Re: ugnet_: Tribal nonsense and modern sense
Owor: Edward Mulindwa needs to read this article real good. He needs to stop fighting his anti-Buganda wars with his tribal nonsense. Rehema M.Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Letter to God Tribal nonsense and modern sense By Angel Richards December 12, 2003 http://www.ghanaian-chronicle.com/231212/page2p.htm Dear God, Here I come again. How are we? I am a bit angry at my brother Jesus but we should not quarrel in public, so we will softly handle all that later. I hope you are in perfect health anyway. Please take care of yourself up there. I need you every microsecond. Dad, despite my prayers against it, I had to bury a beloved one only last week, so my eyes are still full of tears but youve taught us to never complain once we are in your army. Man cant know better, God knows best what is good. In all humility therefore, Im back on my white horse. Lead on and Ill follow. This week, I am touching on tribalism. Father, honestly, I hadnt known that tribes really existed on earth still. I had thought those were 10th century matters. Meanwhile, already strong nations of Europe have come together to form an even stronger union. I was therefore relieved to hear that the long overdue union of already weak African nations was materializing. This union of nations is the rational means left to Africa in her search for relative strength in this world where might is right. My thoughts were therefore pondering how our nations could integrate socially the more. Father, imagine therefore my surprise to hear that some were now talking of tribal superiority in this bright 20th century! Dad, please dont laugh. This is very sad and serious. While some are moving ahead in intellect, thinking of progressive matters, others think we should be talking tribe. With whose time? Mine? Have I no work to do? Even so, I could rest at least or study the Bible. Honestly, were it not for the replicating evil cost of tribalism all over Africa, I would have kept silent and let my tired pen too rest a bit. But Lord, "the superfluity of the mouth descends into the beard" and the goats idiocy affects even the sheep later, so I must get out of my sweet, strictly - single bed this cold night and write. Father, how do I let the coming generation at least know the truth? Tribalism is the result of under-developed minds, stark spiritual poverty, unlimited ignorance, plain ungodliness and paganism. For instance, you our Lord will judge us all one by one. Why? Even Siamese twins could be totally different from each other. Anyone who has your true spirit therefore, possesses your true nature, which judges one by one. Whoever is tribalistic or racist thus inhabits the spirit of Satan whose job is to divide your children against each other. The gory genocides for which Africa is well known, took root from judging people en masse. Liberia, Rwanda, Burundi etc have had their share. Many such evil civil wars were whetted mostly on tribal enmity. But who wants to learn? While you sent us here to glorify you, we are seriously beating our own chests, expecting people to bow to us. For what? Have we finished worshipping God our creator? Father, help us the lost ones realise earl y that, progressive minds are thinking of going to the moon, so, no serious intellect has time for tribal nonsense today. How many years have we on this earth anyway to waste some on trivialities like tribal backwardness? Those who dont want to know that we are all Gods children living humbly under His grace should keep beating their chests over superiority. Indeed, much rests on upbringing and ones parents. To quote my favorite writer, "When brought up to see oneself as the product of a tribe, one meets people from different tribes in life; when brought up to see oneself as the product of a race, one meets people from different races in life; but when brought up to know one is the child of God, wherever one goes, one sees only fellow children of God around." Kwesi Anyagli-Mensah. No wonder this poets famous composition: AM I GOING BLIND? While others see tribes and races, / I see only different faces. / I really strain and strain my eyes / to see clearly and tell no lies / but believe me, yours sincerely. / Humanity is all I see. / While other eyes see blacks and whites / mine seem to miss such color sights./No blacks have ever crossed my way, / no whites have I met any day. / Humanity! Humanity!. / Humanity is all I see./ Some say they see Christians somewhere / and that Moslems are here or there. / This time, I really rub my eyes / to see clearly and tell no lies /but believe me yours sincerely. / Humanity is all I see! K. A. M. The same poet lamented in: OH AFRICA! Whereas others have reached the moon / and may conquer more planets soon, / we are still fighting tribal wars / and soon go begging at their doors. K.A.M. My Lord, I know if we mean to really progress, we should think more globally than locally. Were Kofi Annans mind cloistered on
Re: ugnet_: Clerics Plead With Kony to Stop Fighting
People better forget about Kony giving up fighting. They should instead find out why the man is fighting in this endless war. Telling Kony to give up without meeting his demands is a joke! Our gov't knows what Kony has asked them in several peace negotiations, but has chosen not to meet any of his demands. So, we all know who is keeping this war going, not Kony but Museveni (gov't).[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Clerics Plead With Kony to Stop Fighting New Vision (Kampala)December 11, 2003 Posted to the web December 11, 2003 Justin MoroGulu THE Mufti of Uganda, Sheikh Shaban Mubajje, has called upon the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels of Joseph Kony to stop killing innocent people, saying it is against God's will.Mubajje said the Islamic religion, as other religions, condemns killing innocent people.He said, "I appeal to the LRA rebels to put down their arms and accept the Government's peace initiative to end this war. We want to have a united country which is peac eful to live in."He was speaking over Gulu-based Mega FM radio recently.The Archbishop of Kampala Diocese, Cardinal Emmanuel Wamala, said, "I appeal to our annoyed brothers (rebels) to accept to discuss peace with the Government to solve this conflict."He said the leaders of the Inter Religious Council of Uganda were in Gulu to show solidarity to the suffering people in the sub-region.The out-going Church of Uganda Archbishop, the Rt. Rev. Mpalanyi Nkoyooyo, is leading the council members.They are to assess the living conditions of the people in the internally displaced people's camps.The Orthodox leader, Yonah Lwanga, Gulu Archbishop John Baptist Odama and Northern Uganda Bishop of the Church of Uganda, the Rt. Rev. Nelson Onono Onweng, also talked over the radio.The religious team met the state minister for northern Uganda rehabilitation, Grace Akello in her office. Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
Re: ugnet_: Tame Rebels, Akello Tells Clergy
The Amnesty Commission is not the solution to the war. The only solution is to meet the LRA demands of "democracy" in the country. We all know that the LRA wants Museveni out of the chair, so what is he waiting for?? Museveni is keeping many Ugandans hostages and human shields to his dictatorial rule. If Museveni was sympathetic to the Northern lives we lost and we lossing now, he should give up power and let democracy flourish in our Uganda. Museveni needs to give the Acholis a Federal Status, give up power, and then we shall see some peace in the North. But as long as the mentioned are not realities in the North, the war will never end. Why do you think Museveni gets no votes from the Northern part of Uganda?? He has support of the people, he has failed them.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tame Rebels, Akello Tells Clergy New Vision (Kampala)December 11, 2003 Posted to the web December 11, 2003 James OlochKampala THE state minister for northern Uganda, Grace Akello, has asked religious leaders to counsel Kony rebels to surrender.Akello said religious leaders should talk to the rebels with the knowledge of the military, her office and local leaders."The Government wants them to surrender and they would be resettled," she said.Akello was speaking at celebrations to mark the World Day for Disabled Persons at Apac recently.Akello represen ted the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, at the national celebrations hosted by the district.She said President Yoweri Museveni was committed to ending the rebel atrocities in the region.She said Museveni had strengthened the UPDF onslaught against the rebels by recruiting the Amuka group to help the army fight the LRA rebels in Lira as they did in Teso region.She challenged the Lord's Resistance Army leadership to come out of the bush if they were committed to peaceful resolution of the conflict.She said the formation of the Amnesty Commission and other peace teams showed Museveni's quest to end the war by any means possible. Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
Re: ugnet_: EU Renews Call for Kony Talks
Atleast the European Union realises that it is the gov't of Uganda that should seek to end the war and NOT the LRA. That is a big important acknowledgment. This tells us that all along the Ugandan Gov't has been the one keeping the war in the North going on.[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: EU Renews Call for Kony Talks New Vision (Kampala)December 12, 2003 Posted to the web December 12, 2003 Jude EtyangKampala THE European Union (EU) has reiterated its call to the Government to seek a peaceful solution to the 17-year-old rebellion in northern Uganda.The EU Head of delegation in Uganda, Sigurd Illing, said the Government should negotiate with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels.He said the war had displaced nearly 1.2 million people and caused death of many others.Illing was speaking after he accepted the Always Be Tolerant (ABETO) diplomatic peace award 2003 yesterday in Kampala.The Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki, presented the award to Illing. Illing said conflict undermined poverty reduction, good governance and human rights strategies. He said the war could create a fertile breeding ground for terrorism.He said the EU had spent over sh10b in peace and human rights programmes.Illing said the EU supports religious leaders and civil society organisations efforts to end the conflict.Odoki said he supports ABETOs' struggle to inculcate the culture of peace and tolerance in the Uganda community."This is not a simple task given the political and cultural history of our country," said Odoki.ABETO chairman Moses Musana said the award was started last year to recognise the efforts of diplomats who had contributed to peace projects in the country. Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard
ugnet_: THE AXIS OF INCOHERENCE
The Axis of Incoherenceby Jim LobeDecember 12, 2003 As the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush searches increasingly desperately for a viable "exit strategy" from an Iraqi quagmire, its policy there is appearing ever more incoherent. The latest example and an especially spectacular one took place Wednesday when, at the same moment that Bush himself was personally asking key European and other leaders to forgive tens of billions of dollars in Iraq's crushing debt, the Pentagon announced on its website that companies from the same countries will not be permitted to bid on 18.6 billion dollars in reconstruction contracts there. Needless to say, the Pentagon's directive and its timing were unlikely to put the leaders of Russia, France and Germany the most important of the excluded countries in the mood to forgive a lot of Iraq's debt. Even the deputy prime minister of Canada, another blacklisted country, suggested that Ottawa may have to reconsider its plans to add to the 190 million dollars it has already contributed to reconstruction. The New York Times reported that White House officials were "fuming" over the Pentagon's announcement. Foremost among them, no doubt, was former Secretary of State James Baker who was spending his first day on the job as Bush's special envoy for, of all things, reducing Iraq's debt. Indeed, Bush was asking German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, French President Jacques Chirac, Russian President Vladimir Putin, among others, to welcome Baker when he comes calling. But Wednesday's embarrassing and potentially costly snafu is symptomatic of a larger problem faced by an administration that seems increasingly at sea over what to do about Iraq and whose constituent parts are trying desperately to protect their own interests. This has become especially clear over the past month in Iraq itself where the US military has adopted much more aggressive counterinsurgency tactics in order to reduce insurgent attacks against its own forces, even at the expense of the larger struggle waged by the Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA) to win the "hearts and minds" of Iraqis, including the residents of the so-called "Sunni Triangle." On the one hand, the CPA's job is to convince Iraqis that US troops are there to help them to rebuild and make a transition to democratic Iraq. On the other hand, the military, which lost a record number of troops to hostile fire last month, is now embarked on a military campaign in the region that increasingly apes Israeli tactics. Razor-wire fences, checkpoints, nighttime raids and roundups, bombing, and the demolition of houses and other buildings have never persuaded Palestinians that Israeli soldiers are in the West Bank to help them. The CPA and the military now have "opposing goals," noted ret. Rear Adm. David Oliver, who just returned from a high-level CPA job. While Gen. Ricardo Sanchez's forces are focused on "tactical and immediate" goals of hunting down suspected guerrillas and maintaining order, CPA chief L. Paul Bremer is trying to win the confidence of the Iraqi people. "The military's goal has nothing to do with the (Coalition's) success," Oliver said. This incoherence or rather the exasperating difficulty of reconciling military tactics to strategic goals was best expressed this week by Lt. Col. Nathan Sussaman, the commander of a battalion that that has surrounded the town of Abu Hishma with a razor wire fence. "With a heavy dose of fear and violence, and a lot of money for projects," he told the New York Times, "I think we can convince these people that we are here to help them." Incoherence of a third kind is reflected in the continuing bureaucratic infighting over power within Iraq that pits the neo-conservative hawks around Pentagon chief Donald Rumsfeld and Vice President Dick Cheney against the "realists" and regional specialists in the State Department and the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA). While the neo-cons continue to try to bolster their favorites on the Iraqi Governing Council, primarily Ahmed Chalabi of the Iraqi National Congress (INC), the "realists" are more inclined to work with others on the Council, notably Ayad Alawi, leader of the Iraqi National Accord (INA), long a CIA favorite. During the 1990s, the two groups, both of which boasted high-ranking secret contacts within the Iraqi army and intelligence services, competed for influence in Washington, but, with
ugnet_: THE FALLACY OF THE WAR ON TERROR
