ugnet_: Re: ugnet_: Museveni never 'trusted' peasants in bush
Amazing how eating change Ugandans. Federalists are now directly fighting for Museveni. Ugandans. Federalists are today preaching to us how Museveni is a sincere man. So then a critical thinker comes up and asks only two paramount questions (1) Kasangwawo on this very weekend has challenged me on what I feel on referendum political party's opening and sad term. (2) DP members have left North America to plead the DP line. Who is there for the future of our nation?? 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: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 1:56 AM Subject: RE: ugnet_: Museveni never 'trusted' peasants in bush ...this is another silly writer who is clearly attempting to misrepresent what the President was puting forward. Infact the writer is actually proving the sincerety and consistency of the President. Firstly, the article shows that the President has a full understanding and personal experience of the problems of Uganda, which are; illiteracy and poverty and unlike the previous governments who exploited these problems, President Museveni is working to eradicate them. The writer should know that it is the goal of every sincere leader to eradicate the peasant class. I am personally not aware of any leader on this planet whose goal is to sustain the peasant class. It is counter productive, as the President pointed out to have the majority of the population being made up of poor and illeterate people (it seems this writer does not think so). The president is clearly achieving the goal of eliminating the peasant class (or atleast drastically reducing it) by creating conditions in the country that make it possible for peasants to move in to the middle class. This can be seen from statistics that show that more Ugandans are getting educated (at all levels), poverty levels are falling and consequently the middle class is growing. Now if that is not plus then i don't know what is. In achieving these goals the quality of democracy in Uganda improves. Unless it is not in the interest of the opposition to have too many educated Ugandans. The President was right in castigating the judge (Kanyaihamba), because the judge seemed to be saying that democracy was designed for the privilleged few who were educated and living in cities. To me (and indeed to any democrat), that is a very undemocratic and elitist statement to make and it is even more scary coming from a judge. The president was simply reminding the judge that the fact that people are poor and uneducated does not mean that they should completely be cut off from the political processes of the nation, afterall as politicians, they are public servants and if you are a public servant, you are in office to serve Ugandans, the majority of whom happen to be peasants. Personally i don't see how the opposition could even think of supporting the judge's position because it runs counter to the democratic ideals they so badly crave for. Think about it, if you say that peasants are not smart enought to be involved in democratic processes, then it follows that politicians should not therefore be allowed to solicit votes from peasants, which means that many MPs in parliament (if not all of them) should not be there in the first place. You can't eat your cake and have it at the same time. If you tell me that i don't deserve a seat at the table because i am stupid, then don't come to me for votes, simple. Infact the judge's position threatens to take away some civil rights from peasants. If the judge was in America, he would be considered to be a very conservative judge. The President's speeaches, pointing out the ills of peasantry (if they is such a word), should not be misconstrued to mean that once upon a time he hated peasants now he prenteds to like them. His position is akin to that of a father or mother appreciating the problems and difficulties of their children and working had to reduce them. Acknowledging that your son is poor in Mathematics for example, does not follow that you hate your son, that is silly. Rather you find ways of making him better in Mathematics. Finally, it seems that the aim of these opposition writers is to mis-interprete everything the President says. Even the obvious is twisted to mean otherwise and in so doing they come out looking very stupid. Being in opposition should not be taken literally as some of these writers seem to be doing. Sometimes it will be in there interest to acknowledge and agree with the President where it is necessary as this particular case demonstrates, otherwise they may end up shooting themselves in the foot, again as this particular case shows. From: gook makanga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL
ugnet_: RE: [Ugandacom] Up Date Kitgum
WHERE ARE THOSE UGANDAN WHO ALWAYS CONTEND THAT THEY CAN TALK SENSES INTO KONY / LRA AND BRING HIM TO SERIOUSLY BOTH COMPLY WITH AND COMMIT TO PEACEFUL DIALOGUE WITH THE UGANDAN REGIME? What are they waiting for? Do they proceed from their desire for new governance in Uganda or from the severity of the doggy situation our Ugandan commonality is exposed to? If the latter bears any superiority then they should commit regardless of the power wielder at state house. It is about making the best of the worst situation!!! Uganda democracy is another five. Otherwise, a logical conclusion is that they neither have the ability or the capability of engagingtheLRA into a meaningful dialogue. And, what would the dialogue be about anyway, considering the magnitude of subsequent barbarism? One thing seems certain, they have burnt down all bridges and dialogue about political power sharing is invisible at present moment. The Uganda government should go at full length to protect our people!! rgds noc'l gaumoy From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ugandacom] Up Date Kitgum Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2004 18:06:15 -0400 UGANDA28/4/2004 12:20 KITGUM, CITY OF THE æ OCTURNAL DISPLACED?