ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA
Godfrey But I think UPC was as well wrong. For I somehow feel that the then government knew of the covert actions of Nsubuga and UPC failed the people of Uganda to act on that old man for respect of his religion and position. I do not know but I think I have enough blame to go around. But again a public inquirely is the only way we can sort this crap out. For I have a problem believing that Nsubuga's hand in the blood of the murdered Ugandans is news today to UPC. What action/s did that government take? Some body should be accountable and tell us as Ugandans how we were protected by the then government. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Kironde, Doesn't it bother you that the late Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubugadid aid the brutal beast come to power?, Did he support M7 in the name and on behalf of Buganda?, Was it Buganda or Nsubuga who supported M7?, Kironde; the Luwero Ssingo tails hold no more water. A rude awakening awaits you. May he burn in eternal hell for having danced and dinned with the devil, may he rot in hell for having desecrated the holy Eucharist with bloody hands. Godfrey - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:45 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Matek Yes you let him slide away. LOL. Can I put in only one suggestion, in this Matek/ Kironde exchange? How about putting in Uganda a free inquirely so that Ugandans can tell what they know? Surely Mwaami Kironde, democratic as your government is, you can do this. let us allow Ugandans to tell us how UNLA murdered Ugandans in Luwero and Ssingo, may be it will give us a chance to understand how Obote is a killer? Mwaami Kironde can I count on you to back my standing on a free and international monitored inqurirely, as the one which took place in Rwanda to know who exactly killed our people? Is it NRM or UNLA? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, September 14, 2003 7:22 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA ...and you thought I was going to let Ed Kironde slide way with no response from this end.First of all, Cardinal Emmanual Nsubuga's conspiracy with Yoweri Museveni Kaguta to create wars in our country is a well known fact. There are still some UNLA top ranking officers who are alive and can testify to this fact. and what do you have to say to that my friend?Secondly, the NRM/A Created KONY because of your ( meaning NRM) Militaristic policy in Northern Uganda immediately following NRM's raise to power which saw the systematic and deliberately targeting of the Acholi for mass murder and slaughter, rape sodomy e.t.c Now the bold headed one, the warmonger Yoweri Kaguta Mucebeni, has to sleep deep there in the Jungle of teso .. I hear to fight KONY. Indeed he has been fighting KONI for now 18 years and inspite of claims by the likes of Kazini that Mbu we have KONI's Kaunda suit we norrowlly missed the man, KONI is still there driving Kaguta NUTS!This for man who often parades himself (in the Capital of US and Britain ) Mbu he is a military Genus! 18 years later Kaguta is still fighting KONI!MatekIn a message dated 9/9/2003 12:49:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"There is no way the suffering in Northern Uganda would have continued for now 18 years if some elements within some of our fellow citizens in Buganda (yes including the Late Cardinal Nsubuga) were not in cohorts with the NRM murderers to eat and destroy Uganda. This is a bitter fact. MatekopokoThis is the most bizarre statement so far. If you have failed to blame Joseph Kony for slaughtering Ugandans in the northern part of the country and now in Teso, then you shift the blame on a dead respected leader in our society, we have a lot of work to do. Blaming Buganda for the slaughter of the Acholi seems to be the official stand of the UPC
ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA
Godfrey You are now making me very scared, are you saying that shutting down Nsubuga was impossible? You see my problem is very simple, we can sit here and spend all our lives blaming the Kironde's who were marching soldiers, the Kironde's who may be were eating meat which they never cared to know where it was coming from, but Cardinal Nsubuga had a physical base. A base that could have been shut down. The then Uganda government, I will not blame it for failing to stop NRM operations in Luwero District for the Kironde's were blowing up patients in ambulances and running away, that was a war and I am not going to sit here and blame Uganda government for that. But Cardinal Nsubuga as I said before, had a known establishment, a ranch in Ssingo that was not only used for training the Kironde's but feeding them too. And my question is, who is it in that government that had the power to shut down that ranch who did not? Now we have a history of Iddi Amin killing Jonan Luwum, and it wasted his reputation, did that government know of Nsubuga's actions and refused to act for it feared its name would have been wasted as Amin's? Is that what you mean by "Getting the bulls by the horns impossible"? Godfrey Ssingo had no reason to be insecure, and if UPC's failing to shut down Cardinal Nsubuga's ranch costed us even one baby's life, Ugandans need and must know. Now that I do not expect answers in these forums, a public inquirely again is my next solution. Who had the authority to shut down Cardinal Emanuel Nsubuga's ranch in Ssingo and failed to use it? Mulindwa The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 5:28 AM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Edward, Knowing was one thing, but getting the bulls by the horns was something different and almost impossible.The late Nsubuga's intentions and activities re-enforced by M7, some individual Ugandans even those who served under the UPC II, politicians and political groupings was no secret. For example, take a look at the line-up after the overthrow of UPC II. Investigations into the Luwero killings and other killings would be the best thing that can ever happen to Uganda. Godfrey - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 10:42 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Godfrey But I think UPC was as well wrong. For I somehow feel that the then government knew of the covert actions of Nsubuga and UPC failed the people of Uganda to act on that old man for respect of his religion and position. I do not know but I think I have enough blame to go around. But again a public inquirely is the only way we can sort this crap out. For I have a problem believing that Nsubuga's hand in the blood of the murdered Ugandans is news today to UPC. What action/s did that government take? Some body should be accountable and tell us as Ugandans how we were protected by the then government. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 3:37 AM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Kironde, Doesn't it bother you that the late Cardinal Emmanuel Nsubugadid aid the brutal beast come to power?, Did he support M7 in the name and on behalf of Buganda?, Was it Buganda or Nsubuga who supported M7?, Kironde; the Luwero Ssingo tails hold no more water. A rude awakening awaits you. May he burn in eternal hell for having danced and dinned with the devil, may he rot in hell for having desecrated the holy Eucharist with bloody hands. Godfrey - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 1:45 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Matek Yes you let him slide away. LOL. Can I put in only one suggestion, in this Matek/ Kironde exchange? How about putting
ugnet_: GEORGE BUSH AND KISSINGER ARE IN MOSCOW
George Bush Sr In Russia On Carlyle Business Bush Sr, Kissinger, Giuliani, Brzezinski, d'Estaing In LeningradThe Moscow Times9-15-3 He may be retired from public life but George Bush seems to cause a stir every time he comes to Russia. You name it and market players were buzzing Thursday about the real reasons behind the former American leader's visit -- an $18 billion play by U.S. oil giant ChevronTexaco for a blocking stake in the new Yukos-Sibneft combo? The launch of a $500 million private tie-up between Alfa Group and Pentagon-connected Carlyle Group? Divvying up the hydrocarbon resources of postwar Iraq? Late Wednesday, before Bush Sr. had even left, traders in New York had already heard word that he was heading to Russia to help clear the way for the sale of a strategic stake in YukosSibneft to ChevronTexaco, which named one of its tankers after Condoleezza Rice, a former board member who is now his son's national security adviser. But it didn't stop there. The buzz continued Thursday as news spread that Bush was also here to help finalize the creation of a $500 million private equity fund between Russian oil-to-telecoms giant Alfa and one of his present employers, the Carlyle Group, a defense industry insider that counts former U.S. Secretary of State James Baker and former British Prime Minister John Major among its advisers. The U.S. Embassy in Moscow would not comment on Bush's visit, saying only that it was "private." What is known, however, is that he will meet with President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Sunday, when he arrives in Moscow from St. Petersburg. The Kremlin, too, declined to say what was on the agenda. It is also known that Bush will deliver the keynote speech at a dinner Monday evening for Russian business leaders -- including Yukos founder Mikhail Khodorkovsky -- on behalf of Carlyle. "We use him to speak at conferences and events," said Carlyle's London-based spokeswoman Katherine Elmore-Jones. Jones, however, would not say if a new private equity fund would be officially announced, but did say that the deal, which the Financial Times first reported is in the works, was still being discussed. But with U.S.-Russia energy ties high on the agenda for both nations and a bilateral summit on the issue scheduled to begin in St. Petersburg in 10 days, all eyes were on Chevron and its possible purchase of a 25 percent plus one share stake in the new YukosSibneft. The Sunday Times last month quoted anonymous sources close to the deal as saying it was near completion. Yukos shares jumped more than 4 percent on the news in early trading Thursday. "This rumor is based on Bush's visit. He is probably going to discuss the acquisition of a stake in YukosSibneft by a major U.S. oil company," a prominent investment banker said. He said the rumor is that Yukos' sale of a strategic stake to Chevron would be announced at the St. Petersburg summit. But neither Yukos nor ChevronTexaco would comment on what both companies called "market speculation." However, other investment bankers were very specific, saying the price for the deal had already been agreed -- a staggering $18.6 billion for 25 percent plus one share, half in cash and half in ChevronTexaco stock, which would be a huge premium over the combined market value of the companies. But with Yukos under fire from the Kremlin for its moves to finance opposition parties amid a massive bout of infighting between clans in the Kremlin itself, analysts said it seemed that most of the buzz was coming from Yukos. "Yukos is pushing this, given that there is the possibility of a renewed attack against the company during the election campaign," said Christopher Weafer, chief strategist at Alfa Bank. "Yukos is trying to bend a deal to suit its own purposes, for protection. "The attack on Yukos in July turned out to be hugely popular with the electorate and they fear the Kremlin might launch something again," Weafer said. Core Yukos shareholder Platon Lebedev was arrested that month for allegedly stealing property in a 1994 privatization. Weafer said Yukos shareholders appeared to be trying to play two U.S. oil majors, Chevron and ExxonMobil, off of each
ugnet_: Fwd: Ugandans in bed with US, betray third world
Any more doubts about M7's "Nyampala status"? Any doubters out there?Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Original Message Follows Ugandans in bed with US, betray third world By Andrew M. Mwenda September 15, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico - Representatives of the African Union and third world countries have accused Uganda of betraying them and supporting the United States in negotiations over international trade taking place here. Sources at the conference said that President Museveni has written instructing Uganda's delegation, trade and industry minister, Prof. Edward Rugumayo, to support the United States position on all issues, even if these were against the position adopted by the African Union and all third world countries. Tempers are high among the African delegations, and all other third world delegates at the conference who are now accusing Uganda of treachery. Uganda was a key player in discussions with other Least Developed Countries to adopt a common position on issues ranging from market access for manufactured goods, agricultural subsidies and Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips). Insider sources say that President Museveni's letter was actually drafted by former United States (US) assistant secretary of state for trade with Africa, Ms Rosa Whitaker, who is also attending the conference. The Americans reportedly only asked Mr Museveni to sign the letter. Negotiations turn nasty International trade negotiations in this luxurious Mexican resort island have turned nasty, with 83 percent of delegates from the LDCs, saying the process is a sham. According to a survey conducted by a British NGO, War on Want, 82 percent of the delegates from LDCs said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is monopolised by the rich nations, and 83 percent said the organisation is not democratic. On Thursday evening, the British Minister for Overseas Development, Baroness Linda Amos got a rude shock when all commonwealth trade ministers at the conference - with the exception of Uganda and Kenya - told her they have "no hope in the outcome of the trade negotiations". Baroness Amos was meeting commonwealth heads of delegations to sound them out on what they think about the on-going trade negotiations. The ministers told Ms Amos that judging from past experience, they did not expect much from the discussions. Baroness Amos left "very disappointed". Other leaders of African delegations now say that President Museveni has written to their presidents on behalf of the US, asking them to abandon the LDC position, arguing that Brazil and India are misleading the third world on the key issues. African Union delegates say that without a common voice, poor countries are unlikely to get far. Conflict between the poor and rich countries also reared its ugly head in the meeting of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), an association of all world parliaments at the conference. In a meeting on Tuesday, the EU Members of Parliament issued a draft declaration, which they wanted other members to sign. However, all LDC MPs led by Uganda's Ms Irene Ovonji-Odida of the East African Legislative Assembly refused to sign it, and instead proposed amendments to include the views of poor countries. By the time we went to press, the EU delegates were still resisting the amendments and a joint declaration may not be possible anymore. Ovonji-Odida told The Monitor that the 'joint' declaration actually reflected the views of the EU, like liberalisation of trade, while African and other third world countries want to protect their agricultural markets from dumping and also want access to markets of rich countries for both manufactured and agricultural products. © 2003 The Monitor Publications "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, 'When will you be satisfied?' We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities (.) No, no, we are not satisfied, and we will not be satisfied until justice rolls down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream". (Martin Luther King, 1964 Nobel Peace prize laureate, assassinated for his struggle) Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Re: Kipenji_: Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With Women