The Fallacy of the War on Terror by Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez Despite the trillions being spent worldwide to combat terrorism, there is no war on terrorism. This bears repeating: There is no "war on terror." We note this when as a society we think about the global AIDS epidemic (Dec. 1), the human rights situation worldwide (Dec. 10), and the rights of migrants (Dec. 18) during a rise once again in the anti-immigrant movement in this country. It's also a time when the world's major religions focus on peace and good will. If we were actually engaged in such a war, it would be clearly defined, with unambiguous objectives and parameters. It would first necessarily target despotic governments that threaten humanity and use state terror to torture and systematically deprive their own citizens of their human rights. And it wouldn't force allied nations to act against their own citizens' wishes. A country involved in such a war wouldn't permit the export of torture instruments , wouldn't sabotage international weapons treaties, nor blackmail nations to exempt it from the international war crimes tribunal. It wouldn't proliferate its own weapons of mass destruction, nor research the use of "mini-nuclear bombs." In actuality, President Bush is hurtling toward U.S.-worldwide economic and military domination. Hence, "You're either with us or against us." This dictum allows us and our "allies" to ruthlessly stamp out domestic opposition ... all in the name of combating terror. How many of these allies are undemocratic and notorious human rights violators. The failure to define this war permits the president to place the nation in an unconstitutional permanent state of war (against any nation he so chooses, without congressional approval). Currently, the war on terror is as vague as the "war on drugs" -- and as "winnable." Ironically, in Afghanistan, where both these wars intersect, heroin production has skyrocketed since U.S. "liberation." The president can't declare a war against Islam (though his surrogates have) for fear of igniting a global religious war. He can't define the war as being against Arab extremists or even simply against (the catch-all) al-Qaida, because that would restrict him from places such as Colombia. This worldwide "war on terror" is oxymoronic because, as others have noted, it's a war against a method, not an enemy. Additionally, the 2002 "Bush doctrine" invites a pre-emptive permanent state of war where any opponent of U.S. policies can be designated an enemy. The question begs to be asked: If a people are being viciously repressed anywhere worldwide -- including at the ballot box -- what permissible method can be used to rebel? To wage a successful war against terrorism and terrorists, a clear definition of what constitutes legitimate insurrection is also in order. Without it, there wouldn't even be a United States, and there can't be an end to the war on terrorism. Perhaps that's the president's objective. And what might constitute a U.S. enemy? Any nation that disagrees with U.S. goals (France, Germany and Russia)? Yet the administration's claim is that this war isn't directed at traditional nation-states (outside of Afghanistan, Iraq, North Korea, Iran, Syria, Libya, Venezuela, Cuba, etc.), but against terrorists and their supporters. The ramifications of such an open-ended war are that anyone could be deemed a suspect or an "enemy combatant" and held secretly, without charges and legal representation (our post-9/11 U.S. reality). Don't we now also have special prisons (Guantanamo) and overseas prisoner transfers (for purposes of torture) outside of U.S. and international jurisprudence? Have we also not seen "special registration" of Arab-Muslim men? And aren't intelligence units once again spying on peace groups? This war encourages societies to consolidate power, defend the "homeland" (the Fatherland), govern from a place of secrecy, enact repressive "temporary" laws (USA Patriot Act I and II), and create "suspect" (including "no fly") lists. It also encourages the militarization of nations and for them to copy the tactics of the U.S. and Israeli military (i.e., deceptions, pre-emptive war and military assassinations without trials and much "collateral damage"). It invites scapegoating (Clear Law for Criminal Alien Removal of 2003, HR 2671), and it encourages debates over who's a citizen (Roman Empire), who's loyal and patriotic (McCarthyism), and who's
Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE- E. Mulindwa
Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Mulindwa:Because Canada did a ground work before it became a Federal State, it didnot get a bunch of dictators and force them out of Kampala thinking that itis the solution. As I have said before, Federalism is a kind of governancewhich shows how democratically you are developed. - A fews days ago, you told us how Federalism is not democratic. Are you turning against your own words?? Is this what you call critical thinking?? I wonder! Come On! Wake up! The problem/s in Uganda is neither unitary nor Federalism, it is a creationof a space where any of those two systems can function. Uganda has no system so any body, or any leader, or any political party you put in Uganda willfail. - If Uganda according to you has no system, what is Unitarism?? Why do we have districts that can not support themselves?? How would you call that?? Not a system?? You must be crazy in your mind! Mayombo is a killer if he is in Kampala, and if you put him in Mpigias a District Security officer under a Federal Buganda government, Mayombowill kill Ugandans. For his killing Ugandans today is not for NRM is inpower, it is because Uganda as a state has no system which requires Mayombo to be answerable to any body. As long as he is answerable to the President that is good enough for him Ugandans can die as they want. - First of all, Mayombo would be answerable to the Federal Buganda Gov't because they will keep a closer look on him. While in Unitarism, Mayombo might sometimes be in Lira doing illegal things and he can not be kept on a close eye because Kampala is far away from Lira. You talked of a "Mpigi District" under a Federal Buganda government. Mulindwa, are you even more crazier than I thought?! "Districts" do not fall under State control, they are controlled by the Central/Federal gov't. p; That is why in a Unitary fashion were districts are controlled by the central gov't in Kampala are hard to manage and sustain because they are way too far and there is lack of local care from the dictators in Kampala. Now you are going to tell us that in a Buganda federal unit he will not. - How do you predict that Mayombo can or will break rules in a Buganda federal unit as a security officer?? What kind of measurement do you use to predict the future, especially in Buganda (since you chose to marginalize other tribes/regions)?? And I will respond to you that it was even your self who stated here that inBuganda we have close Royals and distant royals, now on that kind ofsectarian system, put in Mayombo as a security officer, then you will seehow the distant royals,or even close ones, are packed in train wagons, andmy parents will follow. - You have failed to grasp the relationship between close royals and distant royals, haven't you?! You still don't get it, you are just running around from one misunderstanding to the next. And we have very many other examples we can look at, for example if we havehard a war in Northern Uganda for 20 years and the population in Buganda issaying "Ffe Kasita Twebaka" What makes you believe that if a tragedy let ussay flood hits Northern Uganda, Baganda will use some of their resources torescue the Northerners? I mean I have just got off the Radio Rhino sitewhere a member told us specifically th at there will never be a Northernerleading Uganda again, and that is one of the NRM's agenda. Now on peoplewith such venom between each other how can you put them in a federal union? - This is exactly the reason why we need Federalism in Uganda. What has created this venom between these two people?? Is it Unitarism where each of these people is fighting to get to the national cake, or Federalism where each of these people will have a share of the national cake in their regions?? Mulindwa, this is where you blind yourself. People with such venom against each other need to be separated (not devorced) before they kill off each other as they are doing now, in Unitarism. A Federal system is a very good system, but before you put it in a nationyou must work out the basics. Canada became a federal nation for if youkilled an Ontarian police would arrest you and take you court. Can youimagine if an Ontarian was killed and a Manitoban said "Ffe Kasita Twebaka"? - Ha, ha, ha, ha, you're a blind man! Why did Canada split power and adopted a Federal system?? Was it because an Ontarian was sympathetic to a Manitoban?? Was it because an Ontarian would be or not be arrested by the police if he/she killed a Manitoban?? Why is there a differentiation in your tongue of an Ontarian as a "Ffe" and not both as a "them"?? Does this categorization of Ontarians from Manitoban 'sectarian' to you also?? Or we see a change of mind here?? Mulindwa, I can not sit by here and see you throw ur nonsense on this forum without stimulating your critical brain to another level. Your cri ticism has stagnated and can not move beyond. And I have seen, read, mate a good number of jokers on Uganda's
RE: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa
Mw. Ssenyange, somehow I sensed that the communication gang's question was not in good faith and here we have the proof. Its not like they want to learn anything. Still, I'm at a loss why this simple fact cannot sink in their brains. I don't know about their cultures, but in all the cultures I know, there are close and distant relatives. For example, the Queen of England has close relatives (her immediate family) who are close to the line of succession (close royals), while she also has distant relatives (distant or minor royals) who are farther away from the line of succession and have really no hope of ever becoming king or queen. Mulindwa and gang, I'm sure this is not that complicated, is it ? In Buganda, Ssekabaka Muteesa II's offsprings are the closest to the succession line and therefore they are the close royals. I think Mw. Ssenyange has made an effort to explain that to you several times. You will surely appreciate, for example, that the great great grandson of Ssekabaka Mwanga's cousin is a distant royal. This has nothing at all to do with sectarianism. (By the way, if you must use Movement terminology then please do so in the correct circumstances). I think we have spoon-fed you enough about Buganda matters for now. When we offered to educate you, it did not mean that you just have to sit on your lazy bums instead of finding out things for yourselves that are easily accessible. Information about how princes become kings in Buganda is readily available. Go and do some research, but don't regurgitate your old baseless allegations and rumours with no iota of evidence. We've been through that several times before. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:33:50 -0500 Mwaami Ssenyange Be very careful with your statements which are splitting hairs, for a critical thinker can very easily use your definition to flip it in a question of How then did this Ssabasajja become a King? And you will end up with a can of worms you did not expect. So again what makes one a distant or a close Royal in Buganda culture? Em Toronto 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: ssenya nyange [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Mw. Mulindwa, If you're not among Abaana be Ngoma by birth, then you are not a close Royal and will never be a Kabaka, never. Such a royal is only a royal by Clan not a Royal for succession purposes. The same applies to Clan leaders. If you are not in the line ( Olunnyiriri) of the Clan leader ( Omutaka) you and your offsprings will never become Omutaka. Your line can expand as much as it can up to becoming essiga but your ssiga will never produce Omutaka. For the first time you've asked to know. Keep on that way. J. Ssenyange -- From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:18:22 -0500 Rehema What makes one a distant or a close Royal in Buganda culture? 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: Rehema Mukooza To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:44 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mulindwa: But we can not get that for even Kasangwawo refused to tell us who Kulembeka more from Museveni, Ssabasajja or the distant royals? NONE is Kulembeka from Museveni. Museveni is the one who is Kulembeka from Buganda. Ssabasajja kulembekas from Buganda and outside from donations of well-wishers (certificates). Going to Rwakitura does not mean Kulembeka from Museveni. Ssabasajja went there to discuss matters of concern to the Buganda kingdom as the head of Buganda. However, if you are willing to show me evidence to your claims, I might believe you then. Now, what kind of meeting would the distant royals be involved in with Museveni if they are not the official speakers/negotiators of Buganda?? Are you telling me that they talk about CULTURE with Museveni?? Are you kidding me?!! The distant royals can exercise their freedoms of speech, it's only that they are not official speakers of Buganda. One can speak
Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE
