[Ugnet] Uganda turned into private property-------Mulindwa

2005-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Uganda turned into private property With great interest I have read my friend Dr Muniini Mulera's letter to Tingasinga of March 21, 2005 under the headline “Stand up for the truth.” As always, Mulera tells only one part of the equation, and decides to look at a smaller picture of the general

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2005-03-20 Thread gook makanga
Stop arrests, intimidation Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2005 19:26:05 + Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed Editorial | March 21, 2005 Stop arrests, intimidation In the space of only four days, security personnel have arrested two Forum for Democratic Change (FDC)

[Ugnet] Stand up for the truth

2005-03-20 Thread gook makanga
Stand up for the truth March 21, 2005 Dear Tingasiga: Thanks to Mr Super Magoba, a Monitor letter-writer, we have been reminded that on May 12, 2001, Presidential Advisor John Nagenda wrote that he was certain that Yoweri K. Museveni would never seek to remain in power beyond 2006. Nagenda

[Ugnet] Regime of tyranny and torture back to haunt Uganda

2005-03-19 Thread gook makanga
TELEGRAPH Regime of tyranny and torture back to haunt Uganda By Adrian Blomfield in Kampala (Filed: 19/03/2005) Suspected dissidents disappear after midnight visits to their homes; chilling screams can again be heard from Idi Amin's infamous torture chambers, reopened after a quarter of a

[Ugnet] What does Nagenda say about the third term?

2005-03-16 Thread gook makanga
What does Nagenda say about the third term? On May 12, 2001, the day on which President Yoweri Museveni was sworn-in for the current term of office which is due to end next year, his Senior Advisor on Media and Public Relations, Mr John Nagenda, wrote a very interesting piece in the New Vision.

[Ugnet] M7's cows beat up and cheat Ugandan workers

2005-03-10 Thread gook makanga
Article Published on: 10th March 2005. Investor beats up his workers An Asian-American furniture manufacturer accused of kicking and boxing his workers says he only fears President Museveni. But a presidential representative in Kampala insists Museveni would never condone enslaving

[Ugnet] Zoning alone will not help Uganda

2005-03-08 Thread gook makanga
And yet our president is said to be clearheaded and a very wise leader with the only vision. A vision to sale off our national tresures to his kin and kith? To bail out his relatives failed busines? The vision of Kisanja? Pew! gook Zoning alone will not help Uganda Abu Mayanja A

[Ugnet] We don’t hate M7, we only love Uganda more

2005-03-07 Thread gook makanga
We don’t hate M7, we only love Uganda more Betty Kamya Turwome DURING Radio One’s Spectrum talk show on which I was hosted last Tuesday, an audibly angry person named Bakashabarwamasha phoned in to say I couldn’t see the “visibly great” things President Yoweri Museveni had done for Uganda since

[Ugnet] When ISO, ESO got their day in the sun

2005-03-07 Thread gook makanga
When ISO, ESO got their day in the sun By Timothy Kalyegira Mar 6 - 12, 2005 Over the course of the last three weeks writing a brief series on the history of Uganda's security services, several comments, interest by readers, and a number of questions resulted. Of all the surprises, the

[Ugnet] 180 NGOs in Tororo oppose amendment of presidential terms article

2005-03-07 Thread gook makanga
180 NGOs in Tororo oppose amendment of presidential terms articleBy Agness NandutuMar 8, 2005 PARLIAMENT - Non-Government Organisations (NGOs) operating in Tororo district have opposed the lifting of presidential term limits.The 181 NGOs under the umbrella of Tororo Civil Society Network

[Ugnet] Bidandi responds to M7

2005-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Bidandi responds to M7 INTRIGUE POLITICS: Bidandi BIDANDI Ssali resigned as second vice-chairperson of the National Resistance movement Organisation late last year. In the letter below, he addresses issues President Yoweri Museveni raised in the letter in which he accepted the

[Ugnet] Museveni perfected art of playing victim

2005-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Museveni perfected art of playing victim By Anne Mugusha Mar 7, 2005 Many times I am asked the questions: ‘Don’t you get tired? Can’t you see that it is impossible at this time to change anything?’ How wrong they are on both counts! To start with, how can you gzet tired of a cause in

[Ugnet] Bidandi slams kisanja group

2005-03-05 Thread gook makanga
Bidandi slams kisanja group FORMER MINISTER: Bidandi --Letter to Museveni says NRM is derailed By Milton Olupot and Macrines Nyapendi FORMER minister Jaberi Bidandi Ssali has written to President Yoweri Museveni, charging that his lieutenants and the ‘kisanja (third term) crusaders’ were

