Mozambique after independence which was very costly in human lives, infrastructures and institutions suffered a 16-year post-independence guerrilla war. Here is what Mozambique lost during the guerrilla war without counting those who lost their lives directly from the war.
1. 490,000 children died from war-related causes;
2. 200,000 children were orphaned or abandoned by adults;
3. At least 100,000 children served as soldiers during the conflict;
4. Over 40 percent of schools were destroyed or forced to close;
5. Over 40 percent of health centers were destroyed;
6. Economic losses totaled $15 billion, equal to four times the country’s 1988 GDP;
7. Industries were so damaged that post-war production equaled only 20 to 40 of prewar capacity (Carnegie Commission on Preventing Conflict, 1997).
We appeal to those who have information about human and material losses in Uganda starting in 1966 to make it available. Uganda has experienced many wars in 1966, 1979, 1981 to 1986 in the Luwero Triangle and in the Northern, Western and Eastern regions since 1986 to the present (the most recent in western Uganda).
Ugandans of good conscience and who care about their country and people and who put the country first should oppose the war being advocated by selfish David Sejusa and selfish Duncan Kafero. I will continue to oppose Sejusa and Kafero as long as they continue to call for armed revolt against Uganda.
Eric Kashambuzi