Hello Mr. kipenji! Thank you for your daily contributions to the forum. Most of us do appreciate even if we do not express our gratitude more often. Questions for you: 1. What are the Top Ten Reasons Why Women Fail With Men? 2. Which academic preparations did you undertake to become such an expert? The inquirer wants to know. ak --- Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Ten Most Dangerous Mistakes YOU Probably Make With Women And What To Do About It... Here Are The Top Ten Reasons Why Men Fail With WomenAnd How To Make Sure YOU Avoid Every One Of These Deadly Common Mistakes... -By David DeAngelo, Author Of Double Your Dating MISTAKE #1: Being Too Much Of A Nice Guy Have you ever noticed that the really attractive women never seem to be attracted nice guys? Of course you have. Just like me, I'm sure you've had attractive female friends that always seemed to date jerks... but for some reason they were never romantically interested in YOU. What's going on here? It's actually very simple... Women don't base their choices of men on how nice a guy is. They choose the men they do because they feel a powerful GUT LEVEL ATTRACTION for them. And guess what? Being nice doesn't make a woman FEEL that powerful ATTRACTION. And being NICE doesn't make a woman CHOOSE you. I realize that this doesn't make a lot of logical sense, and it's hard to ACCEPT... but GET OVER IT. Until you accept this FACT and begin to act on it, you'll NEVER have the success with women that you want. MISTAKE #2: Trying To Convince Her To Like You What do most guys do when they meet a woman that they REALLY like... but she's just notinterested? Right! They try to convince the woman to feel differently. Well, I have news for you... YOU WILL NEVER CHANGE HOW A WOMAN FEELS WHEN IT COMES TO ATTRACTION! Never, ever, EVER. You cannot CONVINCE a woman to feel differently about you with logic and reasoning. Think about it. If a woman doesn't feel it for you, how in the world do you expect to change that FEELING by being reasonable with her? But we all do it. When a woman just isn't interested, we beg, plead, chase, and do our best to change her mind. Bad idea. One that will never work. MISTAKE #3: Looking To Her For Approval Or Permission In our desire to please women (which we mistakenly think will make them like us), us guys are always doing things to get a woman's approval or permission. Another HORRIBLE idea. Women are NEVER attracted to the types of men who kiss up to them... EVER. Don't get me wrong here. You don't have to treat women BADLY for them to like you. But if you think that treating a woman well means always getting her approval and permission for things, think again. You will never succeed by looking for approval. Women actually get ANNOYED at men who seek their approval. Doubt me? Just ask any attractive woman if Wussy guys who chase her around and want her approval annoy her... MISTAKE #4: Trying To Buy Her Affection With Food And Gifts How many times have you taken a woman out to a nice dinner, bought her gifts and flowers, and had her REJECT you for someone who didn't treat her even HALF as well as you did? If you're like me, then you've had it happen a LOT. Well guess what? It's only NATURAL when this happens... That's right, I said NATURAL. When you do these things, you send a clear message: I don't think you'll like me for who I am, so I'm going to try to buy your attention and affection. Your good intentions usually come across to women as over-compensation for insecurity, and weak attempts at manipulation. That's right, I said that women see this as MANIPULATION. MISTAKE #5: Sharing How You Feel Too Early In The Relationship With Her Another huge and unfortunate mistake that most men make with women is sharing how they feel too early on. Attractive women are rare. And they get a LOT of attention from men. Most men don't realize this, but attractive women are being approached in one way or another ALL THE An attractive woman is often approached several times a DAY by men who are interested. This translate into dozens of times per week, and often HUNDREDS of times per month. And guess what? Attractive women have usually dated a LOT of men. That's right. They have EXPERIENCE. They know what to expect. And one thing that turns an attractive women off and sends her running away faster than just about anything is a guy who starts saying You know, I really, REALLY like you after one or two dates. This signals to
ugnet_: Mbale Security Tight Over Kony Rebel
Mbale Security Tight Over Kony Rebel The Monitor (Kampala) September 15, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 Ahmed Wetaka Kampala The security situation in Mbale district is fluid due to the ongoing Kony rebel incursions in Teso region. The Resident District Commissioner, Mbale, Hajji Abbas Seguya, says several suspicious people have been arrested with arms disguised in charcoal bags and other items. "These people are here and we are not safe, they have come in many different ways," Seguya said. He was addressing an emergency security meeting in northern division, held at Nkoma High School on September 13. Seguya said even if the situation in Mbale has not yet been disturbed residents should not take the peace for granted. "If you thought Gulu was too far now the rebels are in Soroti and they recently tried to attack Kumi so, we should take security matters seriously," he appealed. "I appeal to the thugs in this area to give us a break, let's fight the external aggressor first before we return to clean our house," he said. Seguya called on the locals to screen all strange people in their localities including the internally displaced people (IDPs). The officials said all IDPs are to be put in a single place for close monitoring and easy control.
ugnet_: Burundi rebel says power share talks fail
Burundi rebel says power share talks fail DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania (Reuters) - A Burundi rebel leader said Monday talks mediated by African leaders aimed at ending a decade of civil war had failed to work out a power sharing solution to a conflict that has killed some 300,000 people. "We have failed to agree on the issue of power sharing because we wanted the post of the speaker of parliament, and the government rejected our proposal," Pierre Nkurunziza, leader of the Forces for the Defense of Democracy (FDD) Hutu rebels, told reporters at a summit of African presidents. Nkurunziza later told Reuters the FDD also wanted the vice presidency, but Burundi's Tutsi-dominated government had also rejected the demand. "The transitional government wants to rule the country and parliament on its own. It doesn't want to compromise," he said. The rebel leader was speaking after meeting the presidents of Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda and Mozambique in the Tanzanian port city of Dar Es Salaam to try to hammer out a power sharing agreement with the government of President Domitien Ndayizeye. Nkurunziza later resumed talks with the leaders but made no comment on the summit's efforts to hammer out a power-sharing agreement between him and Ndayizeye. The FDD is one of several Hutu groups fighting to end the Tutsi's minority traditional political dominance of Burundi. Ndayizeye himself was in the Tanzanian capital Dar es Salaam for the gathering but did not take part in the talks involving the leaders and Nkurunziza, Tanzanian officials said without elaborating. The presidents urged both Ndayizeye and Nkurunziza to stay in Dar Es Salaam and continue trying to forge a compromise later Monday or Tuesday, Tanzanian officials said. Nkurunziza said the FDD had been offered, and had rejected, the posts of second deputy speaker of parliament and minister of state in the president's office. There was no immediate comment from Burundi government officials on Nkurunziza's comments. The summit follows talks last week between Ndayizeye and Nkurunziza held in Uganda which faltered after the two sides disagreed over power-sharing. The peace process faces many other challenges, including the refusal by another rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), to hold talks with Ndayizeye's transitional government. 09/15/03 14:57 ET
ugnet_: KATAKWI: CLASHES BETWEEN ARMY AND LRA REBELS UNDERWAY
UGANDA 15/9/2003 18:51 KATAKWI: CLASHES BETWEEN ARMY AND LRA REBELS UNDERWAY General, Brief Violent clashes are underway between the Ugandan army and the rebels of the self-styled LRA (lords Resistance Army) in Katakwi district, northeast Uganda. The news comes from MISNA sources, who cite various local sources. No further information is available for the time being. The hunt for the rebels began at daybreak after they had attacked and looted the commercial town of Bata, located between the northern Lira district and Katakwi, a few hours earlier. According to media sources, yesterday at least five people died and around ten were injured in Katakwi when the minibus on which they were travelling was blown up by a landmine. The news was released today by military sources, who said this incident which has not yet been confirmed by MISNA sources was also the work of the LRA. [CO] inline: bgpopdiv.gifinline: black.gifinline: icon4.gifinline: black.gifinline: vuota.gif
ugnet_: Operation Iron Fist Agreement Renewed With Sudan Amid Tensions
"Some 15,000 foot soldiers backed by tanks, artillery and two fully adapted attack helicopters have been deployed in southern Sudan under Operation Iron Fist. However, the campaign has failed to end the LRA insurgency in spite of several deadlines set by the Ugandan government, and has indirectly caused the worst humanitarian situation the region has ever seen. It has led to large numbers of the LRA returning to northern Uganda, where they have stepped up their attacks against civilians. Many people have been killed in the attacks, in which villages have been looted and an increasing number of children kidnapped. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced." Operation Iron Fist Agreement Renewed With Sudan Amid Tensions UN Integrated Regional Information Networks September 15, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 Bombo, Uganda Sudan and Uganda have agreed to renew a bilateral agreement that gives the Ugandan army access to southern Sudan to carry out limited operations against the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The agreement was extended by three months on Friday despite allegations that the Sudanese army was supporting the Ugandan rebels in southern Sudan. "The agreement has gone ahead as planned. The fact that we are saying Sudan has reneged on it does not affect the signing of the protocol itself," army spokesman Maj Shaban Bantariza told IRIN. The protocol allows the Ugandan army access to southern Sudan within the framework of "Operation Iron Fist", a campaign it began in early 2002 with the aim of crushing the rebel group. This is the eight time it has been renewed. The renewal comes at a time when the two countries are involved in increasingly bitter exchanges over whether some members of the Sudanese armed forces are supplying the Ugandan rebels with food, weapons and ammunition. At the official signing in Uganda's military headquarters in Bombo, outside Kampala, Chief of Military Intelligence Col Noble Mayombo said Khartoum must make greater efforts to stop LRA fighters and officers from establishing safe havens in the region. He also said Sudan was failing to share vital intelligence with Uganda concerning the LRA. "We have information that rebels have set up new camps in southern Sudan and this intelligence we did not get from them [the Sudanese], which is a violation of the protocol," he said. On Thursday Sudan's ambassador to Uganda, Sirajuddin Hamid Yousif, told the BBC's Focus on Africa that Khartoum was disappointed that the Ugandan government and media were willing to readily believe the testimony of former LRA fighters - the main basis for the accusations. But Uganda's army has countered that the reports from former rebels show remarkable consistency. "These reports are all independently saying the same thing," Bantariza told IRIN. "So, on the contrary, they [the Sudanese] need to give us a reason why we should not believe it." Ugandan and Sudanese government officials have agreed to meet in October to discuss the allegations. "A delegation is being sent to Khartoum next month to discuss all these things," Bantariza told IRIN. "Until then, we will simply continue to catalogue our evidence." Some 15,000 foot soldiers backed by tanks, artillery and two fully adapted attack helicopters have been deployed in southern Sudan under Operation Iron Fist. However, the campaign has failed to end the LRA insurgency in spite of several deadlines set by the Ugandan government, and has indirectly caused the worst humanitarian situation the region has ever seen. It has led to large numbers of the LRA returning to northern Uganda, where they have stepped up their attacks against civilians. Many people have been killed in the attacks, in which villages have been looted and an increasing number of children kidnapped. Hundreds of thousands of people have been displaced.
ugnet_: Forgive Kony, Former Rebel Leader Bamuze Tells General Museveni
Forgive Kony, Former Rebel Leader Bamuze Tells General Museveni The Monitor (Kampala) September 15, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 Irene Nabwire Kampala GULU - A former rebel leader, who benefited from the Amnesty law, wants President Yoweri Museveni to forgive LRA rebel leader, Joseph Kony. Maj. Gen. Ali Bamuze, the former leader of the Uganda National Rescue Front II, said: "When you are a father, you can utter anything to your stubborn child but after cooling down you just forgive him. I know that is what the President is going to do because you see Kony is also a Ugandan". Bamuze said this, Sept. 12, in a telephone interview from his home in Yumbe district, in response to a statement by President Museveni that he will not give an amnesty to Kony or any of the LRA leaders. The president said that amnesty would only be extended to people who were abducted. Bamuze called for round table talks to end the war in northern Uganda. "Let Kony leave his useless war and come out of the bush to sit on the round table with the President in order for peace to return to this country," he said.
ugnet_: Church Mission Society Starts Prayer Drive for North
Church Mission Society Starts Prayer Drive for North New Vision (Kampala) September 15, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 Henry Mukasa Kampala THE Church Mission Society (CMS), a United Kingdom based charity will today launch a drive to encourage people pray for a quick end to the war in northern Uganda. The prayer drive which began yesterday is part of CMS's Break the Silence campaign that was launched on August 21 2003. Over 4,000 supporting churches to CMS worldwide will today drown in prayer to implore God to bring peace to northern Uganda. "The CMS has had a link to this region since the very beginning of the planting of the Church in northern Uganda. The tragedy that has befallen that region is also our own because we feel deeply with the people of the region, the families that mourn their dead and abducted children," Dr D. Zac Niringiye, CMS's regional director for Africa said in a press release. The prayers will involve a package for the ravaged community and a break the silence petition form. Niringiye said areas of conflict, marginalisation, dispossession were a priority on CMS's current mission. He said northern Uganda was the focus for CMS's advocacy campaign at the summer festivals in UK. "The prayer programme is in recognition that the northern Uganda crisis is not only a political problem but also spiritual. It must be won not only in peace negotiations but also in prayer," he said.
