Stories of Change - Interview mit/with Norbert Mao

Norbert Mao ist Vorsitzender der Democratic Party, als deren Präsidentschaftskandidat er 2011 erfolglos gegen Amtsinhaber Museveni antrat. Zuvor hatte er 2006 die Gouverneurswahlen im nördlichen Gulu-Distrikt gewonnen. Dort vermittelte er erfolgreich zwischen den bewaffneten Rebellen der Lord's Resistance Army und der ugandischen Regierung. Im Interview mit dem ugandischen Journalisten Tom Gawaya Tegulle vom Frühjahr 2011 stellt er sein Selbstverständnis als Politiker und die Gründe für seine Erfolge beim Konfliktmanagement dar.
Norbert Mao is the leader of the Democratic Party in Uganda. He was its presidential candidate in 2011 when he campaigned and lost against the current president Museveni. He had previously won the gubernatorial elections in the northern Gulu district in 2006. There he successfully mediated between the armed rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army and the Ugandan government. In an interview with Ugandan journalist Tom Gawaya Tegulle held in spring 2011, he discusses his self-image as a politician and the reasons for his successes in conflict management.

[@geoffreybyamukama1018]

Thank you honourable Norbert.

[@opiopaul4611]

Oooh Mao, you are such an incredible leader, brighter than the surprise of sun in the middle of darkness. I have to commit to visit you some day soon. I like your ethics and love for the nation

[@farmersmarketug]

It is my newfound duty to share with the younger generation how transformative this man was to the politics and development of Northern Uganda.

[@ocensimonpeter]

For sure Hon.
Mao you are a hero

[@unitedpearlofafrica4355]

Great speech

[@PatrickAcire]

BM