[Ugnet] Mamenero murder: Govt takes blame

2005-03-04 Thread gook makanga
Kabonero, Clear headed leadership? Fundamental change? Or No change kisajja? gook Mamenero murder: Govt takes blame By Richard M. KavumaWEEKLY OBSERVER After two years of courtroom tears, government has finally accepted responsibility for the murder of Owomugisha Patrick Mamenero.But last

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2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
Mr. Kabonero, When will you clear headed chaps stop this politics of force, bribery, deciet and learn the art of political persuation? In Luwero you killed people to make their surviving offsprings join your rebel ranks. 20 years after Luwero and you are still at it? It seems like you can take

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2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
Mr. Kabonero, When will you clear headed chaps stop this politics of force, bribery, deciet and learn the art of political persuation? In Luwero you killed people to make their surviving offsprings join your rebel ranks. 20 years after Luwero and you are still at it? It seems like you can take

[Ugnet] (no subject)

2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
Mr. Kabonero, When will you clear headed chaps stop this politics of force, bribery, deciet and learn the art of political persuation? In Luwero you killed people to make their surviving offsprings join your rebel ranks. 20 years after Luwero and you are still at it? It seems like you can take

[Ugnet] I am still in UPC – Malinga- Kabonero is this you?

2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
From New Vision, March 03, 2005 I am still in UPC – Malinga By Felix Osike and Jude Etyang BUTEBO MP Dr. Stephen Malinga has said he has not crossed to the Movement because some issues have not been resolved. Malinga, who heads the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) parliamentary caucus, told

[Ugnet] Kabonero and his pack of lies---I am still in UPC – Malinga

2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
Mr. Kabonero, When will you clear headed chaps stop this politics of force, bribery, deciet and learn the art of political persuation? In Luwero you killed people to make their surviving offsprings join your rebel ranks. 20 years after Luwero and you are still at it? It seems like you can take

[Ugnet] Museveni in fresh dairy controversy

2005-03-03 Thread gook makanga
Museveni in fresh dairy controversyBy Alex B. AtuhaireMar 4, 2005 KAMPALA - President Yoweri Museveni has directed the Ministry of Finance to advance Shs2.3 billion to GBK Dairy Products, to bail the local company out of financial crisis.The President has directed the ministry to give the

RE: [Ugnet] Kiboga meat price falls to sh300- Kabonero need some meat?

2005-03-02 Thread gook makanga
Paul, People have no money to buy meat as cheap as 100 shillings? This is 20 years after the politics of kisanja? So who has been getting rich on the peoples skulls? Abayombo and his clan members from Rwakitura? Eh? Kabonero Do something about this abject poverty killing our people and our cows

[Ugnet] Ministers front for Dairy Corp investor

2005-03-02 Thread gook makanga
This is partly why the people of Kibonga cannot aford meat at 300 shillings while the kaboneros sing EKINSANJA! gook Ministers front for Dairy Corp investor By Alex B. Atuhaire Hussein BogereMar 3, 2005 KAMPALA - Two cabinet ministers are behind an unregistered local company that was

RE: [Ugnet] Test

2005-02-26 Thread gook makanga
chief we hear u loud and clear Gook Original Message Follows From: "Mitayo Potosi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: ugandanet@kym.net To: ugandanet@kym.net Subject: [Ugnet] Test Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 20:15:38 + ___ Ugandanet mailing list

[Ugnet] Intelligence services under Obote II had mixed results

2005-02-20 Thread gook makanga
Intelligence services under Obote II had mixed results By Timothy KalyegiraFeb 20 - 26, 2005 In the first part of these series on the history of Uganda's intelligence services, last Sunday, Timothy Kalyegira traced espionage back to Bunyoro's King Kabalega in the 1800s right up to the State

[Ugnet] Suruma calls for radical economic shift-- back to backward days?

2005-02-18 Thread gook makanga
It would as though this "wise and clear lined leadership" is back to those "backward policies" of the backward regimes of Obote? 20 years later and millions killed in luwero and the great lakes only to realise that those backward chaps may have been doing something worthwhile after all? What more

[Ugnet] Ekisanja will sail through

2005-02-18 Thread gook makanga
Ekisanja will sail through OPINION: F.D.R. Gureme The 2001 elections were rigged; going by the unanimous view of judges, disallowing by three to two, Kizza Besigye’s petition against [President] Museveni’s declared victory. During the first popular elections in 1996, the eerie manoeuvre of

[Ugnet] Did Mu7 kirru Kayira?