Mulndwa, are you saying that federalism would be okay in Uganda if we have your 'system' (whatever that thing is) ? Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:47:00 -0500 Kasangwawo Because Canada did a ground work before it became a Federal State, it did not get a bunch of dictators and force them out of Kampala thinking that it is the solution. As I have said before, Federalism is a kind of governance which shows how democratically you are developed. The problem/s in Uganda is neither unitary nor Federalism, it is a creation of a space where any of those two systems can function. Uganda has no system so any body, or any leader, or any political party you put in Uganda will fail. Mayombo is a killer if he is in Kampala, and if you put him in Mpigi as a District Security officer under a Federal Buganda government, Mayombo will kill Ugandans. For his killing Ugandans today is not for NRM is in power, it is because Uganda as a state has no system which requires Mayombo to be answerable to any body. As long as he is answerable to the President that is good enough for him Ugandans can die as they want. Now you are going to tell us that in a Buganda federal unit he will not. And I will respond to you that it was even your self who stated here that in Buganda we have close Royals and distant royals, now on that kind of sectarian system, put in Mayombo as a security officer, then you will see how the distant royals,or even close ones, are packed in train wagons, and my parents will follow. Today Salim Saleh buys all sim sim from the North, not for NRM allowed him but Uganda as a government has no system which can stop him, so even if you take him to Rwakitura as a commander of all Askaris, Salim Saleh will be the only buyer of all milk from the entire Western Uganda. And we have very many other examples we can look at, for example if we have hard a war in Northern Uganda for 20 years and the population in Buganda is saying Ffe Kasita Twebaka What makes you believe that if a tragedy let us say flood hits Northern Uganda, Baganda will use some of their resources to rescue the Northerners? I mean I have just got off the Radio Rhino site where a member told us specifically that there will never be a Northerner leading Uganda again, and that is one of the NRM's agenda. Now on people with such venom between each other how can you put them in a federal union? A Federal system is a very good system, but before you put it in a nation you must work out the basics. Canada became a federal nation for if you killed an Ontarian police would arrest you and take you court. Can you imagine if an Ontarian was killed and a Manitoban said Ffe Kasita Twebaka? And I have seen, read, mate a good number of jokers on Uganda's solution. There are those who want political partys to return, and I laugh at them. I have seen those who plead for federalism, and I laugh at them. I have seen those who pile all of us in Movement bus, and I laugh at them. On and on. For you are all missing one very important ingredient, if we had a system in Uganda, Iddi Amin would have found it in place and he would have bound by the same, he came in with his eighteen reasons and you supported him and called him Ssalongo waffe.The same system would have been in place when Obote came to power, same when Museveni came to power. But you do not have it. Tomorrow I can be a president of Uganda for thirty reasons, and kasangwawo you will preach Mulindwa as a good man for he is our fellow Muganda. Yes I heard No Lule No Work But who was Lule? The bastard came to City Square and he started his speech with Ffe Kyetwayagalizanga Embazzi Thank God the dictator died, for who knows where Uganda would have been today under the leadership of such? Build a system in Uganda then Federalism or unitary should be a result of such a system, do not put the cart in front of a horse. why don't you oppose the federalism in the country where you live, yet you keep opposing it for Uganda ? Because The federalists and Buganda in particular, waited untill when the whole rest of Uganda is at war and decided to bring a discussion of such great importance to our nation for discussion. The rest of Uganda is at war, and the parts which are not at war have their Kingdoms muzzled, Ankole as an example. To me this is a true picture of what Buganda thinks about Uganda as a nation. And as a result of this very silly move, the discussion of Federalism is carried out only in Buganda and to today no single tribe out there which has come to the table with what they want in this federalism, for they all left this noise with the Buganda empty cans. Either that or other tribes are critical thinkers who can see through Museveni's jokes and Buganda ain't. Take your pick. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy
RE: ugnet_: why call himself so
Well, in which discipline did Dr Obote get his ? From: dbbwanika db [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: why call himself so Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 13:04:42 +0100 http://www.idr.co.ug/dfwa-u/Nymapp/justice.htm Where, when and in what did Mw. Kawanga Ssemwogere get a doctoral of philosophy and if not why does he call himself Dr. Kawanga Ssemwogere Uganda as a nation still amaze me. __ bwanika url: www.idr.co.ug Logon Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html List ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your Email address: ~~ ~~ url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug http://pub59.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1 _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
RE: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa
Mw. Ssenyange, somehow I sensed that the communication gang's question was not in good faith and here we have the proof. Its not like they want to learn anything. Still, I'm at a loss why this simple fact cannot sink in their brains. I don't know about their cultures, but in all the cultures I know, there are close and distant relatives. For example, the Queen of England has close relatives (her immediate family) who are close to the line of succession (close royals), while she also has distant relatives (distant or minor royals) who are farther away from the line of succession and have really no hope of ever becoming king or queen. Mulindwa and gang, I'm sure this is not that complicated, is it ? In Buganda, Ssekabaka Muteesa II's offsprings are the closest to the succession line and therefore they are the close royals. I think Mw. Ssenyange has made an effort to explain that to you several times. You will surely appreciate, for example, that the great great grandson of Ssekabaka Mwanga's cousin is a distant royal. This has nothing at all to do with sectarianism. (By the way, if you must use Movement terminology then please do so in the correct circumstances). I think we have spoon-fed you enough about Buganda matters for now. When we offered to educate you, it did not mean that you just have to sit on your lazy bums instead of finding out things for yourselves that are easily accessible. Information about how princes become kings in Buganda is readily available. Go and do some research, but don't regurgitate your old baseless allegations and rumours with no iota of evidence. We've been through that several times before. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 21:33:50 -0500 Mwaami Ssenyange Be very careful with your statements which are splitting hairs, for a critical thinker can very easily use your definition to flip it in a question of How then did this Ssabasajja become a King? And you will end up with a can of worms you did not expect. So again what makes one a distant or a close Royal in Buganda culture? Em Toronto 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: ssenya nyange [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 12, 2003 2:10 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Mw. Mulindwa, If you're not among Abaana be Ngoma by birth, then you are not a close Royal and will never be a Kabaka, never. Such a royal is only a royal by Clan not a Royal for succession purposes. The same applies to Clan leaders. If you are not in the line ( Olunnyiriri) of the Clan leader ( Omutaka) you and your offsprings will never become Omutaka. Your line can expand as much as it can up to becoming essiga but your ssiga will never produce Omutaka. For the first time you've asked to know. Keep on that way. J. Ssenyange -- From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 22:18:22 -0500 Rehema What makes one a distant or a close Royal in Buganda culture? 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: Rehema Mukooza To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2003 7:44 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: And now this!-Baganda royals back 3rd term\mulindwa Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mulindwa: But we can not get that for even Kasangwawo refused to tell us who Kulembeka more from Museveni, Ssabasajja or the distant royals? NONE is Kulembeka from Museveni. Museveni is the one who is Kulembeka from Buganda. Ssabasajja kulembekas from Buganda and outside from donations of well-wishers (certificates). Going to Rwakitura does not mean Kulembeka from Museveni. Ssabasajja went there to discuss matters of concern to the Buganda kingdom as the head of Buganda. However, if you are willing to show me evidence to your claims, I might believe you then. Now, what kind of meeting would the distant royals be involved in with Museveni if they are not the official speakers/negotiators of Buganda?? Are you telling me that they talk about CULTURE with Museveni?? Are you kidding me?!! The distant royals can exercise their freedoms of speech, it's only that they are not official speakers of Buganda. One can speak
Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE
Kasangwawo Absolutely. Look here if a Toro resident knows that it is wrong to kill a fellow Toro and a Muganda knows that it is wrong to kill a Muganda fellow there is no reason why Federalism can not work in Uganda, or even why uniterism can work. The problem we have is that we do not have a ground work at all done in our country, and we think that by burying those very fundamental issues we can build a better system. No it can not work. And it is not only you who think so for let me quote for you, for Rehema asks Why is the whole rest of Uganda at war?? Now one can take that question to mean that we have wars in Uganda for we have a unitary system, but if my history remembers well Buganda attacked Bunyoro and many Banyoro were murdered by Baganda, was that due to Uniterism? All I am saying is that any nation to change from unitary to federal system, you must have several units which are different, and Uganda fits that class. Those units must have an administration system with in them selves, they must be law abiding citizens, Uganda units are not. Those units must sit together and put what they have on the table for discussion. They must decide on what they are willing to combine and what they are willing to keep separate, we have here a case now of Walkerton Ontario Police department, it amalgamated with a neighbour Police station, today they are separating, for it is not working out. But they know what they each brought on the table. Kasangwawo, what is Buganda bringing on the table? What is Gulu bringing on the table? What is karimoja bringing on the table? But they must as well address what they will lose in this federation, can you list for me what they will lose as well? And what are they keeping or leaving un touched? Please list all those things then we will know that this is not a manipulation of non thinkers who take every single Uganda suggestion serious with out looking into it, for the federalism you are talking about is so hollow that it amazes me why even people bother to burn time with it. Now after you get all the answers to the above paragraph, then you use those answers to compile a final document, that is the document you can send to Uganda government to ask Parliament to consider whether it is even phyisible to change Uganda from a unitary system to a federal system. But Ugandans did not do that, they got a Buganda katikiro, a Movementist and sent him to the Government, a Movementist government, and Wala the uncritical thinkers followed for they are accompanying the Katikiro to go and ask for federalism. How uncritical thinkers are you Ugandans? The delegation which goes to ask for federalism must be chosen by the units wishing to unite, not Mengo. The document being sent to Uganda government must be studied understood and accepted by all delegates from all parts of Uganda, we do not leave half of Uganda in refugee camps and we go to ask for federalism. It is wrong and that is why it is so laughable to those of us who have stayed in federal countries and who have seen how Natives are trying to get their own government. Oh by the way they are negotiating with Ottawa not with the Queen. If they reach an agreement with Ottawa, then the Queen will be involved. Do not put the cart in front of a horse. 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: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:34 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE Mulndwa, are you saying that federalism would be okay in Uganda if we have your 'system' (whatever that thing is) ? Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:47:00 -0500 Kasangwawo Because Canada did a ground work before it became a Federal State, it did not get a bunch of dictators and force them out of Kampala thinking that it is the solution. As I have said before, Federalism is a kind of governance which shows how democratically you are developed. The problem/s in Uganda is neither unitary nor Federalism, it is a creation of a space where any of those two systems can function. Uganda has no system so any body, or any leader, or any political party you put in Uganda will fail. Mayombo is a killer if he is in Kampala, and if you put him in Mpigi as a District Security officer under a Federal Buganda government, Mayombo will kill Ugandans. For his killing Ugandans today is not for NRM is in power, it is because Uganda as a state has no system which requires Mayombo to be answerable to any body. As long as he is answerable to the President that is good enough for him Ugandans can die as they want. Now you are going to tell us that in a Buganda federal unit he will not. And
ugnet_: Report from Zimbabwe - by Dr. John Trimble
On the ground in Zimbabwe When I arrived in Bulawayo on 28 August 2003 I was surprised by the few cars on the road to the University. It is the major highway that leads to South Africa, yet as I walked along the road for over twenty minutes I saw very few private vehicles, a few trucks and buses, people walking along the side of the road, a few bicycles, but mostly silence. This was in sharp contrast to my visit July of 2002 when the same road was heavy with traffic. When I asked about this, I was told the constantly increasing cost of fuel and the limited availability resulted in many car owners parking their cars and resorting to walking or taking public transportation or when possible, staying at home. For the past three months I have experienced the fuel crisis. Some days none of the garages (British English for Gas stations) have fuel. On days like that, if you really need fuel, private sellers, generally stationed close to Garages will sell you five to ten liters (2-3 gallons) from containers on their truck or out of the boot (British English for Trunk) of their car. Of course this comes at an extra cost. If you are in need of fuel late at night expect to pay even more. Most times, for at least a couple of days during the week, some Garage has fuel. Most of these times, the queue (British English for line) will be 2-3 blocks long, which means a 2-4 hour wait to get fuel. On several occasions, I have spotted a Fuel Tanker unloading in a Garage that previously had no fuel, therefore No Queue. My lucky day, I immediately queue and fill up my tank, provided I have the foresight to carry the large sum of cash to buy fuel. My car takes 40 liters, I usually fill up before I get to the mark, but 30 liters of fuel typically cost $105,000 ZIM. At the official exchange rate this is about $120 US. At the unofficial rate this is about $20 US. These different rates are another problem. The cause of the fuel crisis and the cause of the disparity between government exchange rates and international exchange rates are the same a shortage in foreign exchange. A countrys ability to maintain the foreign exchange needed is determined by the size of its economy, the control it has over its resources that generate foreign exchange and the cooperation that country get from the multinational institutions that dominate the control of the flow of finance capital. Unlike China with over 1.5 billion people, Zimbabwe has a population of less than 15 million. Unlike Libya, where large oil production can easily sustain the countrys small population, Zimbabwe is not an oil producer. Unlike Cuba, where the state controls the resources and can direct the profit to meeting the needs of the people, Zimbabwes major export resources such as tobacco, gold and other mineral resources are either directly or indirectly controlled by private interests. This has made the blockade of Zimbabwe a more effective weapon of mass disruption that when used against Cuba and Libya. The blockade of foreign exchange to Zimbabwe was initiated with the British and US instigation that led to the IMF/World Bank sanctions on Zimbabwe. In the US in 2001, President Bush signed into law the so-called Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act which placed financial and economic sanctions on Zimbabwe. These sanction are to remain in place until parliamentary and presidential elections that meet the approval of the US are held and the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property held prior to 1 January 2000. This directly links the opposition to Zimbabwe to the policies of land reform. This was followed by Zimbabwes suspension from the British Commonwealth, when UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada disagreed with the election process in 2002. The central issue is land reform. The MDC opposition party openly opposed the land reform policies of the ZANU-PF government. Despite massive support from the UK, US, Australia and Europe, the MDC was soundly defeated in an election deemed legitimate by most African observers. The land belongs to the masses of the people and should be returned to the indigenous people. Opposition to the Zimbabwes government policy of seizing excess lands of the former colonizers is at the core of the UK-USA-Australia-European disagreement with Zimbabwe. The attacks on Zimbabwe by the western media demonstrate the ties between the large media corporations and large landowners in Zimbabwe. They share an interest in maintaining the current international pattern of land and resource ownership. The very large landowners like the Oppenheimer family in Southern Africa also own and control the diamond and gold mines in Southern Africa and are major shareholders in all major publicly and privately owned corporations in Southern Africa. These attacks by the press machinery of capitalism are distortions of the reality of the problems facing Zimbabwe. The main problem facing the people of
