The International Criminal Court last week sentenced a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to 25 years in prison. Dominic Ongwen, who was taken into ICC custody in 2015, was convicted in February of 61 crimes including rape, sexual enslavement, child abductions, torture and murder. The court had considered sentencing him to life imprisonment, but had sided against it due to the defendant's own personal suffering. Under the leadership of fugitive Joseph Kony, the LRA terrorized Ugandans for nearly 20 years as it battled the government of President Yoweri Museveni from bases in northern Uganda and neighbouring countries. Let’s take you live now to Uganda to find out what sort of reaction there has been to the sentencing and also the latest on the hunt for Joseph Kony as we welcome….

Guest: Michael Arereng – Ugandan based journalist