2005-02-17 Thread gook makanga
Publish Kayira murder report While at the burial of the late Shaban Nkutu, President Yoweri Museveni attacked UPC members, accusing them of having killed their opponents. He dared them to mention any opponent of his he has ever killed and they all chorused the late Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayira's

[Ugnet] M7 a Looter!

2005-02-15 Thread gook makanga
Some once called this M7 a sick thug and i thought he was joking. Now here this man is caught stealing and he brings in irelevancies like Obote etc. This man is a looter 3.1.1! Read and shake your head at this day light looting! gook Uganda must give incentives to investors, says Museveni By

[Ugnet] Subject : ] Uganda's Killers in Luwero

2005-02-14 Thread gook makanga
Subject: ] Uganda's Killers in Luwero Fallen heroes are squirming in their graves Beti Kamya TurwomweIn his last Sunday Vision article titled “Honour our heroes”, Moses Byaruhanga raised the following issues that I found quite interesting: (i) Uganda is now

[Ugnet] Some madness from Busonga!----Kyabazinga campaigns for Museveni

2005-02-14 Thread gook makanga
Kyabazinga campaigns for Museveni HEAR US LORD: Bishop Michael Kyomya of Busoga Diocese blesses Muloki’s new car By Esther Mukyala THE Kyabazinga, Henry Wako Muloki, has commended President Yoweri Museveni for his “wise leadership” and called upon the Basoga to support him. He said

RE: [Ugnet] Muhoozi to succede M7?

2005-02-10 Thread gook makanga
, The one of Togo and Benin is FAYA (fire). Who are you oppose him? My brooda, hmm liiivo mio- alone ba!! This thing be in the blood, baaa! joyficate noc'l --- On Wed 02/09, gook makanga amp;lt; [EMAIL PROTECTED] amp;gt; wrote: From: gook makanga [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[Ugnet] Muhoozi to succede M7?

2005-02-09 Thread gook makanga
Ear to the Ground By Charles Onyango ObboWill Muhoozi replace Museveni as in Togo?Feb 9, 2005 Togo's dictator of 38 years Gnassingbe Eyadema pulled off one last act of political chicanery on the weekend. He waited when the Speaker of Parliament Fambare Natchaba Ouattara was travelling

[Ugnet] Re: Omuvi okok i Minakulu

2005-02-03 Thread gook makanga
Re: Omuvi okok i Minakulu Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 21:48:03 -0500 TRANSLATION: Movement cried (in tears) in Minakulu. Martin Ogwang Elu Movement supporters shed tears as 60 of their members cross over and return to UPC on January 20, 2005. This took place in gombolola Minakulu when Mrs. Cecilia

[Ugnet] Destroying UPDF will create Iraq?-----This MUST BE DONE!

2005-02-03 Thread gook makanga
Subject: Destroying UPDF will create Iraq?-This MUST BE DONE! Sent: Friday, February 4, 2005 3:42 AM OPINION Shaban Bantariza Destroying UPDF will create Iraq What will kill this country will not come from outside it. It is from within ourselves. We Ugandans seem to be our own problem most

[Ugnet] NRM Enterprise’ has started bearing fruit

2005-02-01 Thread gook makanga
‘NRM Enterprise’ has started bearing fruit Yoweri Museveni in the bush in Luwero with his combatants in the 1980s --People are mad that Museveni is showing no signs of leaving power By Seezi Cheeye While growing up in the peasantry Banyarwanda cattle-keeping community in the bushes of Luwero, we

[Ugnet] Tororo residents boycot NRM day

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
Tororo residents boycott NRM day By John Augustine Emojong Jan 31, 2005 TORORO - Many residents of the district boycotted celebrations to mark the 19th anniversary of National Resistance Movement's on Wednesday. The Resident District Commissioner, Mr Dauda Yassin Kasibante, attributed the low

[Ugnet] M7, Kagame USA Puppets--Kabila

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
Conflict in the Congo: An Interview with President Laurent Kabila Conflict in the Congo: An Interview with President Laurent Kabila by Elombe Brath and Samori Marksman In early May 1997, when it became apparent to western observers that the broad coalition of rebel forces in Zaire (now the

[Ugnet] Munini on M7's jets and the poverty on Ugandans

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
Letter to A Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto The Old Museveni lashes at the New one over priorities Jan 31 , 2005 Dear Tingasiga: Yesterday’s Sunday Monitor reported that the Ugandan presidential helicopter had been flown to Belarus for major repairs at a cost of more

[Ugnet] Dairy coop. the looting continues!

