ugnet_: MUCH OF IRAQ'S FORCES HAVE QUIT
General: Much of Iraq's Forces Have Quit Wednesday April 21, 2004 9:16 PM By CONNIE CASS Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - About one in every 10 members of Iraq's security forces ``actually worked against'' U.S. troops during the recent militia violence in Iraq, and an additional 40 percent walked off the job because of intimidation, the commander of the 1st Armored Division said Wednesday. In an interview beamed by satellite from Baghdad to news executives attending The Associated Press annual meeting, Maj. Gen. Martin Dempsey said the campaign in Iraq was at a critical point. ``We have to get this latest increase in violence under control,'' Dempsey said. ``We have to take a look at the Iraqi security forces and learn why they walked.'' The militia violence aggravated underlying troubles in Iraq's new military and police forces - the unfulfilled desire for ``some Iraqi hierarchy in which to place their trust and confidence'' and a reluctance by Iraqis to take up arms against their countrymen, Dempsey said. ``It's very difficult at times to convince them that Iraqis are killing fellow Iraqis and fellow Muslims, because it's something they shouldn't have to accept,'' he said. ``Over time I think they will probably have to accept it.'' The failure of Iraqi security forces to perform is significant because it could hurt the United States' overall exit strategy from Iraq, which is dependent on moving U.S. troops out of the cities and handing authority to Iraqis. Officials have said the U.S. military would delay its withdrawal from parts of Iraq until Iraqi forces were ready to take control. In one example of the problems, on April 5, a newly created Iraqi army battalion of several hundred soldiers refused to join U.S. Marines in their offensive against insurgents in the city of Fallujah. Dempsey maintained in the interview that popular support for the U.S.-led coalition in Iraq is still ``very solid.'' But he acknowledged ``a form of descending consent'' for the U.S. military presence occurring among Iraqis as time passes. ``There is a point where it doesn't matter how well we're doing, it won't be accepted that we have a large military presence here,'' he said. ``We're all working very diligently trying to figure out where that point is.'' Dempsey was asked about the remarks of two other U.S. commanders who questioned the wisdom of banning former Baath Party members from government jobs when their skills are needed in the reconstruction effort. ``History is going to have to decide whether that was right or not,'' he said. Dempsey recalled receiving a warning from Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Abdullah that the coalition forces would find it tough to bring order to Iraq after dissolving the country's only two powerful institutions - the army and the Baath Party. ``So part of me says our jobs may have been easier had we just found a way to keep some of the Baath Party in place,'' Dempsey said, echoing comments by Maj. Gen. John R.S. Batiste and Brig. Gen. Carter F. Ham published in The New York Times on Wednesday. But Dempsey added: ``On the other hand, the entire part of the population that was disenfranchised during these 35 years, largely the Shiite population, absolutely has no trust in any former member of the Baath Party. So we found ourselves exactly in the middle of this.'' On the security forces, Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld has said he is sending Maj. Gen. David Petraeus back to Iraq to oversee the training and equipping of all Iraqi security forces, including those who had been the responsibility of the State Department or the Coalition Provisional Authority. Dempsey said efforts are under way to ensure Iraqi security forces that there will be Iraqi authorities in place to back them up after U.S. troops leave. During the recent militia attacks, ``about 50 percent of the security forces that we've built over the past year stood tall and stood firm,'' he said. ``About 40 percent walked off the job because they were intimidated. And about 10 percent actually worked against us,'' said Dempsey, describing that group as infiltrators. Dempsey commands the Army division in charge of Baghdad. He has been in Iraq for more than a year, focusing on intelligence gathering and combatting terrorism as he works to help Iraqi security forces take over those tasks. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO
Mulindwa - Your convoluted postings are indicative of your scattered mind. Why do you need a page to state what can be said in a couple of words, all of which is crap anyway. UPC is anathema in Buganda and parts of the North - period. Like your hero Obote, I can't see it surviving for much longer - they are both imminently doomed to extinction - thats the reality - love it, loath it, but you brain somehow can't grasp that fact. As for you, it hurts that you continue to admantly insist that you are a Muganda and denounce us for some reason, as if owning up to your true origins will demean you and your stature somehow. We are all human beings, though with varying degrees of civilization and devopment, which shouldn't really matter, as long as were are as Northerners committed to at least doing something for our folk who are doom stone age-style existence. I can't to it alone, I need to enlist the assistance of my tribesmen like you. Trouble is, they are all too eaten up by envying other areas, to realize that things are nose-diving. As a matter of fact, even animals don't destroy themselves the way we are doing to ourselves. Look at what Kony is doing to us, his own people! I can remember seeing that a similar thing in Buganda, or elsewhere in Uganda for that matter. Mulindwa, Kipenji, Oracha el al, please lets do something for our people. Leave the Baganda alone - it is sheer stupidity, as if we are all bewitched! Adam From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:13:11 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo It is true that many Ugandans abandoned these forums for there is truly nothing much to gain. But there are those of us who feel that we as Ugandans can discuss matters of our nation from a backed up process than Munange bang'ambye, for that munange ba'ngabye is well and alive to the villages we are born. All I am trying to do is to change trend to see that we as Ugandans who have been abroad can surely up lift this debate from the Malwa talk to serious talk. For you know what? We are discussing matters which directly result into the loss of the lives of our people. Let me add as well that I was in the meeting in Toronto where it was decided that every Southerner must be militarily trained, a meeting which produced the infamous Chaka Muchaka, and the reasoning people like Professor Kasozi now who is in Mbale University as a professor had, were that Uganda's atrocities were caused by Northerners. But as a Muganda I found that hard to believe either way for the following reasons 1) State research bureau had the least Northerners, and I do not even remember a prominent northerner in State research, but it was an institution which killed a great number of people. But the majority of those officers were Baganda and Westerners including Rwandese. Acholis and Langis? Nah they were not in Nakasero. 2) I can not remember any government (again I am going to go with facts than nawulidde) that has made Buganda as powerful as she was under UPC government. Intelligent as I believe you are you surely know how many powerful ministerial positions Baganda hold in both UPC governments. Yes Museveni and NRM have given Baganda powerful positions, but Kiseka who was a PM, died a beggar, a man who sold all he had including the land that today no one knows where Kiseka's body is, for the owner of his land was forced by NRM to let a plot to lay in the body of Kiseka as a state funeral. What happened after the convoys left, you and I surely do not know. Andrew Kayiira was murdered, Edward Mugalu was shot day light, The whole pile of Doctors we had in Doctor's village in were attacked and murdered by Fronasa during the Lule days. Many of whom were Baganda. I can give you a whole list of Baganda killed by this government. It baffles every right thinking Ugandan that all these NRM murders have gone un noticed by a man like you and your fellow federalists. But how can you notice them when all of you believe that Museveni killed no body in Luwero District and Oyite Ojok killed 500 000 people? (Now I know that this paragraph will be used to attack me as a UPC supporter, and to those I will state that I have never had a plan to run out of Uganda until when UPC threw me into Makindye to until when my life was on a wire, and there are many people both in Uganda and Kenya who saw me a week after the death of Oyite Ojok who mis took me for a dead person. Yes the days when Ssenyange's were in Nairobi drinking for a Ugandan is dead, I was praying hard that God helps me to see my body produce shit at least once. And Kasangwawo I wonder whether you were in Makindye ever? So before those who were drinking in Nairobi attack me, should ask them selves why I bother this much?)+ 3) The years I have been abroad have helped me to polish on my
ugnet_: Uneasy calm as Acholiland looks into uncertain future - Monitor 22/4/2004
Uneasy calm as Acholiland looks into uncertain futureApril 22, 2004 - Monitor President Yoweri Museveni wrote last week that the UPDF is putting decisive pressure on Lords Resistance Army rebel leader, Joseph Kony and predicted final victory soon. Museveni has on many occasions personally promised and failed to finish off Kony militarily. But recent claims of victory, coming on the back significant UPDF successes in neighbouring Lango and Teso, and a period of uneasy calm in Acholi, look more credible. Most people interviewed for this report, however, want the war to be ended through dialogue and peace talks because 18 years of fighting have failed to end it. The people, who are traumatised and dehumanised by the war reject government claims that says Kony is a small problem, a small jigger in the toe. They point at the destruction of their social fabric that the conflict has wrought, turning a once strong, cultured, and proud people into beggars. Ochora also specifically calls for the economic rehabilitation of Acholiland to offer the population opportunities to earn a living.Ochora, who is the most visible former rebel, says rebels find it easier to live in the bush where they get all these free things, free women He recommends a mix of military pressure to protect the civilian population and negotiation to end the rebellion. Unlike government, observers say the war against Kony, under Operation Iron Fist, is failing. They point out that it led to the abduction of more children in a single year than ever before. They see government support to the SPLA is a key element in an axis of terror and they want Kampala to sever links with John Garang. The government says they will continue supporting SPLA in principle, even this has become less and less significant as with increasing chances of a comprehensive peace deal in Sudan. Many others want a neutral arbiter like the United Nations between brutal rebels that claim to be fighting for them and a government that they see as having failed, even reluctant, to protect them. Call to the UN The governments reaction to calls for international intervention has at best been dismissive. Defence spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza argues that the role of the UN should be to provide food, water and sanitation, as the UPDF mops up. He argues that Acholi has been generally secure since June last year and dismisses calls for the UN to intervene as a political gimmick.Those who are pushing for the UN want to be on record later saying that Museveni didnt win this. It was the UN that stepped in. In Liberia you had the UN Security Council, which mandated intervention on behalf of the suffering civilian population because the state was under threat of falling into anarchy, Maj. Shaban Bantariza told the UN Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN) in September. But the state is not under threat in Uganda. However the LRA are not attacking the state: they are abducting and killing innocent unarmed civilians. Bantariza sees calls for UN intervention as misconceived, based on inadequate understanding of the situation If they mean a peacekeeping force mandated by the UN Security Council, where would the force go? These are terrorists who have infiltrated much of the country but only target rural civilian settlements and abduct children before disappearing. What we need is not peacekeepers but peace enforcers which is what the UPDF is for. But both ordinary people in Acholi and an ambassador of one Kampalas strategic allies point out that the UPDF could do a lot better. They point to the fact that people in the protected villages are still vulnerable to rebel attacks and that thousands of children spend the nights on the cold streets of Acholi towns. There are increasing calls for international mediation in the conflict. The HURIPEC - Liu report, released last October, cites an EU humanitarian official, Ms Costanza Adinolfi who said: We have witnessed a forgotten crisis in northern Uganda that has aroused little interests in the donor community. Adinolfi concluded that the conflict is internal and should be solved internally and that the international community has a duty to support dialogue. This view, however, glaringly ignores the regional aspects of the conflict. In an interview, American Ambassador to Uganda Jimmy Kolker suggested that the belligerents must take the lead because the war was about Ugandans fighting Ugandans. The HURIPEC report calls for an international movement to prevail on the government and the LRA to accept negotiation. In addition to American military support to Uganda, the other drawback for this strategy is the government argument that it has appointed a peace team and the rebels have refused to take advantage of it. Critics point out that neither government nor the rebels have made genuine attempts at dialogue. As demonstrated earlier mutual suspicion and accusations and counter accusations have hampered the
ugnet_: Safe houses still Exist - Uganda Human Rights Commission
Safe houses still exist - UHRC , New Vision - 22nd April 2004 SERIOUS SITUATION: Bichetero and Omara at Parliament By Milton Olupot THE Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) yesterday told Parliament that some security agencies were still maintaining safe houses where suspects rights were abused. The team, led by acting commissioner Aliro Omara, was yesterday appearing before the legal and parliamentary affairs committee to present a summary of the budget estimates for 2004/2005. Commissioner Veronica Bichetero Eragu said, The commission still had limited access to detention centres. We were denied access to Makindye military Barracks. They have stopped us from entering other military detention centres. We were tipped by the local population about an incident on Balintuma Road in Mengo, but we were denied entrance. When we went back the place had been cleared. Whenever we find out about a place, it is cleared, she said. She told the committee chaired by Abdu Katuntu (Bugweri), that the commission had written to the Army commander asking for express permission to visit any detention centre without prior information to such institutions. Our mandate does not require us to seek permission to visit a centre. We should have access at all times without restriction, she said, adding that the Police and Prisons had been very cooperative and cases of rights abuse had reduced. Aliro said the commission was constrained by lack of funds and could not do adequate investigations. He said out of the draft estimate of sh6.14b, finance only provided sh4.2b. MPs expressed concern that the finance ministry was not releasing enough money for the provision of services to the 1.4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) whom they said were living in absurd conditions. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
ugnet_: Health State Minister Capt. Mukula Roots for Federalism
