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Ugandan Arms Body Clarifies Illegal Gun Number Estimates
19 March 2007
New Vision (Kampala)
The Uganda National Focal Point on Small Arms yesterday refuted reports that put the number of small arms in the hands of the LRA at 150,000.
The UN agency IRIN on Friday quoted its coordinator, Richard Nabudere, as saying that there were 400,000 small arms in Uganda, 150,000 of which were in the hands of the LRA.
"No count has been made to ascertain the number of small arms in the hands of the LRA or any other rebel group," Nabudere clarified. "What I stated was... (GunPolicy.org)