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
Dairy Corp sale not transparent EditorialJan 31, 2005 The Dairy Corporation, the biggest producer of milk in the country, has been offered to a Thai businessman at a nominal fee of $1. This follows a directive from President Yoweri Museveni to the Minister for Privatisation and the

[Ugnet] M7 has had a bellyful of killings? I dont think so.

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
M7 cannot get enough of killings and lootings. He is by nature a greedy man and a kirra! gook Search for peace costly for Acholi peace team By Samuel Olara Jan 31, 2005 It was not at all surprising to read in both the Monitor and the New Vision of Tuesday the 11th January 2005, that gunmen

[Ugnet] M7 has had a bellyful of killings? I dont think so.

2005-01-30 Thread gook makanga
M7 cannot get enough of killings and lootings. He is by nature a greedy man and a kirra! gook Gook Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! MSN Messenger Download today it's FREE! ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net

[Ugnet] Did Amin really kill 300,000 people?

2005-01-29 Thread gook makanga
Did Idi Amin really kill 300,000 people? By Timothy Kalyegira Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2005 On January 25, we were once again forced to remember the military coup that brought Idi Amin to power in 1971. Once again, the general summing up of Amin was made; he presided over a reign of terror from 1971

[Ugnet] Do Ugandans want another country?

2005-01-29 Thread gook makanga
Do Ugandans want another country? On The Mark: With Alan Tacca Do Ugandans want another country? Jan 30 - Feb 5, 2004 In December last year, a Steadman Associates opinion poll revealed some interesting things going on in people's heads in East Africa, about economic and political unity

[Ugnet] The Sad Story of the Nkutus and now M7!

2005-01-27 Thread gook makanga
How Nkutu’s secret grave was identified Jan 28, 2005 In December 2003, a nephew of the Late Nkutu, one Abu Kakaire, of Nakibembe village, Bugweri County, where Nkutu was born, made coincidental contact with one Ibrahim Sengendo, 51, a peasant farmer of Kakola Village, Mijinja, in Semuto,

[Ugnet] Beware: We could really be headed for a new rebellion

2005-01-26 Thread gook makanga
Beware: We could really be headed for a new rebellion By Patrick Matsiko wa Mucoori Jan 27, 2005 It may sound like war mongering to say that Uganda looks inevitably headed for another cycle of armed struggle. But looking at the sequence, circumstances and precursors of our post independence

[Ugnet] Mao on M7's missives!

2005-01-22 Thread gook makanga
Come on, Amelia Kyambadde isn’t qualified for the new job By Norbert Mao Jan 23 - 29, 2005 The debate has been raging about the appointment of Mr Adolf Mwesige to the non-existent position of deputy attorney general. Instead of responding in an enlightened way to questions raised, presidential

[Ugnet] M7's Uganda--MUK experiences Gulu’s mixed fortunes first hand

2005-01-20 Thread gook makanga
MUK experiences Gulu’s mixed fortunes first handBy Maggie Alerotek AloyoJan 21, 2005 There is always a moment of truth and revelation for many who care to visit Gulu in person to witness the heart-rending happenings. Makerere students, who visited the place during the festive season,

[Ugnet] Museveni's Precarious Political Background

2005-01-19 Thread gook makanga
Museveni's Precarious Political Background M7 frantic pursuit of Kisanja, a fifth term, is much more out of desperation and frustration for miserably failing to achieve a living legacy status like some leading personalities have been able to do so, to wit, Nelson Mandela, Julius Nyerere,

[Ugnet] Torture victim dies

2005-01-19 Thread gook makanga
Torture victim dies By Hudson Apunyo Jan 20, 2005 LIRA - One of the people tortured by the Local Defence Unit (LDU) militia in Obim Parish, Apala sub-county is dead.The camp leader of Obim Rock IDP camp, Mr Sam Kalyegira, 43, said the LDUs of Golf Battalion on Christmas Day beat up civilians

[Ugnet] Element of fear frantically orchestrating the kisanja

2005-01-19 Thread gook makanga
Element of fear frantically orchestrating the kisanja By F.D.R.Gureme Jan 20, 2005 Last time I promised to narrate the germ of the ekisanja aberration. I will now try. I want to register annoyance by some inane stuff written about, among others, me by one glorified merry-andrew. I have,

[Ugnet] He who does not wash his face, won't wash his…

2005-01-18 Thread gook makanga
Ear to the Ground By Charles Onyango Obbo He who does not wash his face, won't wash his…Jan 19, 2005 Driving around Kampala, and travelling on the highway beyond the Kibuye roundabout (except to Entebbe) and Jinja today, leaves me - and I imagine other like-minded people of my

[Ugnet] Go to the Bush-- M7 a Thief!--says Byanyima.