ugnet_: 18 Rebels Killed in Teso
***"Bantariza said the Iteso were implementing one of their Constitutional rights by rising up to restore peace in their region, adding that no person can stop them from doing so." "The UPC is not serious. Article 17 of the Constitution spells out obligations of citizens, which include collaborating with the security agencies to restore law and order in the country," he said. Our concern here( the concern of the UPC) is that, is that as far as the LRA rebels are concerned, Teso civilians may , in essence, be considered as active combatants who together with the UPDF are fighting the LRA REBELS. Teso Civilians, therefore , become fair target...after all there is no distinguishing between a teso Militia and a teso civilian. This then becomes a very dangerous scenerio..rather catastrophy for fellow citizens of Teso who are after all Defenseless!! 18 Rebels Killed in Teso New Vision (Kampala) September 12, 2003 Posted to the web September 12, 2003 Richard Mutumba Kampala EIGHTEEN LRA rebels have been killed, 15 captured while 10 surrendered in the past week in the UPDF's on-going mop up operation against the rebels in the Teso region. Army spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza (right) yesterday told the weekly government press briefing that four UPDF soldiers were killed and two injured in the same week. He, however, said the army had rescued 111 captives, recovered 20 anti-tank landmines, 84 bombs, and 435 different types of ammunition. Flanked by the Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Tim Lwanga, Bantariza also dismissed threats made by the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) that the party would drag the Teso based Arrow Group to court because it was unconstitutional. "The UPC is not serious. Article 17 of the Constitution spells out obligations of citizens, which include collaborating with the security agencies to restore law and order in the country," he said. Bantariza said the Iteso were implementing one of their Constitutional rights by rising up to restore peace in their region, adding that no person can stop them from doing so. He said the Arrow Group was not merely a civilians group but a combination of ex-soldiers and Police officers.
Re: ugnet_: Fwd: Ugandans in bed with US, betray third world
One of the saddest aspect is that Rugumayo used to be quite a progressive man. If he has any decency left in him he must be hating himself to serve such a rotten regime. Him and Bro Omwony Ojok. If you meet them one day, look them straight in the eye. What a shame. Why didn't they remain with their dignity like Prof Dan Nabudere? Mitayo Potosi From: gook makanga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Fwd: Ugandans in bed with US, betray third world Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 12:14:36 + _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail ---BeginMessage--- Any more doubts about M7's "Nyampala status"? Any doubters out there?Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Original Message Follows Ugandans in bed with US, betray third world By Andrew M. Mwenda September 15, 2003 CANCUN, Mexico - Representatives of the African Union and third world countries have accused Uganda of betraying them and supporting the United States in negotiations over international trade taking place here. Sources at the conference said that President Museveni has written instructing Uganda's delegation, trade and industry minister, Prof. Edward Rugumayo, to support the United States position on all issues, even if these were against the position adopted by the African Union and all third world countries. Tempers are high among the African delegations, and all other third world delegates at the conference who are now accusing Uganda of treachery. Uganda was a key player in discussions with other Least Developed Countries to adopt a common position on issues ranging from market access for manufactured goods, agricultural subsidies and Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (Trips). Insider sources say that President Museveni's letter was actually drafted by former United States (US) assistant secretary of state for trade with Africa, Ms Rosa Whitaker, who is also attending the conference. The Americans reportedly only asked Mr Museveni to sign the letter. Negotiations turn nasty International trade negotiations in this luxurious Mexican resort island have turned nasty, with 83 percent of delegates from the LDCs, saying the process is a sham. According to a survey conducted by a British NGO, War on Want, 82 percent of the delegates from LDCs said the World Trade Organisation (WTO) is monopolised by the rich nations, and 83 percent said the organisation is not democratic. On Thursday evening, the British Minister for Overseas Development, Baroness Linda Amos got a rude shock when all commonwealth trade ministers at the conference - with the exception of Uganda and Kenya - told her they have "no hope in the outcome of the trade negotiations". Baroness Amos was meeting commonwealth heads of delegations to sound them out on what they think about the on-going trade negotiations. The ministers told Ms Amos that judging from past experience, they did not expect much from the discussions. Baroness Amos left "very disappointed". Other leaders of African delegations now say that President Museveni has written to their presidents on behalf of the US, asking them to abandon the LDC position, arguing that Brazil and India are misleading the third world on the key issues. African Union delegates say that without a common voice, poor countries are unlikely to get far. Conflict between the poor and rich countries also reared its ugly head in the meeting of the Inter Parliamentary Union (IPU), an association of all world parliaments at the conference. In a meeting on Tuesday, the EU Members of Parliament issued a draft declaration, which they wanted other members to sign. However, all LDC MPs led by Uganda's Ms Irene Ovonji-Odida of the East African Legislative Assembly refused to sign it, and instead proposed amendments to include the views of poor countries. By the time we went to press, the EU delegates were still resisting the amendments and a joint declaration may not be possible anymore. Ovonji-Odida told The Monitor that the 'joint' declaration actually reflected the views of the EU, like liberalisation of trade, while African and other third world countries want to protect their agricultural markets from dumping and also want access to markets of rich countries for both manufactured and agricultural products. © 2003 The Monitor Publications "And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall march ahead. We cannot turn back. There are those who are asking the devotees of civil rights, 'When will you be satisfied?' We can never be satisfied as long as our bodies, heavy with the fatigue of travel, cannot gain lodging in the motels of the highways and the hotels of the cities (.) No, no, we are not satisfied, and we
ugnet_: Iraq's Security Weakened by Fear
Iraq's Security Weakened by Fear By Anthony Shadid Washington Post Sunday 14 September 2003 U.S.-Trained Police Are Accused of Being Collaborators and Spies KHALDIYA, Iraq, Sept. 13 -- The convoy of U.S. military engineers had just entered this rough-and-tumble town when disaster struck. They had a flat tire, stopping the convoy along a ribbon of desert asphalt some Iraqis have nicknamed the highway of death. Soon after, masked guerrillas fired two rocket-propelled grenades. Machine guns crackled across the late afternoon sky. When it ended an hour later, witnesses said, homes were gouged with large holes, two U.S. vehicles were burning, and the soldiers had beat a retreat. On the sidelines throughout the clash Thursday were Khaldiya's police, who are supposed to be the allies of the U.S.-led occupation in restoring order to Iraq. Not only was it not their fight, several said this week, but the guerrillas fighting U.S. soldiers had their blessing. In my heart, deep inside, we are with them against the occupation, said Lt. Ahmed Khalaf Hamed, an officer with the 100-man force trained, equipped and financed by U.S. authorities. This is my country, and I encourage them. From President Bush to U.S. soldiers in the field, the United States is putting a growing emphasis on transferring the purview of security and stability to tens of thousands of Iraqis now under arms. The bulk of them -- more than 30,000 -- are police. The restive town of Khaldiya offers a small but significant example of the challenges this policy faces in a country shaken by car bombings and rampant lawlessness and filled with anxiety about the future. While this town of 15,000 residents may not be typical of all Iraq, it reflects some of the fissures and strains that are undermining security across the country. A key to that tension is the relationship between U.S. forces and police, shaken badly on Friday in Fallujah, when American soldiers mistakenly killed 10 Iraqi security officers who were chasing suspected criminals along a desert road. By their own account, Khaldiya's finest are a besieged and embittered force -- uneasy about their American patrons, despised by their community and demoralized about their work. At least three have quit, and others contend the safest place for them is at home. They have become targets of tribal vendettas and blood feuds for arresting or wounding suspects, and in an hour-long standoff outside their police station this week, they had to face down an angry and better-armed mob. Most troublesome, some said, are accusations of serving as America's lackeys and spies, charges that were once whispered and now declared loudly in this town that hugs the Euphrates River. The officers contended that residents have it all wrong. When asked whether the resistance would succeed in the Sunni Muslim city, part of an arc of territory where former president Saddam Hussein's government drew most of its support, Thaer Abdullah Saleh was blunt. God willing, the 27-year-old officer said. The other officers in the room hesitated, then nodded their heads in agreement. It's our right, said Dhiaa Din Rajoub, a 38-year-old colleague sitting on a tattered mattress. This is our country, this is an occupation, and we don't accept it. For six weeks, this farming city on a sun-baked plain 45 miles west of Baghdad has emerged as one of the rare locales in Iraq where attacks on U.S. forces and the support the attackers appear to enjoy resemble a guerrilla war in the fullest sense of the term. On Aug. 4, after U.S. forces in the city came under fire, crowds attacked the mayor's office, where they believed U.S. troops were meeting informers behind closed doors. In the ensuing chaos after the Americans withdrew, a throng threw rocks at the police chief's pickup, then burned it. Others threw grenades into the newly painted and furnished mayor's office before ransacking it. They tore doors and windows from their frames, made off with furniture, carpets and floor tiles, and hauled away a sink. Since then, residents say, U.S. forces have rarely ventured into the city, except to travel the road that traverses a turbulent 30-mile stretch from Fallujah, 32 miles west of Baghdad, to Ramadi. Khudheir Mikhlif Ali, who replaced the former police chief, meets his U.S. counterparts at the base outside town, police said. For their three-day training, police go there rather than have American soldiers come to them. Everybody's upset at the Americans here, said Capt. Khalil Daham, a gaunt and weary 31-year-old officer, with 12 years on the job. He was jumpy on this day. When a car blows a tire on the street outside, he said, residents think the police station has come under attack from angry residents. Outside his window sits the charred frame of the police chief's pickup, propped on its axle on a pile of sand. If he had the money,
ugnet_: Gunsmoke and Mirrors