Mukula roots for federalism - New Vision, 22nd April 2004 By Josephine Maseruka THE health state minister, Capt. Mike Mukula, has vowed to back federo in Parliament. Uganda cannot attain total peace when the Kabaka and his subjects are not happy about something (federo), he said. Mukula, who represented Vice-president Prof. Gilbert Bukenya at a fundraising drive for the Ndaula tombs at Buwaali -Ssentema in Wakiso district recently, said those who cherished federalism should get it. He warned the Baganda to beware of political opportunists such as Uganda Peoples Congress Dr Rwanyarare. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
ugnet_: Sleepless in Gulu - Monitor 22/4/2004
Sleepless in GuluBy Richard M. KavumaApril 22, 2004 - Monitor Tiptoeing my way to avoid stepping on yawning and snoring children in Gulus taxi park I came face to face with agony. SAFER HERE: A night commuter sleeping on a veranda at night in Gulu town. Thousands of children cant sleep in their homes because of the insecurity (Photo by Richard M. Kavuma).Blood oozed down from above his right eyelashes as he sat on a bench in the travellers shelter. He bit his teeth as if to lock out the pain, and raised the head, trying, with the half-open left eye, to see the people chuckling around him. Fifteen year-old Denis Ojok writhed, a scaring deep cut exposing red flesh on the inside of the eye-socket. The policeman in charge of guarding the children sleeping in the park said Ojok had been caught by a stone thrown by one of two girls. Having run to town for safety from LRA rebels, the girls, aged around 14, found they were not safe from rowdy boys groping and tugging them. The girls fought the unwelcome attention from the boys.Ojok was sleeping on the verandas outside the park when the stray stone hit him. What are you doing for this boy, Afande? I asked the policeman with urgency. Aah, this one? the cop replied, his flickering eyes red; his breath heavy with alcohol. This one will stay here until tomorrow. There is nothing that can be done. Afande staggered to his feet, lazily shrugging his shoulders to pull his navy blue raincoat closer to his body. But Afande, his eye looks bad. He could lose his eye, I pleaded.It is now late. The clinics have already closed. He said there was nothing he could do, adding that he was being honest with me. This is normal my friend, he said. They fight. You just stay here; you will see others coming with blood. Away from the brutal reality of Ojok, I walked to Andreas Olal Road, in front of The Monitor Gulu offices. It was an hour to midnight. About six boys were playing war games, shooting and kicking out at each other like their film heroes, Rambo and Bruce Lee. Among them, I was surprised by the composure and eloquence of a little, 13 year-old. His name, Tek Kwo, translates into hard life.He and his friends said they had to leave their villages before the sun went down every day to sleep on the verandas in town. Their parents send them to town for safety because rebels of the Lords Resistance Army that is fighting the government could abduct them at night. If you do not start walking early even the soldiers can cause you problems, says Tek Kwo. What problems? I ask. They can do anything to you if they want. They can even kill you.Why? Because others are drunk. Or when a witchdoctor has sent them for a head of a boy. Tek Kwo used to live at Nsambya, a suburb of the capital Kampala. His father worked at Uganda House as an accountant. He died in 2000. That is why I am now here in Gulu. Tek Kwos mother died in 2001. He now lives with his grandmother about six kilometres to the north of Gulu town. The children are taken in by the excitement of Gulu towns nightlife. For a town at the epicentre of a devastating rebellion, Gulu is surprisingly bustling with activity, with good hotels, hospitals, supermarkets, pubs and nightclubs. One boy lights matchstick after matchstick and tries in vain to set fire to the padlock on The Monitor office. Another jumps on a mineral water bottle, exploding it like a bomb blast, which he amplifies with another blast, from his mouth. A little boy, 9, wanted to watch city Crooner Jose Chameleone who was performing that night at Gulus Diana Gardens but he did not have enough money. I thought of the warm bed I was going to, and then looked at the children sleeping on the bare, cold, dusty floor; hungry; with nothing to cover their bodies. It was 11.30 p.m. I resolved to stay a bit longer. As the boys taught me some Luo words, I advised them to continue evading the rebels. That is not easy. The rebels had abducted about 9,000 children in the previous 12 months. With Tek Kwo, we talked about his name, hard life May be my mother had difficulty when he gave birth to me, he said. May be that is why they gave me that name. I struggled to find something to inspire Tek Kwo, who did not even have a blanket to cover himself that night. May be God knows you will have a hard life; but am sure He wants you to have life, I said. So, you must continue protecting your life from the rebels.Up to 8,000 children of school-going age from a radius of 5-10 km sleep on the streets on the streets of Gulu town to avoid being abducted by the LRA. The figure of these night commuters is estimated at 20,000 for the three districts of Gulu, Kitgum and Pader. NGOs Save the Children Denmark and Noahs Ark in Gulu, and Oxfam in Kitgum have provided shelters for the children to sleep in, but they are not enough. We are overly concerned about the future of thousands of children and young people who spend years on the
ugnet_: I'm Toothless, laments IGG
Im toothless, laments IGG - New Vision, 22nd April 2004 POWERLESS: Tumwesigye before legislators yesterday By Milton Olupot THE Inspector General of Government (IGG), Jotham Tumwesigye, has said the recent Constitutional Court ruling against the inspectorates powers, has put the Leadership Code in a state of confusion. In essence, the ruling is that the IGG has no powers to investigate certain officers who are appointed by the President. It has reduced us to only receiving declarations and carrying out verifications, he said yesterday. Tumwesigye, while appearing before the legal and parliamentary affairs committee chaired by Abdu Katuntu (Bugweri), said, The ruling of the Constitutional Court has sent a wrong message to the public. The IGG now has no powers in the public eyes. We have stepped on so many peoples toes in Government and they are not amused. They will do everything within their means to see that the IGGs powers are reduced, he said. The IGG led a team to present budget estimates for the year 2004/2005. He said the cu rrent remuneration to his staff was neither commensurate with their contractual conditions of service nor with the risk involved in the work of investigating and prosecuting people who embezzle millions of government money. The IGGs budget projections for 2004/2005 stands at sh2.8b for the wage bill, sh8.4b for non-wage bill, sh1b for development and sh1.5b for development projects, totalling to sh13.1b up from the sh8.7b for the last year. Tumwesigye said, It is true the ruling could have been on presidential appointees, but this goes to the level of directors, commissioners, public service appointees, RDCs, NRM Secretariat and others. This is a big chunk. So what remains for us to do, he asked. MPs questioned the IGG over his relationship with the Attorney General. The issue of you and the IGG going to court against each other is shabby. What did you expect the AG to do when the highest office goes to court to support people who are suing the Governmen t, Matembe asked. Tumwesigye called on Parliament to stand firm and resist the efforts by the Government to scrap or reduce the powers of the inspectorate. The plan to scrap the office was demonstrated by what was sent by the Government to the Constitutional Review Commission, the IGG said. MPs wondered how Presidential Assistant Fox Odoi executes his duty of briefing the President while suing the Government at the same time. Katuntu said Odoi should be summoned to answer such questions. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
ugnet_: Africans Crazy for Democracy - BBC
Last Updated: Wednesday, 21 April, 2004, 11:47 GMT 12:47 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Africans crazy for democracy By Patrick Smith BBC Focus On Africa magazine Elections in Africa are often controversial"Democrazy? Dem all crazy, what a crazy demonstration!" fumed Nigeria's late Fela Anikulapo Kuti when asked what he thought of elections in Africa - although that didn't stop him running for president. Fela wanted Africans to look to their own traditions for political development. Pre-colonial Africa had its military dictatorships, but many regimes were bound by constitutions and forms of accountability. Oyo kings were obliged to commit suicide if presented with a calabash by a delegation of elders. Ashanti princes could be dethroned. African civil society, nice and nasty, goes back much longer than today's non-governmental organisations. Euphoria fades Doubtless the high point for African democracy was 27 April 1994, when South Africans trooped to the polls to elect a government led by Nelson Mandela in the country's first democratic elections. Indeed, a decade ago it seemed democracy in Africa would have a bright future. South Africa's 1994 elections suggested a bright future for democracy in AfricaTyrannies in Benin, Ethiopia, Liberia and Mali had been ousted and many more were under threat. Opposition activists in Francophone Africa organised national conferences holding leaders to account on claims of corruption and brutality. Pro-democracy activists in Ghana and Nigeria stepped up their campaigns, and advocates of one-party rule such as Ivory Coast's Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Kenya's Daniel arap Moi and Zambia's Kenneth Kaunda were going or had gone. And in step with the new mood, Western powers started criticising their former autocratic allies in Africa. Britain, France and the US threatened to cut aid. The World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), technically barred from invoking political conditions on loans, joined the chorus. The US government even published a road map listing the steps to democratisation: struggle, transition, institutionalisation, elections and then consolidation. But the reality has proved more stubborn. Presidents Houphouët-Boigny, Moi, Mobutu and Togo's Gnassingbe Eyadéma adopted multi-party political systems against their will - but they then subverted them by sponsoring splinter parties to divide the opposition. Incumbents became adept at winning polls: doctoring voters' rolls; stuffing ballot boxes and using violence against opponents. Some opposition parties, like Zambia's Movement for Multi-Party Democracy (MMD), did rise to power. But it is now blamed for increasing economic hardship through its policy of privatisation and retrenchments in the civil service. In neighbouring Malawi, some voters feel the same about the government of President Bakili Muluzi and his United Democratic Front (UDF) party. Elections are scheduled to take place in May and former president Kamuzu Banda's old Malawi Congress Party (MCP) is making a bid for power as part of a coalition. Even in South Africa, the euphoria has now given way to worries about the ANC's dominance and the lack of credible opposition parties. Struggle continues So has Africa's decade of democracy succeeded or failed? Despite setbacks and thwarted hopes, the democracy glass is at least half-full. The internet has helped the growth of political activityThere have been outright successes: popular opposition parties and coalitions have won multi-party elections in Ghana, Kenya, Mali and Senegal. And opposition parties owe much to the hard work of civic activists and journalists who have campaigned against oppressive laws. Independent local radio stations have unleashed a torrent of political debate calling governments to account. Technology has helped too: mobile phones and mini-video cameras are now part of the armoury of election observers, who can quickly record and report abuses. As Africa gets wired to the internet, the rapid dissemination of news and argument is shaping political agendas. However there have been years of bloody conflict in countries such as Congo-Brazzaville, DR Congo, Ivory Coast and Liberia. When it comes to real political power, the sword - or at least the AK-47 - is still mightier than the pen in these areas. And politics remains too often an expensive game with the spoils of office being shared between members of the same elite wearing different political colours. Economic uncertainties chip away at idealism and new style regimes find it easier to co-opt and corrupt rather than to bludgeon their opponents. The democracy movement in Africa is here to stay, but the struggle continues. Patrick Smith is the editor of the London-based newsletter 'Africa Confidential'. A full version of this article can be found in the April-July issue of BBC Focus On Africa magazine. E-mail this to a friend
ugnet_: Tycoon Michael Ezra gives Ug Shs I billion to Sports Journalists
Ezra gives 1b/- to sports journalists - New Vision , 22nd April 2004 JOVIAL: Ezra after announcing the sponsorship to sports journalists at Hotel Africana in Kampala yesterday By Douglas Mazune TYCOON Michael Ezra yesterday bounced back on the sports scene with a sh1b offer to Uganda Sports Press Association (USPA), the biggest sponsorship in the history of Ugandan sport. The philanthropist disclosed the offer at an extraordinary USPA assembly at Hotel Africana at 9.00am. Ezra, who was due to announce the offer at a similar function at the Rwenzori Ball Room at Sheraton Hotel on Thursday last week, turned up at Africana at 10.00am to address a packed room of sports journalists. The Sheraton briefing last week was called off at the last minute. Ezra said he wanted to see European big names like Arsenals Thierry Henry visiting the Pearl of Africa in January 2005. I have decided that I will sponsor USPA activities for the coming two years. So my sponsorship will run up to 2006. This means I am going to sponsor the 2005 and 2006 USPA galas without co-sponsors. They (USPA) should start spending immediately I step out of here. I dont expect you to complain about any problems, he told the visibly astonished journalists. Ezra, who this year presided over the gala for the first time as USPA patron, urged the executive to organise a better gala next year. He gave USPA a blank cheque for this years colourful gala at which leading sport personalities were crowned. I hope the USPA executive has learnt a lot. Next year I want USPA to bring foreign sportsmen for the purpose of the gala. I want these stars you see on TV like Henry (Thierry), or Roger Milla to come and crown our sportsmen. I want at least three international stars. We are going to be global. We have the money. Kabuleta (USPA chairman) should contact them. It is just a matter of knowing their schedule and giving them lucrative deals. If USPA cant, I will bring them. I know them and I have the contacts, he said. Ezra, who recently refuted reports that he forged a Directorate of Military Intelligen ce ID and extorted money in 1999, explained his absence since the story broke saying, A few tired fellows wrote about me so I wanted to put things straight before I embark on sports. Most of you were heart broken and thought the man has finally seen darkness. But I am around. Some of these people had a bad upbringing, he said. Earlier, plainclothes security personnel occasionally checked Ezras seat and replaced a hotel mineral water bottle with one of their own. There were reports last week that Ezra had been poisoned in a hotel. When Star FM sports presenter Hamza Ngobi, who is a marathon runner, asked a question, Ezra pointed at him and said, You man, you are a marathon runner. You run almost every month. its not healthy. An excited Ngobi rushed for a handshake with the tycoon, while asking for sh1m sponsorship to travel for a race in South Africa while repeatedly saying, So you know me, sir. Sh1m to South Africa? I will give you sh2m, Ezra to ld Ngobi, who nearly fell to his knees. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
Re: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO
Adam Why does an intelligent person like you respond to crap? Let us keep quite and facts will go away, let us play the bigotry trip and it will make us better. There are those of us who have been in the middle of Uganda politics for a while and we have seen it all. Unlike the Ssenyange's and you, who were born in Amin's time. The beauty of Uganda issues is that it all boils down to Ugandans at home. On the death of UPC in Uganda, I will say this, as a Movementist you believe that UPC is dead, and I have no problem with that what so ever. Why don't we test the waters by freeing political partys in the nation? Why does that scare the living hell out of you? 20 plus years when you have supported the silencing of political partys. Let us open them. Or you are the only smart Ugandan who knows that UPC is anathema to Uganda? Is attacking it our only solution today? Why don't we try another style, why can't we study it and know its strength and weakness? May be just may be it is your kind which is making Ugandans wonder about this party? For what is it you based on to state that it cannot survive any longer? Why have you brought in Obote's name and demanded their extinction? For to me it seems that UPC is not Obote but a belief. A belief which is in Ugandans with Obote or with out him? May be that is what you have failed to grasp? Let me ask you as well, if we were to put a free and fair election in Uganda today, which political party do you see winning? DP KY or UPM? Adam let us raise the level of this discussion for once. And I think your answering such questions can be very vital in this endeavor. if you have the ability to that is. Have a good day sir/madam as you wallow. 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: Adam Dada [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 5:03 AM Subject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Mulindwa - Your convoluted postings are indicative of your scattered mind. Why do you need a page to state what can be said in a couple of words, all of which is crap anyway. UPC is anathema in Buganda and parts of the North - period. Like your hero Obote, I can't see it surviving for much longer - they are both imminently doomed to extinction - thats the reality - love it, loath it, but you brain somehow can't grasp that fact. As for you, it hurts that you continue to admantly insist that you are a Muganda and denounce us for some reason, as if owning up to your true origins will demean you and your stature somehow. We are all human beings, though with varying degrees of civilization and devopment, which shouldn't really matter, as long as were are as Northerners committed to at least doing something for our folk who are doom stone age-style existence. I can't to it alone, I need to enlist the assistance of my tribesmen like you. Trouble is, they are all too eaten up by envying other areas, to realize that things are nose-diving. As a matter of fact, even animals don't destroy themselves the way we are doing to ourselves. Look at what Kony is doing to us, his own people! I can remember seeing that a similar thing in Buganda, or elsewhere in Uganda for that matter. Mulindwa, Kipenji, Oracha el al, please lets do something for our people. Leave the Baganda alone - it is sheer stupidity, as if we are all bewitched! Adam From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:13:11 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo It is true that many Ugandans abandoned these forums for there is truly nothing much to gain. But there are those of us who feel that we as Ugandans can discuss matters of our nation from a backed up process than Munange bang'ambye, for that munange ba'ngabye is well and alive to the villages we are born. All I am trying to do is to change trend to see that we as Ugandans who have been abroad can surely up lift this debate from the Malwa talk to serious talk. For you know what? We are discussing matters which directly result into the loss of the lives of our people. Let me add as well that I was in the meeting in Toronto where it was decided that every Southerner must be militarily trained, a meeting which produced the infamous Chaka Muchaka, and the reasoning people like Professor Kasozi now who is in Mbale University as a professor had, were that Uganda's atrocities were caused by Northerners. But as a Muganda I found that hard to believe either way for the following reasons 1) State research bureau had the least Northerners, and I do not even remember a prominent northerner in State research, but it was an institution
Re: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok's_family_secrets_buried_here\
Kipenji, you previously wrote: Do not expose more of your ignorance by refuting what is written by authorities that you have not yet read. Now you are saying that Kabaka Mutebi II is the authority you are quoting. Tell me, where did Kabaka Mutebi write about this Luweero stuff you are talking about ? What is this privy information ? Was it told to you by him in private ? Kasangwawo From: Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok's_family_secrets_buried_here\ Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 01:01:11 +0100 (BST) The authority I am quoting which you actually must believe is none other than Ronald Mutebbi II. He was in the Luwero salient and you better extract this privy info from him. Kipenji. ___- jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kipenji, I don't know which authorities you are referring to, but reputable sources like Human Rights Watch or Amnesty International clearly disagree with you. You and your gang may try to revise our history but you can't bury the truth. You have now turned to being abusive after failing to address the substance. That's a sign of frustration. The fact of the matter is that your attempt to evoke the emotions of Baganda on this forum, by mentioning that a Muganda perished together with the head of the UPC killing machine, did not work. Kasangwawo From: Owor Kipenji Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok's_family_secrets_buried_here\ Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 15:08:08 +0100 (BST) Do not expose more of your ignorance by refuting what is written by authorities that you have not yet read. Read more and you'll be better informed otherwise continue with your cheerleader role which apparently is your best trademark. You always find it fit to appear to corroborate what your think tanks tell you other than stating what you personally know for a fact. What an imbecile!. Since cheerleading is what you excel best in,I grant you the floor and continue with it till your voice gets hoarse. Just for improving on your imbecility,ever heard the saying: living by the Riverside or near a Lake does not mean you eat Fish everyday,let alone know how to fish?. Next time before you peddle more of your ignorance on this fora,think about it. Thank you. Kipenji. __ jonah kasangwawo wrote: Ooh, I'm overwhelmed with emotion ! Kipenji, just cut the crap ! Are we now supposed to shed tears for a man who had joined the head of the killing machine of his own people ? I don't think so. You are one of those wiseacres (like Odwe) I was talking about recently; you know, the ones who pretend to know about a culture better than the owners of that culture. The motto 'Gakyaali mabaga' (incidentally this is the motto of King's College Buddo and not of the Buganda kingdom) is an inspiration to excellence; an encouragement to always strive to do better. Where you get the idea that this leads to a cul-de-sac is beyond me. Since you are not even a Muganda, I don't see why you are obliged to follow that motto if you feel its no good. Similarly, your adverse remarks about olunyiriri and emituba (not 'entuba') are just a display of your ignorance about Kiganda culture and are of no consequence. If you are making them out of envy, too bad. Whether you are bothered by these traditions or not, I'm afraid they are here to stay. Kasangwawo From: Owor Kipenji Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok's_family_secrets_buried_here\ Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 13:29:28 +0100 (BST) Mshemiwa Ssenyange,I want to applaud your logic if at all that passes for one with the exception that you really did not pay attention to those Officers and Men of the UNLA who died in that Helicopter crash with the then Chief of Army Staff. Do you remember a one Captain Godfrey Kato,a promising then 28 year old Muganda who died in that crash just a month after his colourful wedding? If you do ,does it mean that you and your fellow Baganda did actually celebrate the loss of this young and talented Muganda soldier,whose widow could be one of the listers on this forum? Ssenyange and ilk,the world has two fundamental divide,i.e Black and White.In Ottawa where you reside,I do not think any non balck person will ask you whether you are a Muganda first rather than whether you come from Africa,by the time they ask you which part of Africa you hail the discussion of your being a Muganda would not arise for that will matter less to them.This explains why these non Blacks are planning to go to the Mars and Jupiter while our blacks in Uganda are still bothering themselves with knowing olunyiriri,entuba and all that crap and busy celebrating other people's demise as if
Re: ugnet_: Re:t_: Museveni to talk to Mengo\Mukooza
Kipenji, your envy of Buganda is there for all to see and it knows no bounds. It has taken you so far that you even criticize traditions and mottos whose origin you have no clue about. If you spent half of the energy which you waste criticizing Buganda on developing your region, maybe there would be something to show for it. Oh, that reminds me. Why don't you answer Mw. Ssemakula's question: - what do you have to show by way of progress in your area / community for the last umpteen years ? Kasangwawo From: Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re:t_: Museveni to talk to Mengo\Mukooza Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:19:09 +0100 (BST) Ssenyange,I would rather you keep your puerile talks about you and your support for Mu7 to yourself. In the same vein would one have to say that as long as you and Buganda want to keep Mu7,then you can go ahead and get the Federo for Buganda that Mu7 is peddling before you?. Wise people learn from other peoples' mistakes but Fools always want to learn through their own experiences which oftentimes turns to be very expensive. You think Mu7's killing fields that you support in the North will go on for ever?.What about if he achieves what you want and still feels he needs to kill and by that time only the Baganda like you are there for him to kill,what will you say?.Will you stop him from killing you and your paranoid ilk? The Motto that might have been started and adopted for obscure reasons breeds more true today than then. Lastly I want you to take it from me,Kipenji,that I have nothing that I have ever envied about Buganda let alone Baganda so your conclusions about my opinions on this fora are very much misplaced. Lets' wait and see. Kipenji. __ ssenya nyange [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mukooza, So long as UPC supporters continue their hatemonger against Buganda, Mu7 will rule Uganda until he's deposed by the use of arms or killed by bullets. Thats why he doesnt want to stop the war in the north so that UPC can increase its sentiments against Buganda- devide more, rule for ever. The result will be as you see on Ugandanet. Iam anti Museveni but when the Adhola, Mulindwa, Akanga, Kipenji etc continue the envious sentiments against Buganda, I would rather give Mu7 a go ahead until a more credible replacement ( free of UPC, NRM Ganda sentiments ) is found. I have argued UPC to initiate a Truth and Reconciliation commission similar to Suth African but they refused, saying that they have unfinished business to settle with Buganda. Well, Baganda say Ekigy'omanyi kinyaga bitono Sekawuka kaali kakulumye... okwerinda...ssi butiitiizi Ssenyange -- From: Rehema Mukooza Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Museveni to talk to Mengo Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:23:00 -0700 (PDT) Members: I don't believe that Museveni is going to talk to Mengo. Ooh, please! How many times has he sworn to talk to Mengo?? The fact is that he has not done so, and he says the opposite. Take a look into his recent Tororo speech when he blasted Mengo. Museveni talks his shit about talking to Mengo and the Kabaka when he is in Buganda. Basically to please folks! Zakoomu M. === Omar Kezimbira wrote:Museveni to talk to Mengo, New Vision, 21st April 2004 By Alfred Wasike PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said he is willing to discuss with the Buganda Kingdom officials at Mengo on how much powers they should hold on. I am ready to discuss with my Mengo friends to determine how much authority they want to hold. I have no problem with discussion but the power must be shared rationally, Museveni said while commissioning the first phase of a sh2.7b office complex at the Wakiso district headquarters yesterday. Vice-President Prof Gilbert Bukenya and Minister for the Presidency, Alhaj Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, were among the guests. But I strongly object to all power being usurped from the people at the villages, sub-counties and districts and going to regional tiers. Why should I, a mwanainchi walk from Buwekula to Mengo or Parliament in Kampala to have my problems solved? I have a son called Muhoozi. I cant usurp the authority of running his house. I can only advise him, he said as his supporters yelled, Museveni for 3rd term, No change while displaying combined three-finger and thumbs-up signs. Museveni (right), said decentralisation had empowered Ugandans to determine development in their areas. He attacked exiled UPC leader Apolo Milton Obote for tricking the DP and other political actors of the 1960s and concentrating power at the centre and plunging the country into turbulence by abrogating the constitution in 1967. He was so greedy that he was even appointing gombolola
RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO
Mr Dada, I couldn't have put it better. The man is all over the place. He also thinks that the longer he writes the more sense he makes - yet the opposite is true. Someone once said that you can tell how intelligent a person is by how concise s/he can put down the relevant facts. Well, by looking at his ramblings below, you be the judge. Before I finish, let me expose the lie with which Mulindwa begins his posting. When I joined this forum a few years ago, Baganda-bashing was the daily hobby of some netters. Some people couldn't stand it anymore and decided to keep quiet, but a few people like myself started challenging this unbecoming behaviour. After some of these bashers could not stand the heat, they decided to shut up instead of further embarrassing themselves with baseless allegations against Baganda. As you probably can guess, most of these people are UPC supporters. What you see today still making baseless allegations are the remainder of these morons. Kasangwawo From: Adam Dada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:03:47 + Mulindwa - Your convoluted postings are indicative of your scattered mind. Why do you need a page to state what can be said in a couple of words, all of which is crap anyway. UPC is anathema in Buganda and parts of the North - period. Like your hero Obote, I can't see it surviving for much longer - they are both imminently doomed to extinction - thats the reality - love it, loath it, but you brain somehow can't grasp that fact. As for you, it hurts that you continue to admantly insist that you are a Muganda and denounce us for some reason, as if owning up to your true origins will demean you and your stature somehow. We are all human beings, though with varying degrees of civilization and devopment, which shouldn't really matter, as long as were are as Northerners committed to at least doing something for our folk who are doom stone age-style existence. I can't to it alone, I need to enlist the assistance of my tribesmen like you. Trouble is, they are all too eaten up by envying other areas, to realize that things are nose-diving. As a matter of fact, even animals don't destroy themselves the way we are doing to ourselves. Look at what Kony is doing to us, his own people! I can remember seeing that a similar thing in Buganda, or elsewhere in Uganda for that matter. Mulindwa, Kipenji, Oracha el al, please lets do something for our people. Leave the Baganda alone - it is sheer stupidity, as if we are all bewitched! Adam From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:13:11 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo It is true that many Ugandans abandoned these forums for there is truly nothing much to gain. But there are those of us who feel that we as Ugandans can discuss matters of our nation from a backed up process than Munange bang'ambye, for that munange ba'ngabye is well and alive to the villages we are born. All I am trying to do is to change trend to see that we as Ugandans who have been abroad can surely up lift this debate from the Malwa talk to serious talk. For you know what? We are discussing matters which directly result into the loss of the lives of our people. Let me add as well that I was in the meeting in Toronto where it was decided that every Southerner must be militarily trained, a meeting which produced the infamous Chaka Muchaka, and the reasoning people like Professor Kasozi now who is in Mbale University as a professor had, were that Uganda's atrocities were caused by Northerners. But as a Muganda I found that hard to believe either way for the following reasons 1) State research bureau had the least Northerners, and I do not even remember a prominent northerner in State research, but it was an institution which killed a great number of people. But the majority of those officers were Baganda and Westerners including Rwandese. Acholis and Langis? Nah they were not in Nakasero. 2) I can not remember any government (again I am going to go with facts than nawulidde) that has made Buganda as powerful as she was under UPC government. Intelligent as I believe you are you surely know how many powerful ministerial positions Baganda hold in both UPC governments. Yes Museveni and NRM have given Baganda powerful positions, but Kiseka who was a PM, died a beggar, a man who sold all he had including the land that today no one knows where Kiseka's body is, for the owner of his land was forced by NRM to let a plot to lay in the body of Kiseka as a state funeral. What happened after the convoys left, you and I surely do not know. Andrew Kayiira was murdered, Edward Mugalu was shot day light, The whole pile of Doctors we had in