ugnet_: [abujaNig] UK, US using ICT superiority to challenge Zimbabwes sovereignty
UK, US using ICT superiority to challenge Zimbabwes sovereignty I wish, on behalf of the people and Government of Zimbabwe, to thank and pay tribute to the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and the people and government of Switzerland for organising and hosting this landmark summit on the hope for and challenges of a global information society. I remain cognisant of the fact that this summit is a culmination of a series of efforts that seek to bring into sharp focus, an integral dynamic human development, namely information, as well as the infrastructural means of its delivery, or what we have come to collectively term information and communication technologies (ICTs). Mr President, the new millennium boasts of dramatic technological improvements which have given rise to what is an information revolution. Time, space and distance have collapsed to create what for some is a brave, new world, with instantaneous and simultaneous dimensions. It is a world of enormous technological leaps, a world where means have improved well beyond measure. Yet in this new age, we continue to face basic paradoxes. The duality of development and under-development remain implacably in place as the basic and core dialectic to which there is no apparent synthesis. The rich, imperious and digital North remains on the one end of the development divide; the poor, dis-empowered, underdeveloped South remains on the other end of the divide. Yes, for us post-colonials, we still have an aloof immigrant settler landed gentry all-white, all-royal, all-untouchable, all-western supported pitted against a bitter, disinherited, landless, poverty-begrimed, right-less communal black majority we have vowed to empower, and in the cause of whom Zimbabwe continues to be vilified, in a country that is ours and very African and sovereign. Hence, in spite of the present global milieu of technological sophistication, we remain a modern world divided by old dichotomies and old asymmetries that make genuine calls for digital solidarity sound hollow. It is a sad, sad story of improved technological means for unimproved human ends. Mr President, long after we have talked about the need for information and communication technologies as tools with which to contrive the information society, we are soon to discover that receivers and computers are powered by electricity which is unavailable in a typical Third World village. Long after we have talked about connectivity, we are soon to discover that most platforms for electronic communication need basic telecommunication infrastructure which does not exist in a typical African village. What is worse, we will discover, much to our dismay, that the poor villager we wish to turn into a fitting citizen for our information society, is in many instances unable to read and write. Where we are lucky to find the villager literate and numerate, we soon discover that he or she is not looking for a computer terminal but for a morsel of food; an antibiotic to save his dying child; a piece of land on which to eke out an existence, in short, looking for a humane society that guarantees him food, health, shelter and education. Zimbabwes own ICT efforts have thus been directed at developing Zimbabwes society as a whole in areas of education, health where HIV/Aids pandemic remains a problem in both elementary and advanced skills development, as indeed in building a high-level awareness of the peoples basic rights. For us, E-commerce implies growing economies trading fairly in barrier-free markets. E-education implies economies run for the people, not for the sake of enriching one or two multinational corporations. E-health implies affordable drugs for affordable health delivery systems that can only be guaranteed by policies that are genuinely national. Yes, E-government implies a sovereign national Government that manages Top Level Domains within its borders and whose preoccupation are its people first and foremost. Yes, for us E-Zimbabwe means a developing Zimbabwe with a sovereign people, themselves Zimbabweans, and run and developed by them and not by the racist British, Australians or Americans. This is a fundamental principle of our UN Charter enunciated as the right of self-determination which constitutes a precondition for free E-development in our country. Mr President, the key to, and foundation of an information society lies in the resolution of the dilemma of development. The way to an information society is through even, fair and just development. There is no shortcut. Today Mr President, we seek an information society in a world shaped and divisively structured by global hierarchies of power undiminished, hegemonic power made most arbitrary by the politics of uni-polarity that have led to circumstances of a dis-empowered UN system. We seek equal access to information, itself duplicitously presented as a basic human right when
ugnet_: Blairs misapplied tactics costly
Blairs misapplied tactics costly By Nathaniel Manheru Those who care to follow the history of boxing will tell you that nothing is more lethal to a bullying boxer than a blow that misses its target, more so if that target happens to be a slippery midget. As the hefty blow whips and whistles past emptiness, it drags along its ponderous owner, soon to park and rest him ungainly into a misshapen pile, a perfect conclusion to misapplied and misdirected, boomeranging pugnacity. Such is the story of Britain versus Zimbabwe, Blair versus Mugabe. Blair flew to Abuja specifically and exclusively to ensure that his arch-enemy, Robert Mugabe, was buried indefinitely, ironically buried on African soil. This was an obsession, one he hoped would deepen Zimbabwes isolation, in the process inversely raising his own sagging domestic fortunes, badly repeatedly hurt by a series of blunderous policies and foreign misdaventures. Twice rigged, twice shy So desperate was Blair for this outcome that his machinery went into reckless anxiety, once it seemed like South Africas Thabo Mbeki was about to rob him of this be-all-and-end-all outcome. Apparently, Mbeki appeared ready to veto Zimbabwes indefinite suspension, causing Blairs propaganda machinery to quiver and panic. In a hope of pre-emption, the Blair machinery went into full swing, duping the western media by casting Mbeki as the only stumbling block to an otherwise consensual view on Zimbabwes indefinite suspension. The western media obliged and became willing tools for piling pressure on Mbeki and his Sadc colleagues who had dared Britain by taking a public position against Blair and Howard, the racist duo. Except all this was a lie. For a start, Britain was not a member of the Committee of Six that was set up by Obasanjo to find a way forward on Zimbabwe. Its actions therefore amounted to prepossessing the committee, in fact rigging the outcome of the deliberations of that committee, much like phoney intelligence reports were used to rig Britain into an unjust war in Iraq. Secondly, within the Committee of Six, Howard, that latter-day Magwitch-turned prime minister of Rhodesians in Australia, was isolated, with the rest of the committee members urging for Zimbabwes reinstatement. He walked out, in the process forcing a compromise decision which came in the form of a face-saving suspension that gave an ill-fated successor Committee of Seven the latitude to reinstate Zimbabwe sooner than later, after a perfunctory visit to Zimbabwe. Again the racist duo rigged the committee, clearly demonstrating to the world who wields real power within that club. Except these were spectacular own-goals. The fact of the British propaganda machinery installing itself as the spokes-machinery for a supposedly sovereign committee comprising heads of state and government of sovereign countries, clearly gave Britain the omniscience and omnipotence of a creator, gave it a coveted loco parentis role. Needless to say this confirmed Zimbabwes repeated charge that Britain sought to keep the Commonwealth a club of slaves under itself as the foremost and indisputable colonial slave-owner. Equally, the fact of an Australia playing servitor and poodle to Britain, very much recalled the age-old agreement between Britain and her dominions requiring that the latter to lend unconditionally support Britain internationally. Indeed, this is why the Union Jack flies high in those countries; why the same countries thoughtlessly join Britain in her adventurous wars against the Muslims, yes, in our case why Australia appropriately took the felons of UDI at the close of the empire in 1980. And of course within the Club, there is a clear gradation, with Britains dominion subalterns rated mightier than all natives put together, which is why Australias Magwitch rigged and vetoed repeatedly: in the troika and in the committee of six. A club of commons indeed! Night-Wood or Knighthood? So what did Blair take back home? Well, he carried back victory against Her Majestys Common-wealth! Try as hard as his spin doctors may, Abuja was Tony Blairs ponderous, mortal blow against the Club. He exposed the Commonwealth for what it really is, a partisan vehicle of effete Britains declining influence of world affairs. Zimbabwe lost absolutely nothing, unless of course the strange joy of traumatised slaves coming together to share the masters latest excesses, can be called a loss. The club yielded no tangible benefits the country, in fact kept it psychologically chained to its past oppressor, while giving him a convincing excuse for pursuing a meddlesome policy against it. If Britain wants to deal a real blow against Zimbabwe, she has to look elsewhere, well beyond the club. Indeed, this is why Blair is now talking about going back to an increasingly reluctant European Union for "tougher" sanctions against Zimbabwe. He is desperate, so desperate that the most
Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE- E. Mulindwa
Rehema I am in this debate for one purpose, learning. I am not here to abuse people so if you have nothing better to do with your time but use such language, do it some where else. 1) No I did not call Federalism un democratic, I said Federalism is a sign of how democratically you have developed, now if you have any where that I called it un democratic please repost and today. 2) A system I am calling for is a system which puts law and order in any part of Uganda and that law becomes respected. Again I will use Buganda as an example, Although Buganda enjoys a greater freedom under NRM with having its Kingdom reinstated, The lawlessness in Buganda has become very un believable. In all my years in Buganda I have not seen such mob justice as we have today in Buganda. people are killed for he has stolen 50 shillings, they stone you and kill you. And that is about 50 cents Canadian or even less. And these are Baganda killing Baganda. How will federalism cure that? And is that caused by uniterism? We have men hacking their wives by an axe to death, is that uniterism? A man in Bugerere killed his wife for she took her baby for immunization, is that uniterism? let us go on corruption which has eaten Buganda left and centre, Buganda had a bank Teefe, what happened to it? Thousands of Baganda lost their money in that Bank, and up to today, Mengo as the administrator of that bank has never told us what happened to those monies, who ate it and who is responsible. Is that a problem of uniterism? And as a Muganda do you want us to be put back into federalism so that the same lame Mengo take care of our political businesses? Are they going to do a better governance than they did on Teefe Bank? 3) You have a problem in Uganda and you must address it before you bother with what administration to put in, for the problem you have is affecting uniterism and will affect federalism and will affect UPC or DP. Actually it is the same problem affecting the Movement, that is why you see Amin was killing Ugandans on firing squad so is the Movement, why are all of them ending on the same street? 4) Change the word District to Kyaalo and re ask the same question. Mayombo is not bad for he can hide in Lira, it is not the distance which is a problem, for today the most corrupt people in Uganda are RCs. These are people on a local village who eat money from their neighbours people they know, so whether you put Mayombo in Lira or in your own home he is still a killer and federalism can not change him. If you can supervise him in Lira you can supervise him in your home, for even in federal Government The Government of Mengo will not sleep in Mayombo's bed, Mayombo will be supervised by a respected law of the land, a law Uganda does not have. 5) No I do not know what makes a distant and a close royal please explain. 6) Again I put you back in Buganda, why have all leaders of Uganda used Baganda to come to power? Why have they always failed to vote as a block? Baganda startedUPC, No instead of supporting it they started DP, are they supporting it today? No they backed Museveni, are they supporting him today? No they now want federalism. Where does this nonsense end? If you think that this venom is due to uniterism then ask your self how many wars do we have in DP and between Ssemogerere and other Baganda wishing to lead that party? Bahima and Bahiru are both in Ankole, Langi and Acholi are both in Northern Uganda. how sliced up will Uganda end up on your final analysis? 7) The Canadian system, no I will not even go there for you failed even to pick up why I brought it in the picture, let us stay with our own Uganda abyss 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: Rehema Mukooza To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 6:33 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: BY WAY OF NOTE- E. Mulindwa Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Edward Mulindwa:Because Canada did a ground work before it became a Federal State, it didnot get a bunch of dictators and force them out of Kampala thinking that itis the solution. As I have said before, Federalism is a kind of governancewhich shows how democratically you are developed. - A fews days ago, you told us how Federalism is not democratic. Are you turning against your own words?? Is this what you call critical thinking?? I wonder! Come On! Wake up! The problem/s in Uganda is neither unitary nor Federalism, it is a creationof a space where any of those two systems can function. Uganda has no system so any body, or any leader, or any political party you put in Uganda willfail. - If Uganda according to you has no system, what is Unitarism?? Why do we have districts that can not support
