[Ugnet] How not to understand Zimbabwe

2007-08-30 Thread vukoni
How not to understand Zim David Sanders, Ben Cousins and David Moore 29 August 2007 11:59 (mail and guardian) Most media coverage of Zimbabwe unthinkingly repeats and reinforces a Western and neoliberal perception of the history and causes of that countrys political and

[Ugnet] Address the (South African) land question

2007-08-30 Thread vukoni
Address the land question Lungisile Ntsebeza: POLOKWANE BRIEFING 19 August 2007 11:59 (Mail and Guardian) Lungisile Ntsebeza: it is time to learn the lessons of Zimbabwe. (Photograph: David Harrison) With more than 80% of the South African land surface still

[Ugnet] Whitewashing the History of Abolition

2007-08-27 Thread vukoni
Weekend Edition August 25 / 26, 2007 Amazing Grace:Whitewashing the History of Abolition(www.counterpunch.org) By BRIAN CONCANNON This week the world officially commemorated one of the pivotal events of modern history with deafening silence. On August 23, 1791, a group of slaves in Haiti led by a

[Ugnet] Senegal: DVDs dooming cinemas in Africa's filmmaking pioneer

2007-08-23 Thread vukoni
23/08/2007 04:31 DAKAR, Aug 23 (AFP)Senegal: DVDs dooming cinemas in Africa's filmmaking pioneer Senegal's movie business, home of some of the continent's first black filmmakers, is in the throes of crisis with cinema theaters downing shutters as cheap and mostly pirated DVDs flood the

[Ugnet] FW: Idi Amin's son jailed for role in London gang murder - CNN.com]

2007-08-06 Thread vukoni
Idi Amin's son jailed for role in London gang murderhttp://edition.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/africa/08/03/idison.london.ap/index.htmlStory HighlightsFaisal Wangita, 25, was part of a 40-strong gang that killed a Somali teenager Mahir Osman, 18, stabbed 20 times, beaten with bats, hammers and kicked 13

[Ugnet] AFRICOM: Wrong for Liberia, Disastrous for Africa

2007-08-02 Thread vukoni
AFRICOM: Wrong for Liberia, Disastrous for Africa(Blackcommentator.com)By Ezekiel Pajibo Emira Woods(Edited by John Feffer)Just two months after U.S. aerial bombardments began in Somalia, the Bush administration solidified its militaristic engagement with Africa. In February 2007, the Department

[Ugnet] Chinua Achebe: A Long Way FRom Home

2007-07-20 Thread vukoni
A long way from home Chinua Achebe, the father of modern African literature', talks to Ed Pilkington about inventing a new language, his years in exile from his beloved Nigeria -- and why he changed his name from Albert By rights I should be talking to Chinua Achebe in Ogidi, his home

[Ugnet] Movt MPs are free to wear army uniform

2007-07-18 Thread vukoni
Movt MPs are free to wear army uniformGRACE MATSIKOKYANKWANZINRM members of Parliament are free to wear army uniform and move to places within the country without hindrance, it has merged.The MPs got the much-needed nod of approval from the army authorities at the party's just ended retreat at

[Ugnet] Lecturer survives Butabika injection

2007-07-18 Thread vukoni
Lecturer survives Butabika injectionKELVIN NSANGI CHRIS OBOREKAMPALA(www.monitor.co.ug)When Godfrey Muhumza woke up on Tuesday, July 10, the last thing on his mind was the possibility of a black day in offing.Ending up in a psychiatric hospital was not even anywhere near his thoughts. But he did

[Ugnet] More earthquakes rock East Africa

2007-07-18 Thread vukoni
More earthquakes rock East Africa(www.monitor.co.ug)ZEPHANIA UBWANI, EMMANUEL GYEZAHO, RICHARD MGAMBA AGENCIESSOME offices in high rise buildings mainly in Arusha, Tanzania and parts of Nairobi were yesterday abandoned as a series of earth tremors continued to hit the East African towns for the

[Ugnet] Microcredit makes women poor

2007-07-18 Thread vukoni
Microcredit makes women poor By L. Muthoni Wanyeki (The EastAfrican)The

[Ugnet] Beware white men with briefcases

2007-07-16 Thread vukoni
Beware white men with briefcasesBinyavanga Wainaina: CONTINENTAL DRIFT (www.mg.co.za) 16 June 2007 11:59Years ago I had a conversation with somebody in Cape Town who was helping to develop a tourism marketing plan. She told me that the largest number of tourists to South Africa came from the