/b Church/Religious Affairs, Standard æt least 17,000, perhaps as many as 20,000 people in Kitgum and the surrounding area spent the night away from home, and they will do the same in the days to come. The situation will continue until someone manages to put a stop to the acts of violence carried out by the rebels of LRA (Lordæ¯ Resistance Army),?a local religious source told MISNA, describing the necessarily ætray?existence of thousands of people in Kitgum, capital of the northern district of the same name. æt sunset, they are forced to abandon their homes, and are able to return only at dawn the following day, in the hope of finding the belongings that they left behind, and of being able to resume æormal?life, at least until sunset,?said the source. Yesterday, MISNA released the news that thousands of people have been pouring into KItgum for days following reports of attacks and ambushes and persistent rumours that the rebels are mounting a series of large-scale operations. æhis is a p henomenon that is completely new: north Uganda is the only region in the world to have nocturnal displaced people,?continues the source, explaining that æhe people cannot do otherwise. Every family has now seen a child abducted or a loved one beaten or killed by the rebels? The figures pertaining to this night-time exodus are worrying: æn the province of Kitgum, at least 7,000 people are seeking shelter, particularly in church and hospital structures, while there are at least 10,000 in the city,?explains the interlocutor. The displaced are right to flee, says the source: æumerous homes were looted last night as well. Fortunately, there were no victims, given that with sundown all the homes empty. However, death comes easily in north Uganda. This morning, for example, intense gunfire was heard around 15 kilometres northeast of Kitgum. I would have liked to have gone to see what was going on, but I soldier stopped me: æhe roads are not safe ?he told me ?it is better if you do not go.æºLC] Veckans Pollenprognos hittar du nu på MSN Väder Klicka här This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences
What they stole from germans is now over and they can not figure out their own!! - Original Message - From: J Ssemakula To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: ugnet_: U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences May 3, 2004 U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the SciencesBy WILLIAM J. BROAD he United States has started to lose its worldwide dominance in critical areas of science and innovation, according to federal and private experts who point to strong evidence like prizes awarded to Americans and the number of papers in major professional journals. Foreign advances in basic science now often rival or even exceed America's, apparently with little public awareness of the trend or its implications for jobs, industry, national security or the vigor of the nation's intellectual and cultural life. "The rest of the world is catching up," said John E. Jankowski, a senior analyst at the National Science Foundation, the federal agency that tracks science trends. "Science excellence is no longer the domain of just the U.S." Even analysts worried by the trend concede that an expansion of the world's brain trust, with new approaches, could invigorate the fight against disease, develop new sources of energy and wrestle with knotty environmental problems. But profits from the breakthroughs are likely to stay overseas, and this country will face competition for things like hiring scientific talent and getting space to showcase its work in top journals. One area of international competition involves patents. Americans still win large numbers of them, but the percentage is falling as foreigners, especially Asians, have become more active and in some fields have seized the innovation lead. The United States' share of its own industrial patents has fallen steadily over the decades and now stands at 52 percent. A more concrete decline can be seen in published research. Physical Review, a series of top physics journals, recently tracked a reversal in which American papers, in two decades, fell from the most to a minority. Last year the total was just 29 percent, down from 61 percent in 1983. China, said Martin Blume, the journals' editor, has surged ahead by submitting more than 1,000 papers a year. "Other scientific publishers are seeing the same kind of thing," he added. Another downturn centers on the Nobel Prizes, an icon of scientific excellence. Traditionally, the United States, powered by heavy federal investments in basic research, the kind that pursues fundamental questions of nature, dominated the awards. But the American share, after peaking from the 1960's through the 1990's, has fallen in the 2000's to about half, 51 percent. The rest went to Britain, Japan, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand. "We are in a new world, and it's increasingly going to be dominated by countries other than the United States," Denis Simon, dean of management and technology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently said at a scientific meeting in Washington. Europe and Asia are ascendant, analysts say, even if their achievements go unnoticed in the United States. In March, for example, European scientists announced that one of their planetary probes had detected methane in the atmosphere of Mars a possible sign that alien microbes live beneath the