ugnet_: Mbeki slams Howard, Blair
Mbeki slams Howard, Blair SOUTH AFRICAS President Thabo Mbeki has lashed out atpeople who are trying to use human rights as a tool to overthrow the Zimbabwean Government. "It is clear that some within Zimbabwe and elsewhere in the world, including our country, are following the example set by "Reagan and his advisers", to "treat human rights as a tool" for overthrowing the Government of Zimbabwe and rebuilding Zimbabwe as they wish. In modern parlance, this is called regime change," he said in his weekly ANC Today report. Quoting from Dr Henry Kissingers book "Diplomacy", President Mbeki said: "Reagan and his advisers invoked (human rights) to try to undermine the Soviet system. "To be sure, his immediate predecessors had also affirmed the importance of human rights. "Reagan and his advisers went a step further by treating human rights as a tool for overthrowing communism and democratising the Soviet Union. "At Westminster in 1982, Reagan, hailing the tide of democracy around the world, called on free nations to foster the infrastructure of democracy, the system of a free Press, unions, political parties, universities, which allows a people to choose their own way, to develop their own culture, to reconcile their own differences through peaceful means. America would not wait passively for free institutions to evolve." He said those who fought for a democratic Zimbabwe, with thousands paying the supreme price during the struggle, and forgave their oppressors and torturers in a spirit of national reconciliation, have been turned into repugnant enemies of democracy. "Those who, in the interest of their kith and kin, did what they could to deny the people of Zimbabwe their liberty, for as long as they could, have become the eminent defenders of the democratic rights of the people of Zimbabwe," said President Mbeki. President Mbeki said the core of the challenge facing the people of Zimbabwe, as identified by the Coolum Chogm, had disappeared from public view. "Its place has been taken by the issue of human rights. Those who have achieved this miracle are not waiting passively for free institutions to evolve," he said. At its March 19, 2002 meeting in London, at which it suspended Zimbabwe for a year, the Commonwealth troika on Zimbabwe noted that the land question was at the core of the crisis in Zimbabwe and could not be separated from other issues of concern. He noted that the land question in Zimbabwe was not discussed at the Abuja Chogm. "Indeed, the land question has disappeared from the global discourse about Zimbabwe, except when it is mentioned to highlight the plight of the former white landowners, and to attribute food shortages in Zimbabwe to the land redistribution programme." He criticised Australian Prime Minister Mr John Howard for acting unilaterally on Zimbabwe after failing to achieve consensus in the troika that included Australia, Nigeria and South Africa. "Accordingly, contrary to all normal practice, he decided to announce to the world at a Press conference, that he disagreed with his colleagues in the Troika and wanted more Commonwealth sanctions imposed on Zimbabwe. "At one stroke, this both destroyed the Troika and put in question the democratic principle of decisions by majority." President Mbeki also took a swipe at British Prime Minister Tony Blair for campaigning through the media the continued suspension of Zimbabwe from the Commonwealth at the Chogm summit. "Those accustomed to the practice of disinformation, described as "spin", did everything to communicate false reports to the media. They campaigned and lobbied to ensure the continued suspension of Zimbabwe. "We deliberately avoided engaging in any of these activities. "We fed no stories to the media. We did not campaign. We lobbied nobody. "Yet the story is put out that we lobbied, blocked agreements, and dismally failed to achieve our objectives." President Mbeki reiterated his commitment to ensuring a peaceful solution to the problems in Zimbabwe irrespective of the Commonwealth outcome. "This outcome demands of us that, regardless of the fact that we are poor and need the support of others richer than ourselves to overcome our problems, we should always refuse to "rationalise the upside-down way of looking at Africa." "Our poverty and underdevelopment will never serve as reason for us to abandon our dignity as human beings, turning ourselves into grateful and subservient recipients of alms, happy to submit to a dismissive, intolerant and rigid attitude of some in our country and the rest of the world, towards what we believe and know is right, who are richer and more powerful than we are," he said.
ugnet_: HOW WELL DO YOU KNOW YOUR WIFE
PUEBLO, Colorado (AP) -- A state prison guard was jailed Saturday, accused of trying to hire a hit man to kill her husband so she could get a life insurance payout and continue an affair with an inmate. Pamela J. Dickens, 47, was arrested Friday after a six-month investigation by the Department of Corrections. Officials had received a tip that she was having the affair and trying to get her husband, also a prison guard, killed. She was taken into custody after meeting with an undercover detective posing as a hitman, said Pueblo Police Capt. John Barger. Dickens made a small down payment during the meeting, showed the detective the insurance policy along with pictures of her husband and their home in Florence, where the killing was to take place, police said. A search warrant was executed at the home Friday. Dickens was charged with unlawful sexual contact with an inmate inside a penal institution and first-degree official misconduct and was being held on $250,000 bond. Charges of solicitation of first-degree murder were pending against her The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: I am out of prison-Pulkol
I am out of prison - Pulkol By David Kibirige Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - The former director general of the External Security Organisation (ESO) Mr David Pulkol says he is a happy man. "I am a very happy man. It is like I am out of prison. I am now a free man who can say and do whatever I want but in the confines of the law," a jovial Pulkol told Sunday Monitor on Friday moments after handing over to his successor Lt. Angalefo Maku-Iga. Pulkol was dropped on Thursday and transferred back to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs awaiting deployment. "You know the problem is some people want to control what you talk, but I am happy I am out of this situation. I'm now a free man like you. I am no longer a prisoner, where I am surrounded by guns of escorts," he said. Pulkol said that he swore the oath of secrecy and so he will never reveal information, which he has been privy to by the nature of his former work. He said he was going to take a retreat as he ponders the future. Pulkol landed into trouble recently when at a public dialogue, organised by the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO), he said it was okay for people to talk against the proposal to lift term limits on the presidency. He also castigated the police for being excessive in dispersing peaceful seminars and rallies by the opposition, which drew the ire of police chief Maj. Gen. Katumba Wamala. Later the minister of Internal Affairs, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda condemned Pulkol, hinting that disciplinary action against him was a foot. © 2003 The Monitor Publications BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be.
ugnet_: To be human is to accept change
Sunday comment By Fr Wynard Katende To be human is to accept change Dec 14 - 20, 2003 Read Luke 3:1-18 We all have bad habits that we regret and have probably even confessed often, yet, have failed to do away with them. We know they are a liability to the progress of our character as well as an inconvenience to others, yet we have failed to change. Yes, it is one thing to be repentant of one's shortcomings and another to be able to actually change or convert from the status quo for the better. This point can well be illustrated by the classic examples of two of Jesus' disciples, Judas Iscariot and Simon Peter. Judas betrayed his master and repented, but miserably fell short of conversion. Instead, he hanged himself. Yet Peter, having denied his master, both repented and converted. He regained his post of supreme leader over the Church of Christ. It may not be so easy to make a clear-cut distinction between repentance and conversion, however. To repent is to feel deep sorrow about one's actions or one's life-style. To convert is to change from one's bad actions or lifestyle, for the better. Conversion is preceded by repentance. In both cases it is a process. Conversion is a personal change and not a mere participation in a ritual. It is a total change, the adoption of an entirely new attitude toward God and others and an abandonment of all previous attitudes and habits. Conversion is the acquisition of love and knowledge. It means that one accepts God's total supremacy in all phases of human life and activity and expects no lasting good from any other source. To become aware of our shortcomings, repent of them and get converted, we all need the help of God and his agents. These may be parents, friends or religious leaders. People begin to change when they are encouraged to see the best in themselves, not when they are asked to dwell with the worst in themselves. Simply to tell people what is wrong with them and leave it at that can leave them wrecked. It is like leaving the scene of an accident. We all need help and encouragement to leave behind familiar ways, which have become destructive. We need help to imagine ourselves differently, and imagining the good effect that will have on others. We have to take time to on reflect what kind of persons God wants us to be and what his plan is for us. We need faith in the future, to see the power of God working in the change. We need the encouraging message of St. Paul thus: "Since God has began such a good work in you, I am sure he will complete it" (Philippians 1:6) Today John the Baptist shows us the way we must follow in order to be saved. Having heard the word of God, we must acknowledge that we are sinners and that all of us are responsible for the critical situation in which we find ourselves. The next step is to ask for God's forgiveness. People who have asked for God's forgiveness and are determined to change will find means of changing society without resorting to unprincipled ones. Particular to John's message is the call to social justice and sharing. We should not blindly accept social class differences, which emerge from money or power. We should avoid taking advantage of others. Our conversion will be deep and lasting if we can be critical of our false way of judging the world and people. To convert a rich person means to help him ask himself the way of his wealth in the midst of so many poor. We must continue to ask ourselves about the economic circuit coming from widespread alcoholism, drug abuse, prostitution and so on. The husband who cheats on his wife will have to realise both his male chauvinism and his inability to relate to his wife in a mature way. The same applies to the cheating wife. This will be a change for the better. Says Cardinal Newman: "To be human is to change. To be perfect is to have changed often." © 2003 The Monitor Publications BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be.
ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni
Let kids pursue dreams - Museveni By Elizabeth Kameo Agnes Asiimwe Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - Flair, glow, simplicity, elegance, an African touch and great entertainment made up the first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire's first ever show of her fashion and design creations. Officiating at the show, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, President Yoweri Museveni said as a child, Natasha loved art and drawing. "I encouraged her to do what she wanted. Never coach children into this or that line, in a line of development don't make children do what they don't want to do," he urged. Ms Natasha Museveni Karugire gets the microphone from her father, President Yoweri Museveni, after his speech at the inaugural show of the House of Kaine fashion design house at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday. Ms Karugire is the proprietor and designer (Photo by Ismail Kezaala). "These young people are going to move this country, they have new ideas, unlike the old ones whose fire has died out, they are like fire these movement children, babuguma," Museveni said. He said he encourages such children with a solution for a societal need, adding he is happy and ready to encourage Natasha.Natasha is the proprietor of House of Kaine fashion house and was showcasing her designs for the first time since she set up shop. On his daughter's collection, he said Natasha had told him that House of Kaine's intention was to make clothes for the African woman, "The African woman has a shape, you know that shape, was not catered for in modern dress. Asian women have their own shape, so do European woman. That is why I encouraged her (Natasha) to cater for the African woman," said Museveni. He commended the sponsors; Kampala Casino, MTN, Sudhir and Joystna Ruparelia who he said also benefit from supporting local talent. "In sponsoring shows like this, you are also advertising yourselves, which is very good," Museveni said. An emotional Natasha, in her speech, thanked her father; husband Edwin Karugire and family whose support she said made it possible for her to achieve success. Natasha's collection was made up of five categories: celestial - an Ente (cow) inspired category, Savannah, Black, Yellow, red and the nostalgic woman. Her clothes had themes of beads, feathers and embroidery to add an African touch to her designs. Natasha's creations are sold in the US market. The show was attended by among others; the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda, Toro Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, ministers and ambassadors. International guests included musician Cornell Stone, guest Model Misha'el Adonijah Rick and Diva Entertainment president, Leisa Butler. The first lady Janet Museveni, Natasha's sisters and brother did not however attend the show. Natasha will donate part of the proceeds from the show to TASO, an HIV/Aids charity organisation. © 2003 The Monitor Publications BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be.