Gunsmoke and Mirrors By Maureen Dowd New York Times Sunday 14 September 2003 WASHINGTON - This is how bad things are for George W. Bush: He's back in a dead heat with Al Gore. (And this is how bad things are for Al Gore: He's back in a dead heat with George W. Bush.) One terrorist attack, two wars, three tax cuts, four months of guerrilla mayhem in Iraq, five silly colors on a terror alert chart, nine nattering Democratic candidates, 10 Iraqi cops killed by Americans, $87 billion in Pentagon illusions, a gazillion boastful Osama tapes, zero Saddam and zilch W.M.D. have left America split evenly between the president and former vice president. More than two and a half years after the 2000 election and we are back where we started, marveled John Zogby, who conducted the poll. It's plus ça change all over again. We are learning once more, as we did on 9/11, that all the fantastic technology in the world will not save us. The undigitalized human will is able to frustrate our most elaborate schemes and lofty policies. What unleashed Shock and Awe and the most extravagant display of American military prowess ever was a bunch of theologically deranged Arabs with box cutters. The Bush administration thought it could use scientific superiority to impose its will on alien tribal cultures. But we're spending hundreds of billions subduing two backward countries without subduing them. After the president celebrated victory in our high-tech war in Iraq, our enemies came back to rattle us with a diabolically ingenious low-tech war, a homemade bomb in a truck obliterating the U.N. offices, and improvised explosive devices hidden in soda cans, plastic bags and dead animals blowing up our soldiers. Afghanistan has mirror chaos, with reconstruction sabotaged by Taliban assaults on American forces, the Afghan police and aid workers. The Pentagon blithely says that we have 56,000 Iraqi police and security officers and that we will soon have more. But it may be hard to keep and recruit Iraqi cops; the job pays O.K. but it might end very suddenly, given the rate at which Americans and guerrillas are mowing them down. This shows the Americans are completely out of control, First Lt. Mazen Hamid, an Iraqi policeman, said Friday after angry demonstrators gathered in Falluja to demand the victims' bodies. Secretary Pangloss at Defense and Wolfie the Naif are terminally enchanted by their own descriptions of the world. They know how to use their minds, but it's not clear they know how to use their eyes. They are like people in Plato's cave, observed one military analyst. They've been staring at the shadows on the wall for so long, they think they're forms. Our high-tech impotence is making our low-tech colony sullen. It's 125 degrees there and they have no electricity and no water and it doesn't make for a very happy population, said Senator John McCain, who recently toured Iraq. We're in a race to provide the services and security for people so the Iraqis will support us rather than turn against us. It's up for grabs. Senator McCain says that the bad guys are reminding Iraqis that America propped up Saddam Hussein in the 80's, sided with Iraq in the Iraq-Iran war, told the people in Basra in '91 we'd help them get rid of Saddam and didn't, and put economic sanctions on them in the 90's. He says we have to woo them, even though we are pouring $87 billion - double the amount designated for homeland security - into the Iraqi infrastructure when our own electrical grid, and port and airport security, need upgrading. If anyone thinks the French and Germans are going to help us readily and rapidly, he says, they're smoking something very strong. Mocking all our high-priced, know-nothing intelligence, Osama is back in the studio making his rock videos. The cadaverous caveman has gone more primitive to avoid electronic detection, operating via notes passed by couriers. We haven't forgotten all Mr. Bush's bullhorn, dead-or-alive pledges. But he's like a kid singing with fingers in his ears, avoiding mentioning Saddam or bin Laden, or pressing the Pakistanis who must be protecting Osama up in no man's land and letting the Taliban reconstitute (even though we bribed Pakistan with a billion in aid). He doesn't dwell on nailing Saddam either. His gunsmoke has gone up in smoke. --- Mitayo Potosi _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Oh,Ugandans have kajanja!-----F.D.R.Gureme
Old mans Corner By F.D.R. Gureme Oh, Ugandans have kajanja!September 16, 2003 I once wrote, Abaganda balina (have) akajanja. By recent events, I say Bana-Uganda have akajanja. I cannot think of a good translation of akajanja. The nearest I can think of is: revelling in fleeting fads. The rich harvests that the M-net fellows stand to reap were outlined by Mr Alan Tacca in his brilliant, Is Gaetano Fame A Shame For Uganda? (Sunday Monitor, September 14). Presuming Taccas consent, I would recast the question to Is Gaetano fame or shame to Uganda? Those who read Taccas anatomy know his views. Clocking 77 on 19th this month, I am rather conservative, backward if you like. I give my vote to Tacca. Doubtlessly, skilful advertising agencies will help some companies to make money out of Gaetano; and that he himself may mint dollars out of the royalties. Apart from the gifts that Gaetano might give to his respectable and godly - parents Engineer Tony and Evelyn Kaggwa. Evelyn is a sister to another devout churchman Edward Nsubuga, proprietor of Ranch on the Lake. I do not pretend to know what thoughts assailed them in the silence of their hearts, neither their private conversations during the progress of the lengthy saga of 106 days, as it rose to a crescendo. What I know is that they have had to lock their metal gate against intruders who came to seek their views and presumably to congratulate them upon the escapades of their son. Was it embarrassment or pride? What seems to be clear is that the church to which parents and relatives go, was not happy about the involvement of their family member in this spree. Did I say that Baganda had akajanja? Remember when the late Idi Amin took power on January 25, 1971? I lived at Nateete then, next to Capt. Kamya, father of Beti Kamya. Foreign radios had reported an army rebellion (others a coup) in Kampala. Kamya and I were sipping a beer at his house, waiting to hear from Radio Uganda. At about 4.00 or 5.00 p.m., a soldier reported the coup. Presently Amins voice came on to tell us that upon the request of fellow soldiers, he had accepted the countrys leadership He was a man of few words He would hand over power to an elected government as soon as he had cleaned up Obotes mess. Kamya (bless his soul) and I stood dumbfounded as crowds of branch-waving Baganda rode on APCs and military lorries welcoming Amin: the one who had, with or without [Milton] Obotes authority, smoked Ugandas first president, Edward Mutesa, out of his palace and country into exile, poverty and death, just five years before! Did I say Ugandans had akajanja? Amin had not ruled for long when it was discerned that he did not like to restore kingships. Then delegation after delegation came to Entebbe to declare their loyalty to his wise rule and to tell him that, in the interests of unity, kingships must not be restored. Appropriately, Baganda, who have never deviated from their love and loyalty to the Kabakaship, were silent on the subject. Later, they were able to slyly persuade Amin to make Prince Ronald Mutebi the Ssabbataka or head of Bugandas clans; or tacitly, king. Interestingly, the Ankole kingship-denouncing delegation was led by the Omugabe Gasyonga himself. This reminded me of Hitlers Nazi persecution of the Jews. They were made to demonstrate against themselves on the streets, wearing and waving placards; some of which read Down with us! On the day that Gaetano arrived, Mutebi was travelling to South Africa. People talk of a red carpet laid for Mutebi that Gaetano was restrained from treading by those who knew its royal purpose. They also say that Mutebi was all but ignored by crowds who bypassed him on their way to see or glance at Gaetano. Yes, enter Gaetano; exit cultural decency. Will the Baganda ever live down that shame? 077 401173 © 2003 The Monitor Publications East African | About Us | Feedback | Site Map | License | Monitor MailWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: Are politicians jealous of Gaetano?
Are politicians jealous of Gaetano?By David Kibirige September 16, 2003 Did I hear that some politicians have labeled Ugandans redundant and idle? Reason: Giving Ugandas representative in the Big Brother House, Gaetano Jjuuko Kaggwa a heros welcome! On September 11, during the weekly cabinet briefing, the Minister of Ethics and Integrity, Tim Lwanga Mutekanga said welcoming Gaetano back in such a style, was a sign of redundancy. Adding to the ministers voice were MPs Alice Alaso (Soroti Women), Patrick Amuriat (Kumi), Teopista Ssentongo (Workers), Anifa Kawooya (Sembabule Women), Suleiman Madaada (Bbale County) and, Capt. Steven Basaliza (Burahya) and Okumu Reagan (Aswa). Much as I do not agree with Gaetano having sex in the full glare of cameras, I do not see why a minister and MPs are making a big deal out of welcoming Gaetano in style. The politicians might not be concerned about Gaetano eroding morals, but wanted a little publicity. After all, not very many people know of a minister called Tim Lwanga. So, when he talks about Gaetano and the press picks his remarks, he would have got the much sought after publicity. I believe if Lwanga took a stroll through Owino market, less than 30 people would recognise him, let alone tell the ministry he heads. As for the MPs, save for Mr Okumu, who knows or has ever heard about the rest?Mr Madaada was more known as an actor than he is now as MP. It was good to hear some of the MPs speak out because despite being a veteran journalist, I had not heard many of them quoted until then. Now I know these MPs exist. And is Gaetano the most burning issue for the MPs? Instead of concentrating on how to end the 17 year-old Kony war, poverty alleviation, Universal Secondary Education, or the bad roads, here they are wasting time discussing Gaetano. How many bills have not been passed because of lack of quorum? How many times have MPs signed for sitting allowance and vanished from the house? Is cheating the taxpayer not worse than Gaetano having sex on television? Probably the only difference is that Gaetano did it before cameras. How many MPs have been found to be cheating on their spouses anyway? In fact, when former Ethics and Integrity minister, Miria Matembe showed concern over immorality in Parliament and threatened to expose the culprits, many of them got scared. A few dared Matembe to produce evidence. So why the hypocrisy, dear MPs? Besides, many MPs have been dragged to court to answer charges of failing to care for their families. Is this what MPs want to call moral uprightness? Gaetanos actions in the Big Brother House are not worse than living off the taxpayer like MPs do. Why should these MPs try to be more Catholic than the Pope when some of them even engage in fist-fights and funny exchanges quite regularly? Recently, like nursery kids, two honourable men did the unhonourable when they threw sugar bowls at each other at Parliament. Another honourable convened a news conference at which he vowed to make a pass at a married minister! Are all these not acts of idle people? One would be excused for concluding that either the MPs wanted to get publicity by bashing Gaetanos welcome or they are just jealous that the guy is more popular than they are. Gaetano has made a tremendous contribution to the promotion of tourism in Uganda, something the MPs now condemning him are unable to do. Gaetano arrived with tourists like Big Brother presenter Mark Pilgrims and former fellow housemates Abby Plaatjes and Kenyas Alexander Kasembeli Holi. And more are yet to visit. That is where I commend MPs Loyce Bwambale (Kasese women), Francis Mukama (Kigulu North), Margaret Zziwa (Kampala women), Rex Aachila (Jie) and Dan Kidega (Northern youth) for applauding Gaetano contribution to tourism. The people feel they have been betrayed by politicians and thus find consolation in the Gaetanos of this world. People are tired of governments that have failed to deliver, of wars that never end, of bad soccer administrators. Going to Entebbe Airport in thousands to welcome Gaetano was a sign of resentment toward politicians and what they represent. No politician, including President Yoweri Museveni, can bring Kampala to a standstill like Gaetano did. Most MPs are not known beyond their constituencies, so they feel threatened by Gaetanos popularity, not only in Uganda but Africa and the rest of the world. The author is a reporter of The Monitor. © 2003 The Monitor Publications East African | About Us | Feedback | Site Map | License | Monitor MailWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: GM Bacteria to battle HIV
GM bacteria to battle HIV Katie Mantell10 September 2003Source: SciDev.Net Scientists have engineered bacteria that are normally present in the vagina to attack HIV. They say their findings could lead to an effective and cheap way of tackling the spread of the virus in both developed and developing nations. US researchers found that in the laboratory, a modified strain of the lactobacillus bacteria could halve the rate at which HIV infected cells. If the strategy works in humans, it could provide women with a safe and long-lasting way to protect themselves from the virus, according to one of the researchers, Peter Lee of Stanford University. "It struck me that [HIV has] to first get through the mucous membranes to get to its host," he says. "Essentially all mucous membranes of the body are colonised with normal, healthy bacteria. So why not take advantage of these healthy bacteria to either block or inactivate viruses before they can get into a host?" Lactobacillus already provides some protection against vaginal transmission of HIV. Research has shown that women with little or no lactobacillus have a higher risk of contracting HIV than those with high levels of the bacteria. In this latest study, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers gave the bacteria an extra boost by adding the gene for CD4, a protein that specifically latches on to HIV. In this way, the bacteria could act as a 'trap' for the virus, preventing it from reaching target cells in the body. Lee says the research could lead to the creation of a small vaginal suppository that women could use regularly to provide ongoing protection. "It would be as discreet as can be," says Lee, adding that each dose could last a week or longer and could be inserted at any time. Heterosexual intercourse is the main way that HIV is transmitted, and more than 19 million women are currently infected worldwide.
