would be convinced: yes, these camps are good if it has stopped abduction and
attacks. 10:38:07:12
10:38:07:19 But the monitoring work that we did in these camps suggested otherwise. 10:38:13:10
10:38:13:19 The attacks continued and follow IDPs into these camps, abductions continued to follow the kids
into these camps. 10:38:22:03
10:38:22:27 And UNICEF documented that over 20 000 kids were abducted from the camps! 10:38:30:08
10:38:30:13 The camps have become a one stop centre 10:38:34:18
10:38:34:21 where the rebels only need to brave it and get anything they want. 10:38:38:12
10:38:38:17 If they want women to rape, they're there, if they want children to abduct, they're there, if
they want food supplies... 10:38:44:00
10:38:44:07 And these attacks are usually done immediately 10:38:47:02
10:38:47:04 after the World Food program has been to camp. 10:38:51:00
10:38:51:13 So we are saying if the government reason for establishing these camps 10:38:56:17
10:38:56:20 was to stop abductions and attacks, 10:39:00:29
10:39:01:03 it has failed. 10:39:02:20
10:39:02:25 Is it still worthwhile to keep the camps? 10:39:05:21
Angioletta cuts woods (subtitles)
10:39:57:28 At home, I used to make and sell shea oil. 10:40:04:12
10:40:04:14 It helped me. 10:40:06:21
10:40:06:28 At the time, I had enough money. 10:40:09:25
10:40:10:01 But what I am doing now does not give me enough to live on. 10:40:14:13
super
10:40:44:15
Museveni's 2006 Campaign
10:40:52:01
Radio excerpts 3 - Mwenda talk about military budget (subtitles)
10:41:13:25 Mr. President, 10:41:16:14
10:41:16:19 some people say that in 1992, when the rebellion was almost crushed, 10:41:20:11
10:41:20:15 military defence spending in Uganda was $42 million. 10:41:23:24
10:41:24:00 In 1996, when the rebellion was regaining intensity, 10:41:26:29
10:41:27:03 defence spending was $88 million. 10:41:29:17
10:41:29:21 In 2001, defence spending was $110 million. 10:41:33:26
10:41:34:03 Now it is $190 million. In other words, 10:41:36:08
10:41:36:12 there has been a consistent increase in defence spending over these years. 10:41:40:23
10:41:40:26 So you should have be on the top of the situation. 10:41:44:22
Interview with James Otto - 2 (audio)
10:42:07:24 The military tell us that they have the capacity and I don't doubt their capacity, 10:42:14:10
10:42:14:12 to deal a lasting blow to the LRA. 10:42:18:24
10:42:19:05 What I am not sure of is whether there is a political will to end this war. 10:42:24:07
10:42:24:15 Why is there that lack of will? 10:42:28:13
10:42:29:19 Your guess could be as good as mine. 10:42:31:18
10:42:31:24 My guess is that: 10:42:33:26
10:42:34:00 Well, given the background of our current president, Museveni, who by background is a military
man, 10:42:44:00
10:42:44:04 he is a strong man. 10:42:47:04
10:42:47:10 if this war was not there, 10:42:49:28
10:42:50:01 I wonder what he would be doing in government now. 10:42:53:24
10:42:53:29 I think his biggest preoccupation is to contain the LRA from crossing the Nile. 10:43:02:05
10:43:02:15 And the South also see their ability to contain the LRA in him. 10:43:11:00
10:43:11:08 So each time there is an election, they use this war: 10:43:16:08
10:43:16:16 if you vote me out, these killers will come back. 10:43:20:09
10:43:20:16 These are killers by nature, they have killed in the 60's, they have killed in
the 80's, 10:43:25:12
10:43:25:20 if they come back, you will not be there. 10:43:28:03
10:43:28:07 So an ordinary citizen would believe the government. 10:43:32:16
10:43:32:21 I think this war is being used for political reasons. 10:43:36:20
Interview with Caroline washing the dishes (subtitles)
10:43:59:14 Caroline, do you remember the time before the war? 10:44:04:28
10:44:05:04 Before the war? 10:44:07:13
10:44:08:06 I can't remember. I was too young at the time. 10:44:14:05
10:44:14:29 My mother was still alive then. 10:44:19:06
10:44:24:02 At night, what thoughts come to your mind? 10:44:29:15
10:44:29:28 What do you dream of? 10:44:33:10
10:44:33:27 Sometimes, I dream that my mother has come to life again. 10:44:41:18
10:44:42:02 The other day, I dreamed I went with Catherine to her country. 10:44:47:11
10:44:47:20 And the next day, you came with her! 10:44:51:24
Interview with Angioletta (subtitles)
10:45:36:12 Do you think the war will ever end? 10:45:39:22
10:45:40:04 I don't know. 10:45:45:07
10:45:46:06 It just goes on. 10:45:50:25
slate
10:46:30:15
In 2005, Museveni amended the Constitution
to abolish the presidential-term limit,
opening the path to lifetime presidency.