2005-01-13 Thread gook makanga
Go to the bush, says Byanyima Mzee BONIFACE BYANYIMA is the national chairman of the Democratic Party, but he has decided to quit active politics because it is too dirty. He gave BENON HERBERT OLUKA insights into why he thinks President Museveni is standing in the way of democracy: When did

[Ugnet] See what happens when two govts rule Uganda?

2005-01-11 Thread gook makanga
Ear to the Ground Charles Onyango ObboSee what happens when two govts rule Uganda? Jan 12, 2005 An Antonov cargo plane takes off from Old Entebbe airport, the Airforce base, and crashes about 15 minutes later killing the six people on board, two of them Russians, last Saturday.Sure as

[Ugnet] Split Tororo, ex-PM Etyang urges President Museveni

2005-01-10 Thread gook makanga
M7's divide and rule politics. These people have been living peaceful for ages without any problem. Why would there be a problem now simply to "strengthen" the NRM rule in the district. Did NRM come to dive or to unite the people of Uganda? In Buganda we get the Baruli being pitted against the

[Ugnet] End victimisation of the relatives of our political enemies

2005-01-10 Thread gook makanga
Is Joseph Musasizi Kifefe paying for Besigye's political sins - Original Message - From: International Lobby for Reform in Uganda [ILORU] Subject: 2005. End victimisation of the relatives of our political enemies Editor The Monitor Kamala 2005: End the victimisation of the relatives of our

[Ugnet] Ugandan in the 21th century -20 years after nra/m revolution?

2005-01-09 Thread gook makanga
I SAW IT: Mr Simon Kabyemera, 49, a charcoal maker who was in the forest, narrates how the plane crashed. Crashed plane had smuggled cargo By Frank Nyakairu Jan 10, 2005 As Raisi Mutukufu M7 jets himself around the globe in a Gulf Stream 2, This Ugandan seems to have been reduced to a

[Ugnet] Cry, hope for the bleeding country

2005-01-07 Thread gook makanga
Hello Mr. President By David Ouma Balikowa Cry, hope for the bleeding country Jan 8, 2005 Ugandans ushered in the New Year on yet another false start. A week before, they had come close to peace in northern Uganda only to elude them, courtesy of stubborn wills both on the rebel and

[Ugnet] We should be serious about peace with LRA

2005-01-06 Thread gook makanga
We should be serious about peace with LRABy Prof. Dani W. NabudereJan 7, 2005 The ceasefire agreement that was to be signed by the Uganda government and the LRA on the December 31, 2004 has stalled. We do not want to enter the debate whether some parties within UPDF are gaining from the

[Ugnet] Lest we forget.- M7's 50 year plan

2005-01-05 Thread gook makanga
NB: This is the original copy from the file at Statehouse.Disclaimer: This below, is "confidential" property accessed by M.A Agencies, Meeting at Rwakitura with H.E. the President of Uganda and selected representatives from various districts on 15-3-1992 Present: 1. Mr. Y.K. Museveni –

[Ugnet] Fear makes presidents overstay their mandate

2005-01-05 Thread gook makanga
Fear makes presidents overstay their mandate By F.D.R. Gureme Jan 6, 2005 Before I delve into the theme of this article, I wish to express my deepest sympathy with those people and governments of the hundreds of thousands killed in the greatest devastation of centuries of "tsunamis" resulting

[Ugnet] UPDF refutes EU statement

2005-01-03 Thread gook makanga
UPDF refutes EU statement UNDER FIRE: Illing By Alfred Wasike THE Uganda People’s Defence Forces (UPDF) is committed to ending the 18-year-long conflict that has devastated northern Uganda. The Ministry of Defence/UPDF, in a strongly worded statement, lashed out at the European Union

[Ugnet] UPC might well be Museveni’s saviour

2005-01-03 Thread gook makanga
UPC might well be Museveni’s saviourBy Angelo IzamaJan 4, 2005 Titles like this one honestly piss me off because it is the reason that newspapers wind up being used to wrap your groundnuts and fried fish and not saved as part of your greater education or entertainment (depending on which

[Ugnet] Egos should not fail negotiated peace

2005-01-03 Thread gook makanga
Egos should not fail negotiated peaceBy Frank MutagubyaJan 4, 2005 It is a shame that, apparently, the egos of some individuals may have failed Ugandans an opportunity of ending a stupid war that the NRM government has lived with for almost its entire life in power.It is even more shameful

[Ugnet] Why talks failed

2005-01-02 Thread gook makanga
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[Ugnet] The Rwanyarares owe us an apology

2005-01-02 Thread gook makanga
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[Ugnet] The Rwanyarares owe us an apology

2005-01-02 Thread gook makanga
The Rwanyarares owe us an apology THE WRITER: John Kakande President Museveni made an important point when he said a political opponent isn’t an enemy, that although the late Prof. Adonia Tiberondwa was a UPC diehard, he was a good opponent. During the 1996 presidential elections, Prof.