ugnet_: Web Special On Crisis in Northern Uganda
Web Special On Crisis in Northern Uganda UN Integrated Regional Information Networks September 15, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 In this Web Special, IRIN examines the humanitarian consequences of continued conflict, the shocking plight of northern Uganda's children, and the attempts, so far unsuccessful, to bring an end to this merciless war. To view the entire Web Special go here. For the last 17 years the Acholi people of northern Uganda have been the victims of a brutal, unrelenting rebel insurgency. Innocent civilians have been killed or mutilated; thousands of children have been abducted, forced into combat, and subjected to torture and sexual violence. It is now estimated that about 80 percent of the entire Acholi population are internally displaced, living in camps with little food and poor sanitation. Since 1986, the rebel Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) of self-styled mystic Joseph Kony has carried out merciless attacks across the north, ostensibly in an attempt to overthrow the government of President Yoweri Museveni and to have Uganda ruled in accordance with the Biblical Ten Commandments. Over the last year there has been a sharp increase in the number of rebel attacks, leading to roughly a doubling in the population of the IDP camps, and a dramatic rise in the number of child abductions. This escalation has come after the Ugandan army intensified its efforts to wipe out the rebels. In March 2002, the Uganda People's Defence Force (UPDF) launched 'Operation Iron Fist', which for the first time allowed the Uganda military to root out and destroy LRA rear bases inside southern Sudan. Rather than ending the war, however, the main effect of the campaign has been to push LRA fighters into northern Uganda where they have wreaked havoc on the local population. Shadowy enemy The UPDF's attempts to destroy Kony's militia have been greatly hampered by the shadowy nature of its enemy. Little is known of the LRA beyond its heinous, widespread human rights abuses. Its soldiers - the great majority of them children - emerge from the bush to raid villages, looting and often burning them as they return to their hideouts. The Ugandan army does not recognize the LRA as a bona fide rebel group, denouncing it simply as a terrorist organization. There is some support for this view; the group has been denoted a terrorist organisation by the US government, and has been included on the US State Department's 'Terrorist Exclusion List' since December 2001. The LRA does not have a political wing, and is divided into small 'cells' operating across the north. This has made both combat and attempts at peace negotiations, which would be tough enough anyway, even harder. Indeed, some observers believe that the only person with the authority to conduct negotiations on behalf of the LRA is Kony himself, a man frequently described as 'insane'. Some children have been caught in the crossfire between the LRA and the Ugandan army. Credit: Sven Torfinn (2002) Internal displacement According to recent estimates from the UN World Food Programme (WFP), over 800,000 people in the three northern Ugandan districts of Gulu, Kitgum, and Pader have now been forced from their homes and are living in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs). This figure represents 70 to 80 percent of the entire Acholi population, as measured in Uganda's 2002 census. Although the camps were initially created to protect civilians from rebel attacks, they have now become just as much of a target for these attacks as the villages once were. As the Acholi people have been forced to crowd together in the camp, so the LRA, in their search for food and slaves, have followed them. The Uganda Red Cross Society (URCS) said recently that a major aspect of the LRA military strategy seemed to be to force IDPs out of the camps protected by the UPDF. "According to some rumours circulating, the LRA has intention to [sic] dismantle the camps by force," URCS said in its June situation report. While the UPDF has attempted to protect the camps by stationing small detachments in their midst, they have found protecting such a massive displaced population spread over such a large area to be extremely difficult. Delivering humanitarian assistance to the widely dispersed camps has also become a treacherous business. Aid convoys themselves have come under regular attack, and a number of aid workers have lost their lives in rebel ambushes. At present, only WFP has been able to establish regular aid deliveries, and it relies on a heavy UPDF military escort to provide security. In addition, the rebels have tended to view the camp populations as their enemies, and as supporters of the government. As a result, they have, during raids, left behind written demands that the IDPs must vacate the camps or face death. As IDPs know, however, they are just as likely to face death outside the camps as inside them. In a recent report on the
Re: ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA
Netters, please analyze the statement below from Mr. Matek Like I said, thank God we still have, alive, top ranking UNLA officers who have documented evidence which implicates the Cardinal Nsubuga in a conspiracy with Museveni to create wars in our country. Do you see what i see, it's like calling on the top brass of the Gestapo during Nazi Germany to give evidence against the allies for atrocities comitted in World War two, how credible is that kind of evidence, well your guess is as good as mine. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:53:15 EDT In a message dated 9/14/2003 7:51:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matek Yes you let him slide away. LOL. Can I put in only one suggestion, in this Matek/ Kironde exchange? How about putting in Uganda a free inquirely so that Ugandans can tell what they know? Surely Mwaami Kironde, democratic as your government is, you can do this. let us allow Ugandans to tell us how UNLA murdered Ugandans in Luwero and Ssingo, may be it will give us a chance to understand how Obote is a killer? Mwaami Kironde can I count on you to back my standing on a free and international monitored inqurirely, as the one which took place in Rwanda to know who exactly killed our people? Is it NRM or UNLA? Em EM That sounds like a good suggestion. The people of Uganda will most definitely sing like a Bird if you know what I mean!!!... when the time is right.. that is. Like I said, thank God we still have, alive, top ranking UNLA officers who have documented evidence which implicates the Cardinal Nsubuga in a conspiracy with Museveni to create wars in our country. There is no denying this fact. Who are some of this people trying to deceive... If there is a Good man of God we Know about it so do the people of Uganda. If there was and there is a bad Man of God, we Know that too. Matek _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Europe threatens to ban Uganda's fruits
Listers,what actually went awry with the enormous research efforts at Kawanda,Serere and Namulonde Research Institutes that in the past made Ugandan Agricultural products the envy of many?.Have we in the past 20 or so years been spending too much on Military research and war and ignoring Agricultural Research,while accepting GM food products in Uganda.The effects of GM food products have far reaching effects that no sane person will stand against it,especially so if they want to be in good books with the US government so long as that keeps Mu7 in perpetual power. Read on. Thank you. Kipenji. == Europe threatens to ban Uganda's fruitsBy Robert Mwanje September 16-22, 2003 KAMPALA - Uganda has up to December 31 to improve the quality of fruits and vegetables exported to Europe or suffer a ban. A fruit farmer picks passion fruits in Luwero (File Photo).In a bid to salvage the situation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is desperately looking for Shs 3 billion to finance an emergency programme to improve the quality of these products. He said his ministry would raise Shs1.5 billion. Government, through the ministry of Finance, is expected to provide the balance. At stake is the millions of dollars Uganda earns from the export of pineapples, mangoes, oranges, passion fruits, cabbages and sugarcane to Europe. Dr Kisamba Mugerwa, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said he needed the money for a mass sensitisation campaign of the farmers, inspection of export companies and establishment of export promotion villages. He said he had already received several verbal communications from the European Union over the deteriorating quality of these products. As a long-term strategy, the ministry plans to sub-divide the country into agricultural zones to produce a particular product to ensure effective monitoring. The program has started in Wakiso, Mpigi, Luwero, Mukono, Kasese and Kamuli. What we want is to have a particular region producing a particular product for proper monitoring. For example if we realise that there is a problem with jack fruits we know where to go, he said. The ministry will enlist the support of local and foreign private firms to save the market for Ugandas products. The ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry will take charge of the verification of the quality of all the exports. We shall work in conjunction with international companies, by attaching them to local exporters, he said. Exporters will be required to indicate where a particular product was picked. He warned that exporters who fail to adhere to the new guidelines would be banned. We shall do it the way we handled the issue of fish. Fruits exporting companies will be concerned with quality since they may loose business, Mugerwa said. Three years ago, the European Union banned fish imports from the East African region including Uganda in which the country lost billions of shillings in export revenue. © 2003 The Monitor Publications East African | About Us | Feedback | Site Map | License | Monitor MailWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: HIV lover slept with at least 16 women.(Where is morality gone????)
HIV lover slept with at least 16 women; Cops get calls daily from frightened partnersBarbara Brown609 words10 September 2003Copyright (c) 2003 The Hamilton Spectator. Police are getting calls daily from women who fear they contracted the AIDS virus from a Hamilton man accused of practicing reckless sex. Detectives have now heard from 16 women, all of whom say they were unaware that Johnson Apangu Aziga, 47, was HIV positive when they consented to have unprotected sex. The Bay Street North man is so far charged with endangering the lives of five of these women. But police say the case is rapidly becoming one of the larger criminal investigations in the country to involve a dangerous sexually transmitted disease.Aziga, who works in Toronto as a research analyst with the Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General, was arrested Aug. 30 and held in custody on two counts each of aggravated sexual assault and aggravated assault. Detective Troy Ashbaugh, of the Hamilton police special investigations unit, laid three more sets of charges Monday when Aziga appeared in court. He said the five complainants are between the ages of 29 and 48. The scope of the investigation includes not only Hamilton, but Toronto, Brantford and Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Ashbaugh said investigators were still interviewing women but so far the callers have turned out to be viable complainants.Aziga was separated from his wife of 15 years at the time of his arrest. The couple is embroiled in a bitter custody dispute in family court. Aziga was diagnosed with HIV in 1996, three years before the marriage broke up. Ashbaugh said the medical confidentiality of the complainants prevents him from disclosing if any have tested positive for HIV. Charges of this nature have never been laid in Hamilton before and are still relatively rare in Canada, although London, Ont. has had two prominent cases in the last decade. The most high-profile involved Charles Ssenyonga, who was accused of knowingly infecting three women with the AIDS virus. He was charged with criminal negligence causing bodily harm and aggravated assault but died of AIDS in June 1993 before a verdict was handed down. Ssenyonga may have infected as many as 20 people before his death. Edward Kelly, 29, who is HIV positive, was sentenced last month to nearly three years in prison after pleading guilty to exposing four women to the virus. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled in 1998 that a person's failure to disclose to a sexual partner that he or she has AIDS or is HIV positive is a type of fraud that wipes out consent to sexual intercourse. In the British Columbia case, Henry Cuerrier was warned by a nurse to wear condoms and to tell his partners he had tested positive for the virus that causes AIDS. Within weeks, Cuerrier was having unprotected sex with a woman he had begun a relationship with and to whom he lied about his HIV-positive status. A second sexual relationship lasted only a month before the woman found out he had HIV. Fortunately, Cuerrier did not pass the virus to either woman. He was acquitted in 1995 when a judge found that although Cuerrier had endangered the women's lives, a sexual assault had not occurred because both partners had consented to having sex. The B.C. Court of Appeal upheld the decision and so the Crown appealed again to the highest court in the land. The Cuerrier case is now the benchmark by which police decide if charges are warranted in cases involving the deliberate transmission of HIV.[EMAIL PROTECTED] or 905-526-3494. Want to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
Re: ugnet_: Europe threatens to ban Uganda's fruits
Netters Does any one remember my posting on the very pathetic way Uganda Matoke going to London was packed, yes that posting which Mwaami Kironde laughed at. Well here we go, like I said Uganda can not survive in its island of ignorance, and that very same problem is facing the exportation of Uganda Waragi, for a very simple reason that the bottles are not standard. The bush has really failed to get out of our government. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: Owor Kipenji To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:21 PM Subject: ugnet_: Europe threatens to ban Uganda's fruits Listers,what actually went awry with the enormous research efforts at Kawanda,Serere and Namulonde Research Institutes that in the past made Ugandan Agricultural products the envy of many?.Have we in the past 20 or so years been spending too much on Military research and war and ignoring Agricultural Research,while accepting GM food products in Uganda.The effects of GM food products have far reaching effects that no sane person will stand against it,especially so if they want to be in good books with the US government so long as that keeps Mu7 in perpetual power. Read on. Thank you. Kipenji. == Europe threatens to ban Uganda's fruitsBy Robert Mwanje September 16-22, 2003 KAMPALA - Uganda has up to December 31 to improve the quality of fruits and vegetables exported to Europe or suffer a ban. A fruit farmer picks passion fruits in Luwero (File Photo).In a bid to salvage the situation, the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries is desperately looking for Shs 3 billion to finance an emergency programme to improve the quality of these products. He said his ministry would raise Shs1.5 billion. Government, through the ministry of Finance, is expected to provide the balance. At stake is the millions of dollars Uganda earns from the export of pineapples, mangoes, oranges, passion fruits, cabbages and sugarcane to Europe. Dr Kisamba Mugerwa, the Minister of Agriculture, Animal Industry and Fisheries, said he needed the money for a mass sensitisation campaign of the farmers, inspection of export companies and establishment of export promotion villages. He said he had already received several verbal communications from the European Union over the deteriorating quality of these products. As a long-term strategy, the ministry plans to sub-divide the country into agricultural zones to produce a particular product to ensure effective monitoring. The program has started in Wakiso, Mpigi, Luwero, Mukono, Kasese and Kamuli. What we want is to have a particular region producing a particular product for proper monitoring. For example if we realise that there is a problem with jack fruits we know where to go, he said. The ministry will enlist the support of local and foreign private firms to save the market for Ugandas products. The ministry of Tourism, Trade and Industry will take charge of the verification of the quality of all the exports. We shall work in conjunction with international companies, by attaching them to local exporters, he said. Exporters will be required to indicate where a particular product was picked. He warned that exporters who fail to adhere to the new guidelines would be banned. We shall do it the way we handled the issue of fish. Fruits exporting companies will be concerned with quality since they may loose business, Mugerwa said. Three years ago, the European Union banned fish imports from the East African region including Uganda in which the country lost billions of shillings in export