[Ugnet] ATTN Mitayo: CIA uses Sudanese intelligence in Iraq

2007-07-09 Thread vukoni
Ndugu Mitayo, Here is an update of what your progressive Arab friends in Khartoum are up to now: playing hand-in-glove with the CIA. By the way, how did that demonstration against imperialism that you recently advertised go?Vukoni_ CIA uses Sudanese intelligence in

[Ugnet] Why Kenya should be wary of China

2007-06-30 Thread vukoni
Why Kenya should be wary of China Story by MAKAU MUTUA Publication Date: 7/01/2007 (Sunday Nation, Nairobi) Recently, there has been a dizzying parade of high-level visitors between Africa and the People's Republic of China. Some Kenyan officials have suggested that the country should

RE: [Ugnet] Fwd: Let us get the facts of Uganda?s history right

2007-06-25 Thread vukoni
Samuel Baker in the early 1860s described Acholi girls being sold for as little as 13 English sewing needles. -- But those were also the days that Acholi chiefs organized to fight slaver raiders with notable success. And without putting the Acholi people in concentration camps. Which means that

RE: [Ugnet] UPC takes Oyam South MP seat

2007-06-23 Thread vukoni
can't quite match the self-destructive energies of political dilettantes who like to grandstand and vituperate their (potential) allies in e-mail discussion forums instead of doing the hard work of organizing Ugandans for more democratic alternatives. Vukoni Original Message

[Ugnet] Lustful women jam emergency lines

2007-06-18 Thread vukoni
Lustful women jam emergency lines ZURAH NAKABUGO KAMPALA SOME 900 Kampala women call the Uganda Police emergency lines every night begging the officers for sex. Shocking reporters at a usually drab police weekly press conference, Kampala Extra Police Spokesman Simeo Nsubuga said the information

[Ugnet] Leading us blindly in East Africa

2007-06-18 Thread vukoni
OPINIONS COMMENTARIES THE OTHER SIDE OF LAW | Moses Sserwanga ... Leading us blindly in East Africa June 19, 2007 In his State-of-the-Nation address on June 21, President Yoweri Museveni emphasised the need for regional integration reasoning that the advantages of such a

Re: [Ugnet] Why do African Governments Neglect Their People?

2006-11-28 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The condition of children in many African countries leaves much to be desired. True. But a so-called expert who makes meaningless statements such as In Africa, there’s a taboo around mourning a baby.” doesn't inspire my confidence about the accuracy of other social inferences or assumptions he

Re: [Ugnet] Sharangabo's tirade against The French is totallyunwarranted.(To Mr Matek)

2006-11-25 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
We seem to be missing the fine point in this saga. It is that people are going to find more creative ways to pursue justice. So if you're a rebel, make sure you kill only the nationals of banana republics that don't care a hoot what happens to their own citizens. I leave the rest to your

Re: [Ugnet] RE: APG TO SUE GOV'T OVER LAND

2006-11-24 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Ssenyange, I have a theory about land fraud or dispossession. In places like Buganda, Bunyoro, and Acholi where the central government (colonial and postcolonial) has been heavily involved one way or other, predatory and speculative land transactions (e.g) proliferate. However, for most

Re: [Ugnet] Fw: [Mwananchi] Thirty percent of African children want to live abroad: study

2006-11-18 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
EM, Does anyone have a copy of the real survey? I'm itching to ask some probing questions but I don't want to base them on AFP's interpretation of the report (if they have even read it at all). Vukoni Edward Mulindwa wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20061115/wl_africa_afp

[Ugnet] Link to online Kiswahili Classroom

2006-11-16 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
These two are the best Kiswahili learning resources I've come across online: http://www.africa.uga.edu/Kiswahili/doe/grammar.html http://ww.yale.edu/swahili ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet %

[Ugnet] [Crusnet] U.S. is top weapons supplier to unstable states

2006-11-15 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
U.S. is top weapons supplier to unstable states November 14, 2006 By Bryan Bender Boston Globe WASHINGTON - The United States last year provided nearly half of the weapons sold to militaries in the developing world, as major arms sales to the most unstable regions - many already engaged in

Re: [Ugnet] Museveni defends forest allocation

2006-11-13 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
If only our president could trash those antiquated books he likes quoting from and read 21st century scientific stuff he'd talk a lot more sensibly. Years ago, while shilling for BAT, he infamously told anti-tobacco activists to shut up because you could smoke and avoid cancer as long as you