Re: ugnet_: Re:t_: Museveni to talk to Mengo\Mukooza
This message is actaully meant for the dustbin and I will next time do exactly that. In London or wherever you are yakking from,how is that helping you develop Buganda? You should henceforth stop being obtuse and do more meaningful things. Envy is something very foreign to me and hence your presumptions are very misplaced. Start thinking beyond the chronic mediocrity that appears to have engulfed you and your ilk. Ciao!. Kipenji. jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kipenji,your envy of Buganda is there for all to see and it knows no bounds. It has taken youso far that you even criticize traditions and mottos whose origin you have no clue about.If you spent half of the energy which you waste criticizing Buganda on developing your region,maybe there would be something to show for it. Oh, that reminds me. Why don't youanswer Mw. Ssemakula's question:- what do you have to show by way of progress in your area / community for the lastumpteen years ?KasangwawoFrom: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re:t_: Museveni to talk to Mengo\MukoozaDate: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 02:19:09 +0100 (BST)Ssenyange,I would rather you keep your puerile talks about you and your support for Mu7 to yourself.In the same vein would one have to say that as long as you and Buganda want to keep Mu7,then you can go ahead and get the Federo for Buganda that Mu7 is peddling before you?.Wise people learn from other peoples' mistakes but Fools always wantto learn through their own experiences which oftentimes turns to be veryexpensive.You think Mu7's killing fields that you support in the North will go on forever?.What about if he achieves what you want and still feels he needs to kill and by that time only the Baganda like you are there for him to kill,what will you say?.Will you stop him from killing you and your paranoid ilk?The Motto that might have been started and adopted for obscure reasons breeds more true today than then.Lastly I want you to take it from me,Kipenji,that I have nothing that I have ever envied about Buganda let alone Baganda so your conclusions about my opinions on this fora are very much misplaced.Lets' wait and see.Kipenji.__ssenya nyange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:Mukooza,So long as UPC supporters continue their hatemonger againstBuganda, Mu7 will rule Uganda until he's deposed by the use of arms orkilled by bullets. Thats why he doesnt want to stop the war in the north sothat UPC can increase its sentiments against Buganda- devide more, rule forever. The result will be as you see on Ugandanet. Iam anti Museveni but whenthe Adhola, Mulindwa, Akanga, Kipenji etc continue the envious sentimentsagainst Buganda, I would rather give Mu7 a go ahead until a more crediblereplacement ( free of UPC, NRM Ganda sentiments ) is found. I have arguedUPC to initiate a Truth and Reconciliation commission similar to SuthAfrican but they refused, saying that they have unfinished business tosettle with Buganda. Well, Baganda say "Ekigy'omanyi kinyaga bitono""Sekawuka kaali kakulumye..." " okwerinda...ssi butiitiizi"Ssenyange-- From: Rehema Mukooza Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Museveni to talk to Mengo Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2004 19:23:00 -0700 (PDT) Members: I don't believe that Museveni is going to "talk to Mengo". Ooh, please! How many times has he sworn to talk to Mengo?? The fact is that he has not done so, and he says the opposite. Take a look into his recent Tororo speech when he blasted Mengo. Museveni talks his shit about talking to Mengo and the Kabaka when he is in Buganda. Basically to please folks! Zakoomu M. === Omar Kezimbira wrote:Museveni to talk to Mengo, New Vision, 21st April 2004 By Alfred Wasike PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said he is willing to discuss with the Buganda Kingdom officials at Mengo on how much powers they should hold on. I am ready to discuss with my Mengo friends to determine how much authority they want to hold. I have no problem with discussion but the power must be shared rationally, Museveni said while commissioning the first phase of a sh2.7b office complex at the Wakiso district headquarters yesterday. Vice-President Prof Gilbert Bukenya and Minister for the Presidency, Alhaj Ali Kirunda Kivejinja, were among the guests. But I strongly object to all power being usurped from the people at the villages, sub-counties and districts and going to regional tiers. Why should I, a mwanainchi walk from Buwekula to Mengo or Parliament in Kampala to have my problems solved? I have a son called Muhoozi. I cant usurp the authority of running his house. I can only advise him, he said as his
ugnet_: 'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biology
'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biology 18:0021April04 NewScientist.com news service A mammal that is the daughter of two female parents has been created for the first time. Until now such a feat had been considered biologically impossible. But the mouse, called Kaguya, was born without the involvement of any sperm or male cell - only female eggs were needed. In the same way that the birth of Dolly the sheep in 1997 shattered the dogma that an adult cell could never be reprogrammed to make a new individual, the fact that Kaguya lives challenges another one of long-held rule: that two mammals of the same sex cannot combine their genomes to give rise to viable offspring. What scientists learn from this remarkable rodent, created in Japan, is likely to have an impact on fields from fundamental embryology to assisted reproduction and even cloning. However, several experts have already warned against assuming the method could be used in humans to help two women have a biological child, not least because the process is extremely inefficient. It would also be highly risky and require a very large number of eggs. "To do this kind of experimentation in humans would be outrageous," says fertility specialist Gianpiero Palermo of Cornell University in New York. Virgin birth Kaguya was created by combining the genetic material of two egg cells. This would not normally work, a fact evidenced by decades of studies into the phenomenon of parthenogenesis, also known as virgin birth. In parthenogenesis, the egg becomes the sole source of genetic material for the creation of an embryo. It is a mode of reproduction in some species, though not in mammals. In mammals parthenogenesis can begin if an egg is accidentally or experimentally activated as if it had been fertilised - but this parthenote never grows past a few days. This is because of there a biological phenomenon known as imprinting. During sperm and egg formation in mammals, certain genes necessary for embryo development are shut down with a series of chemical marks, or imprints, some in the sperm, other in the egg. Only when sperm and egg meet are all of the key genes available, allowing proper development. But Tomohiro Kono and colleagues at the Tokyo University of Agriculture in Tokyo, Japan, circumvented this imprinting barrier by manipulating the nucleus of a female egg to make it more male-like. This was far from simple. Perhaps the most important of the many steps required was the creation of eggs that produced a protein called IGF-2. This is crucial to embryo growth but is normally only produced by sperm-derived DNA. The researchers achieved the trick by using genetically altered mice to provide the donated eggs. The nucleus of such an egg was then transferred into a regular egg that, with the genomes of two females, proceeded to grow and divide. However, Kaguya and one sister were the only live animals resulting from 457 reconstructed eggs. Fertility techniques Although attempting to apply such an approach to humans horrifies experts, that does not mean the technique will not have a big impact in studies of human biology. For example, future experiments of the same kind will allow scientists to learn which other genes can be altered to bypass imprinting defects. This could help optimise fertility techniques, some of which are thought to interfere with imprinting. In addition, the work might provide new hints to make animal cloning more efficient, as many of the failures in cloned animals are thought to come from imprinting defects. While he agrees the creation of the mouse is a major achievement, imprinting expert Azim Surani, at the University of Cambridge, UK, hopes the work will not be misinterpreted to imply that males are somehow redundant. "It shows the opposite - clearly IGF-2 is the key gene," he says. "They managed to get around it but to really get to a situation where the procedure would work as well as [fertilisation with] sperm, you would need to mutate a lot more genes." Journal reference: Nature (vol 428, p 860) Sylvia Pagán Westphal http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns4909 Stillbelieve in 'What God has put together, let no man put assunder'? Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Dancing bears and other tales
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ugnet_: Mr. Kipenji asked to substantiate his claims
Mr. Kipenji, 1. Can you quote exactly what Ssaabasajja Mutebi II wrote,where and by whom it was published? 2. Exactly when was Ssaabasajja in the so called Luwero salient and for what duration?Gakyaali Mabaga,Ssemakula Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
RE: ugnet_: 'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biology
In summery, without fraternal gene, only 2 rats out of over 400 survived and after manipulating the maternal gene to behave like fraternal for now, both female and male are still essential in reproduction. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of J Ssemakula Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: 'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biology 'Virgin birth' mammal rewrites rules of biology 18:0021April04 NewScientist.com news service A mammal that is the daughter of two female parents has been created for the first time. Until now such a feat had been considered biologically impossible. But the mouse, called Kaguya, was born without the involvement of any sperm or male cell - only female eggs were needed. In the same way that the birth of Dolly the sheep in 1997 shattered the dogma that an adult cell could never be reprogrammed to make a new individual, the fact that Kaguya lives challenges another one of long-held rule: that two mammals of the same sex cannot combine their genomes to give rise to viable offspring. What scientists learn from this remarkable rodent, created in Japan, is likely to have an impact on fields from fundamental embryology to assisted reproduction and even cloning. However, several experts have already warned against assuming the method could be used in humans to help two women have a biological child, not least because the process is extremely inefficient. It would also be highly risky and require a very large number of eggs. To do this kind of experimentation in humans would be outrageous, says fertility specialist Gianpiero Palermo of Cornell University in New York. Virgin birth Kaguya was created by combining the genetic material of two egg cells. This would not normally work, a fact evidenced by decades of studies into the phenomenon of parthenogenesis, also known as virgin birth. In parthenogenesis, the egg becomes the sole source of genetic material for the creation of an embryo. It is a mode of reproduction in some species, though not in mammals. In mammals parthenogenesis can begin if an egg is accidentally or experimentally activated as if it had been fertilised - but this parthenote never grows past a few days. This is because of there a biological phenomenon known as imprinting. During sperm and egg formation in mammals, certain genes necessary for embryo development are shut down with a series of chemical marks, or imprints, some in the sperm, other in the egg. Only when sperm and egg meet are all of the key genes available, allowing proper development. But Tomohiro Kono and colleagues at the Tokyo University of Agriculture in Tokyo, Japan, circumvented this imprinting barrier by manipulating the nucleus of a female egg to make it more male-like. This was far from simple. Perhaps the most important of the many steps required was the creation of eggs that produced a protein called IGF-2. This is crucial to embryo growth but is normally only produced by sperm-derived DNA. The researchers achieved the trick by using genetically altered mice to provide the donated eggs. The nucleus of such an egg was then transferred into a regular egg that, with the genomes of two females, proceeded to grow and divide. However, Kaguya and one sister were the only live animals resulting from 457 reconstructed eggs. Fertility techniques Although attempting to apply such an approach to humans horrifies experts, that does not mean the technique will not have a big impact in studies of human biology. For example, future experiments of the same kind will allow scientists to learn which other genes can be altered to bypass imprinting defects. This could help optimise fertility techniques, some of which are thought to interfere with imprinting. In addition, the work might provide new hints to make animal cloning more efficient, as many of the failures in cloned animals are thought to come from imprinting defects. While he agrees the creation of the mouse is a major achievement, imprinting expert Azim Surani, at the University of Cambridge, UK, hopes the work will not be misinterpreted to imply that males are somehow redundant. It shows the opposite - clearly IGF-2 is the key gene, he says. They managed to get around it but to really get to a situation where the procedure would work as well as [fertilisation with] sperm, you would need to mutate a lot more genes. Journal reference: Nature (vol 428, p 860) Sylvia Pagán Westphal http://www.newscientist.com/news/print.jsp?id=ns4909 Stillbelieve in
RE: ugnet_: Mr. Kipenji asked to substantiate his claims