Re: ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA
Mwaami Musaazi So are you saying that Ugandans can be smart enough to call for an investigation but so silly to weigh its validity? Or you are just very scared to see the truth coming out? What exactly do you know that you do not want us to know? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 15, 2003 6:24 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Netters, please analyze the statement below from Mr. Matek Like I said, thank God we still have, alive, top ranking UNLA officers who have documented evidence which implicates the Cardinal Nsubuga in a conspiracy with Museveni to create wars in our country. Do you see what i see, it's like calling on the top brass of the Gestapo during Nazi Germany to give evidence against the allies for atrocities comitted in World War two, how credible is that kind of evidence, well your guess is as good as mine. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: IN DEFENCE OF MUNIINI MULERA Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2003 21:53:15 EDT In a message dated 9/14/2003 7:51:35 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Matek Yes you let him slide away. LOL. Can I put in only one suggestion, in this Matek/ Kironde exchange? How about putting in Uganda a free inquirely so that Ugandans can tell what they know? Surely Mwaami Kironde, democratic as your government is, you can do this. let us allow Ugandans to tell us how UNLA murdered Ugandans in Luwero and Ssingo, may be it will give us a chance to understand how Obote is a killer? Mwaami Kironde can I count on you to back my standing on a free and international monitored inqurirely, as the one which took place in Rwanda to know who exactly killed our people? Is it NRM or UNLA? Em EM That sounds like a good suggestion. The people of Uganda will most definitely sing like a Bird if you know what I mean!!!... when the time is right.. that is. Like I said, thank God we still have, alive, top ranking UNLA officers who have documented evidence which implicates the Cardinal Nsubuga in a conspiracy with Museveni to create wars in our country. There is no denying this fact. Who are some of this people trying to deceive... If there is a Good man of God we Know about it so do the people of Uganda. If there was and there is a bad Man of God, we Know that too. Matek _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: [abujaNig] Uganda: Museveni named as talks flop
Mexico: Museveni named as talks flop By Andrew M. Mwenda September 16, 2003 Uganda's team flees Cancun in disgust CANCUN, Mexico - President Yoweri Museveni and Uganda, in general, has been accused of contributing to the collapse of talks between the rich and poor countries here. The fifth ministerial conference of the World Trade Organization (WTO), held in this beautiful Mexican tourist resort island, collapsed after developed and developing/poor countries failed to agree over what to or not to negotiate. Delegates from different regional blocks came out of the conference with contradictory explanations. The Brazilian trade minister called a press conference on behalf of the G22 and said the negotiations collapsed over agricultural subsidies. He was flanked by the trade ministers of Ecuador, South Africa, Argentina and Egypt. However, the United States trade representative, Mr Robert Zoellick, accused the developing countries of indulging in a lot of rhetoric instead of serious willingness to focus on work. As the talks reached a stalemate here, civil society groups accused the US of blackmailing heads of delegations from poor nations with threats of withdrawal of aid or bilateral trade deals unless they support its proposals before the conference. Uganda was variously named and President Museveni accused of trying to play sucker to the Americans in dividing the poor countries. President Museveni's now controversial letter to the Ugandan head of delegation, trade and industry minister, Prof. Edward Rugumayo, asking him to support the US against Asia and Latin American countries has dented Uganda's image among developing/poor countries. Madness in Mexico The US and the European Union (EU) offered a deal to the Africa, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to concede on trade facilitation in return for concessions on agricultural subsidies. However, the ACP countries rejected the offer saying the US and the EU did not give any substantive offer on agriculture. The ACP group called a press briefing addressed by the trade ministers of Bangladesh, Botswana and the Dominican Republic where they said there was anger at the lack of progress over issues of concern to the third world. They said the stand of the ACP was that priority issues be discussed first, and the rest later. The Third World was united in resisting attempts by the EU and the US to introduce Singapore Issues - agreed upon by Japan and the EU in 1998 - into the agenda of discussion, yet it had earlier been agreed that the conference would discuss agricultural subsidies and market access. Although this conference was supposed to discuss market access and agriculture, the Singapore meeting introduced new issues including trade facilitation, investment, competition and transparency in government procurement, hence the name Singapore issues. Salvage efforts fail The poor/developing countries, in a move that drilled the last nail into the coffin of the beleaguered conference, rejected a last minute deal from the EU head of delegation, Mr Pascal Lamy, to remove all but one of the Singapore issues. After much haggling and no compromise, delegations from the developing/poor countries walked out of the talks. The conference was characterized by a lot of haggling and acrimony, with various activist groups staging angry demonstrations outside the conference centre and fighting ugly street battles with the police denouncing the WTO as undemocratic. A member of the Ugandan delegation to the fourth ministerial conference in Doha, Qatar in 2001, last evening explained how a letter by a head of state indeed has the potential to stall the talks. Those against the WTO and free trade can easily seize such a letter as a weapon and say, see, we have been telling you all along that the rich countries are arm twisting our presidents. Therefore, this whole thing is not fair, Mr Henry Richard Kimera, of the Consumer Education Trust said by telephone. In Doha like in Cancun, a circulating email alleged that Zoellick had called Museveni. He reportedly wanted Museveni to recall Uganda's trade representative in Geneva Ambassador Nathan Irumba. Irumba was reportedly a stumbling block to free trade talks, according to the email. Last evening, the President's press secretary, Ms Mary Karooro Okurut could not confirm or deny if the president had written such a letter. Museveni's alleged September 6 letter, circulating as an email in Cancun, was reportedly not signed, according to the current issue of The East African. Fleeing disgust Our sources say that the collapse of the talks so disgusted members on the Ugandan delegation that they cut short their stay and caught the first flight to Uganda, The Monitor learnt last evening.
ugnet_: [abujaNig] YOU KIDDING HUH!!!!!!!
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ugnet_: Acholi Oppose Arrow Group
Acholi Oppose Arrow Group The Monitor (Kampala) September 16, 2003 Posted to the web September 15, 2003 Kennedy Lule Kampala PARLIAMENT- Members of Parliament from Acholi are strongly opposed to the creation of a local militia to fight the Joseph Kony insurgency in the north. About 62 Acholi of the Diaspora, have also signed a petition opposing the creation of a local militia in Acholiland. In the Teso sub-region, the Arrow Group, is fighting the rebels alongside the UPDF. The opposition comes weeks after government ministers, Ruth Nankabirwa (Defence), Betty Akech (Security) and Okello Oryem (Sports) spent time in the north, urging Acholi youth to take up arms against the LRA like the Iteso are doing under the Arrow Group. The members of the Acholi forum signed the petition last week and e-mailed it to President Yoweri Museveni on September 9. They say creating a local militia would lead to more blood shed in Acholi. They argued that the Acholis in 1994 created the 'Arrow Brigade', which ended with disastrous consequences. They said many civilians were killed by the LRA. The petition is copied to Akech, Nankabirwa, Oryem, Acholi MPs, Acholi religious leaders, Mr Aliro Omara of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Focus, Gulu branch and Amnesty International among others. The Presidential Press Secretary, Mary Okurut couldn't confirm yesterday whether Museveni had received the petition. Nankabirwa said she had not received the petition. She said she was surprised that MPs Prof. Ogenga Latigo (Agago County), Santa Okot (Pader), Odonga Otto (Aruu County) are now opposing the creation of a local militia in Acholi. She said the MPs were supportive of the idea during her mobilisation tours. "Ogenga has invited me to go to his constituency. We have addressed rallies with Otto and Okot [in their constituencies]. What are they saying now?" Nankabirwa wondered. Otto, Okot, Ogenga, Mr Reagan Okumu (Aswa) and Mr Mike Ocula (Kilak) said yesterday they are opposed to the Arrow group idea. Okumu and Okot said they want a law governing local militias in place before they encourage their people to join. "Our home guards get 40,000/- a month. They do sixty percent of the work...The UPDF soldiers earn 150,000/- a month. Why should our people be a source of cheap reserve labour? " Okumu asked. Okot said home guards in her constituency are being killed. She said their families are left with no compensation from government because there is no law governing them. Otto said he wants the youth to join UPDF not Arrow Group. Ocula said he wants peace. He said he cannot urge people to join a local militia. Okumu said government failed to arm the Arrow brigade, which forced them to use arrows, spears and pangas to fight the LRA. He said the rebels came out killing and maiming civilians.
ugnet_: Architects of Iraq War Put on the Defensive
Architects of Iraq War Put on the Defensive By Howard LaFranchi and Gail Russell Chaddock Christian Science Monitor Friday 12 September 2003 Policy shifts and congressional hearings signal a new climate for neoconservatives. WASHINGTON - The neoconservative policymakers who helped spur George W. Bush toward war in Iraq may not be on the way out, but their influence is undergoing its greatest test since Sept. 11. This week, Congress has grilled key promoters of the idea of transforming the Middle East, and spreading American values, through regime change in Iraq. Gone is the self-assuredness - some say arrogance - that typified Bush administration testimony through the end of "major hostilities." Gone, too, are claims that Americans would be greeted as liberators and then soon leave, or that Iraqi oil would quickly defray reconstruction costs. Instead, Washington is witnessing a course correction on Iraq that signals a number of shifts with long-term repercussions, including: A wider door to the international community that includes acknowledgment of other countries' interests. Heightened congressional scrutiny exemplified by a tighter clutch on the purse strings and more aggressive oversight. Less ideology-driven policy, which, among other things, means moving more quickly to encourage Iraqi dominance of Iraq's affairs, even if the results aren't fully in America's image. Whether the neoconservative dream of Iraq as a beacon of democracy to the region is fulfilled is still up in the air, and won't be determined in the short-term, analysts say. But a more pragmatic approach means the chances of that happening may be brighter, some experts believe. "At last we're beginning to do what we did with Afghanistan and about Al Qaeda: We're highballing the challenge ahead," says John Hulsman, a foreign-policy expert at the Heritage Foundation in Washington. It was a mistake for the administration to "low-ball" the challenge, he adds, because "it left them open to charges and exposed a fair amount of hubris. But the president's acknowledging [in his speech Sunday] that things aren't going well tells me that's going to change." The clearest sign of such a change is seen in the administration's reaching out to the UN to get more troops and financial help from other countries. That effort shifts into high gear this weekend as Secretary of State Colin Powell meets with the foreign ministers of the four other members of the UN Security Council at a rare summit in Geneva. The administration's shift began when things didn't go in postwar Iraq as the administration had anticipated: Troops were supposed to have begun coming home by now, while no guerrilla war threatening Iraq's security and stability was planned for. Congress's questions The impact of that hit Congress this week, where Democrats and some moderate Republicans questioned planning for the postwar period. Some went so far as to suggest that certain policymakers - read primarily idealistic neoconservatives - pushed America to war by deliberately underestimating the postwar challenge. One result is that in acting on the president's request for $87 billion for Iraq next year, Congress is expected to easily pass the $66 billion portion of the request for military action, since it translates into support for the 150,000 troops on Iraqi soil. But at the same time, some in Congress want to use the request for $21 billion for postwar reconstruction as a lever for extracting a clearer picture of the administration's strategy for winning the postcombat phase of the war. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D) of Massachusetts is proposing an amendment that would in effect hold that part of the bill hostage until more answers are provided. Questioning Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz - an architect of the administration's Iraq policy and the highest-ranking official from the neoconservative forces in Washington - Senator Kennedy said, "You and other officials in the administration responsible for this war were warned [by intelligence experts that they should expect major resistance to US occupation], yet you put tens of thousands of American troops in harm's way without adequate planning." He added, "I'm going to be interested in how this could have happened. Who's accountable?" Criticism wasn't limited to Democrats. Sen. Olympia Snowe (R) of Maine said Bush "has to lay out a plan. We have to see what it will require Congress deserves to have a full accounting." The implication that heads should roll is not expected to be taken up by the president. But the criticisms are shaking up neoconservatives both inside and out of the administration, who are laying the blame for Iraq's rough ride at other feet. While neoconservatives aimed most of their prewar fire at Mr. Powell for persuading the president to take the case for war to the United Nations, now their target is Defense Secretary
ugnet_: Bush Backers Fear Iraq's Political Effect