Re: [Ugnet] I shocked by the statement of LC 3 of Okwang

2006-11-12 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
MK, Is this from New Vision or Rupiny? If the latter, do you have the Luo version? Thanks. Vukoni Matek Opoko wrote: I shocked by the statement of LC 3 of Okwang Is he eating? Zadok Odongo Sir- I was overwhelmed by shock and anger after reading the local tabloid, Rupiny of 20.9.2006

Re: [Ugnet] HERE COMES AN 'OH BY HTE WAY POSTING

2006-11-10 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
At the center of Western civilization, which is based on the ideology of white supremacy, there is a deep-seated insecurity. This insecurity feeds on two visceral fears: 1. that the victims of white supremacy will one day be strong enough to take their revenge 2. the sense that their way of

Re: [Ugnet] Alur are not mad..!

2006-11-09 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
I knew this had to be Sagara! It's hilarious. Peter-Rhaina Gwokto wrote: This is awefully fully...! never laughed so hard in a while.. *Alur are not mad* November 10, 2006 I read with muted shock last week that a minister had insinuated that we Alur are mad people. Can you imagine, a mere

[Ugnet] FW: ILRInfo: Two African language positions (tenure-track)

2006-11-08 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Please circulate: There may well be people in your circles who qualify. -Original Message- From: Jackie Granat Sent: Wednesday, 08 November, 2006 2:44 PM To: Vukoni LupaLasaga Subject: FW: ILRInfo: Two African language positions (tenure-track) Vukoni, Perhaps you know some people who

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] Africans - P.W. Botha Speech

2006-11-05 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
TRC in South Africa was a cruel joke. And the ANC is too happy to go along with the willing-seller willing buyer formula of land redistribution that totally failed in Zimbabwe. Isn't it sad that the chief beneficiaries of liberation in South Africa are the same whites who profited from

[Ugnet] Obama: Black Like Me

2006-11-03 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Click here http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061113/younge to return to the browser-optimized version of this page. This article can be found on the web at *http://www.thenation.com/doc/20061113/younge* *Beneath the Radar*

[Ugnet] The Bottled Water Lie

2006-10-27 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The Bottled Water Lie By Michael Blanding, AlterNet Posted on October 26, 2006, Printed on October 27, 2006 http://www.alternet.org/story/43480/ When Antonia Mahoney moved to Boston from her native Puerto Rico 35 years ago, the first thing she noticed was how

[Ugnet] U.S. drops to # 53 in global press freedom ranking

2006-10-27 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
North Korea, Turkmenistan, Eritrea the worst violators of press freedom France, the United States and Japan slip further Mauritania and Haiti gain much ground New countries have moved ahead of some Western democracies in the fifth annual Reporters Without Borders Worldwide Press Freedom Index,

RE: [Ugnet] Sharangabo is Kagme's sycophant and boot licker!!(Vukoni, Matek)

2006-10-24 Thread vukoni
EM, I was wondering too. Anyway, he's probably not aware that the man in the house asked that question. V Original Message Subject: Re: [Ugnet] Sharangabo is Kagme's sycophant and bootlicker!!(Vukoni, Matek)From: "Edward Mulindwa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tue, October

Re: [Ugnet] Kaguta's Nyoko Nyoko talk

2006-10-18 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
MK, Give the devil his due. The man is making sense, although he is saying inelegantly what Kwame Nkrumah and his generation of African statesmen put forth so eloquently. V Matek Opoko wrote: /The man is obsessed with this notion of the ARMY thing. He excels best in field of

[Ugnet] Skin color and economic inequality in the United States: Newest Study

2006-10-18 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Immigrants and the Whiter-Shade-of-Pale Bonus * By Richard Morin Wednesday, October 18, 2006; A02 When it comes to immigrants, apparently you can't be too tall or too white. Vanderbilt University economist Joni Hersch found that legal immigrants to the United States who had darker complexions

Re: [Ugnet] Learn Luganda, and other languages, on your computer

2006-10-17 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Ssemakula, Are there perhaps some Ugandans in Australia who could test the software for us? Thanks. Vukoni ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http

[Ugnet] Ideas, Not Money, Alleviate Poverty

2006-10-11 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Ideas, Not Money, Alleviate Poverty By Philip Emeagwali (Speech delivered at the University of Alberta, Canada, September 23, 2006) I once believed that capital was another word for money, the accumulated wealth of a country or its people. Surely, I thought, wealth is determined by the money or

