 A statement purported to be released by Kony 's Lord 's Resistance Army rebels and signed by the group 's spokesman and negotiator Justine Nyeko ( " The Leader , LRA Peace Team " ) condemned the film as " a cheap and banal panic act of mass trickery to make the unsuspecting peoples of the world complicit in the US rogue and murderous activities in Central Africa . " The statement was obtained by Ugandan journalist Frank Nyakairu , received from Nairobi , Kenya @-@ based LRA representatives . It was also reported that the LRA abduction rate sharply increased in the weeks since the film was released , although it was impossible to confirm the link between the rise in LRA attacks and Kony 's global notoriety . 
