 On March 8 , 2012 , Invisible Children released an official response addressing the criticisms directed at Kony 2012 . As an explanation for the simplicity of the movie , they stated that " in [ their ] quest to garner wide public support of nuanced policy , [ they ] sought to explain the conflict in an easily understandable format . " <unk> Jenkins , the director of idea development for Invisible Children , responded to the new criticisms by saying that they were " myopic " and that the video itself was a " tipping point " that " got young people to care about an issue on the other side of the planet that doesn ’ t affect them . " In response to concerns about working with the Ugandan government , Invisible Children explained that they " do not defend any of the human rights abuses perpetrated by the Ugandan government or the Ugandan army " . They added that the reason why they are working with the Ugandan army even though Kony is no longer in Uganda is that the army is " more organized and better equipped than that of any of the other affected countries ( DRC , South Sudan , CAR ) to track down Joseph Kony " and that they want all of the governments in the region to work together to arrest Kony . Jenkins stated , " There is a huge problem with political corruption in Africa . If we had the purity to say we will not partner with anyone corrupt , we couldn ’ t partner with anyone . " 