[Ugnet] Documents: CIA warned of plane bomb plot

2006-10-09 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Documents: CIA warned of plane bomb plot By ANDREW O. SELSKY, Associated Press Writer/ 13 minutes ago/ An anti-Castro militant now in a Texas jail warned the CIA months before the 1976 bombing of a Cuban airliner that fellow exiles were planning such an attack, according to a newly released

[Ugnet] Why Cuba Matters: Post-Castro Cuba

2006-10-09 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
/Why Cuba Matters/ Post-Castro Cuba By SAUL LANDAU Reporters and friends keep asking: so what'll happen when Castro dies? A big funeral in Havana, I reply with certainty. One other sure thing: anti-Castro exiles in south Florida will throw a mammoth party. On July 31, Fidel revealed he

Re: [Ugnet] Enough With the 'One God' Stuff

2006-09-26 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Ndugu Mitayo, Interesting stuff. I applaud your assertion that there is No need to abandon our African spirituality! We are the worse for embracing totalitarian religions that set brother against brother, etc, leading to the absurdity of an all-powerful deity requiring that feeble men fight

Re: [Ugnet] Fwd: Tanzanian President Visits Los Angeles

2006-09-25 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Ndugu Msia, Umekaribishwa humu ukumbi huu. Maoni yako ni muhimu hata wanaukumbi wengine hawataki kusema au kusikia haki ya kihistoria. Don't worry. I don't think anything worse than harsh words will ever be exchanged on Ugandanet. Vukoni Msia Kibona Clark wrote: Vukoni, I must speak up

Re: [Ugnet] FW: Kiiza Besigye Trying to Use Basiita as a Steping Stone, but the Basiita Intend to Carry on After Museveni's Death!

2006-09-24 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
an advantage. Vukoni Daudi Kiribedda wrote: Something brewing in Kaguta's Uganda! From: /Martin Rwaheru [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Reply-To: /Martin Rwaheru [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ To: /[EMAIL

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] IS THIS OUR GODFREY AYOO?

2006-09-24 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
EM, Not so fast. We still need you here on earth. Vukoni Edward Mulindwa wrote: Gook For some reason I thought I would have been surprised until when this Juba peace talks took place. As it is I do not think I know who is who among my friends. May be it is time I ask my maker to call me

Re: [Ugnet] FW: Kiiza Besigye Trying to Use Basiita as a StepingStone, but the Basiita Intend to Carry on After Museveni's Death!

2006-09-24 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
for electronic info in the public domain, I recommend searching the WHO Web site. Vukoni : Daudi Kiribedda wrote: Something brewing in Kaguta's Uganda! From: /Martin Rwaheru [EMAIL PROTECTED]/ Reply-To: /Martin

Re: [Ugnet] Fwd: Tanzanian President Visits Los Angeles

2006-09-23 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
exaggerates his role in history. For example, in African liberation struggles. Of course of course, I don't want to cause a diplomatic row between Uganda and Tanzania, so I will say no more. Vukoni Matek Opoko wrote: /Those Tanzanian Washwahili brought us Dictator Yoweri Museveni Kaguta

Re: [Ugnet] Hugo Chaves Calls World to Rise Up Against the Empire

2006-09-21 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
EM, Yeah man. Chomsky should give Chavez a cut of the royalties. V Edward Mulindwa wrote: Vukoni After Chavez's speech this book's sales jumped from about 170,000th position to 169th so you might have a problem even getting it as we speak. Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group

[Ugnet] Hugo Chaves Calls World to Rise Up Against the Empire

2006-09-20 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
*September 20, 2006* /Address to the United Nations/ Rise Up Against the Empire By HUGO CHAVEZ Representatives of the governments of the world, good morning to all of you. First of all, I would like to invite you, very respectfully, to those who have not read this book, to read it. Noam

Re: [Ugnet] The Zionists are at it again in Darfur

2006-09-19 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
. Vukoni Mitayo Potosi wrote: *I have always maintained that what is taking place in Darfur has been manufactured and financed by Zionists. It is they who are arming the so called rebels there. Their weapons are sent through Eriterea.* *They confine the Palestinians in a cage that is Gaza