Re: [Ugnet] FLASHBACK: The 53 who refused to sign Constitution

2004-12-31 Thread gook makanga
to endorse a fraudulent document which they now want hoi polloi to believe otherwise. Thank you and wish every member of this forum a prosperous New Year. Aluta continua! Kipenji gook makanga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FLASHBACK: The 53 who refused to sign Constitution Fifty-three Constituent Assembly

[Ugnet] For Federation to Succeed, Uganda Must Shape Up

2004-12-30 Thread gook makanga
For Federation to Succeed, Uganda Must Shape Up By PATRICK ABAL East African Presidents Yoweri Museveni, Mwai Kibaki and Benjamin Mkapa. Kenya has largely come off as a maturing nation and Tanzania is a bastion of stability. Uganda remains the odd man out The East African Federation as it is being

[Ugnet] M7 and his Akanzu

2004-12-30 Thread gook makanga
Rose Tumusiime [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Let me start by being apologetic to my fellow contributors to this wonderful chat opinion Platform. It is important to give you my address but at the moment it is safer to stay incognito. I am Ugandan born and raised in Uganda, residing in the New

[Ugnet] MOVT, UPC clash at funeral

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
MOVT, UPC clash at funeral TAG OF WAR? Kanyomozi, Rurangaranga and a UPC official look through the funeral book; INSET: STARTED IT: Otafiire, DEFIED OBOTE? Ogwal By Raymond Baguma Leaders of the Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) and the Movement clashed at the burial of UPC stalwart Prof.

[Ugnet] Adieu Ado

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
Adieu AdoObituary: By Evelyn LirriDec 28, 2004 The passing of an academic, politician and family man "You stood out among the crowd. Your wisdom led many to discover their full potential. Your specific attachment to the vulnerable and the hurting leaves a challenge to us who live after you.

[Ugnet] UPC sends Xmas card to Museveni--- (Bad Idea!..Gook)

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
UPC sends Xmas card to Museveni MERRY XMAS: Yoweri Museveni By Josephine Maseruka The Uganda People’s Congress (UPC) has sent Christmas and new year greeting cards to President Yoweri Museveni, Kabaka Ronald Mutebi and over 200 political, religious and cultural leaders. UPC

[Ugnet] UPC gets signatures

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
UPC gets signatures THE Uganda People’s congress (UPC) has started collecting signatures in western Uganda, writes Darious Magara. A party member, Dr. Patrick Rubihayo, said they collected about 600 signatures in Kabale and more others in Kisoro, Bushenyi, Ntungamo and Rukungiri districts. The

[Ugnet] The President -for-life plot thing reveals who we are

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
Ear to the Ground By Charles Onyango Obbo The President -for-life plot thing reveals who we areDec 29, 2005 I have been a victim of the Kisanja Brigade, who have been bombarding me with Christmas and New Year messages saying that whether I liked it or not, they had "given" President

[Ugnet] Security personnel too dependent on the gun and hardly on reason

2004-12-28 Thread gook makanga
Security personnel too dependent on the gun and hardly on reasonBy Samuel OlaraDec 29, 2004 Yet another one of a series of victims of trigger happy security personnel happened over the Christmas festivities. The government owned vernacular daily – Bukedde, of December 28th, carried a story of

[Ugnet] I say, Museveni craves for a 5th term

2004-12-27 Thread gook makanga
I say, Museveni craves for a 5th term By F.D.R.Gureme Dec 26 - Jan 2, 2005 My most articulate statesman of the 20th—21st centuries is Winston Churchill. With his mastery of English, wit and frequent sarcasm, Churchill had handsome ways of ridiculing his disfavoured without employing

[Ugnet] How m7 destroyed co-oparatives and why?