Netters, now this is becoming interesting and am sure everyone will be eagerly awaiting a response to Mr Ssemakula's concise questions to Mr Kipenji. No space for wobbling here, as you can see. Over to you Mr Kipenji Adam From: J Ssemakula [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Mr. Kipenji asked to substantiate his claims Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 20:28:40 + _ Express yourself with cool new emoticons http://www.msn.co.uk/specials/myemo ---BeginMessage--- Mr. Kipenji, 1. Can you quote exactly what Ssaabasajja Mutebi II wrote,where and by whom it was published? 2. Exactly when was Ssaabasajja in the so called Luwero salient and for what duration?Gakyaali Mabaga,Ssemakula Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug ---End Message---
Re: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO
Kasangwawo Can you define A UPC supporter ? Secondly why would a die hard of Buganda be on Ugandanet and Ugandacom instead of Bugandanet? Your explanation fits where you were subscribed but if you meant Ugandanet, it was and has been a national forum trust me all along. 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: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:15 PM Subject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Mr Dada, I couldn't have put it better. The man is all over the place. He also thinks that the longer he writes the more sense he makes - yet the opposite is true. Someone once said that you can tell how intelligent a person is by how concise s/he can put down the relevant facts. Well, by looking at his ramblings below, you be the judge. Before I finish, let me expose the lie with which Mulindwa begins his posting. When I joined this forum a few years ago, Baganda-bashing was the daily hobby of some netters. Some people couldn't stand it anymore and decided to keep quiet, but a few people like myself started challenging this unbecoming behaviour. After some of these bashers could not stand the heat, they decided to shut up instead of further embarrassing themselves with baseless allegations against Baganda. As you probably can guess, most of these people are UPC supporters. What you see today still making baseless allegations are the remainder of these morons. Kasangwawo From: Adam Dada [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:03:47 + Mulindwa - Your convoluted postings are indicative of your scattered mind. Why do you need a page to state what can be said in a couple of words, all of which is crap anyway. UPC is anathema in Buganda and parts of the North - period. Like your hero Obote, I can't see it surviving for much longer - they are both imminently doomed to extinction - thats the reality - love it, loath it, but you brain somehow can't grasp that fact. As for you, it hurts that you continue to admantly insist that you are a Muganda and denounce us for some reason, as if owning up to your true origins will demean you and your stature somehow. We are all human beings, though with varying degrees of civilization and devopment, which shouldn't really matter, as long as were are as Northerners committed to at least doing something for our folk who are doom stone age-style existence. I can't to it alone, I need to enlist the assistance of my tribesmen like you. Trouble is, they are all too eaten up by envying other areas, to realize that things are nose-diving. As a matter of fact, even animals don't destroy themselves the way we are doing to ourselves. Look at what Kony is doing to us, his own people! I can remember seeing that a similar thing in Buganda, or elsewhere in Uganda for that matter. Mulindwa, Kipenji, Oracha el al, please lets do something for our people. Leave the Baganda alone - it is sheer stupidity, as if we are all bewitched! Adam From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:13:11 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo It is true that many Ugandans abandoned these forums for there is truly nothing much to gain. But there are those of us who feel that we as Ugandans can discuss matters of our nation from a backed up process than Munange bang'ambye, for that munange ba'ngabye is well and alive to the villages we are born. All I am trying to do is to change trend to see that we as Ugandans who have been abroad can surely up lift this debate from the Malwa talk to serious talk. For you know what? We are discussing matters which directly result into the loss of the lives of our people. Let me add as well that I was in the meeting in Toronto where it was decided that every Southerner must be militarily trained, a meeting which produced the infamous Chaka Muchaka, and the reasoning people like Professor Kasozi now who is in Mbale University as a professor had, were that Uganda's atrocities were caused by Northerners. But as a Muganda I found that hard to believe either way for the following reasons 1) State research bureau had the least Northerners, and I do not even remember a prominent northerner in State research, but it was an institution which killed a great number of people. But the majority of those officers were Baganda and Westerners including Rwandese. Acholis and Langis? Nah they were not in Nakasero. 2) I can not remember any government (again I am going to go
ugnet_: Hopes and Tears of Congo Flow in Its Mythic River
April 21, 2004 Hopes and Tears of Congo Flow in Its Mythic RiverBy SOMINI SENGUPTA N THE CONGO RIVER, Congo The river is the life and memory of this country. On the muddy banks of Kisangani, the river releases a man who risked cholera and crocodiles and spent three months on a decrepit barge all for a chance to travel a thousand miles to sell, at long last, a sack of plastic ladies shoes. Outside Mbandaka, where the river trips over the Equator, it glances up at the shell of a dictator's unfinished palace, now home to a pair of cows. In a hidden creek in the hard-knocks capital, Kinshasa, the river hears the screams of an unwanted girl. Her father banished her to the water, believing that she was a witch. Today, as this country tries to knit itself together after a half-decade of war that ended last year, the river is witness to Congo's slow, aching rebirth. It is both symbol and substance of the country's reunification, and the life it nurtures on its banks shows the enormousness of the task. A power-sharing government has been installed, but the authority of the state has yet to reach old rebel fiefs. There is no national army to speak of, only gunmen who remain loyal to rival warlords. Peace still eludes pockets of the nation, like the mineral-rich Ituri region. Ethnic Hutu militias, some responsible for the killing frenzy in neighboring Rwanda in 1994, squirrel away in the eastern Kivu hills. Not least, most everything has stopped working. Schools, hospitals and a functioning legal system are but a memory. Roads, train tracks and turbines must be rebuilt. Today the river, coursing 2,700 miles, is the country's principal highway. Mighty and mythic, it carries everyone and everything: hyacinths, memories, traders, the dead. Once, people here called it the Nzere, or the river that swallows all rivers. It could be called the river that swallows all stories. A long legacy of greed and suffering is inscribed on its back, from the brutal rubber empire of a Belgian king in the late 19th century to Congo's latest war of partition and plunder. That war killed an estimated 3.3 million people, mostly through disease and starvation. It sliced the country into pieces as three major factions, along with an array of militias and foreign sponsors, scrambled for Congo's riches. And it broke the river, the country's spinal column, into bits. Last July, on the heels of the peace accord, the river reopened and the first commercial barge crawled up, loaded with cement, fuel and hope. Villagers lined the shore. They scrambled up the tributaries to have a look. "I tell you, it was a grand welcome, like it was Jesus coming!" recalled Antoine Bawe, 48, the captain of one of those first barges. This evening, as dusk darkened the river at Kisangani, Mr. Bawe, fresh from his fifth journey upstream, sat slapping mosquitoes on the long, flat back of his vessel. By this hour, his barge had become a riverside saloon, buzzing with the supple beats of Ndombolo and the clinking of brown bottles of Primus. Ndombolo and Primus. Music and beer. During the war, those two things defied partition. They unified the Congolese, all along the river. A Slow Current Today the barges that crawl up and down the Congo River, between Kisangani and Kinshasa, are the most vivid symbols of the country's slow reawakening. For ordinary traders like Gerald Mutuku, the shoe salesman, they represent a long-awaited lifeline. Even so, his journey upriver to Kisangani a trip that should ordinarily take a couple of weeks went on for nearly three months. The tugboat engine broke down twice. The barge got banged up on sand reefs. At least Mr. Mutuku, 63, was lucky not to suffer the fate of so many others, on so many other crumbling barges, that capsize and dump their passengers into the mouths of crocodiles. For a moment, on the glorious Sunday of Mr. Mutuku's arrival, it seemed almost worth it. No sooner had he stepped ashore in Kisangani than he was mobbed. With nothing coming in from Kinshasa for so long, the market women descended on his wares, eagerly inspecting his sack of pink and green plastic shoes as though it were Christmas morning. Early last century, men made ivory fortunes in this trading town. Trucks rumbled into the market, ferrying potatoes and rice from the interior. Trains departed from an elegant riverside railroad station to get around the impassable rapids upriver. About the only way to bring goods to the river now is by bicycle. They cut through the bush with sacks of rice on the back, bananas on the handlebars, pedaled by porters who drip sweat from their eyelids like giant raindrops on the dry dirt paths. The trains have long stopped in their tracks. At the old station, ferns have forced their way into a first-class cabin. The railroad chief, Emile S. Utshudi, has turned engine parts into a grain mill. He says it is how he makes a living. He has not been paid in six years. "In the minds of the population, it should be
ugnet_: South African delegation hails ZRP
South African delegation hails ZRP Herald Reporter A visiting South African police delegation yesterday said it had learnt a lot from the Zimbabwean police training, citing patriotism and discipline as subjects they would want to adopt. The delegation of 10 senior officers from the countrys five metropolitan provinces is in Zimbabwe to observe and exchange ideas with local police. The delegation was part of the crowd that witnessed 210 police recruits graduating at Morris Depot yesterday. Commissioner Mpho Mmutle, who is chief of the Tswane Metropolitan police services, said they are in the country because South Africa and Zimbabwe have a lot in common. "It is because of the same histories of my country and Zimbabwe that strengthens our brotherhood and makes us want to work together to stabilise our region. We are more than happy to be seen around Zimbabwe supporting and sharing ideas of how to curb regional crimes," Comm Mmutle said. He said they admired lessons given to police recruits by the Zimbabwean Republic Police that prioritised teaching of patriotism. "Knowing the history and dynamics of ones country is of utmost importance as this strengthens the security of a country. We have found this worth adopting in our own curriculum." Comm Mmutle said he was also impressed by the high level of discipline in the Zimbabwean police force. "I have concluded that indeed policing is a science, a profession that many must not take for granted," he said. This week Police Commissioner Augustine Chihuri said owing to the professionalism of the Zimbabwean police force, many countries in the region wanted Zimbabwean police officers to come and help in the training of their officers. Commenting on the unclear release of two hard core Zimbabwean criminals, George Timozo and Musa Taj Abdul who were set free by a South African magistrate over a week ago, Comm Mmutle said the matter is still under investigation. It is alleged that soon after Timozo and Abduls arrest, their South African accomplices allegedly bribed certain South African policemen to charge Timozo and Abdul with housebreaking and theft, which had occurred while the two were in police custody. After establishing that on that particular date the two were in custody, the magistrate, who had not been told that they were also wanted for various crimes in Zimbabwe, freed them.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_: Land reform irreversible: Moyo
Land reform irreversible: Moyo Herald Reporter ZIMBABWEANS can now proudly claim they are an independent nation following the successful completion of the land reform exercise, the Minister of State for Information and Publicity Professor Jonathan Moyo said yesterday. He said this when he addressed a delegation of senior military officers from the Nigerian War College who are visiting the country. The land reform exercise, the minister said, was irreversible and anyone trying to do so would court the anger and wrath of the people. "Not even a sellout government will be able to reverse the exercise. There will be an uprising and real war," he said. Prof Moyo said the Government had put legislation in place that allows it to acquire land following the failure of the provisions of the Lancaster House Conference and the pledges by donors to finance the land reforms. He said the Government only pays compensation for improvements on the land such as dams and dip tanks. The land itself will not be compensated for because it was stolen. "We will never pay for the land because it was stolen from us. Since when do you compensate thieves?" Prof Moyo said the dispossession of blacks from land by the colonialists was the greatest human rights abuse ever perpetrated against a people. He said Zimbabwe delayed the fast-track land reform exercise primarily because during the first 10 years it respected the rule of law as prescribed by the Lancaster House agreement. In preceding years, the Government heeded advice from regional leaders who argued that taking back the land would stifle efforts to free South Africa. Prof Moyo said soon after South Africa attained independence, land reforms in Zimbabwe swung into full gear. He said in the past four years, beginning June 2000, the land issue has been on the forefront of Zimbabwes national politics, economy and international relations. Prof Moyo said the Lancaster House agreement and the donor conference of 1998 were all wrong solutions to the land reform exercise. "Now we have chosen a method of our own and it has worked. We believe the essence of democracy depends on who chooses the method," he said. As a result, a lot of misconceptions were peddled in an effort to demonise the exercise. Countries such as Britain, the United States and remnants of white Rhodesia had combined forces with non-governmental organisations and some diplomats to tell a false story on Zimbabwe. Prof Moyo said the false stories had created "two Zimbabwes", one which is on the brink of war and is a caricature of the white Commonwealth and another which is in the process of concluding a historic moment to finish the business of making our country. He dismissed perceptions that Zimbabwe was in conflict saying doing so was trying to group the country together with crisis spots such as Sudan, Liberia, Uganda, the Democratic Republic of Congo and some countries in Eastern Europe, the reason being to justify interference by the West. "We are not in conflict. We are in the middle of a historical process of democratising and empowering our people," the minister said. Later Prof Moyo met with a Chinese delegation from Hebei Broadcasting and Television Technology Company. The delegation visited Zimbabwe to explore ways of working together with a view of upgrading the countrys broadcasting services. Hebei Broadcasting and Television Company is working together with partners in Zimbabwe such as Afritell, Zimbabwe Broadcasting Holdings, Transmedia and Africom. Prof Moyo commended the Chinese company and expressed hope that the project succeeded. The Chinese delegation leaves today and is expected to draw a comprehensive proposal for the installation of fibre optic cables covering the whole country. Meanwhile, a visiting Nigerian delegation says Zimbabwe is a peaceful nation contrary to media reports emanating from some sections of international media about the land reform programme. Head of the delegation Air Commodore Abel Amomaiye said the situation in the country is very different from what he had expected. "When I saw my name amongst those of us who would come to Zimbabwe I said to myself, but why me because the country is always portrayed as a trouble spot alongside the likes of Sudan. "I was however, surprised on landing here that there is not the slightest of all that is written about the country in some parts of the world," he said. Air Com Amomaiye, who is leading a group of Nigerian War College Students who are in the country for a geo-political study tour of Southern Africa, was speaking at a reception held for his delegation at the Army Headquarters recently. Speaking on behalf of the Commander of the Zimbabwe Defence Forces, General Constantine Chiwenga, the Commander of the Zimbabwe National Army, Lieutenant General Phillip Sibanda said the people of Zimbabwe were in the last stages of the third war of liberation. Aptly titled