Re: [Ugnet] Bum Rap at O'Hare Security Check-In

2006-09-14 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
I speak some Arabic. So it was obvious to me from the get go that Amin was a victim of paranoia and his accent. He is lucky he didn't end up in Guantanamo. Semei Zake wrote: Yesterday, September 13, 2006 the charges against Amin were dropped. But Amin swears he is not going to be

[Ugnet] The Struggle for Somali: Warlords, Islamists, US Global Militarism and Women

2006-08-01 Thread vukoni
A Somali Woman Discusses the Sharia Court and Her Cousin Who Leads It The Struggle for Somali: Warlords, Islamists, US Global Militarism and Women By AMINA MIRE I will try to spare the readers from 'famine stories,' or the downing of American Blackhawk war planes or the killing and dismemberment

[Ugnet] The Lies Israel Tells Itself (And We Tell On Its Behalf)

2006-07-30 Thread vukoni
How the Deliberate Became Only Apparent The Lies Israel Tells Itself (And We Tell On Its Behalf) By JONATHAN COOK Nazareth. When journalists use the word apparently, or another favorite reportedly, they are usually distancing themselves from an event or an interpretation in the supposed

[Ugnet] QA: The Invasion of Lebanon

2006-07-30 Thread vukoni
Questions and Answers The Invasion of Lebanon By URI AVNERY Q. Who is winning this war? On the 15th day of the war, Hizbullah is functioning and fighting. That by itself will go down in the annals of the Arab peoples as a shining victory. When a featherweight boxer faces a heavyweight and is

[Ugnet] Re: Civil society?s role is key in the success of Juba talks

2006-07-29 Thread vukoni
: Comrade Vukoni, You say that The people in the marginalised areas of Uganda, including the long-suffering Acholi, showed their anger against Museveni's stone-deaf government with a stunning vote for the opposition during elections this year. Yes but there is this notion, peddled

RE: [Ugnet] AND AFRICANS DO WHAT THEY KNOW BEST

2006-06-22 Thread vukoni
Stop yourspecious and racistgeneralizations. Scalping and forgery aren't what Africa knows best. Original Message Subject: [Ugnet] AND AFRICANS DO WHAT THEY KNOW BESTFrom: "Edward Mulindwa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Wed, June 21, 2006 8:32 pmTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED],

[Ugnet] Mr. Obama Goes to Washington

2006-06-09 Thread vukoni
Mr. Obama Goes to Washington by DAVID SIROTA posted on thenation.com on 8 June [from the June 26, 2006 issue] It's not every day that God calls your cell phone. But that's exactly what happened to me on an overcast afternoon last November. Is this David? asked the deep, vaguely familiar

[Ugnet] The Missionary Position

2006-06-09 Thread vukoni
The Missionary Position by LAILA LALAMI from thenation.com [from the June 19, 2006 issue] These days, being a Muslim woman means being saddled with what can only be referred to as the burden of pity. The feelings of compassion that we Muslim women seem to inspire emanate from very distinct and

[Ugnet] Hotel Rwanda: Setting the Record Straight

2006-04-24 Thread vukoni
This is from counterpunch.org April 24, 2006 Setting the Record Straight Hotel Rwanda By AMADOU DEME A small convoy of refugees is confronted by a murderous mob at a roadblock in the widely praised film Hotel Rwanda. The UN troops protecting the convoy, led by a bold white commander, brandish

[Ugnet] Tackle land rights to reduce conflicts - experts

2006-04-16 Thread vukoni
This is from the April 10th EastAfrican Tackle land rights to reduce conflicts - experts By FRANCIS AYIEKO Special Correspondent What has the management of land and other natural resources got to do with conflicts in Africa? This question was one of the pertinent issues discussed during a

[Ugnet] Sudan peace agreement may collapse, warns Crisis Group

2006-04-16 Thread vukoni
This is from the April 10 EastAfrican Sudan peace agreement may collapse, warns Crisis Group By FRED OLUOCH Special Correspondent Sudan's historic peace agreement may collapse if the principle parties do not move fast to start implementing specific aspects of the deal, a study by the

[Ugnet] 75pc of Tanzanians trust their govt, survey shows

2006-04-16 Thread vukoni
This is from the April 10th EastAfrican 75pc of Tanzanians trust their govt, survey shows By WILFRED EDWIN Special Correspondent Tanzanians are greatly satisfied with the way the country is managed politically, economically and socially, unlike other citizens in 18 countries surveyed in East,