Bush Backers Fear Iraq's Political Effect By Dana Milbank The Washington Post Wednesday 10 September 2003 President Tours Fla. for Fundraisers JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - As President Bush took a fundraising spin today through this famous electoral battleground state, his supporters here voiced worry that troubles in Iraq have hurt his political standing. In the two days since he asked to double the amount of money being spent to pacify Iraq, Bush has sought to return to his normal routine, giving a pair of education speeches and speaking at three fundraisers Monday and today. But those Republican faithful attending Bush's fundraisers, while still confident of his reelection next year, said they had grown anxious about Iraq. "This aftermath in Iraq is going to be tougher than we thought it was," said John Ellis, a real estate investor at a fundraiser here. Ellis also said he worried that Bush could "get blamed for the economic problems." Bush has not taken a question from reporters since Aug. 22. In those 18 days, escalating attacks on U.S. troops in Iraq led the administration to request another $87 billion and to reconsider its resistance to a United Nations force. Bush's Middle East peace plan has been tossed aside with the resignation of Palestinian Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas and a resumption of killings, including two suicide bombings in Israel today. Meanwhile, reports have shown the economy losing jobs and the 2004 federal deficit approaching $600 billion. Bush aides said they are not worried about his standing. They said he is not purposefully avoiding difficult subjects, pointing out that the education events were scheduled before Sunday's Iraq speech and that Bush is likely to take questions from reporters as soon as Wednesday. And they argued that this is a natural trough. "If you look at the last three years, August always is a time when the coverage goes down," a senior aide said. Polls indicate Bush has returned to the popularity he had before Sept. 11, 2001. In an ABC News survey released yesterday, 56 percent said they approved of the job Bush was doing, but the number saying the Iraq war was worth fighting slipped to 54 percent from 70 percent in late April. Just as on Monday, Bush did not mention Iraq in his official speech today at an elementary school, where he announced a new Web site to help states analyze student test data. In a speech to donors at a luncheon, Bush won applause for saying, "This nation will not be intimidated." Defending his Iraq policy, he said: "These aren't easy tasks, but they're essential tasks, and we will finish what we have begun." Bush arrived in Jacksonville after an Air Force One landing was aborted because the control tower spotted a police car near the runway. His entourage encountered a second surprise between events here as Bush's motorcade passed a motorist being detained at gunpoint for going the wrong way on the interstate as Bush approached. Bush foes rented a billboard near the event taunting Bush over jobless statistics -- "Three Million Jobs Since 2000 Lost by George W. Bush." At the first of the day's two $2,000-per-person fundraisers, which raised $2.8 million combined, the donors, while confident Bush will ultimately prevail, expressed concern about Iraq. "It's a big worry to him, I'm sure," said Maxwell Dickinson, a contributor. "It's a much stickier situation than they ever thought it would be." Jud Bennett, another contributor, said he is concerned about the effect on Bush of Iraq developments but, like others here, figured the troubles will subside before the election. "I think it'll close up because a lot of people don't approve of the Iraq situation, but I still think he'll be reelected," he said. Carol Brubaker, who drove to the fundraiser from her home across the border in Georgia, urged patience -- much as Bush did on Sunday night. "The polls are down, obviously. It must be a very difficult time for him personally," she said. Iraq "is a work in progress," she added. "I think it is getting better, so I don't think it'll be an issue that turns the election." ---
ugnet_: Rumsfeld: Rebuilding up to Iraqis
Editor's Note | George W. Bush recently asked for $87 billion in taxpayer money to fund the ongoing occupation of Iraq. For the record; in the White House proposal presented to congress 13 billion is earmarked expressly for "reconstruction." Vice President Cheney intimated that this might not prove to be enough. When Defense Secretary Rumsfeld indicates that the rebuilding of Iraq is the responsibility of the Iraqi people, an immediate question comes to mind: What is all that money for, if not to complete the rebuilding process? -- wrp/ma. Go to Original Rumsfeld: Rebuilding up to Iraqis The Seattle Times Thursday 11 September 2003 "The infrastructure of that country was not terribly damaged by the war at all." WASHINGTON Iraqis rather than Americans will have to repair most of the damage done to their country by Saddam Hussein's socialist Baath party, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld declared yesterday. "I don't believe it's our job to reconstruct that country after 30 years of centralized, Stalinist-like economic controls in that country," Rumsfeld told a National Press Club audience. "The Iraqi people are going to have to reconstruct that country over a period of time." He added, "The infrastructure of that country was not terribly damaged by the war at all." The U.S. "exit strategy" is to turn over to Iraqis both political control and responsibility for keeping order as soon as possible, said Rumsfeld, who at one point was jeered by two hecklers opposed to U.S. policy in Iraq. "Hey, Rumsfeld, what do you say, how many soldiers did you kill today?" they chanted before they were removed from the club. Police said no arrests were made. Rumsfeld, who returned Monday from a trip to Iraq and Afghanistan, acknowledged that administration officials underestimated how much reconstruction would be necessary. Rumsfeld backed a new United Nations resolution on Iraq as an important means for encouraging greater international participation in the country's reconstruction but said he doubted it would produce a large number of additional international peacekeeping forces. In a speech and question-and-answer session, Rumsfeld said he still expected to find weapons of mass destruction inside Iraq. But he clarified a remark he made during the war about where those weapons were. "We know where they are," Rumsfeld said March 30, as U.S. forces approached Baghdad. "They're in the area around Tikrit and Baghdad and east, west, south and north somewhat." "I should have said, 'I believe they're in that area; our intelligence tells us they're in that area,' " Rumsfeld said yesterday. "That was our best judgment." The number of American troops deployed in Iraq is nearly 116,000, a spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition said yesterday. That is at least 10,000 less than previously believed. Three nations want to speed up transfer of power to Iraqis. UNITED NATIONS - In amendments to a U.S. draft resolution, France, Germany and Russia are urging a speedy transfer of power from the U.S.-led coalition to an interim Iraqi administration. The amendments demand more power for Iraqis and the United Nations in running the country. The amendments were given to the United States ahead of a meeting called by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to try to get the five veto-wielding permanent Security Council members to unite behind a plan to stabilize Iraq. Foreign ministers of the five - the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France - are expected to attend the meeting Saturday in Geneva. The U.S. draft resolution invites the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council to cooperate with the United Nations and U.S. officials in Baghdad to produce "a timetable and program for the drafting of a new constitution for Iraq and for the holding of democratic elections." But it contains no time frame of when this should happen, and it leaves the key decision in the hands of the Governing Council, which has taken months just to form a Cabinet. The United States believes the Iraqis must remain in charge of this process - but France, Germany and Russia want a much faster timetable. The French-German amendments call for an interim Iraqi administration to take control of "all civilian areas, including control over natural resources and use of international assistance." A key aim of the U.S. draft is to get countries such as Turkey, India, Pakistan and Bangladesh the U.N. authorization they say they need before committing any troops to Iraq. ---
ugnet_: A Post-9-11 Reality Check
A Post-9-11 Reality Check by James Ridgeway with Phoebe St John Village Voice | Mondo Washington Wednesday 10 September 2003 The Soaring Cost of Iraq 'Peace,' the Soaring Cost of Life in America WASHINGTON, D.C.-You may think 9-11 is the somber anniversary of a terrible event in American history, but for the Bush campaign managers it is yet another opportunity for spin. They are doing their level best to recast the image of Dubya on 9-11. Instead of a president who skitters around the country from bunker to bunker, we now see a tough, decisive Texas cowboy. But the spindoctors have their work cut out for them, not only because of Bush's timid behavior on 9-11, but because of the disastrous effects of his right-wing policies within the U.S. The remake goes forward full tilt. Bush on the ramparts Sunday: "Enemies of freedom are making a desperate stand there, and there they must be defeated." Ashcroft in the trenches, visiting city after city with his call to root out the terrorists under the Patriot Act: "We have used these tools to provide the security that ensures liberty." Rumsfeld on the ground in Iraq: "The purpose is . . . there's several. One is to visit the troops and make sure they understand how important what they're doing is to the people of Iraq, to the region, and to the world." Cheney at ground zero. And Tom Ridge, the man in charge of "homeland security," with a tear or two for the 9-11 victims: "We do remember them. We remember 3,000 souls . . . " Behind the images, there's a very different story. ABROAD Afghanistan: Still no sign of bin Laden. "We don't know where he is," a U.S. Army spokesman for American forces in Afghanistan said recently. "And frankly, it's not about him." Dead or alive, bin Laden has achieved a new life. One day there is a report he's dead, the next that the evil one was hosting a massive terror summit in the Afghan mountains. There have been fresh waves of violence in Afghanistan, as the Taliban regroups from its hidden, outlying strongholds conducting guerrilla attacks against civilians, Afghan government forces, clerics loyal to the government, foreign aid workers, and U.S. forces. In the space of 10 days in August, 90 civilians were killed in such attacks. And there's still no sign of the Taliban leader, Mullah Omar. Iraq: Amid continuing reports of disaster in Iraq, the administration continues to trumpet our occupation as a victory for freedom-loving peoples: "It is not a country in chaos," said L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. civil chief there, "and Baghdad is not a city in chaos." Saddam is still on the loose. We haven't yet found the weapons of mass destruction. But we have discovered efforts by both Bush and Tony Blair to distort the facts about such weapons' existence to convince both the U.S. and British public to support the war. Casualties continue to rise. Following Bush's tough-talk appearance Sunday night, two more GIs were wounded in Baghdad on Monday. So far, at least 6,000 civilians have died, according to Iraqbodycount.net, along with close to 300 U.S. and coalition soldiers, and Baghdad in general has become much more lawless and violent-the city's morgue reports a dramatic increase in gunshot deaths. Parallels to Vietnam are increasingly mentioned because guerrillas have bombed the Jordanian embassy in Baghdad, the UN's Baghdad office, and the Najaf mosque, where Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim was killed last week. "Iraq could become a failed state if there isn't enough security," Phebe Marr, author of The Modern History of Iraq, told The Christian Science Monitor. "And nothing attracts terrorists as much as a failed state." In the wake of all this, aid groups, including Oxfam and the Red Cross, are hastily retreating. This leaves Iraqis to suffer the full impact of badly damaged or unworkable water, power, and sanitation systems, poor transportation of supplies, and few organizations available to quickly repair hospitals, most of which have been either shelled or looted, or both. AT HOME As it now turns out, both the Clinton and Bush administrations had been warned repeatedly since 1997 of the possibility of an attack on Washington and New York by terrorists using airliners as missiles, according to morsels of a congressional report released this summer. Given these warnings, it is hard to believe that on September 11, 2001, there was not one military jet aloft patrolling the Eastern Seaboard. The Bush administration's answer to the actual 9-11 carnage was the creation of the $35 billion-a-year Department of Homeland Security, with 160,000 employees and a projected huge federal police presence provided for under the Patriot Act. Prisoners are being held incommunicado and without other basic rights at Guantánamo Bay and in military lockups within the U.S. Racial-profiling systems are being used to round up supposed terrorists. The ACLU notes that under the Patriot
ugnet_: Free Trade Is War
Free Trade Is War By Naomi Klein The Nation Saturday 13 September 2003 On Monday, seven antiprivatization activists were arrested in Soweto for blocking the installation of prepaid water meters. The meters are a privatized answer to the fact that millions of poor South Africans cannot pay their water bills. The new gadgets work like pay-as-you-go cell phones, only instead of having a dead phone when you run out of money, you have dead people, sickened by drinking cholera-infested water. On the same day South Africa's "water warriors" were locked up, Argentina's negotiations with the International Monetary Fund bogged down. The sticking point was rate hikes for privatized utility companies. In a country where 50 percent of the population is living in poverty, the IMF is demanding that multinational water and electricity companies be allowed to increase their rates by a staggering 30 percent. At trade summits, debates about privatization can seem wonkish and abstract. On the ground, they are as clear and urgent as the right to survive. After September 11, right-wing pundits couldn't bury the globalization movement fast enough. We were gleefully informed that in times of war, no one would care about frivolous issues like water privatization. Much of the US antiwar movement fell into a related trap: Now was not the time to focus on divisive economic debates, it was time to come together to call for peace. All this nonsense ends in Cancún this week, when thousands of activists converge to declare that the brutal economic model advanced by the World Trade Organization is itself a form of war. War because privatization and deregulation kill--by pushing up prices on necessities like water and medicines and pushing down prices on raw commodities like coffee, making small farms unsustainable. War because those who resist and "refuse to disappear," as the Zapatistas say, are routinely arrested, beaten and even killed. War because when this kind of low-intensity repression fails to clear the path to corporate liberation, the real wars begin. The global antiwar protests that surprised the world on February 15 grew out of the networks built by years of globalization activism, from Indymedia to the World Social Forum. And despite attempts to keep the movements separate, their only future lies in the convergence represented by Cancún. Past movements have tried to fight wars without confronting the economic interests behind them, or to win economic justice without confronting military power. Today's activists, already experts at following the money, aren't making the same mistake. Take Rachel Corrie. Although she is engraved in our minds as the 23-year-old in an orange jacket with the courage to face down Israeli bulldozers, Corrie had already glimpsed a larger threat looming behind the military hardware. "I think it is counterproductive to only draw attention to crisis points--the demolition of houses, shootings, overt violence," she wrote in one of her last e-mails. "So much of what happens in Rafah is related to this slow elimination of people's ability to survive Water, in particular, seems critical and invisible." The 1999 Battle of Seattle was Corrie's first big protest. When she arrived in Gaza, she had already trained herself not only to see the repression on the surface but to dig deeper, to search for the economic interests served by the Israeli attacks. This digging--interrupted by her murder--led Corrie to the wells in nearby settlements, which she suspected of diverting precious water from Gaza to Israeli agricultural land. Similarly, when Washington started handing out reconstruction contracts in Iraq, veterans of the globalization debate spotted the underlying agenda in the familiar names of deregulation and privatization pushers Bechtel and Halliburton. If these guys are leading the charge, it means Iraq is being sold off, not rebuilt. Even those who opposed the war exclusively for how it was waged (without UN approval, with insufficient evidence that Iraq posed an imminent threat) now cannot help but see why it was waged: to implement the very same policies being protested in Cancún--mass privatization, unrestricted access for multinationals and drastic public-sector cutbacks. As Robert Fisk recently wrote in The Independent, Paul Bremer's uniform says it all: "a business suit and combat boots." Occupied Iraq is being turned into a twisted laboratory for freebase free-market economics, much as Chile was for Milton Friedman's "Chicago boys" after the 1973 coup. Friedman called it "shock treatment," though, as in Iraq, it was actually armed robbery of the shellshocked. Speaking of Chile, the Bush Administration has let it be known that if the Cancún meetings fail, it will simply barrel ahead with more bilateral free-trade deals, like the one just signed with Chile. Insignificant in economic terms, the deal's real
ugnet_: THE DEAD CAN NOT SPEAK!