ugnet_: Shameful tale of immorality
Editorial Sunday, December 14, 2003 Shameful tale of immoralityThe revelations about the extent of prostitution in Nairobi are terribly shocking. And it is not because Kenyans were unaware that this immoral trade goes on in towns and even rural trading centres. What is astounding is the news of a recent police swoop in Nairobi's notorious Koinange Street, which netted a Cabinet minister and other top government officials. But even more shattering is the peddlers include students from university and other colleges in the city. The only plausible explanation, considering the large numbers of girls selling sex, is that they may have been driven into the streets by circumstances beyond their control. And the big question is: Are the girls so desperate that they must sell their bodies to survive? And if so, when do they learn? This is an issue that must be addressed immediately. Comments\Views about this article BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be.
ugnet_: The changing face of prostitution
News Sunday, December 14, 2003 The changing face of prostitutionBy OSCAR OBONYO From the one-stool parade in the Majengo where they sat invitingly in the 1960s through to the 1980s, prostitutes have taken to new aggressive and sophisticated methods of plying their trade. Then, the women paraded themselves, with thighs exposed, on stools at doorsteps of their mud-walled hovels, from where they beckoned their male clients. It was some kind of open market arrangement with the sellers spreading their "wares" for sampling by the male buyers. And, as late as in the 1980s, men parted with five bob for a fling or a shot, as it is known in the commercial sex trade parlance. However, in line with the changing trend of retail trade, today's prostitute is also playing the hawker meaning she is literally on the move hunting for clients and not glued on the "Majengo stool" hoping and praying for a client to darken her door. Incidentally, the Majengo slum estates, spread in virtually all the country's major towns, have for ages been synonymous with this particular trade. Today, the women have defied the unwritten tradition of being prompted by the men and instead move along, like hawkers, approaching prospective buyers. Prostitution is no longer a confine of the low-class, uneducated, street or bar women. It is not for the poorly dressed and filthy looking. The prostitute of today cannot to be found in specific slum estates, along the streets or in dingy bars downtown. In fact, less than a third of the commercial sex workers today are street workers. Today's prostitute is trendy and sparkling. She dresses immaculately because this is her selling point. And, by the way, the politically correct terminology for her is no longer a prostitute, but a commercial sex worker (CSW). The whole trick, they concede, lies in looking beautiful, hence their heavy investment on looks, styling their hair and buying outfits. Prostitution is known as the world's oldest profession. Then, women were used as property and exchanged for sexual pleasure. Today the hunt for sex money has become more creative, competitive, exciting and sophisticated. Threatened by the Aids scourge, scores of others have refined trade techniques to sustain their dwindling market. The women have designed "friendlier" and "less risky" methods to hold on to male clients who are increasingly shying away from intercourse. At a popular Nairobi discotheque on Moi Avenue, the men are allowed to only caress, fondle and kiss at an agreeable fee. "Babe sitting," or what is known in the West as "lap-dancing", is the hottest item on the menu. Under this procedure, half-nude women sit on the client's laps cuddling and wriggling to the disco music. And then there is this other lot, mostly found in crowded bars, that makes money by just "offering company" to drinking clients. Owing to economic constraints among other reasons, a growing number of women, including the so-called working class, college and even high school students, are getting into the trade. Presently, it is not uncommon for office girls (or women) in other employment to change into twilight gear after work in a hunt for male clients. Yet still, others do it inadvertently by engaging in sexual relationships with their seniors at the work place or lecturers or teachers in learning institutions with the hope of making an extra coin or winning special favours and not out of love. In fact the market for "exotic prostitution" is not lacking, especially in Nairobi, given that the city is a major regional hub and home to a number of UN agencies. Elsewhere prostitution is real lucrative business. In the UK, for instance, the trade generates over £700 million a year. Related services, including stripping, lap dance and ponorgraphy, generate twice as much. Only last month, one of the countries with a leading thriving commercial sexual industry, Thailand, launched an unprecedented national debate on what to do with its billion-dollar industry which draws thousands of foreign tourists. There are at least a quarter million Thai land nationals working as prostitutes nationwide. No one knows how much money rolls through them, but it is estimated at between US$ 40 and US$ 50 million a year. Neary half of the figure is pocketed by the police who are bribed to turn a blind eye to the business. In such developed countries, and lately here in Kenya, lobbying for recognition and legalisation of the trade has taken centre stage. Commercial sex workers the world over are equally demanding for their rights and the need to be treated justly. "Sex workers need a trade union and a decriminalised industry, not feminist pity," Ms Ana Lopes, a student and spokesperson for a branch of sex workers in the UK, was recently quoted in a London newspaper, The Guardian, as saying. Sex workers suffer from daily victimisation and violence. Other than the specific activity in which they engage to earn a living, these are
ugnet_: New Activist Network Slams Growing Abuses Under Bush
RIGHTS-US:New Activist Network Slams Growing Abuses Under Bush Jim Lobe http://www.ipsnews.net/interna.asp?idnews=21489 WASHINGTON, Dec 10 (IPS) - Key U.S. civil liberties and social justice groups marked International Human Rights Day Wednesday by launching a new U.S. Human Rights Network dedicated to raising awareness about international human rights standards and focusing attention on the U.S. failure to enforce them. More than 50 groups, ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) to the New York-based Centre for Economic and Social Rights (CESR), said they had agreed to join forces to address what they said was the alarming rate of human rights violations in the U.S., particularly as it pursues its war on terrorism. They called for U.S. citizens to speak out against these abuses, as well as to fight U.S. exceptionalism, the view pushed strongly by the administration of President George W. Bush, that the United States should not be constrained by international law or human rights standards, especially relating to economic and social rights. The demonstrations that we are currently seeing against the U.S. around the world are a reaction to the perception that the U.S. -- and particularly the Bush administration -- thinks that it is above international law -- laws the rest of the world are required to abide by, said Ajamu Baraka, who works for Amnesty International USA's (AIUSA) Atlanta office and is part of the network's secretariat. The rights of ordinary Americans and others residing in the U.S. are being trampled on a daily basis -- in violation of a host of international laws and standards, said Cathy Albisa, a secretariat member who is based at CESR. These include the right to economic security and a decent standard of living, the right of children convicted of crimes not to be executed, the right to a fair trial, the right to seek asylum, and the right to be free from torture and cruel and inhuman treatment, among any others, she added, noting that the U.S. has the developed world's highest child poverty rate and that 20 percent of adults are functionally illiterate. The network, which has been several years in the making, marks its birth from a meeting last year at Howard University in Washington, DC on the subject of Ending Exceptionalism: Strengthening Human Rights in the United States. Most of the network's founding organisations -- which include advocacy groups for immigrants, ethnic minorities, welfare recipients, the disabled, prison rights, among others -- took part in the conference, organising themselves into specific caucuses regarding such issues as the death penalty, discrimination and sovereignty. Among the best-known groups are the ACLU, the American Friends Service Committee, AIUSA, the Centre for Constitutional Rights, Human Rights Watch, the Indian Law Resource Centre, the Kensington Welfare Rights Union, the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, and the National Association for the Advanced of Coloured People Defence Education Fund. The network is to be guided by six core principles, including acceptance that that all rights enumerated in the U.N.'s Universal Declaration of Human Rights are interdependent and universal; that they include economic, social, and cultural (ESC) rights, as well civil and political rights that are generally given more recognition in the U.S.; and that rights are most effectively protected through building social movements whose leadership should be accountable to those who are most directly affected by their work. These principles challenge the work of a number of major U.S.-based human rights groups, many of which have historically been dominated by professional elites and have generally ignored ESC rights, in part because of their failure to accept the Universal Declaration and international human rights law as a sufficient juridical basis for their work. They have tended instead to rely on the rights provided under the U.S. Constitution. In recent years, however, U.S. courts -- even the Supreme Court -- have increasingly cited international human rights standards in their decisions regarding, for example, the death penalty for juveniles and the mentally retarded, women's rights, and the accountability of U.S. companies for wrongful conduct overseas. Many of the network groups have been pushing courts in this direction. The ACLU decided several years ago to integrate more international principles in our work, said Gregory Nojeim, a staff attorney who represents the ACLU in the network. A lot of groups that have traditionally focused on political and civil rights have expanded their mandates, said Albisa, who cited both Amnesty and Human Rights Watch, which has produced a number of reports on cases where civil and political rights have intersected with ESR rights, such as the impact of practices by multi-national corporations on local communities. There's a growing recognition that you cannot
ugnet_: It's baseless round of cynicism
Comment Sunday, December 14, 2003 It's baseless round of cynicismBy GITAU WARIGI Cynicism is the new game in town. Remember the massive post-election euphoria a year ago? It now looks like that was a long, long time ago. In the space of months it has given way to a crass cynicism that does not bode well for our country. A particularly petty strain of this attitude was on display when plans were unveiled for this month's 40th Jamhuri celebrations. Why waste Sh100 million on the fete? Why not use the money for something else, like buying condoms to help in the anti-Aids campaign? Such questions are entirely in order if put forward with sincerity. But plenty of the busybodies who were calling press conferences outlining alternatives of spending the money clearly had other motives in mind. It is everybody's right to take potshots at a government one considers loathesome. But it is wrong to mix up legitimate commemorations like Independence Day with one's burning resentments of the administration in power. A pattern is emerging where it is considered hip and correct to gripe that Kenya is moving from bad to worse. Often you will notice that this woolly verdict is delivered for reasons that have no relationship to statistics or empirical evidence. I don't think celebrating 40 years of Kenya's Independence has anything necessarily to do with cheering the Kibaki administration's one year in power. If there are people who honestly think Kenya has nothing to celebrate for in the four decades it has been independent, then there is no hope for this country. Foreigners can provide a certain illumination on these matters than some self-obsessed local wasting away in his own unproductive narcissim. Visiting Kampala or Arusha on business or leisure gives the Kenyan an idea of what it means to be treated as somebody with the kind of largesse you will not find in those countries. Don't even mention Somalia. It's not a functioning country any more. But it is useful to remember that the first destination of choice of most refugees from there was not to Ethiopia or Djibouti, but to Kenya. The natural talent for trade in this hard-working if querulous people could not have blossomed as it has in Kenya. Mwalimu Julius Nyerere once sarcastically commented that you didn't need to travel to London to shop when you could get most of what you needed in Nairobi. In those salad days of wishy-washy socialism, Nyerere obviously meant this as a put-down. But in his negativity he had no idea how right he was in pointing at what made Kenya outlive his system. It is a pity that the perennial whining that has become a feature of Kenya's own chattering classes masks the natural resourcefulness this country's people are known for. At some point Americans were startled to learn that the single biggest contingent of African students on their soil were no longer from Nigeria but Kenya, never mind that many of these "students" later on opted to stay. The remarkable thing we learn from this is that even during the bleak Moi years when Kenya's viability got seriously threatened, it was impossible to bottle up the desire of Kenyan youth to seek a better life where they could, even though much of these hopes turned out to be illusory. Cynicism is a sterile commodity. Like a worm, it just coils itself round and round in one spot, never breaking out to embrace hope or possibility. Mzee Jomo Kenyatta usually gave short shrift to people whose perennial vocation was to moan. Confronted with persistent complaints from Uganda and Tanzania that Kenya was enjoying the cream of the benefits of the East Africa Community, Mzee's riposte was true to character: "That is the barking of hyenas at a lion with a kill." In the scheme of things, Sh100 million is not a terribly huge amount of money. Certainly not when we are talking of something in the scale of a national commemoration. Six or seven top of the range Mercedes Benzes or Range Rovers would probably use up all this money. Put another way, it roughly corresponds to the monthly wage bill for MPs. Some of the loudest voices against the Jamhuri expenditure were a clique of MPs. Perhaps they would have been more convincing if they tied their protest to the princely sums they get as salary. An interesting person to appear at the Jamhuri Day rally at Nyayo Stadium was Charles Njonjo. If there is anybody who all these years has had a dim view of Mr Kibaki, it is him. He could be eating crow now, but he had the sense to distinguish between the importance of Jamhuri Day and his personal attitude towards the current President. That is if this was the message this mercurial survivor was intent on sending Mr Njonjo made his entry in style, in his quaint three-piece striped suits and a bowler hat to match. And he chose to sit with raia on the hard concrete benches. Amidst all what is being said about him, Robert Mugabe has managed to throw up a pretty consequential question. What is the use of the