[Ugnet] SPLM is too weak to consolidate its role in national government

2006-04-16 Thread vukoni
This is from the April 10 EastAfrican SPLM is too weak to consolidate its role in national government For many southerners both inside and outside the SPLM, the peace deal is ultimately about the southern self-determination By FRED OLUOCH Special Correspondent While Khartoum is often blamed

[Ugnet] Everyone can do with a big pay increase

2006-04-16 Thread vukoni
This is from the April 16th Sunday Nation Everyone can do with a big pay increase Story by SIMWOGERERE KYAZZE /Talking Point Publication Date: 4/16/2006 The news that Uganda’s Auditor General has resigned is hardly the kind that would cause a stock market crash or a sudden appreciation of the

[Ugnet] Kenyan Sees Natural Link of Environment, Women's Rights

2006-04-15 Thread vukoni
Kenyan Sees Natural Link of Environment, Women's Rights By Allan Brettman Knight Ridder Monday 20 March 2006 For Wangari Maathai, a life of curiosity and activism began by stirring up mysterious tiny orbs in a stream near her childhood home in Kenya. The orbs fascinated her.

[Ugnet] Regional Partners Join Efforts in West and Central Africa to Increase Access to Quality Education for Girls

2006-04-15 Thread vukoni
Regional Partners Join Efforts in West and Central Africa to Increase Access to Quality Education for Girls UNICEF | Press Release Thursday 13 April 2006 Dakar - The United Nations Girls' Education Initiative (UNGEI) Regional Network for West Central Africa was launched today in

[Ugnet] Cynthia McKinney Case: Democracy Now's Take

2006-04-15 Thread vukoni
Cynthia McKinney Accuses Capitol Police of Racial Profiling Tuesday, April 4th, 2006 Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3 Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD Rep. Cynthia

[Ugnet] How the Media Uses Blacks to Chastize Blacks

2006-04-14 Thread vukoni
April 14, 2006 How the Media Uses Blacks to Chastize Blacks The Colored Mind Doubles By ISHMAEL REED ITivo Don Imus as much as I can because his putrid racist offerings are said to represent the secret thinking of the Cognoscenti. Maybe that's why journalists like Jeff Greenfield and others

[Ugnet] Blood Money? As Divestiture Movement Heats Up, Sudan Government Pays Close to $1 Million for New York Times Supplement Advocating Investment and Praising Peaceful, Prosperous and Democratic F

2006-04-14 Thread vukoni
Blood Money? As Divestiture Movement Heats Up, Sudan Government Pays Close to $1 Million for New York Times Supplement Advocating Investment and Praising Peaceful, Prosperous and Democratic Future Monday, March 27th, 2006 Blood Money? As Divestiture Movement Heats Up, Sudan Government Pays Close

[Ugnet] Ghanaian developers push Semacode tags

2006-04-14 Thread vukoni
Ghanaian developers push Semacode tags By Alastair Otter 13 April, 2006 If you've surfed the Internet you probably know what Wikipedia is. For those that don't it is an online, community driven and edited encyclopedia with more than three million articles in a range of languages that has, since

[Ugnet] The Moussaoui Trial: What Kind of Justice is This?

2006-04-10 Thread vukoni
This is from www.counterpunch.org Weekend Edition April 7--9, 2006 What Kind of Justice is This? The Moussaoui Trial By ELAINE CASSEL On April 3, after four days of deliberation, an Alexandria, Virginia federal court jury found Zacarias Moussaoui eligible for the death penalty -- on the ground

[Ugnet] The Rebuking and Scorning of Cynthia McKinney

2006-04-10 Thread vukoni
This is from www.counterpunch.org Weekend Edition April 7--9, 2006 Invisibility Looks Good on You The Rebuking and Scorning of Cynthia McKinney By DAVID VEST A Washington press corps that stood idly by while Bush and Cheney plundered the country, wrecked the environment, spied on Americans

[Ugnet] McKinney Abandoned

2006-04-10 Thread vukoni
This is from www.counterpunch.org McKinney Abandoned By Alexander Cockburn Not one Democrat in Congress (and few outside it) would stand up for Cynthia McKinney, victim of racial profiling right in their own hallway. Eventually the Democratic leadership forced her to apologize. It's not the

RE: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] What is our mouth (attn. Matek co)

2006-03-05 Thread vukoni
frightening things about Museveni. No price is too high, no ambitiontoo costly for Ugandans and their neighbors to pay for his political (mis)adventures. vukoni Original Message Subject: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] What is our mouth (attn. Matek co)From: Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date