ugnet_: Microsoft plans Kiswahili software for East Africa
Story by ZEDDY SAMBU Publication Date: 04/23/2004 Microsoft software products will for the first time have Kiswahili options. The project, to be launched within the next five months, will be included in the latest software applications, Windows XP and MS Office 2003. The three-phase programme will cover more than 100 million people in East Africa. Due to lack of a simplified language, most users find it difficult to interact with most operating systems. This has contributed to the technological gap between rural and urban areas. Microsoft country manager, Mr Louis Otieno, launched the Microsoft Local Language Programme at the company's offices in IM building in Nairobi yesterday. He said the project will enhance various programmes in major universities. These include initiatives to standardise the Kiswahili language, spoken in six Eastern Africa countries. "We will first assess the existence of a glossary and accelerate it to completion within the next 8-12 months," Mr Otieno said. The first and hardest step, that involves development of a glossary of standard words considered legitimate by the Government and other bodies, is to be completed in two months.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_: Re: OWE'K KASANGWAWO
Edward: Can you define "A Mov't supporter"?? Secondly, why would a die hard of Acholi, Lango, Teso be on Ugandanet and Ugandacom instead of Acholinet, Langonet, Tesonet?? What do you mean by "a national forum"?? Buganda is part of Uganda, and must take her place among national issues, the same way Acholi, Lango, Teso war stories have been taken up as national issues. Trust me, Ugandanet and Ugandacom have been "national forums" that must and will continue to include Buganda in their discussions. Buganda is the immortal heart of Uganda; the two can not be separated as long as the entiy called Uganda exists. And NO, we shall not take Buganda's discussions to Bugandanet. They must stay right here on Ugandanet and Ugandacom. Zakoomu M. ===Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: KasangwawoCan you define "A UPC supporter" ? Secondly why would a die hard of Bugandabe on Ugandanet and Ugandacom instead of Bugandanet?Your explanation fits where you were subscribed but if you meant Ugandanet,it was and has been a national forum trust me all along.EmTorontoThe 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: Thursday, April 22, 2004 2:15 PMSubject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Mr Dada, I couldn't have put it better. The man is all over the place. He alsothinks that the longer he writes the more sense he makes - yet the opposite is true. Someone oncesaid that you can tell how intelligent a person is by how concise s/he can put down the relevant facts. Well, by looking at his ramblings below, you be the judge. Before I finish, let me expose the lie with which Mulindwa begins his posting. When I joined this forum a few years ago, Baganda-bashing was the daily hobby of some netters. Some people couldn't stand it anymore and decided to keep quiet, but a few people like myself started challengingthis unbecoming behaviour. After some of these bashers could not stand theheat, they decided to shut up instead of further embarrassing themselves with baseless allegations against Baganda. As you probably can guess, most of these people are UPC supporters. What you see today still making baseless allegations are the remainder of these morons. Kasangwawo From: "Adam Dada" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Thu, 22 Apr 2004 09:03:47 + "Mulindwa" - Your convoluted postings are indicative of your scattered mind. Why do you need a page to state what can be said in a couple of words, all of which is crap anyway. UPC is anathema in Buganda and partsof the North - period. Like your hero Obote, I can't see it surviving formuch longer - they are both imminently doomed to extinction - thats thereality - love it, loath it, but you brain somehow can't grasp that fact. As for you, it hurts that y ou continue to admantly insist that you are a Muganda and denounce us for some reason, as if owning up to your true originswill demean you and your stature somehow. We are all human beings, though with varying degrees of civilization and devopment, which shouldn't really matter, as long as were are as Northerners committed to at least doing something for our folk who are doom stone age-style existence. I can't to it alone, I need to enlist the assistance of my tribesmen like you.Trouble is, they are all too eaten up by envying other areas, to realize that things are nose-diving. As a matter of fact, even animals don't destroy themselves the way we are doing to ourselves. Look at what Kony is doingto us, his own people! I can remember seeing that a similar thing inBuganda, or elsewhere in Uganda for that matter. "Mulindwa", Kipenji, Oracha elal, please lets do something for our people. Leave the Baganda alone - it is sheer stupidity, as if we are all bewitched! Adam From: "Edward Mulindwa" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: OWE'K KASANGWAWO Date: Wed, 21 Apr 2004 22:13:11 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo It is true that many Ugandans abandoned these forums for there is truly nothing much to gain. But there are those of us who feel that we as Ugandans can discuss matters of our nation from a backed up process than Munange bang'ambye, for that munange ba'ngabye is well and alive to the villages we are born. All I am trying to do is to change trend to see that we as Ugandans who have been abroad can surely up lift this debate from the Malwa talk to serious talk. For you know what? We are discussing matters which directly result into the loss of the lives of our people. Let me add as well that I was in the
ugnet_: Twagala kasandhuku kalala, sibusatu
in order to minimize pre-election ballot boxstuffing, etc. Dealing with one ballot box at each polling stationis more liley to deterarmed stuffers-- and it is much easier to verify theemptiness of oneballot box. God bless Uganda! FNL --- 3rd term, parties vote on same day SAME RESOURCES: Buturo (left) and Ngoma Ngime By Hamis Kaheru CABINET has decided that the proposed referenda on the political system and presidential term limit be held on the same day, information minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo said yesterday. The two referenda will be held on the same day but there are two questions which will be put to the public, Buturo told the weekly government press briefing at his offices in Nakasero, Kampala. In one question, voters will be asked whether they want the country to continue being governed under the Movement system or to return to multi-party politics. The second question will be on whether Article 105(2) of the Constitution should be repealed to remove the two-term limit for the presidency and allow continuous eligibility, popularly known as the third-term. Buturos remarks mean that Cabinet accepted justice and constitutional affairs minister Janat Mukwayas recommendation on the referenda. Mukwaya said on March 8 that she ha d recommended to the Government that the two referenda be held on the same day. The sh29b (cost of referendum) people are talking about is not for every issue that is to be decided through a referendum. It is possible to have a multiplicity of elections on the same day using the same resources and the same personnel, Mukwaya said on phone. She said under a joint referendum, voters would be required to tick different ballot papers and cast them in separate boxes. It is a matter of having one box for the referendum under Article 74 (change of political systems), another box for Article 105 (third-term) and another box for any other issue, she said. If a group of people can handle a referendum on one issue the same people can be used to manage another issue. We can have three or four elections on the same day and use the same resources, she said. Buturo said the question of funding the referenda was settled and tha t the exercise would take place by February next year. The funds will be there. We have found them, he said. When asked about the source of the funds the minister said, from your taxes. Finance state minister Mwesigwa Rukutana last week said his ministry had allocated sh30b in the 2004/05 budget for the proposed referendum. Article 74 of the Constitution says the political system can be changed either through a referendum or through a resolution of Parliament upon a petition of district councils. Cabinet proposed to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) headed by Prof. Frederick Ssempebwa, that a multi-party political system be adopted through a referendum under Article 74(1). However, CRC rejected the proposal and recommended that the change to multipartyism be effected through a resolution of Parliament under Article 74(2). The CRC argued that the referendum was an unnecessary costly exercise because the leadership, which would have been on the forefront of championing the Movement System, had already opted for a change to multipartyism. This means the outcome of the referendum on political systems is obvious since nobody would campaign against the proposed change to multiparty politics. Since there might not exist any effective groups to canvass the question, the costly exercise of a referendum should be avoided, the CRC report says. Article 74(3) of the Constitution says the referendum on political systems shall be held in the fourth year of the term of Parliament. This means that the referendum can be held any time between July 2004 and June 2005. Published on: Friday, 23rd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
ugnet_: Museveni has earned General - Ofwono Opondo
Museveni has earned General ACTING BOSS: Mayega OFWONO OPONDO Opinion - New Vision -Friday, 23rd April 2004ACCORDING to the new guardian angels of the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) Dr James Rwanyarare and his sidekick Henry Mayega, Gen (rtd) Yoweri Museveni does not deserve that rank in the UPDF. President Museveni, the founder of the NRA (now the UPDF), was early this year promoted to general, but subsequently retired from the army. As a civilian, Museveni is anticipated to be a major player in the new political phase of multipartyism. To Rwanyarare and Mayega, Museveni has never attended any military academy, which means that he has been simply masquerading as a soldier. Mayega added, My feeling is that he has been promoted to continue his control over the army and continue his dictatorship over the country. So the question is: If they fear Museveni both in service and retirement, where do these critics expect him to be beyond State House? Rwanyarar e and Mayega ought to be ashamed of their logic because it is Museveni and his NRA, without the alleged military academy credentials, who openly and courageously fought for five years to dismantle the UPC fascist regime of decorated generals from high profile military academies around the globe! That army, the UNLA of decorated generals, was to say the least based on and controlled through ethnicity to spread dictatorship. The fascist ideology turned the UNLA into serial criminals of armed robbery, looting, rape, murder and extra-judicial killings with impunity in broad daylight countrywide. The army was turned into a private looting enterprise. Yet the enlightened UPC leadership where Rwanyarare was the minister for culture and community development refused to stop the crime or bring perpetrators to justice! Just for taming the army, Museveni deserves recognition, if not applause! Mayega, a supposed teacher of history, and civil servant at Makerere University ought to know that academies are not the only places of higher and useful learning or which build human beings to their full potentials. Indeed, the world is full of examples of self-educated people such as Jesus Christ, Prophet Muhammad, Socrates, Aristotle and William Shakespeare. In military tradition, kings who captured and ruled swathes of wealthy lands never attended any known military academies. In the contemporary military establishments, Gen George Washington, Chairman Mao Ze Dong, Kim Ill Sung and Commandente Fidel Castro became generals by learning on the job, mobilising mainly rural peasants and artisans to bring liberty to their people. In fact, Museveni has never claimed to have trained at any formal, let alone professional military college. Like many of the above, Museveni is a self-educated, trained and efficient, if not competent, soldier in his own right who ousted fascists, not through palace coups but revolutiona ry armed struggles. Then, as usual, failed presidential hopeful Aggrey Awori, the jack of all trades but master of none, jumped into the fray. Awori told The New Vision that he was not aware of any recent UPDF victories (field) that make him (Museveni) deserve that rank. To a falsely celebrated Awori, for promotion to take place, there must be field victories, which in UPDFs case he has not been able to see although it defeated his banditry Force Obote Back Again (FOBA). It should be re-called, that Awori has on many occasions publicly and proudly said he used his forces to indiscriminately kill RC officials in Busia district between 1986-90, simply because they belonged to a system he opposed at the time! But at any rate, even without recent UPDF victories, Awori ought to know that there are many stable and peaceful countries where soldiers are promoted without firing a single shot in combat. In countries such as Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, Botswana, US, UK, Canada, Australia, France and Germany and others, military service is a professional career. Secondly, promotion even in Ugandas case can be based on other achievements either in research or intellectual work leading to a new technology or military doctrine or strategy. While Musevenis military strategy of a protracted peoples war is not entirely new in the world, its successful application within a relative short time (five years) could be a useful indicator to his military ability. Unlike China, Korea, Japan and Vietnam, Museveni successfully applied that strategy here in a small, landlocked and poor country with no rear base, yet bordered by large and hostile neighbours. Critics of Musevenis military credentials or achievements could alternatively be invited to study his Three Essays on Fighting Counter-Insurgency which led to the defeat of numerous armed groups since 1986, ushering in the current stability. Also critics need to know that the hitherto threats from Congo, Sudan, Rwanda, and Kenya in the early days of the NRM and supported by powerful nations, were not
ugnet_: 3rd term, parties vote on same day
