According to the Kony 2012 campaign, (a video campaign to show the world who Kony is and what he has done), Joseph Kony was to be hunted down and captured and brought to book before the end of 2012. When I first saw it, I was glad to see that someone is doing something to bring this mad man who is responsible for so many atrocities to book and that the entire world was behind the organization “Invisible Children”, who produced the video.
It was not long before other YouTube videos surfaced in response to the “Invisible Children” video.
I don’t doubt that everybody now know who Kony is, since the video of the man went viral on YouTube last year.
There were conflicting reports that Kony was no longer alive or that the video was just a propaganda piece and that there was money being made out of the “make Kony famous” campaign.
Invisible Children, the group behind Kony 2012 has created a groundswell of support for Uganda’s dictator Yoweri Museveni who has been in power for almost 30 years. Museveni, I might add, is seen by some as a murderer himself. Some say that Museveni has been implicated in genocide after allegedly ordering his guards to shoot and kill civilians. 
Stories doing the rounds suggest that the Kony 2012 group itself is said to be a ruthless business empire that spends the majority of its income on its own expenses. Also it’s been said that the organization refuses to allow its financials to be properly audited and is alleged it has a low two-star rating in accountability from Charity Navigator.
However, more than that is the speculation that this is once again an African invasion. Yes, it is once again all about Africa’s resources and who can get their hands on it.
This all in the name of rescuing children and innocent civilians from the hands of a ruthless murderer.
In the US, two House lawmakers introduced a resolution last year that sought to deepen US Military involvement in Africa on the back of the Kony 2012 “hoax”, despite the fact that Joseph Kony and his Lord’s Resistance Army have been virtually inactive for six years.
And so it is speculated that it is all about the gold, raw steel, tin, tungsten, diamonds and don’t forget the oil.
Rumor has it that Invisible Children is a US government sponsored organization and used this opportunity to “get Joseph Kony” to get into Uganda. What do you think?
It is now 2013. Silence…no word on whether this goal was achieved, but I am sure that if it was, it would have made headline news. The only news from the LRA (of which Kony is head), is the death of his bodyguard recently.