[Ugnet] The Consultant (Joke)

2005-09-18 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. - A shepherd is herding his flock in a remote pasture when suddenly a brand-new BMW advances out of a dust cloud towards him. The driver, a

[Ugnet] Thabo Mbeki: The shared pain of New Orleans

2005-09-11 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. - The shared pain of New Orleans During the dying days of the month of August we followed with concern the news that yet another hurricane was

[Ugnet] Prof. Cornel West Comments on Exiles from a city and from a nation

2005-09-11 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The following comments are owned by whoever posted them. The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. - * Exiles from a city and from a nation * *Cornel West Sunday September 11, 2005 The Observer http://www.observer.co.uk/* It takes something

Re: [Ugnet] GOOK FLIES OUT OF UPC AND JOINS FDC

2005-09-07 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Kipenji thinks). I'm just noting the political reality of somebody trading horses. vukoni Edward Mulindwa wrote: Vukoni That is true but FDC is still NRM man give me a break. Em Toronto The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de

Re: [Ugnet] GOOK FLIES OUT OF UPC AND JOINS FDC

2005-09-07 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Obviously you can bloviate all you want. It's your right. But remember, we are having this conversation only because you attempted to cast aspersions on my original remark. Edward Mulindwa wrote: Vukoni And since you have that right, what is so complex in allowing me to have a right

RE: [Ugnet] GOOK FLIES OUT OF UPC AND JOINS FDC

2005-09-06 Thread vukoni
Any political orgnization that hemorrhages members has to ask itself why. It can't be the same reason each time someone leaves. Original Message Subject: Re: [Ugnet] GOOK FLIES OUT OF UPC AND JOINS FDCFrom: Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tue, September 06, 2005 7:06 amTo:

[Ugnet] How to be a Good Victim

2005-08-30 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
/The Silence of Elie Wiesel/ How to be a /Good/ Victim By M. SHAHID ALAM (www.counterpunch.org) Captain Gordon Pim stated in his speech that it was a philanthropic principle to kill natives; there was, he said, mercy in a massacre. Sven Lindqvist, Exterminate the Brutes (1996)

Re: [Ugnet] The demise of Dr. Kazigo

2005-08-30 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
This is so sad. My condolences to the family and all who knew Dr. kazigo. musamize wrote: *Newsday Coverage* *Long Island* Son planned father's murder Email this story

RE: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] President Museveni's time is nigh

2005-08-27 Thread vukoni
@kym.net Sent: Friday, August 26, 2005 9:23 PM Subject: RE: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] President Museveni's time is nigh Mulindwa, What do I have to do with this? vukoni Original Message Subject: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] President Museveni's time is nigh From: Edward

RE: [Ugnet] NOW WE ARE WAITTING ON VUKONI'S APOLOGY

2005-08-26 Thread vukoni
What apology, EM? Original Message Subject: [Ugnet] NOW WE ARE WAITTING ON VUKONI'S APOLOGYFrom: "Edward Mulindwa" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Mon, August 22, 2005 5:00 amTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Cc: Florence Namutebi [EMAIL PROTECTED],

RE: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] President Museveni's time is nigh

2005-08-26 Thread vukoni
Mulindwa, What do I have to do with this? vukoni Original Message Subject: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] President Museveni's time is nigh From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sat, August 20, 2005 8:01 pm To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: ugandanet

Re: [Ugnet] Attn Sharangabo: NEUTRALISING THE VOICES OF HATE: BROADCASTING AND GENOCIDE

2005-08-14 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
in Uganda. But this is a purely hypothetical situation. I do not think we will have genocide in Uganda. Not least one caused by the media. Hence your thesis can only serve as a gift to dictators. Thanks. vukoni NDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Mwananchi] Sudan's Vice President John Garang maybe dead

2005-07-31 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Hold the obituaries and speculations. I just got off the phone talking with the members of a well-connected southern Sudanese family. Garang is alive. The helicopter landed safely, although in an unscheduled location. vukoni ___ Edward Mulindwa wrote: Netters This is a true

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Mwananchi] Sudan's Vice President John Garang maybedead

2005-07-31 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
My pleasure, EM. Thanks for sending out the word about the missing story in the first place. All the best. v Edward Mulindwa wrote: Vukoni Thank you I am also on that one we have just retracted the missing part of the story. One wonders what is going on here or what was intended