The New Vision, Friday, 23rd April 2004 3rd Term, Parties Vote On Same Day SAME RESOURCES: Buturo (left) and Ngoma Ngime By Hamis Kaheru CABINET has decided that the proposed referenda on the political system and presidential term limit be held on the same day, information minister Dr. Nsaba Buturo said yesterday. The two referenda will be held on the same day but there are two questions which will be put to the public, Buturo told the weekly government press briefing at his offices in Nakasero, Kampala. In one question, voters will be asked whether they want the country to continue being governed under the Movement system or to return to multi-party politics. The second question will be on whether Article 105(2) of the Constitution should be repealed to remove the two-term limit for the presidency and allow continuous eligibility, popularly known as the third-term. Buturos remarks mean that Cabinet accepted justice and constitutional affairs minister Janat Mukwayas recommendation on the referenda. Mukwaya said on March 8 that she ha d recommended to the Government that the two referenda be held on the same day. The sh29b (cost of referendum) people are talking about is not for every issue that is to be decided through a referendum. It is possible to have a multiplicity of elections on the same day using the same resources and the same personnel, Mukwaya said on phone. She said under a joint referendum, voters would be required to tick different ballot papers and cast them in separate boxes. It is a matter of having one box for the referendum under Article 74 (change of political systems), another box for Article 105 (third-term) and another box for any other issue, she said. If a group of people can handle a referendum on one issue the same people can be used to manage another issue. We can have three or four elections on the same day and use the same resources, she said. Buturo said the question of funding the referenda was settled and tha t the exercise would take place by February next year. The funds will be there. We have found them, he said. When asked about the source of the funds the minister said, from your taxes. Finance state minister Mwesigwa Rukutana last week said his ministry had allocated sh30b in the 2004/05 budget for the proposed referendum. Article 74 of the Constitution says the political system can be changed either through a referendum or through a resolution of Parliament upon a petition of district councils. Cabinet proposed to the Constitutional Review Commission (CRC) headed by Prof. Frederick Ssempebwa, that a multi-party political system be adopted through a referendum under Article 74(1). However, CRC rejected the proposal and recommended that the change to multipartyism be effected through a resolution of Parliament under Article 74(2). The CRC argued that the referendum was an unnecessary costly exercise because the leadership, which would have been on the forefront of championing the Movement System, had already opted for a change to multipartyism. This means the outcome of the referendum on political systems is obvious since nobody would campaign against the proposed change to multiparty politics. Since there might not exist any effective groups to canvass the question, the costly exercise of a referendum should be avoided, the CRC report says. Article 74(3) of the Constitution says the referendum on political systems shall be held in the fourth year of the term of Parliament. This means that the referendum can be held any time between July 2004 and June 2005. Published on: Friday, 23rd April, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢
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What the Propaganda Masters Don't Want You to See: The Truth About American Casualties in Iraq 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_: New Vision: Universities hike tuition fees
Universities hike tuition fees MUBS BOSS: Balunywa By J. Eremu and F. AHimbisibwe MAKERERE University Business School (MUBS) has raised fees for private students by up to 30% for some programmes. The highest increments were in Bachelors of Human Resource Management, Leisure and Hospitality and in Entrepreneurship and Small Business Management, which went up by 29% or sh175, 000, from sh600, 000 to sh775, 000 per semester. In a similar development, Uganda Christian University, Mukono, also announced yesterday that tuition fees for the next academic year would be raised by sh100,000 for all programmes. The university, which now has a student population of about 3,000, said in a statement that the increment was meant to finance the continuing growth of the university. At MUBS, the other courses that saw substantial increment in their tuition include Bachelors of Catering and Hotel Management which rose by sh150,000 from sh700,000 to sh850,000 per semester and Bachelors of Business Computing from sh700,000 to sh825,000. The new rates come into effect next academic year and affects only new entrants, officials said. Currently, the tuition fees for some of the courses at Mukono stand between shs400,000 to sh800,000 with Law and Information Technology as the highest, Mass Communication is shs750,000 while Theology is the lowest at shs 400,000. The increment was announced by the Vice Chancellor, Professor Steven Noll. Improvements cannot be made for free and administration has worked hard to keep the fees affordable. Furthermore, the fees are competitive with other institutions, he said in a statement. The principal, Wasswa Balunywa, was reported out of the country but the acting principal, Dr. Julius Kakuru, said the increment was necessitated by the quest to provide quality education and meet increasing costs of running programmes. He said some new programmes were introduced at low fees and needed harmonisation with market rates. We requested for adjustments in tuition primarily for practical courses like Business Computing and Catering, he said yesterday. For the students to get hands-on experience, you need to invest in computers and software development and maintenance. You must have quality. You cant pretend to provide quality education without adequate facilities, he added. Kakuru said catering was an expensive programme because it involved a lot of practicals. In a situation where students have to learn how to prepare meals, you to go for the quality of ingredients used in hotels. You just dont buy fruits from anywhere or any type of meat for instance, Kakuru said. Under the new fees structure, the tuition for Bachelors of Commerce and Bachelors of Business Administration have been raised from sh750,000 to sh775,000, International Business from sh650,000 to 775,000 and Information Management from sh700,000 to sh775,000. Ordinary Diploma in Financial Services will pay sh300,000 per semester from sh225,000 while Ordinary Diploma in Secretarial and Information Management will pay sh300,000 from sh200,000. New Vision: Friday, 23rd April, 2004 - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ Lose those love handles! MSN Fitness shows you two moves to slim your waist. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: FW: Misruling Uganda
Safe houses still exist - rights body SERIOUS SITUATION: Bichetero and Omara at Parliament By Milton Olupot THE Uganda Human Rights Commission (UHRC) yesterday told Parliament that some security agencies were still maintaining safe houses where suspects rights were abused. The team, led by acting commissioner Aliro Omara, was yesterday appearing before the legal and parliamentary affairs committee to present a summary of the budget estimates for 2004/2005. Commissioner Veronica Bichetero Eragu said, The commission still had limited access to detention centres. We were denied access to Makindye military Barracks. They have stopped us from entering other military detention centres. We were tipped by the local population about an incident on Balintuma Road in Mengo, but we were denied entrance. When we went back the place had been cleared. Whenever we find out about a place, it is cleared, she said. She told the committee chaired by Abdu Katuntu (Bugweri), that the commission had written to the Army commander asking for express permission to visit any detention centre without prior information to such institutions. Our mandate does not require us to seek permission to visit a centre. We should have access at all times without restriction, she said, adding that the Police and Prisons had been very cooperative and cases of rights abuse had reduced. Aliro said the commission was constrained by lack of funds and could not do adequate investigations. He said out of the draft estimate of sh6.14b, finance only provided sh4.2b. MPs expressed concern that the finance ministry was not releasing enough money for the provision of services to the 1.4 million internally displaced persons (IDPs) whom they said were living in absurd conditions. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 State loses Political Parties Act appeal case The Supreme Court has dismissed an Appeal by the Attorney General (AG) challenging the constitutional petition that was filed by Dr James Rwanyarare and eight other politicians, reports Hillary Nsambu. In a unanimous decision, the court upheld an earlier decision by the Constitutional Court and directed that the hearing of the petition proceed. The coram consisted of the Chief Justice, Benjamin Odoki, Justices Arthur Oder, John Wilson Tsekooko, Alfred Karokora, Joseph Mulenga, George William Kanyeihamba and Cosma Kato. The appeal arose from the ruling of the Constitutional Court, which rejected the AGs objection to the competence of the Constitutional Petition in which Rwanyarare and his group are seeking declarations to the effect that the Political Parties Organisations Act 2002 is inconsistent with and contravenes provisions of the Constitution. The appeal followed the enactment by Parliament of the Political Parties and Organisations Act 2002 to which the President assented on June 2, 2002 and gazetted on July 17, 2002. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ Watch LIVE baseball games on your computer with MLB.TV, included with MSN Premium! This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: FORMER ISRAELI MINISTER REMANDED FOR DRUGS
Former Minister Gonen Segev Suspected Of Drug SmugglingBy Roni SingerHaaretz Correspondent4-22-4 Former energy minister Gonen Segev was remanded in custody at the Tel Aviv Magistrate's Court on Thursday for seven days on suspicion he attempted to smuggle 25,000 Ecstasy pills into the country from the Netherlands. Segev, a pediatrician by profession, served as a minister in Yitzhak Rabin's government in the mid-1990s. A sweeping gag order placed on the case two weeks ago was partially lifted on Thursday morning. The former minister is also suspected of using a forged diplomatic passport. Israel Radio reported that Segev's diplomatic passport had expired, but the date had allegedly been altered. Two other men, identified as Ariel Friedman and Moshe Verner, have also been arrested as suspects in the case and were also remanded in custody on Thursday. Judge David Rosen wrote in Thursday's ruling that "this does not seem to be an isolated incident. Investigators believe that the suspects are part of, those not necessary the central figures in, a drugs-smuggling ring ... The suspect Segev apparently tried to smuggle the drugs caught by using a forged diplomatic passport. I have looked into the allegations and found that there are grounds to them. It is almost possible to say that these are not [merely] allegations, but apparently substantial evidence." Segev, who was placed under arrest on Wednesday night, denies all allegations against him. The Tel Aviv Central Police District received information some two weeks ago of a shipment of Ecstasy pills meant to arrive in Israel from the Netherlands. Police also learned that Segev was allegedly meant to pick up the drugs in the Netherlands and bring them to Israel. Segev, however, claims that he was in the Netherlands for business, where he met a friend, an Israeli lawyer, who gave him a package his cousin had asked to take to Israel. Segev says that he was told the 5-kilogram package contained MM chocolates. The former minister claims further that he stored the package in a locker at Schiphol Airport before he boarded the Tel Aviv-bound flight because he feared the package did not really contain chocolates. He reported the matter to Dutch police and to Israeli police when he landed at Ben-Gurion International Airport. Police called him in for questioning on Wednesday night, when he was arrested. Israeli media and Segev's attorney Lior Epstein have tried for the last week to have the gag order lifted. Epstein claims that his client is innocent and has no link to the crime and thus wants to see the truth come to light. 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_: FW: Donors slam BIDCO deal
Donors slam BIDCO deal By Mary Karugaba PRIVATE Sector Donor Group has written to parliament criticising the BIDCO palm oil project and warning that it could deter future investments. The group said in a report, attracting foreign direct investment requires the existence of a level playing field, one characterised by transparent and consistent public sector incentives. If the incentives offered to foreign investors, are perceived to be a function of who you are and who you know rather than a function of the net benefit brought to the local or national economy, then the impact will be to stifle foreign direct investment and thereby undermine Ugandas economic development, reads the report. The bestowal of such concessions to later arrivals could be very detrimental to the original investor. It is clear from the agreement between Government and Bidco that the incentives being offered by the Government will not be accorded to the other companies unless they make investment of equal or greater value, to that of Bidco, the report said. It said Uganda was not large enough to aid another $120m investment. Published on: Thursday, 22nd April, 2004 = WHO owns BIDCO and who are the major share holders? - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: New Vision: Psychoses of Power
Army officer drags escort tied on car By David Kibirige April 21, 2004 MBARARA â The Chieftaincy of Military Intelligence is investigating a senior army officer for alleged torture. Maj. Charles M. Tebarura, the administrative officer of the Mbarara-based 2 Division, allegedly tortured his escort Obedi Kiiza. Mr Kiiza was reportedly tied behind the majorâs vehicle and dragged along the road in the division barracks on April 6. Eyewitnesses say it all started when Tebarura travelled to Kampala and left his pistol in his house in the barracks, which he occupies with a civilian relative. When Kiiza, who stayed behind, saw the pistol, he removed it saying civilians could not be trusted with firearms. He handed the pistol back to his boss when he returned on April 6. However, an angry Tebarura accused Kiiza of insubordination for keeping his pistol.He called two regimental police soldiers and ordered them to administer 20 strokes of the cane on Kiiza. After the flogging, Tebarura tied Kiizaâs legs on his double cabin pick-up and ordered the driver, one Komakech, to speed off. When Komakech refused, Tebarura allegedly cocked his pistol, pointed it at his head and threatened to shoot him if he did not follow his orders. Komakech drove the pick-up, dragging the wailing Kiiza along the road in the barracks. Droves of soldiers witnessed the scene in horror. Eyewitnesses say Kiiza was dragged for about 100 metres before Tebarura stopped the gruesome act. The flesh on the soldierâs buttocks and some parts of his legs was torn off. Later, Tebarura ordered the locking up of Kiiza at the quarter guard. The soldiers manning the cells refused saying that Kiiza needed urgent medical treatment. He was rushed to the UPDF hospital in Mbarara where medical personnel said they could not admit him for lack of facilities and that he was in a critical condition. He was then transferred to Mbarara University Teaching Hospital, where he is still lying in pain. Concerned soldiers reported the case to police and the Uganda Human Rights Commission offices in Mbarara. Army spokesman Shaban Bantariza told The Monitor that he was aware of the incident. âI heard about that incident; it is very unfortunate, nobody in the army has the right to torture another,â he said. Asked why Tebarura has not been arrested, Bantariza said: âIt is up to the leadership of the second division to make sure action is taken against the administrative officer.â Tebarura refused to comment when contacted yesterday morning. âI cannot talk to you. What you are telling me [the torture] is news to me,â he said. Surprisingly, the UHRC in Mbarara pleaded with The Monitor not to publish the story. A woman who refused to identify herself said, âWe are handling that case of Tebarura versus Kiiza. Why donât you leave that story? We are trying to handle it ourselves. Will you people in The Monitor compensate Kiiza? Leave the storym (â A Public Relations Officer at UHRC headquarters in Kampala said he had not been notified of the complaint but promised it would be handled properly. âIf the victim has complained to us then it is already publicâ¦,â said Mr Justus Muhanguzi. âBut we shall handle it.â The Monitor has learnt that Tebarura later tried to entice Kiiza into dropping the case. Before his transfer to Mbarara, Tebarura was the head of the UPDF School of Political Education in Jinja. The division intelligence officer, Capt. Makanga, is also being investigated for trying to protect Tebarura. In 1992 President Museveni ordered that no soldier had the right to beat another, after some officers were accused of torturing their juniors. © 2004 The Monitor Publications --- In Texas people were prosecuted for crimes of hatred (?) when White men dragged a Black man on a pick-up truck.We should be similarly offended by this crime of madness -- and alarmed: the Amin days are back! - Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos: High-quality 4x6 digital prints for 25¢ FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Invisible Blacks
