You know, i feel like your not giving yourself enough credit for the decision that you made. I'd gone through wars and other civil strife, but i'd never been assigned the responsibility to bring it to an end. So that kind of, in a way, inspired me to if i can go and end this conflict, and my people can go back home. But like any other person, i set myself a dead line that i must end this war in six months - lo and behold, when i got there, it was a completely different story.
In an effort to bring an end to violence in northern Uganda in 1993, Betty Bigombe decides to engage directly with the notorious warlord, Joseph Kony. Today we hear about one woman’s approach to unlocking peace in the enemy.
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