Dinaw Mengestu , an Ethiopian American writer and Africa researcher , wrote that the real world Kony is " not a click away " , and a simple solution of raising popular awareness , " a beautiful equation that can only work so long as we believe that nothing in the world happens unless we know about it ... only works in the myopic reality of the film , a reality that deliberately eschews depth and complexity . " Amanda Weisbaum of the charity War Child said that " just getting rid of one person does not solve the problem " and the film 's focus should have been rather on helping ex-child soldiers . Anne Goddard , president and CEO of ChildFund International , wrote that " by narrowing the focus on Kony , by defining success so singularly , it gives people a greater sense that the issue of globally widespread conscription of young children can be resolved . And that hope feeds on itself in a way that becomes infectious . " United Nations Under-Secretary-General Radhika Coomaraswamy called for the Kony2012 campaign to divert its donation funds from supporting military action to capture Kony to rehabilitation and reintegration programmes for former child soldiers . Victor Ochen , founder and director of Ugandan rehabilitation NGO Ayinet , said that campaign " to promote Kony or make him famous " is " offensive " , in part because of the Cover the Night event 's date ( an anniversary of the Atiak massacre by the LRA in Uganda in 1995 and the date of birth of Adolf Hitler ) , adding " How do you think Americans would have reacted if people in another country wore Osama bin Laden T-shirts ? " After the film 's release , there was criticism in Uganda of its failure to state more clearly that Kony and his forces fled northern Uganda in 2006 and were dispersed across the jungles of three neighbouring countries . Fred Opolot , spokesman for the Ugandan government , said , " It is totally misleading to suggest that the war is still in Uganda . " Arthur Larok , ActionAid 's director in Uganda , said , " It does n't sound like a fair representation of Uganda . We have challenges within the country , but certainly the perception of a country at war is not accurate at all . " Dr Beatrice Mpora , director of a community health organization in Gulu , commented , " There has not been a single soul from the LRA here since 2006 . Now we have peace , people are back in their homes , they are planting their fields , they are starting their businesses . That is what people should help us with . " Prime Minister of Uganda Amama Mbabazi launched an online response on YouTube , in which he seeks to correct the " false impression " that Uganda is still at war , and invites everyone to visit the country , assuring that people would find it " a very different place to that portrayed by Invisible Children " . Meanwhile , dozens of members of Ugandan diaspora in United States protested outside the Invisible Children offices in San Diego , also criticizing the video but saying Kony represents " only three percent of all the problems " in their home country and lambasting the Ugandan government for its inadequate response to Kony 's terror and other issues
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