In August 1976, an article appeared in this magazine written by Orlando Letelier, former foreign affairs minister in Salvador Allende's overthrown government. Letelier was frustrated with an international community that professed horror at Pinochet's human rights abuses but supported his free-market policies, refusing to see "the brutal force required to achieve these goals. Repression for the majorities and 'economic freedom' for small privileged groups are in Chile two sides of the same coin." Less than a month later, Letelier was killed by a car bomb in Washington, DC.
ugnet_: Burundi rebel says power share talks fail
Hear hear! One could have easily predicted this out come! Netters, if I were to wage a bet, on the outcome of the so called Burundi peace involving Mbeki, Museveni, Mkapa and the rest of the so called African Leaders.. I would be a rich man by now!!! Oh Dear! One is simply amazed at the lack clear understanding of the Issues in Burundi which has contributed to the nightmarish situation in that country. What can I say... deal with you "Wisemen" or is it pseudo "WISEMEN" like Museveni!! I hear warmonger Museveni is the "Mediator" of the Burundi Peace talks!! Matek Burundi rebel says power share talks fail DAR ES SALAAM, Sept 15 (Reuters) - A Burundi rebel leader said on Monday talks mediated by African leaders aimed at ending a decade of civil war had failed to work out a power-sharing solution to a conflict that has killed some 300,000 people. "We have failed to agree on the issue of power sharing because we wanted the post of the speaker of parliament, and the government rejected our proposal," Pierre Nkurunziza, leader of the Forces for the Defence of Democracy (FDD) Hutu rebels, told reporters at a summit of African presidents. He added that the FDD also wanted the vice presidency but said the Tutsi-dominated Burundian government of President Domitien Ndayizeye had also rejected that demand. "The transitional government wants to rule the country and parliament on its own. It doesn't want to compromise," he said after a session of talks with the presidents of Tanzania, South Africa, Uganda and Mozambique in Tanzania's main city of Dar Es Salaam. Nkurunziza later resumed talks with the leaders and then left the talks for a second time, saying the presidents had asked him to remain in the city in case they needed to talk to him again to try to forge a compromise on power-sharing . The FDD is one of several Hutu groups fighting to end the traditional political dominance of the Tutsi minority. Ndayizeye, who was also in Dar Es Salaam, held separate consultations with some of the four presidents but did not take part in the talks involving Nkurunziza, officials said. Nkurunziza said the FDD had been offered, and had rejected, the posts of second deputy speaker of parliament and minister of state in the president's office. There was no immediate comment from Burundi government officials on Nkurunziza's comments. The summit follows talks last week between Ndayizeye and Nkurunziza held in Uganda which faltered after the two sides disagreed over power sharing. The peace process faces many other challenges, including the refusal by another rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), to hold talks with Ndayizeye's transitional government. 09/15/03 17:05 ET Hear hear! One could have easily predicted this out come! Netters, if I were to wage a bet, on the outcome of the so called Burundi peace involving Mbeki, Museveni, Mkapa and the rest of the so called African Leaders.. I would be a rich man by now!!! Oh Dear! Matek
ugnet_: Re: Burundi rebel says power share talks fail
In a message dated 9/16/2003 12:03:30 AM Eastern Daylight Time, Matekopoko writes: There was no immediate comment from Burundi government officials on Nkurunziza's comments. The summit follows talks last week between Ndayizeye and Nkurunziza held in Uganda which faltered after the two sides disagreed over power sharing. The peace process faces many other challenges, including the refusal by another rebel group, the National Liberation Forces (FNL), to hold talks with Ndayizeye's transitional government. Ayee... But the NEW VISION quoted Wakapabulo who stated that there was quote " a ray of Hope "in the Burundi peace Negotiations. You mean there was NO RAY OF HOPE AFTER ALL!!
ugnet_: Fwd: Acholi oppose Arrow Group
The text of the petition quoted below follows the article. Ochan Acholi oppose Arrow Group By Kennedy Lule September 16, 2003 PARLIAMENT- Members of Parliament from Acholi are strongly opposed to the creation of a local militia to fight the Joseph Kony insurgency in the north. About 62 Acholi of the Diaspora, have also signed a petition opposing the creation of a local militia in Acholiland. In the Teso sub-region, the Arrow Group, is fighting the rebels alongside the UPDF. The opposition comes weeks after government ministers, Ruth Nankabirwa (Defence), Betty Akech (Security) and Okello Oryem (Sports) spent time in the north, urging Acholi youth to take up arms against the LRA like the Iteso are doing under the Arrow Group. The members of the Acholi forum signed the petition last week and e-mailed it to President Yoweri Museveni on September 9. They say creating a local militia would lead to more blood shed in Acholi. They argued that the Acholis in 1994 created the 'Arrow Brigade', which ended with disastrous consequences. They said many civilians were killed by the LRA. The petition is copied to Akech, Nankabirwa, Oryem, Acholi MPs, Acholi religious leaders, Mr Aliro Omara of the Uganda Human Rights Commission, the Human Rights Focus, Gulu branch and Amnesty International among others. The Presidential Press Secretary, Mary Okurut couldn't confirm yesterday whether Museveni had received the petition. Nankabirwa said she had not received the petition. She said she was surprised that MPs Prof. Ogenga Latigo (Agago County), Santa Okot (Pader), Odonga Otto (Aruu County) are now opposing the creation of a local militia in Acholi. She said the MPs were supportive of the idea during her mobilisation tours. Ogenga has invited me to go to his constituency. We have addressed rallies with Otto and Okot [in their constituencies]. What are they saying now? Nankabirwa wondered. Otto, Okot, Ogenga, Mr Reagan Okumu (Aswa) and Mr Mike Ocula (Kilak) said yesterday they are opposed to the Arrow group idea. Okumu and Okot said they want a law governing local militias in place before they encourage their people to join. Our home guards get 40,000/- a month. They do sixty percent of the work...The UPDF soldiers earn 150,000/- a month. Why should our people be a source of cheap reserve labour? Okumu asked. Okot said home guards in her constituency are being killed. She said their families are left with no compensation from government because there is no law governing them. Otto said he wants the youth to join UPDF not Arrow Group. Ocula said he wants peace. He said he cannot urge people to join a local militia. Okumu said government failed to arm the Arrow brigade, which forced them to use arrows, spears and pangas to fight the LRA. He said the rebels came out killing and maiming civilians. © 2003 The Monitor Date: September 9, 2003 From: Concerned Acoli in the Diaspora To: Mr. Yoweri Moseveni, President of Uganda State House Nakasero, P.O.Box 24594, Kampala E-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fax: +256-41-255243/+256-41-346102 Cc: Ms Ruth Nankabirwa, State Minister for Defence ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Ms. Betty Akech, State Minister for Security ([EMAIL PROTECTED] ) Mr Okello Oryem, State Minster for Sports ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Aliro Omara, Uganda Human Rights Commissioner ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Human Right Focus, Gulu ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Acoli Parliamentary Group members Rwodi Acoli Acoli Religious Leaders Peace Initiatives ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Amnesty International Re: Petition Against the Creation of Tribal Militia in Acoli The war in Acoli and the continuing suffering of the people of the region has gone on for over 17 years. We, the undersigned, who have escaped the experiences of the dire physical deprivations that haunt the residents of Acoli, cannot extricate our souls and minds from the fates of our brethren. We, therefore, watch with great trepidation and concern the unfolding emergence and encouragement of the various tribal militias. While the concept may be tenable in other tribal regions, even as we question the wisdom of it as a public policy, we believe that the idea of an Acoli youth militia fighting the LRA is a recipe for a blood bath that will be a death knell to any semblance of the Acoli as a community. As a military policy, the primitive Arrow Brigade tribal militia was first instituted in Acoli sub-region way back in l994; and which ended with disastrous consequences, meted against the innocent majority, non-combatant civilians. The UPDF has a large and heavily armed presence in Acoliland unlike other regions experimenting with the youth militias. We ask the same question Archbishop Odama, in effect, posed: If the UPDF has not managed to conclude the LRA war in these many years, what skills, different from that employed by the many Acoli in the UPDF, will the Acoli youth militias bring to the table (or
ugnet_: ZIMBABWE LEADS IN FIGHT AGAINIST IMPERIALISM
Zimbabwe leads in fight against imperialism By Beloved Jambawo When a revolutionary moment has reached the climax, it is a great honour to mankind, a moment of historical reality, of swift and tremendous transformation. Its effect is felt across the continents and identifies itself with all those whose anticipation for identical liberties has been ever rising. It is a watershed in human history and civilisation which sweeps past the face of counter-revolutionaries against all odds, leaving them in a delusion. In the past four years, events in Zimbabwe and the current economic problems which Zimbabwe will certainly overcome, mark the summit of a new phase of historical transformation ever since the rise of industrialisation and imperialism. It also marks the "final lap to total emancipation of the Third World countries, as has been demonstrated by the candid and unbridled support Zimbabwe received from non-Western countries. What has remained as a great historical divide are the "white-supremacist policies of the 19th century that have left bitterness and distrust of the white mans motives, which are now a major menace to world peace, apart from being a moral disgrace to the non-Western world and human civilisation at large. It is almost fifty years when a sense of unity began to develop among non-Western countries, with the first conference of Asian African nations held at Bandung in Indonesia in April 1955, which denounced the imperialistic designs of the West on their countries. The non-Western world comprises Africa, Latin America, Asia and the Middle-East many worlds apart but whose parts have more in common with each other than with the West. It is larger and more populous and has at one point or another suffered the bruise of colonisation and today still suffers neo-colonial domination. At the Bandung Conference, Nehru, the Prime Minister of India then, was aware of the long-term implications and he observed: "It would be a misreading of history to regard Bandung as an isolated occurrence and not part of a great movement of human history. Today fifty years down the history line the sense of unity of purpose among the non-Western world has reached fever pitch and the white supremacist attitude remains the greatest threat to global peace as dramatised by the attitude of the biggest 19th century imperial power Britain and the twentieth century imperial power America." Instability in Iraq, Afghanistan, Yugoslavia, the DRC, Kashmir, Liberia, Palestine, Israel and the September 11 attacks emanate from the white mans past and present bellicose imperialism. These case studies are a direct result of imperialistic designs denounced at the Bandung conference fifty years ago. Zimbabwe has become the nerve centre of the beginning of the new era in the fight against white supremacy in the non-Western world since flag independence. The support Zimbabwe received from non-Western countries indicates the ever rising expectation of non-Western nationalism against white domination. A revolutionary moment is one of universal truth. In December 2001, in an article in this column titled Masters of deceit, I made two important predictions which have today come true. It was after the ailing racist Lord Soames together with Jack Straw were lobbying for the Zimbabwe Democracy Bill, supported staunchly by the MDC. I pointed out that the Bill was a pie in the sky and if it were to have any effect it would strengthen the African alliances and split the Commonwealth, rendering it irrelevant. I also said Zimbabwe was about to make a bold statement on the international arena. Today Africa, the sleeping giant, is gradually awakening and Zimbabwe is the shining star in the new chapter towards human equality and justice and castration of white supremacist policies since the 19th century. Almost fifty years ago, Anorld Tonybee made a similar prediction, which is currently on the verge of fulfilment. He said: "It maybe that the era of white supremacy is a temporary stage in history, and when the stage of transition will be over, Asia will emerge as the new giant in this world with a new Africa standing at its shoulder. In the coming century the non-Western world must be the hammer not the anvil. History and civilisation distinctly reveal, in the eyes of mankind, the naked truth. Firstly, that there is only one human history and one world civilisation which is the reality. Secondly, that all men are born in the image of God, not his colour. Lastly, the dilemma for centuries is that both history and civilisation are Westernised. Everything is seen in the eyes of the West neglecting the history, traditions and cultural values of the non-Western world. l To be continued The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