2004-12-25 Thread gook makanga
Without Mincing Words Andrew M. Mwenda NRM’s relationship with peasants is contradictory Dec 26, 2004 If governments are representatives of vested interests within society, what is the social base of the NRM? Is it peasants as President Yoweri Museveni and his supporters never get

[Ugnet] An unhappy “treason,” not “Christmas” season

2004-12-23 Thread gook makanga
An unhappy “treason,” not “Christmas” season By Sam AkakiDec 23, 2004 At a personal level, Professor Ado Tiberondwa's departure very early on 22nd December, shattered my Christmas and that of his beloved wife Mary, family and millions of friends. I will spend the season singing the one hymn he

[Ugnet] Looking back at 1985 peace talks and why nothing came out of them

2004-12-19 Thread gook makanga
Looking back at 1985 peace talks and why nothing came out of them Uganda JournalDec 19 - 25, 2004 At exactly 9:10 p.m., East African Standard Time, on Tuesday, December 17, 1985, a beaming President Daniel arap Moi emerged from Harambee House in Nairobi flanked by Gen. Tito Okello Lutwa and Mr

[Ugnet] Man who asked M7- Why do you give jobs to only westerners in BIG trouble!

2004-12-18 Thread gook makanga
Minister denies link to missing man By Rosebell Kagumire Dec 19, 2004 KAMPALA — State minister for Trade Richard Nduhuura has dismissed allegations that he knows the whereabouts of Kyabugimbi LC-III Chairman Eliab Kanyamuhanga who has reportedly fled the country. In a letter dated

RE: [Ugnet] Free and fair elections not term limits

2004-12-18 Thread gook makanga
Vukoni, This and the using of Ugandans as geuine pigs in the Aids drugs!Gen. M7 is their best Nyampala since Gen Mobutu! Gook Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ugnet] Free and fair elections not term limits

[Ugnet] Meetings with donors not enough to bring democracy

2004-12-18 Thread gook makanga
Without Mincing Words Andrew M. Mwenda Meetings with donors not enough to bring democracy Dec 19, 2004 “Freedom is not a commodity that is given to the enslaved upon demand. It is the precious reward, the shining trophy, of struggle and sacrifice.” Kwame Nkrumah, Africa Must Unite, 1963

[Ugnet] Parading Uganda's blessings

2004-12-18 Thread gook makanga
On The Mark: With Alan Tacca Parading Uganda's blessings Dec 19 - 25, 2004 I was not there in person but the occasion was the Sheraton Hotel dinner in honour of veteran TV and radio newscaster Francis Bbale; a fundraising thing to help FB sort out his little headaches. Although I don't

RE: [Ugnet] Govt to make more concessions to Kony

2004-12-14 Thread gook makanga
How do you know this? R u in touch with Kony? Gook Original Message Follows From: "Okuto del Coli" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Ugnet] Govt to make more concessions to Kony Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2004

[Ugnet] MPs reject new 30m euro Apex loan, demand gov’t accounts for fund

2004-12-14 Thread gook makanga
MPs reject new 30m euro Apex loan, demand gov’t accounts for fundBy Agnes NandutuDec 14, 2004 PARLIAMENT — MPs want State Minister for Finance, Mr Mwesigye Rukutana, to explain why money in the Apex Fund, meant to be lent to local entrepreneurs, has instead been given to foreign investors.The

[Ugnet] Ugandans will not sign contracts with dictators

2004-12-13 Thread gook makanga
Ugandans will not sign contracts with dictatorsBy Dani W. NabudereDec 14, 2004 On December 2, 2004, I read a statement that you issued in response to the story that appeared in The New Vision of Wednesday December 1, 2004 to the effect that you had written a letter to your half-brother,

[Ugnet] Baruuli king installed- Where next Koki?

2004-12-12 Thread gook makanga
Mitayo Pujosi, Could you be the the lucky one next to recieve the aka envalope on behalf of the Koki peoples? rook Baruuli king installed HERE: Isabaaruli Mwogezi receives sh5m from President Museveni By Anne Mugusa, Fredrick Kiwanuka and Moses Nsubuga CHRISTMAS has come early in

[Ugnet] MP Kiwanuka crosses to Movt

2004-12-10 Thread gook makanga
MP Kiwanuka crosses to MovtBy Michael J. Ssali Dec 11, 2004 MASAKA - The Member of Parliament (MP) for Bukomansimbi, Mr Morris Kiwanuka Kajimu, has crossed from the DP to the movement. Kajimu, also the son of the first prime minister of Uganda, the late Benedicto Kiwanuka, declared his

