The Ugandan government said today that it can only discuss, let alone sanction, a change of venue for the stalled South Sudan-mediated peace talks if the LRA negotiators return to Juba. "We have to return to Juba and discuss it and then agree or disagree," State Minister for Defence Ruth Nankabirwa said. "We cannot go to Nairobi (Kenya) or any other place to agree to a venue. It is Juba we have to talk about because there is no other venue that has been chosen." Nankabirwa's revelation, however, was overshadowed by the animosity that lingered in the Parliament after MPs voted on a motion that compels the LRA and the Government to return to Juba and no other location. Opposition MPs, who were the original architects of the motion, declined to vote saying it was wrong for Parliament to explicitly pronounce itself and limit the negotiating parties to Juba. Read more at The Monitor.