Concy When we had already started living together and even got a child I found an (amnesty) card [34] that told me that he was captured in 2000 then returned in 2002.
In the bush, he was second to the big man [35] so when he died, he became the big man and that is how he managed to come back.
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With such people (returnees), I just tolerate him because he has many problems. There are times when rudeness takes control of him and then there are times when he just wants to murder people. So I just keep on being very careful with people from the bush.
Interviewer What annoys him?
Concy Sometimes, he is thinking of things of the bush because when he comes home, he wants one to do something quickly and when you do something at your own pace it annoys him. He gets upset very easily.
Interviewer Would you have married him if you had known that he was once a captive?
Concy Eh…now that one, I had to marry because I had already had a child in his house and it is risky to change men.
I have accepted to marry him. I can tolerate him and when he becomes upset I run away and come back when he has calmed down. So one just keeps adjusting to his temperament. I will stay because now we are living amicably, unlike before when he would get frequent mood swings.
If I didn’t have a child and had been told about his past before, I would have left, but now I have already given birth so I can’t leave. I have already spent my youth on him and have a child with him.
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[34] Some former LRA members were issued with documents under the Amnesty Act of 1999
[35] LRA leader