ugnet_: Gado on signs of Things to come
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ugnet_: [abujaNig] Report from Zimbabwe - by Dr. John Trimble
On the ground in Zimbabwe When I arrived in Bulawayo on 28 August 2003 I was surprised by the few cars on the road to the University. It is the major highway that leads to South Africa, yet as I walked along the road for over twenty minutes I saw very few private vehicles, a few trucks and buses, people walking along the side of the road, a few bicycles, but mostly silence. This was in sharp contrast to my visit July of 2002 when the same road was heavy with traffic. When I asked about this, I was told the constantly increasing cost of fuel and the limited availability resulted in many car owners parking their cars and resorting to walking or taking public transportation or when possible, staying at home. For the past three months I have experienced the fuel crisis. Some days none of the garages (British English for Gas stations) have fuel. On days like that, if you really need fuel, private sellers, generally stationed close to Garages will sell you five to ten liters (2-3 gallons) from containers on their truck or out of the boot (British English for Trunk) of their car. Of course this comes at an extra cost. If you are in need of fuel late at night expect to pay even more. Most times, for at least a couple of days during the week, some Garage has fuel. Most of these times, the queue (British English for line) will be 2-3 blocks long, which means a 2-4 hour wait to get fuel. On several occasions, I have spotted a Fuel Tanker unloading in a Garage that previously had no fuel, therefore No Queue. My lucky day, I immediately queue and fill up my tank, provided I have the foresight to carry the large sum of cash to buy fuel. My car takes 40 liters, I usually fill up before I get to the mark, but 30 liters of fuel typically cost $105,000 ZIM. At the official exchange rate this is about $120 US. At the unofficial rate this is about $20 US. These different rates are another problem. The cause of the fuel crisis and the cause of the disparity between government exchange rates and international exchange rates are the same a shortage in foreign exchange. A countrys ability to maintain the foreign exchange needed is determined by the size of its economy, the control it has over its resources that generate foreign exchange and the cooperation that country get from the multinational institutions that dominate the control of the flow of finance capital. Unlike China with over 1.5 billion people, Zimbabwe has a population of less than 15 million. Unlike Libya, where large oil production can easily sustain the countrys small population, Zimbabwe is not an oil producer. Unlike Cuba, where the state controls the resources and can direct the profit to meeting the needs of the people, Zimbabwes major export resources such as tobacco, gold and other mineral resources are either directly or indirectly controlled by private interests. This has made the blockade of Zimbabwe a more effective weapon of mass disruption that when used against Cuba and Libya. The blockade of foreign exchange to Zimbabwe was initiated with the British and US instigation that led to the IMF/World Bank sanctions on Zimbabwe. In the US in 2001, President Bush signed into law the so-called Zimbabwe Democracy and Economic Recovery Act which placed financial and economic sanctions on Zimbabwe. These sanction are to remain in place until parliamentary and presidential elections that meet the approval of the US are held and the rule of law has been restored in Zimbabwe, including respect for ownership and title to property held prior to 1 January 2000. This directly links the opposition to Zimbabwe to the policies of land reform. This was followed by Zimbabwes suspension from the British Commonwealth, when UK, US, Australia, New Zealand and Canada disagreed with the election process in 2002. The central issue is land reform. The MDC opposition party openly opposed the land reform policies of the ZANU-PF government. Despite massive support from the UK, US, Australia and Europe, the MDC was soundly defeated in an election deemed legitimate by most African observers. The land belongs to the masses of the people and should be returned to the indigenous people. Opposition to the Zimbabwes government policy of seizing excess lands of the former colonizers is at the core of the UK-USA-Australia-European disagreement with Zimbabwe. The attacks on Zimbabwe by the western media demonstrate the ties between the large media corporations and large landowners in Zimbabwe. They share an interest in maintaining the current international pattern of land and resource ownership. The very large landowners like the Oppenheimer family in Southern Africa also own and control the diamond and gold mines in Southern Africa and are major shareholders in all major publicly and privately owned corporations in Southern Africa. These attacks by the press machinery of capitalism are
ugnet_: Museveni a 'lone ranger' or superman?
The hidden bones of Museveni's Fronasa By Nabusayi L. Wamboka David KibirigeDec 14 - 20, 2003 Was President Yoweri Museveni a 'lone ranger' or superman during his armed struggles of the '70s and '80s or was he a guerilla leader leading a group of fighters who each played their part? In the last few years, Museveni seems to have projected himself more as the former that the latter. Below, Sunday Monitor's Nabusayi L. Wamboka David Kibirige sought the president's surviving Fronasa comrades for their side of the story:- A war of words sparked off by Augustine Ruzindana, the chairperson of the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) that he was in the liberation struggle with president Museveni for over thirty years is shaking some bones in the closet. The story "Ruzindana to stand in 2006," The New Vision November 30, solicited a strong response from president Yoweri Museveni who reduced Ruzindana's remarks to "disgusting" and said the former IGG exaggerated his contribution to the struggle that brought the NRM to power in 1986. The Monitor also published the same story under the headline, "Muntu, Ruzindana Meet 700 East LCs," (Sunday Monitor November 30). Although the two papers had almost similar quotes, the bits about Ruzindana standing for presidency and the claims about the liberation struggle were not in the Sunday Monitor story. The New Vision story was however discredited and the author of the story suspended by the paper after recorded WBS television tapes were produced and Ruzindana denied remarks attributed to him. President Museveni: Lone ranger or guerilla leader?Following the story, an angry Museveni said Ruzindana joined Fronasa for only three years 1971-1974 as secretary for defense. Different views In his book, "Sowing The Mustard Seed", Museveni mentions Ruzindana as one of the cadres who joined him in 1972. "The plan for the struggle inside Uganda was to start with the 100 guns we had infiltrated into the country before the 1972 invasion. I had with me 14 Fronasa cadres who had been trained by Frelimo, but who had not had a chance to participate in the September fighting. These included Maumbe Mukhwana and Augustine Ruzindana. (Page 74). On page 85 in the same book Museveni writes: "In spite of our setbacks and mistakes, however, President Nyerere was encouraged by the efforts we had made. Our clandestine operations after 1972 showed that we had the capacity to do some work because we had some useful contacts inside Uganda. Although Nyerere did not give us any new guns, ammunition or money-and to that extent he had accepted the Mogadishu Agreement-he offered us new training facilities, using a Frelimo base in Nachingwea. We recruited 54 boys, mostly from Bugisu, and started training them at Nachingwea. Unfortunately, once again, these boys had not been well selected. They had mostly been working in Nairobi and had a kiyaye (lumpen proletariat) culture. They begun misbehaving in the Frelimo camp and soon after their training, the Tanzanian government dispersed them. For example they would start drinking and moving out of camps, thus exposing their cover-their Ugandan background was not supposed to be known. This was another setback because they were the group we had hoped to start using against Amin, beginning September 1973..." However in his statement about Ruzindana, Museveni claimed that he had sent Ruzindana along with 53 fighters to the Frelimo camp in Nachingwea, Tanzania. "Ruzindana and his colleagues on site could not manage that group. Their group became very indisciplined. The late President of Mozambique Comrade Samora Machel, at that time still a freedom fighter himself summoned me and told me to take the group away. We disbanded the group," he said. He later described this as the Nachingwea failure. While President Museveni may be mixing up the history of his liberation struggle, most of the people he mentioned are either dead, too afraid to go on record or say they are disgusted with the whole scenario. Julius NyerereRuzindana himself says he does not want to discuss anything concerning the president's outbursts. "I do not want to engage the president in press wars so I have nothing to say," he said when contacted on phone. Yona Kanyomozi (who was part of the Nairobi group) now a member of the East African Legislative assembly switched his phone off, while Maumbe Mukhwana said he can only put his memoirs in a book at a later date. Did he or didn't he.. Although President Museveni insists in his statement that Ruzindana was part of the group that participated in the abortive Mbarara attack, his comments in the book are inconsistent with this claim. On September 18, 2003 under the heading "Museveni Relives The 1972 Attack on Mbrarara Barracks" The New Vision Museveni wrote that Ruzindana had been trained before the September 17, 1972 ill invasion. "The Masaka group was much bigger (three times more). When we crossed Kyaka Bridge, the two groups
RE: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni
Owor, Just remember that The skinny, starving children in the Museveni-made Concentration Camps in Acholi, Lango and Teso do not have the same opportunity as the fat-looking, well-fedfirst daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire. y From: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:57:17 + (GMT) Let kids pursue dreams - Museveni By Elizabeth Kameo Agnes Asiimwe Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - Flair, glow, simplicity, elegance, an African touch and great entertainment made up the first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire's first ever show of her fashion and design creations. Officiating at the show, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, President Yoweri Museveni said as a child, Natasha loved art and drawing. "I encouraged her to do what she wanted. Never coach children into this or that line, in a line of development don't make children do what they don't want to do," he urged. Ms Natasha Museveni Karugire gets the microphone from her father, President Yoweri Museveni, after his speech at the inaugural show of the House of Kaine fashion design house at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday. Ms Karugire is the proprietor and designer (Photo by Ismail Kezaala). "These young people are going to move this country, they have new ideas, unlike the old ones whose fire has died out, they are like fire these movement children, babuguma," Museveni said. He said he encourages such children with a solution for a societal need, adding he is happy and ready to encourage Natasha. Natasha is the proprietor of House of Kaine fashion house and was showcasing her designs for the first time since she set up shop. On his daughter's collection, he said Natasha had told him that House of Kaine's intention was to make clothes for the African woman, "The African woman has a shape, you know that shape, was not catered for in modern dress. Asian women have their own shape, so do European woman. That is why I encouraged her (Natasha) to cater for the African woman," said Museveni. He commended the sponsors; Kampala Casino, MTN, Sudhir and Joystna Ruparelia who he said also benefit from supporting local talent. "In sponsoring shows like this, you are also advertising yourselves, which is very good," Museveni said. An emotional Natasha, in her speech, thanked her father; husband Edwin Karugire and family whose support she said made it possible for her to achieve success. Natasha's collection was made up of five categories: celestial - an Ente (cow) inspired category, Savannah, Black, Yellow, red and the nostalgic woman. Her clothes had themes of beads, feathers and embroidery to add an African touch to her designs. Natasha's creations are sold in the US market. The show was attended by among others; the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda, Toro Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, ministers and ambassadors. International guests included musician Cornell Stone, guest Model Misha'el Adonijah Rick and Diva Entertainment president, Leisa Butler. The first lady Janet Museveni, Natasha's sisters and brother did not however attend the show. Natasha will donate part of the proceeds from the show to TASO, an HIV/Aids charity organisation. © 2003 The Monitor Publications - - BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be. Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni
A Uganda president in waiting? 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: Y Yaobang To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: RE: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Owor, Just remember that The skinny, starving children in the Museveni-made Concentration Camps in Acholi, Lango and Teso do not have the same opportunity as the fat-looking, well-fedfirst daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire. y From: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:57:17 + (GMT) Let kids pursue dreams - Museveni By Elizabeth Kameo Agnes Asiimwe Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - Flair, glow, simplicity, elegance, an African touch and great entertainment made up the first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire's first ever show of her fashion and design creations. Officiating at the show, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, President Yoweri Museveni said as a child, Natasha loved art and drawing. "I encouraged her to do what she wanted. Never coach children into this or that line, in a line of development don't make children do what they don't want to do," he urged. Ms Natasha Museveni Karugire gets the microphone from her father, President Yoweri Museveni, after his speech at the inaugural show of the House of Kaine fashion design house at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday. Ms Karugire is the proprietor and designer (Photo by Ismail Kezaala). "These young people are going to move this country, they have new ideas, unlike the old ones whose fire has died out, they are like fire these movement children, babuguma," Museveni said. He said he encourages such children with a solution for a societal need, adding he is happy and ready to encourage Natasha. Natasha is the proprietor of House of Kaine fashion house and was showcasing her designs for the first time since she set up shop. On his daughter's collection, he said Natasha had told him that House of Kaine's intention was to make clothes for the African woman, "The African woman has a shape, you know that shape, was not catered for in modern dress. Asian women have their own shape, so do European woman. That is why I encouraged her (Natasha) to cater for the African woman," said Museveni. He commended the sponsors; Kampala Casino, MTN, Sudhir and Joystna Ruparelia who he said also benefit from supporting local talent. "In sponsoring shows like this, you are also advertising yourselves, which is very good," Museveni said. An emotional Natasha, in her speech, thanked her father; husband Edwin Karugire and family whose support she said made it possible for her to achieve success. Natasha's collection was made up of five categories: celestial - an Ente (cow) inspired category, Savannah, Black, Yellow, red and the nostalgic woman. Her clothes had themes of beads, feathers and embroidery to add an African touch to her designs. Natasha's creations are sold in the US market. The show was attended by among others; the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda, Toro Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, ministers and ambassadors. International guests included musician Cornell Stone, guest Model Misha'el Adonijah Rick and Diva Entertainment president, Leisa Butler. The first lady Janet Museveni, Natasha's sisters and brother did not however attend the show. Natasha will donate part of the proceeds from the show to TASO, an HIV/Aids charity organisation. © 2003 The Monitor Publications - - BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be. Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni
Mulindwa, For president? I guess we'll have to wait till the fat lady sings. yFrom: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:50:50 -0500 A Uganda president in waiting? 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: Y Yaobang To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: RE: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Owor, Just remember that The skinny, starving children in the Museveni-made Concentration Camps in Acholi, Lango and Teso do not have the same opportunity as the fat-looking, well-fed first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire. y From: Owor Kipenji Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:57:17 + (GMT) Let kids pursue dreams - Museveni By Elizabeth Kameo Agnes Asiimwe Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - Flair, glow, simplicity, elegance, an African touch and great entertainment made up the first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire's first ever show of her fashion and design creations. Officiating at the show, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, President Yoweri Museveni said as a child, Natasha loved art and drawing. "I encouraged her to do what she wanted. Never coach children into this or that line, in a line of development don't make children do what they don't want to do," he urged. Ms Natasha Museveni Karugire gets the microphone from her father, President Yoweri Museveni, after his speech at the inaugural show of the House of Kaine fashion design house at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday. Ms Karugire is the proprietor and designer (Photo by Ismail Kezaala). "These young people are going to move this country, they have new ideas, unlike the old ones whose fire has died out, they are like fire these movement children, babuguma," Museveni said. He said he encourages such children with a solution for a societal need, adding he is happy and ready to encourage Natasha. Natasha is the proprietor of House of Kaine fashion house and was showcasing her designs for the first time since she set up shop. On his daughter's collection, he said Natasha had told him that House of Kaine's intention was to make clothes for the African woman, "The African woman has a shape, you know that shape, was not catered for in modern dress. Asian women have their own shape, so do European woman. That is why I encouraged her (Natasha) to cater for the African woman," said Museveni. He commended the sponsors; Kampala Casino, MTN, Sudhir and Joystna Ruparelia who he said also benefit from supporting local talent. "In sponsoring shows like this, you are also advertising yourselves, which is very good," Museveni said. An emotional Natasha, in her speech, thanked her father; husband Edwin Karugire and family whose support she said made it possible for her to achieve success. Natasha's collection was made up of five categories: celestial - an Ente (cow) inspired category, Savannah, Black, Yellow, red and the nostalgic woman. Her clothes had themes of beads, feathers and embroidery to add an African touch to her designs. Natasha's creations are sold in the US market. The show was attended by among others; the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda, Toro Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, ministers and ambassadors. International guests included musician Cornell Stone, guest Model Misha'el Adonijah Rick and Diva Entertainment president, Leisa Butler. The first lady Janet Museveni, Natasha's sisters and brother did not however attend the show. Natasha will donate part of the proceeds from the show to TASO, an HIV/Aids charity organisation. © 2003 The Monitor Publications - - BT Yahoo! Broadband - Save £80 when you order online today. Hurry! Offer ends 21st December 2003. The way the internet was meant to be. -- Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug 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
Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni
Just watch what happens after the father gives us federalism, we will sing her name (Let kids pursue dreams) 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: Y Yaobang To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 11:15 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Mulindwa, For president? I guess we'll have to wait till the fat lady sings. yFrom: "Mulindwa Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:50:50 -0500 A Uganda president in waiting? 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: Y Yaobang To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 7:06 PM Subject: RE: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Owor, Just remember that The skinny, starving children in the Museveni-made Concentration Camps in Acholi, Lango and Teso do not have the same opportunity as the fat-looking, well-fed first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire. y From: Owor Kipenji Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Let kids pursue dreams-Museveni Date: Sat, 13 Dec 2003 20:57:17 + (GMT) Let kids pursue dreams - Museveni By Elizabeth Kameo Agnes Asiimwe Dec 14, 2003 KAMPALA - Flair, glow, simplicity, elegance, an African touch and great entertainment made up the first daughter Natasha Kainembabazi Karugire's first ever show of her fashion and design creations. Officiating at the show, at Speke Resort Munyonyo, President Yoweri Museveni said as a child, Natasha loved art and drawing. "I encouraged her to do what she wanted. Never coach children into this or that line, in a line of development don't make children do what they don't want to do," he urged. Ms Natasha Museveni Karugire gets the microphone from her father, President Yoweri Museveni, after his speech at the inaugural show of the House of Kaine fashion design house at Speke Resort Munyonyo on Friday. Ms Karugire is the proprietor and designer (Photo by Ismail Kezaala). "These young people are going to move this country, they have new ideas, unlike the old ones whose fire has died out, they are like fire these movement children, babuguma," Museveni said. He said he encourages such children with a solution for a societal need, adding he is happy and ready to encourage Natasha. Natasha is the proprietor of House of Kaine fashion house and was showcasing her designs for the first time since she set up shop. On his daughter's collection, he said Natasha had told him that House of Kaine's intention was to make clothes for the African woman, "The African woman has a shape, you know that shape, was not catered for in modern dress. Asian women have their own shape, so do European woman. That is why I encouraged her (Natasha) to cater for the African woman," said Museveni. He commended the sponsors; Kampala Casino, MTN, Sudhir and Joystna Ruparelia who he said also benefit from supporting local talent. "In sponsoring shows like this, you are also advertising yourselves, which is very good," Museveni said. An emotional Natasha, in her speech, thanked her father; husband Edwin Karugire and family whose support she said made it possible for her to achieve success. Natasha's collection was made up of five categories: celestial - an Ente (cow) inspired category, Savannah, Black, Yellow, red and the nostalgic woman. Her clothes had themes of beads, feathers and embroidery to add an African touch to her designs. Natasha's creations are sold in the US market. The show was attended by among others; the Nabagereka of Buganda Sylvia Nagginda, Toro Princess Elizabeth Bagaya, ministers and ambassadors. International guests included musician Cornell Stone, guest Model Misha'el Adonijah Rick and Diva Entertainment president, Leisa Butler. The first lady Janet Museveni, Natasha's sisters and brother did not however attend the show. Natasha will donate part of the proceeds from the show to TASO, an HIV/Aids charity organisation. © 2003 The Monitor Publications
ugnet_: IS THE PRSIDENT A PATHOLOGICAL LIAR?
Is The President A Pathological Liar?Bush's Unhealthy Relationship With RealityBy David Corn LA Weekly12-13-3 It was a set-up question. Conservative radio talk-show host Michael Medved was trying to bait me, to push me into saying something so out of whack about the commander in chief that I would destroy my own credibility before the audience of his nationally syndicated show. It was a ruse I've become quite familiar with in recent weeks, since I published a book demurely titled The Lies of George W. Bush: Mastering the Politics of Deception. In scores of media interviews, right-wing hosts have pressed me to pronounce Bush the all-time biggest SOB-of-a-liar in the White House and essentially accuse him of being a psycho. I have resisted the invitations, choosing to stick to my just-the-facts case that Bush has misled the public on a host of issues ó the war in Iraq, his tax cuts, global warming, Social Security, his own past and more. The goal of these interlocutors is to dismiss any harsh critique of Bush as nothing more than angry-left name-calling. I obviously believe Bush has lied often and consistently about grave matters, but I have shied away from labeling Bush "pathological" and the like. Now I wonder about that. What forced this reconsideration was a speech Bush delivered in late November to several thousand troops at Butts Army Air Field in Fort Carson, Colorado. On this occasion, Bush served up the usual rah-rah about the war on terrorism. But as he was hailing the U.S. military, he remarked, "Working with a fine coalition, our military went to Afghanistan, destroyed the training camps of al Qaeda and put the Taliban out of business forever." Out of business forever? That was a false statement. Days before Bush's speech, a U.S. helicopter crashed near Kabul, and five American soldiers were killed. These troops were hunting Taliban remnants. Two days before the speech, a rocket was fired at the Intercontinental Hotel in Kabul; Taliban insurgents were the prime suspects. On November 16, a U.N. aid worker was assassinated, apparently by the Taliban. In Kandahar, the Taliban was threatening to harm Afghans who participated in local elections. None of this has been secret, even if events in Afghanistan receive less media coverage than the Laci Peterson case. In recent weeks, a stream of news reports has noted that the Taliban is on the rise and mounting an increasing number of attacks. These assaults have impeded much-needed reconstruction projects. In mid-November, a U.N. mission reported that the Taliban attacks were endangering democracy in Afghanistan. What then could account for Bush's truth-defying assertion about the Taliban? After all, it was a statement ridiculously easy to disprove. (The Bush bashers of Moveon.org immediately sent out a mass e-mail citing this remark as further evidence that Bush is a misleader.) Was Bush really trying to hornswoggle the troops and the American people? In a way. I assume that had he bothered to think about this line, he probably would have realized that it was inaccurate and that there was no reason to claim the Taliban was stone-cold dead when he could have truthfully declared that the U.S. military (under his command) and its Afghan allies had routed the Taliban. It was not as if Bush said to himself, Aha! I know what I'll do. I will boast that I eliminated the Taliban ó even though anyone who follows this stuff knows a Taliban resurgence is under way ó and fool people into believing I am winning the war on terrorism. Bush was more likely engaged in the deceit of triumphalism ó ignoring facts and saying whatever sounds good to juice up the public. It was hype, extreme rhetoric, utterly divorced from events on the ground. This statement was a report from Planet Bush, not the world as it exists ó a demonstration of Bush's penchant to embrace (and peddle) self-serving fantasy over the obvious truth. The dishonesty underlying the Taliban line was transparent. In the same speech, Bush also practiced (yet again) a more nuanced form of dissembling. He told the crowd that the war on terrorism began with 9/11, and that "we will not rest until we bring these committed killers to justice. These terrorists will not be stopped by negotiations, or by appeals to reason, or
ugnet_: EUROPE-AFRICA RAIL TUNNEL AGREED
Europe-Africa rail tunnel agreed Spanish-Moroccan relations hit a low in July last yearSpain and Morocco say they have agreed to build a 39-kilometre rail tunnel beneath the Mediterranean Sea, to link Europe and Africa. The Spanish Development Ministry said two adjacent tunnels will run beneath the Straits of Gibraltar to Morocco. They are planned to run between Punta Palomas, 40 km west of Gibraltar and Punta Malabata near Tangiers. The ministry said the route had been chosen because the Mediterranean at that point is just 300 metres deep. The ministry said that a joint Spanish and Moroccan committee of officials had already agreed a preliminary three-year plan of works to start as early as next year, with an estimated initial cost of $30m. Differences The vision of a fixed link between Spain and Morocco has been alive for more than 20 years, and was revived at a summit in Morocco earlier this month. It comes a year and a half after a crisis between the two countries over the tiny island of Perejil. Spanish marines forcibly evicted some Moroccan soldiers from the island, which both countries claim. The two countries are also at odds over Western Sahara, where Morocco suspects Spain of favouring the Polisario Front independence movement, and the Spanish North African enclaves of Ceuta and Melilla, which Rabat says are occupied territory. This plan could be put into action as early as next year but the eventual total cost of the project is likely to be much more. The proposal has drawn comparisons with the Channel Tunnel, that links England and France, and raises the prospect of a continuous rail link between the north of Scotland and Africa. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