He was re-elected on February 23, 2006.
10:46:46:21
slate
10:46:48:27
Western donors continue to provide
half of Uganda's annual budget.
10:46:57:15
Jackson talks about the reelection of the President (audio)
10:47:18:09 How should we express our anger, how? 10:47:22:17
10:47:23:01 How do I express myself for you to know that I don't want you, we want a change. 10:47:29:26
10:47:30:02 We want to go back home. 10:47:32:01
10:47:32:06 That's why we voted for Besigye. 10:47:35:27
10:47:36:04 Because we want a change. 10:47:37:22
10:47:37:27 We are tired, we are fed up of this same regime punishing us. 10:47:42:27
10:47:43:28 I am telling you facts so you show the world that we are not fine. 10:47:49:02
10:47:49:08 That's why I can say that the President is crazy. 10:47:52:11
10:47:52:17 Because we are not okay! 10:47:54:14
10:47:54:18 Sorry for saying that, but these are the facts I am telling you. 10:48:01:06
10:48:01:08 We are not okay, that is why we think the president is not fine. 10:48:06:08
10:48:06:14 Will you know from America there? 10:48:10:16
10:48:10:20 No, unless I tell you that these things are happening, you will never know. 10:48:15:16
10:48:15:22 Because you are a visitor here for one day and you go back. 10:48:19:06
10:48:19:13 You will not know the background of what is going on. 10:48:25:10
Angelina in the dormitory (audio)
10:48:43:03 My own daughter Charlotte came back with two children 10:48:47:01
10:48:47:11 from that abuse inflicted on her by the rebels. 10:48:52:17
10:48:53:23 She was 14 when she was taken. 10:48:56:24
10:48:57:01 And she came back after 8 years. 10:49:01:22
10:49:02:24 I am sure in your country if a child goes missing 10:49:06:11
10:49:06:16 let's say a parent go to pick a child from school, and he's not there, 10:49:09:16
10:49:09:21 five minutes is enough for that parent to panic. 10:49:15:04
10:49:18:17 Eight years I've been waiting 10:49:23:12
10:49:24:23 knowing very well what the rebels do, their brutality. 10:49:31:20
10:49:35:06 Everyday, we were wondering: Has the child died today? 10:49:41:20
10:49:42:03 Has she been injured? 10:49:45:10
10:49:45:21 Is she maybe bleeding to death? 10:49:48:14
10:49:48:25 Has she been abandoned in the bush alone? 10:49:52:17
10:49:54:03 Has she been killed and the body is rotting somewhere? 10:49:59:18
10:50:02:08 Has a bomb been dropped on her? 10:50:06:14
slate
10:50:24:10
After 20 years of war,
it appears that none of the parties
--the rebels, the Ugandan government,
or the war's financiers--
will be held accountable for their acts.
10:50:34:20
slate
10:50:38:20
North of the Nile, there are those who tell
how the country was, and those who listen
and dream of what it could be.
10:50:49:16
slate
10:50:53:24
We wish to thank all those
who agreed to appear in the film.
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credits
10:51:00:03
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