[Ugnet] More Trees Can Mean Less Water, Says Report

2005-07-31 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
*More Trees Can Mean Less Water, Says Report* *SciDev.Net* (London) NEWS July 29, 2005 Posted to the web July 29, 2005 By Sonja Van Renssen Water management programmes across the developing world are based on the mistaken belief that trees increase the available water in an area, says a

Re: [Ugnet] A garbled Luganda glossary\ Semakula

2005-07-28 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Mw. Ssenyange, Thanks for the info. Please keep us posted of any further developments. vukoni ssenya nyange wrote: Mw. Semakula, What I know is that the printers, the author ( Kiingi) and Makerere University were supporsed to seal the agreement this month, and expect it on the market

Re: [Ugnet] A garbled Luganda glossary

2005-07-26 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Mr. Musamize, Thanks for your very generous referencing. vukoni ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/

[Ugnet] Ssemakula: NRM USA PRESS RELEASE

2005-07-25 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
James Ssemakula ?a U.P.C stalwart, who labored to discourage the Uganda American community in California from attending the NRM event. Sseruganda Ssemakula, I must have missed the news of your crossing over to the party of ideas. From: To: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday,

[Ugnet] A garbled Luganda glossary

2005-07-25 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Quite by accident, I discovered the following link: http://www.cbold.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/CBOLD_Lexicons/Ganda.Snoxall1967/Non-distributed_files/Luganda%20Parsed. Does anybody know where I could get a clearer version of the Luganda glossary on that page? Thanks. v

Re: [Ugnet] Kalema

2005-07-06 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
crucial for us to leave in the hands of opportunists and short-sighted fortune hunters. Take a look at my stuff and tell me what you think. All the best. vukoni Bandele Djassi wrote: Greetings Brother, Was wondering if you have any information or personal observations on William Kalema. I am

[Ugnet] [Fwd: [oaba-b] Luther Vandross dies at age 54]

2005-07-01 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Original Message Subject:[oaba-b] Luther Vandross dies at age 54 Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2005 21:00:56 -0700 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Luther Vandross dies at age 54 *Famed RB crooner faced setback after stroke in 2003*

[Ugnet] [Fwd: [oaba-b] Runaway Racism]

2005-06-28 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
Original Message Subject:[oaba-b] Runaway Racism Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 07:29:58 -0700 From: Edward Thomas Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ad_icon washingtonpost.com Runaway Racism By Eugene Robinson Post Tuesday, June 28, 2005; A15 A man and a

[Ugnet] A Kenyan's Awful Experience of British Airways

2005-06-27 Thread vukoni
Paying heavily for courtesy gone awry Story by MWENDE MWINZI /Talking Point Publication Date: 6/26/2005 Her guest menu differs from Thailand’s but only in its details. Fly into Hawaii and you will be greeted by beautiful women with sweetly scented lays. Arrive in Punta Cana, a Dominican

[Ugnet] [FWD: [DigAfrica] Fwd: Job opportunities - OneWorld Africa]

2005-05-31 Thread vukoni
Original Message Subject: [DigAfrica] Fwd: Job opportunities - OneWorld AfricaFrom: "Donald Z. Osborn" [EMAIL PROTECTED]Date: Tue, May 31, 2005 8:50 amTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]Passing on news of these openings ... DZO Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 14:59:33 +0100 From:

[Ugnet] Nation Media News: Stop this blackmail, Kenyans tell Americans

2005-05-29 Thread vukoni
[EMAIL PROTECTED] has sent you this article from Nationmedia.com with this message:Stop this blackmail, Kenyans tell Americans Published: 5/30/2005By: MUGO NJERU Kenyans yesterday reacted angrily to arm-twisting tactics adopted by the US government over the signing of an agreement meant to shield

[Ugnet] Mail Guardian Online: 'Barclays financed the slave trade'

2005-05-29 Thread vukoni
Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga thought you might be interested in this article on the Mail Guardian Online: Message: 'Barclays financed the slave trade' A group of protesters sang, danced and chanted anti-Barclays slogans

[Ugnet] Only in America

2005-05-14 Thread Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga
The following warning was posted on a cloth towel dispenser in the bathroom at Top Hat my favorite pub in Rogers Park, Chicago: Use only to dry hands and face. Do not hang from towel. Intentional misuse can be harmful or fatal. ___ Ugandanet mailing

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