Ugandans are all too acquainted with the concept of corruption. The Lord’s Resistance Army, under the leadership of Joseph Kony, has terrorized the people of that country under the umbrella of Christianity for years. Perverting the teachings of the Bible and the Ten Commandments, Kony has abducted an estimated 25,000 children. With a trail of murder and rape following him and his army, Kony personifies ‘passion’ gone wrong.
Jennifer and Susan, arms linked, backs straight, hair tightly shaved, hiked dusty trails without shoes, their feet swollen and callused. They walked with thousands of other children, all rushing away from the danger of nighttime rebel raids on their villages and toward the safety of the town centre to sleep. Tiny boys in tattered clothing, girls with chubby cheeks clutching ragged dolls, others with foam mattresses balanced on their heads, others with nothing at all were walking.
Jennifer and Susan sang a marching song. “People in Gulu are suffering. Education is poor. Communication is poor. There are no more virgins in Gulu,” the girls sang sweetly in English. “They were all raped. Hear us now: There are no more virgins in Gulu.”
The children are called simply “the night commuters” or “night dwellers.” About 15,000 young Ugandans trek every evening from more than 300 villages, some more than five miles away into the safety of Gulu, about 175 miles north of the capital, Kampala.
Poverty is like punishment for a crime you didn’t commit. - Eli Khamarov
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