[Ugnet] Museveni’s mum honoured

2004-12-10 Thread gook makanga
Museveni’s mum honoured GOOD WORK: Kamugira and Museveni inspect the school By Joyce Namutebi A school in Mbarara district has been built in memory of the late Esteri Kokundeka, President Yoweri Museveni’s mother. Museveni commissioned Maama Esteri Kokundeka Memorial Primary School in

[Ugnet] Uganda’s leaders not as patriotic as Rwanda’s

2004-12-09 Thread gook makanga
Uganda’s leaders not as patriotic as Rwanda’s By Chris Sempiiri Dec 10, 2004 Allow me to suggest my views on how Rwanda and Uganda’s relationship can be strengthened for ever and for peace to prevail. As someone who went to Rwanda exactly after the war of 1994 had just ended and when the

[Ugnet] Turning Uganda into a Bantustan

2004-12-05 Thread gook makanga
Turning Uganda into a Bantustan By Oweyegha Afunaduula Dec 6, 2004 O.E..Bukabeeba’s article: “It is donors and environmentalists to blame, not Museveni,” which appeared in The New Vision of 1st December, 2004 in response to Mr. Oweyegha-Afunaduula’s article: “Donors and environmental NGOs

[Ugnet] Why do citizens simply look on?

2004-12-02 Thread gook makanga
Article Published on: 2nd December 2004. OPINION Anne Mugisha Why do citizens simply look on? When I recently posted an announcement on an Internet forum calling Ugandans to join the demonstration against NRM-Zero in Boston, I got a disturbing but revealing response from

[Ugnet] Government rejects weak abuses

2004-12-02 Thread gook makanga
2nd December 2004. Government rejects weak abuses By The AnalystWEEKLY OBSERVER EAST AFRICA, November - The government of an East African country has banned citizens from abusing the President because they are terribly bad at it. Announcing the ban, the Minister of Misinformation, Dr.

[Ugnet] Icon of political morality -- He is an endangered species!

2004-12-01 Thread gook makanga
Article Published on: 25th November 2004. Icon of political morality By Benon Herbert OlukaWEEKLY OBSERVER Far from the vibrant and maverick minister that he was in his prime, Mzee Cuthbert Joseph Obwangor, 84, now needs crutches to get around. However, though age has taken its toll

[Ugnet] INTERVIEW: Let M7 keep his promise -Shaka Ssali

2004-12-01 Thread gook makanga
Article Published on: 25th November 2004. INTERVIEW: Let M7 keep his promise Voice of America’s senior editor and talk show host Shaka Ssali, 52, has been here on holiday. Now an American citizen, RICHARD M. KAVUMA spoke to him about coming home as a ‘foreigner’ in his own country and

[Ugnet] Big Men - you can’t live between life and death

2004-11-30 Thread gook makanga
Ear to the Ground By Charles Onyango ObboBig Men - you can’t live between life and deathDec 1, 2004 This column had been written on a very different subject. To be precise, about exiled opposition leader Dr. Kizza Besigye’s recent call in to the “Straight Talk” programme on the Voice

[Ugnet] How government killed Wapakhabulo

2004-11-30 Thread gook makanga
How government killed WapakhabuloSTRANGE BUT TRUE: With Andrew M. Mwenda Dec 1, 2004 It is approaching December 5th, 2003 and a meeting of Commonwealth leaders is due in Abuja, Nigeria. President Yoweri Museveni, accompanied by his State Minister for Foreign Affairs in charge of International

[Ugnet] Saleh and M7 playing good cop bad cop again?-Saleh writes to Museveni on third t

2004-11-30 Thread gook makanga
Saleh writes to Museveni on third term By Vision Reporter LT. Gen. Salim Saleh has written to President Yoweri Museveni, advising him to abandon the third term project for the sake of unity of the Movement, The Vanguard newspaper has reported. The Vanguard is rumoured to have close connections

[Ugnet] PRESS RELEASE

2004-11-30 Thread gook makanga
PRESS RELEASE BY GGWANGA MUJJE LONDON 30-11-04 In January 1986 Museveni (M7) took power by force of arms and pledged to hold elections after 4 years. Four years later, M7 refused to hold elections declaring that he needed more time to complete his social and economic reforms. Meanwhile, he

[Ugnet] Did Odoi ‘fox up’ his boss’ game plan of 2006?

2004-11-26 Thread gook makanga
Hello Mr President: By David Ouma Balikowa Did Odoi ‘fox up’ his boss’ game plan of 2006? Nov 26, 2004 Mr Fox Odoi the president's legal assistant declared last week that his boss is standing for office again in 2006. From early last year when the 'third term" saga begun, State House

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