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Codeco militia have occupied several groups
in the Mukambo chiefdom (Mahagi territory).
This is the Tuesday, July 21th alert from
local civil society. According to the same
source, this occupation dates back to
several months and allowed militia to
develop commercial activities in the region.
The militias, civil society, have established a
chain for the production and sale of palm oil
and woods to ensure their care.
′′ We are deploring this gravity of things.
Codeco militia have done everything to
occupy the Masongwa, Are, Ruvinga and
Muswa groups with a well-defined mission of
producing palm oil and wood. They are now
carrying out these activities calmly in the
locality of Kasingwa ", said, Solomon Unega,
president of civil society of Mukambo
Chiefdom.
The sale of the products exploited would
take place in some shopping centres in the
Djugu territory, including Kpandroma but also
in Uganda via Lake Albert.
′′ At the moment, they have accomplices
who come from the villages near Djugu to
collect the goods, so oil cans and go sell
them in large centres including Kpandroma.
That's why the section between Kaswiwa
and Kpandroma is under control of these
militia. This is to secure these accomplices
in order to make their markets well. You
have to make a simple observation in the
markets of border villages you will find that
palm oil has even experienced a price drop.
The second lane is traffic to Uganda. These
militia pass through the village Nyamonda by
Lake Albert.
We have repeatedly suspected night boats
on this part of the lake. We always wonder,
even fishermen alerted us to this. There
have been some specialized service officers
who are also complicit in facilitating traffic
at this level. These militias are now living
well at the expense of the punishable
citizens they hunted and killed there ",
explained Mr. Unega.
A few months ago, the government
suspected an complicity between Codeco
militia and ′′ some Ugandan rebels."
Civil society claims to have communicated
this situation to the authorities. ′′ We will not
accept that the population suffers while
these militia exploit our riches. The
Congolese state is already seized. We gave
an ultimatum of one week to use all means
to dislodge these militia from there. On the
contrary, we will suspend the payment of all
taxes. We need to deploy a large military
force to dislodge these militia from Codeco
", concludes the president of civil society of
Chief Mukambo.
Last January, national deputy Daniel Uma,
elected from Mahagi territory, reported the
presence of militia in the Theerali village
(Mahagi territory) where they sent
correspondence to some leaders of the
groupings, including Ruvinga, Musongwa and
Are in which they required them to
contribute weekly by food and not food for
their survival.
Three months later, in April, Mahagi elected
provincial deputy André Waroom, claimed
that these militia had occupied ten
localities. ′′ In Ang ' all's chiefdom, they
occupy Talitali, Ndimalo, Nyaleka villages. In
Walendu Waysi's chiefdom, they entered
Kambala, Gulu, Njala. The third chiefdom is
Panduru's where these assailants make the
law in Katanga and Nyaleka. ", he
enumerated.