Dr. Mark Dean "America's High Tech "Invisible Man"By Tyrone D. TabornYou may not have heard of Dr. Mark Dean. And you aren't alone. But almost everything in your life has been affected by his work.See, Dr. Mark Dean is a Ph.D. from Stanford University. He is in theNational Hall of Inventors. He has more than 30 patents pending. He is a vice president with IBM. Oh, yeah. And he is also the architect of the modern-day personal computer. Dr. Dean holds three of the original nine patents on the computer that all PCs are based upon. And, Dr. Mark Dean is an African American.So how is it that we can celebrate the 20th anniversary of the IBM personal computer without reading or hearing a single word about him? Given all of the pressure mass media are under about negative portrayals of African Americans on television and in print, you would think it would be a slam dunk to highlight someone like Dr. Dean.Somehow, though, we have managed to miss the shot. History is cruel when it comes to telling the stories of African Americans. Dr. Dean isn't the first Black inventor to be overlooked. C onsider John Stanard, inventor of the refrigerator, George Sampson, creator of the clothes dryer, Alexander Miles and his elevator, Lewis Latimer and the electric lamp. All of these inventors share two things:One, they changed the landscape of our society; and, two, society relegated them to the footnotes of history. Hopefully, Dr. Mark Deanwon't go away as quietly as they did. He certainly shouldn't. Dr. Dean helped start a Digital Revolution that created people like Microsoft's Bill Gates and Dell Computer's Michael Dell. Millions of jobsin information technology can be traced back directly to Dr. Dean.More important, stories like Dr. Mark Dean's should serve as inspiration for African-American children. Already victims of the "Digital Divide" and failing school systems, young, Black kids might embrace technology with more enthusiasm if they knew someone like Dr. Dean already was leading the way.Although technically Dr. Dean can't be credited with creating thecomputer -- that is left to Alan Turing, a pioneering 20th-century English mathematician, widely considered to be the father of modern computer science -- Dr. Dean rightly deserves to take a bow for the machinewe use today. The computer really wasn't practical for home or small business use until he came along, leading a team that developed theinterior architecture (ISA systems bus) that enables multiple devices, such as modems and printers, to be connected to personal computers.In other words, because of Dr. Dean, the PC became a part of our dailylives. For most of us, changing the face of society would have been enough. But not for Dr. Dean. Still in his early forties, he has a lot of inventing left in him. He recently made history again by leading the design team responsible for creating the first 1-gigahertz processor chip. It's just another huge step in making computers faster and smaller. As the world congratulates itself for the new Digital Age brought on by the personal computer, we need to guarantee that the African-American story is part of the hoopla surrounding the most stunning technological advance the world has ever seen. We cannot afford to let Dr. Mark Dean become a footnote in history.He is well worth his own history book. Lose those love handles! MSN Fitness shows you two moves to slim your waist. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: FW: NYTimes.com Article: Indian Services Giant Hits $1 Billion in Annual Sales
/- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight \ THE CLEARING - IN THEATERS JULY 2 - WATCH THE TRAILER NOW An official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, THE CLEARING stars ROBERT REDFORD and HELEN MIRREN as Wayne and Eileen Hayes - a husband and wife living the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (WILLEM DAFOE), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Watch the trailer at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/theclearing/index_nyt.html \--/ Indian Services Giant Hits $1 Billion in Annual Sales April 14, 2004 By SARITHA RAI BANGALORE, India, April 13 - Infosys Technologies, the bellwether of the Indian software services industry, has posted more than $1 billion in annual sales for the first time and it celebrated the news on Tuesday with a giant party, a special dividend of $2.28 a share and a distribution of three shares for every one held. Infosys, the largest publicly traded company in the industry and the second largest over all after Tata Consultancy Services, recorded $1.06 billion in revenue for the fiscal year that ended March 31, an increase of more than 30 percent from the previous year. The company forecast a 25 percent increase for fiscal 2005. Infosys derives about two-thirds of its revenue from the United States, serving corporate clients like Reebok, Visa, Boeing, Cisco Systems, Nordstrom and New York Life. Profits rose 30 percent, to $285 million, and the company said that profits were likely to rise by another 20 percent in the coming year. "Today, we have the required size, brand, compelling value proposition and ambition to build the next-generation software, services and consulting company," the chief executive, Nandan M. Nilekani, said in a statement. The results, broadly in line with market expectations, are an indication that the $12 billion Indian software services industry continues to flourish, despite a growing political controversy in the United States over outsourcing, or the contracting out of work like data entry, programming and customer technical support. The Indian industry makes a specialty of bidding for outsourcing work. Infosys said it added 38 clients and 2,425 workers in the quarter ended March 31. Infosys now employs 25,600 workers worldwide. I.B.M. said last week that it would acquire Daksh eServices, the third-largest call services company in India. On Monday, Citigroup said it would buy the 56 percent of e-Serve International, a back-office services provider, that it did not already own. The announcement of the special dividend and bonus stock sent the share price up 7 percent, to 5,490 rupees ($127). Infosys was founded by seven entrepreneurs in 1981 with an initial investment of about $250. Most of its explosive growth has come in the last five years, a period when its sales grew sevenfold. The chairman, N. R. Narayana Murthy, said in a statement that the $1 billion revenue milestone was the "beginning of a new journey." A crosstown rival, Wipro, is also expected to exceed $1 billion in annual revenue when its fiscal 2004 results are announced later this month. Satyam Computer Systems of Hyderabad is also closing in on the $1 billion mark. To celebrate, Infosys held a Billion Dollar Day party for 10,000 employees and their families at its headquarters office campus in the suburbs of Bangalore. There was no Champagne toast: Infosys bans alcohol on its premises. http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/14/business/worldbusiness/14rupee.html?ex=1082996068ei=1en=589267f75d13486f - Get Home Delivery of The New York Times Newspaper. Imagine reading The New York Times any time anywhere you like! Leisurely catch up on events expand your horizons. Enjoy now for 50% off Home Delivery! Click here: http://homedelivery.nytimes.com/HDS/SubscriptionT1.do?mode=SubscriptionT1ExternalMediaCode=W24AF HOW TO ADVERTISE - For information on advertising in e-mail newsletters or other creative advertising opportunities with The New York Times on the Web, please contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit our online media kit at http://www.nytimes.com/adinfo For general information about NYTimes.com, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Copyright 2004 The New York Times Company FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: FW: NYTimes.com Article: After the Double Helix: Unraveling the Mysteries of the State of Being
/- E-mail Sponsored by Fox Searchlight \ THE CLEARING - IN THEATERS JULY 2 - WATCH THE TRAILER NOW An official selection of the 2004 Sundance Film Festival, THE CLEARING stars ROBERT REDFORD and HELEN MIRREN as Wayne and Eileen Hayes - a husband and wife living the American Dream. Together they've raised two children and struggled to build a successful business from the ground up. But there have been sacrifices along the way. When Wayne is kidnapped by an ordinary man, Arnold Mack (WILLEM DAFOE), and held for ransom in a remote forest, the couple's world is turned inside out. Watch the trailer at: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/theclearing/index_nyt.html \--/ After the Double Helix: Unraveling the Mysteries of the State of Being April 13, 2004 By MARGARET WERTHEIM SAN DIEGO - Sitting at lunch on the patio of his home here one muggy day last June, Francis Crick was expounding on the mind-body problem and the thorny subject of the human "self." Where is the line between mind and matter? he asked. Aside from the neurons in our brains, the human body contains tens of millions of neurons in the enteric nervous system, which extends into the stomach and intestines. "When you digest your lunch is that you?" Dr. Crick asked. Body and mind are the twin problems around which Dr. Crick's life has spiraled, much like the double helix structure of DNA that he and Dr. James D. Watson are famous for discovering half a century ago. Though his research on "the molecule of life" is what he is best known for, in his 28 years at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, his work has focused on the mind, and in particular the question of consciousness. Until recently, that subject was viewed with deep suspicion in scientific circles, but Dr. Crick has led a campaign to make it acceptable. These days it is even fashionable. While some philosophers claim that consciousness is a phenomenon outside the purview of material science, Dr. Crick dismisses such arguments with the imperious confidence that is part of his legend. "The mechanism is the important part; the rest is just playing with words," he said in a recent interview. Dr. Crick's career has been characterized by celebrated collaborations, and for the past decade he has been working with Dr. Christof Koch, a professor of computation and neural systems at the California Institute of Technology. Together they have developed a framework, which Dr. Koch has spelled out in his new book, "The Quest for Consciousness: A Neurobiological Approach." In late March, Dr. Crick and Dr. Koch sat down in San Diego to discuss their recent work. Now 87 and suffering from the advanced stages of cancer, Dr. Crick has been put on a new regime of chemotherapy. Yet in spite of the toxic cocktail, he seems as sharp as ever, tossing out answers like perfectly aimed darts. Almost from the start of his career, he was obsessed with two problems: "the borderline between the living and the nonliving and the nature of consciousness." In the late 1940's, after a notable career as a physicist in the British Admiralty, he began to investigate the first topic by studying the structure of proteins. In 1951, he teamed up with Dr. Watson to determine the structure of DNA. Few scientists believed DNA carried the genetic code, but Mr. Crick - he did not get his doctorate until 1954 - and Dr. Watson were convinced that it did. Their epoch-making paper on the double helix was published in 1953, and in 1962 they won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, with their colleague Dr. Maurice Wilkins. Dr. Crick next collaborated with Dr. Sydney Brenner, and together they worked on the problem of how the genetic code translated into proteins that build organisms. By the end of the 60's, the foundations of molecular biology were well understood, and Dr. Crick was eager to go to his next great question. In 1976, he moved to the Salk Institute, reinventing himself as a neuroscientist. Since then, Dr. Crick has been a tireless champion of the brain. In a 1979 editorial in Scientific American, he argued that the time had come for science to take on the previously forbidden subject of consciousness. In his 1994 book "The Astonishing Hypothesis: The Scientific Search for the Soul," he went further. "You," he wrote, "your joys and your sorrows, your memories and your ambitions, your sense of personal identity and free will, are in fact no more than the behavior of a vast assembly of nerve cells and their associated molecules." He outlined an empirical approach focusing on visual consciousness. His ideas have formed the inspiration for Dr. Koch's research at Caltech: the goal is to find "the neural correlates of consciousness," or N.C.C.'s - the neuronal states and processes associated with conscious awareness. Dr. Koch and his graduate
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US U-turns on Iraqi Baathists Friday 23 April 2004, 2:31 Makka Time, 23:31 GMT Thousands of members have already sworn to quit the party The US will restore senior Iraqi officials purged after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein to duties while Congressional Democratssay the 30 June handover of sovereignty is an illusion. White House spokesman Scott McClellan said a policy review could allow some former members of Saddam's Baath party to join an interim Iraqi government being put together by the United Nations.Around 400,000 people were thrown out of work last May when US administrator Paul Bremer dissolved the armed forces, security services and defence and information ministries. An appeals system was set up to allow them to reclaim jobs."The appeals process sometimes has been slower in implementation than was originally designed," US spokesman Dan Senor told a Baghdad news conference. Those who were Baath Party members in name only would be welcomed, spokesmen said, but those tainted by their role in Saddam's "brutal" regime before it was toppled a year ago would remain excluded. The top echelons of the Baath Party were drawn mainly from Iraq's Sunni Muslim minority to which Saddam himself belonged. Resistance fighters in Sunni heartlands north and west of Baghdad have put up the stiffest resistance to the US-led occupation, partly because the community has felt penalised and excluded from power since Saddam's fall. Handover questioned While President George Bush has touted the planned 30 June sovereignty handover in Iraq as a landmark, congressional Democrats on Thursday questioned whether it in effect would be just another day in the US-led occupation. Administration plans for a "super embassy" and the continued presence of some 135,000 US troops mean Iraqis will see little change after the transfer, several lawmakers said.They said Bush risked raising false expectations that could backfire in another surge of violence. But Under Secretary of State Marc Grossman told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, "My message today ... is on the first of July Iraqis will be in charge of Iraq, Iraqis will run Iraq."US House of Representatives Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi told reporters the Bush administration was trying to create an "illusion ... that there will be a transfer to a sovereign government of Iraq". Pelosi, a California Democrat, said she thought the White House was not showing "too much angst as to what the nature of the Iraqi government will be, starting June 30" because it is essentially a handover of authority from the US-led occupation to the new US embassy there. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