planet's surface. The finding made headlines from Paris to Melbourne. But most Americans, bombarded with images from America's own rovers successfully exploring the red planet, missed the foreign news. More aggressively, Europe is seeking to dominate particle physics by building the world's most powerful atom smasher, set for its debut in 2007. Its circular tunnel is 17 miles around. Science analysts say Asia's push for excellence promises to be even more challenging. "It's unbelievable," Diana Hicks, chairwoman of the school of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said of Asia's growth in science and technical innovation. "It's amazing to see these output numbers of papers and patents going up so fast." Analysts say comparative American declines are an inevitable result of rising standards of living around the globe. "It's all in the ebb and flow of globalization," said Jack Fritz, a senior officer at the
ugnet_: Scientists Pursue Happiness
Sanibona! Ninjani?! A happy week to you all. FN Lugemwa Scientists Pursue Happiness William J. Cromie The Gazette April, 2004 Happiness is never as good as you imagine it will be, and it never lasts as long as you think it will. But the same also holds true for unhappiness. Thats the conclusion of scientists who cheerfully study this elusive state. When we try to predict what will make us happy were often wrong, says Daniel Gilbert, a professor of psychology at Harvard University. Researchers all over the world find the same predictable errors, whether the pursuit involves romance, a new car, or a sumptuous meal. Gilbert uses the results of his study of election outcomes as an example. Many Democrats insist that the re-election of George W. Bush would make them unbearably unhappy. Many Republicans maintain that the election of John Kerry would send them and the whole country into a deep ditch of discontentment for a long time to come. Gilbert compares such forecasts to a 1992 campaign when Bush squared off against Ann Richards for the governorship of Texas. Only one month after Bush won, his supporters werent as happy as they thought they would be, and those that opposed him werent as sad. People are wonderful rationalizers Gilbert points out. They will rearrange their view of the world so it doesnt hurt as much. Anti- Bushers he interviewed said things like : The governor of Texas really doesnt have much power. And He wants to be the president , so hes not going to do anything too dumb or crazy. The same holds true for lovers who breakup. Rationalization quickly replaces devastation. She was never right for me, the spurned lover says. I recognized that when she threw the ring in my face. What is happiness? If psychologists all over the county are studying happiness, there must be a good definition of it. Not necessarily. Gilbert compares it to defining a thing like insanity. Its hard to say what it is, but I know it when I see it, he says. Philosophers often give happiness a moral meaning. Aristotle claims that a happy life is a life of virtue. If you are sinful, you cant be happy. Psychologists dont go that far. It simply means feeling good, Gilbert says with a smile. The feeling that you get when a granddaughter runs into your arms, when you help a lost tourist find her way, when you bite into the perfect hamburger or veggie burger, Its what tickles the sweet spot in the deep part of your brain. In other words, every happy person experiences the same feeling, but different things bring on that feeling. When a child jumps into a lap, it may be a transcendental experience for grandma, but just a screeching, wet kid for others. Such differences, however, dont go as deep as the fact the happiness joyfully jumps over cultural and species lines. We havent found any society that doesnt laugh, notes Gilbert. Ninety percent of what makes one person happy makes other people happy. Thats no surprise. We share the same brain architecture. And dogs, cats and other mammals probably experience feelings a lot like our happiness. That said, happiness is an emotion, and emotions are not meant to be held onto. Fear is an emotion, but you dont want to hold onto it very long. What we fear is usually clear but were more often wrong than we are right when we try to achieve happiness. Close your eyes and try to visualize what will make you happy: a luxury car, a vacation in the tropics, a sumptuous meal, the blond hunk in the accounting department. When you project yourself into the future like this, researchers agree that you will make a predictable set of errors. Gilbert and other happiness investigators have asked groups of people to forecast their feelings about things that will make them happy. Each person assigns a number to how she or he will feel, like on a scale of one to 10. After they obtain that car, vacation, or lover, they rate their feeling again. Then we subtract the two numbers, explains Gilbert. If the difference is zero, then they were as happy as they thought they would be. But as it turns out, the difference is almost never zero. How to be happy Is there some surgery, pill, program, or religion to help us avoid this robust and insidious bias? Gilbert asks. He is a pleasant, talkative , theatrical person, like a good stand-up comedian. It turns out to be both the easiest and hardest thing to do, he says. Its easy because you have the information you need right in front of you. Its hard because people dont want to use it. Instead of projecting yourself into the future, trying to imagine how you will feel, just ask someone who has had the same experience, Gilbert advises. Ask the person how they enjoyed dating Lynn, visiting that vacation spot, or choosing that school. Its a more accurate way to get information than trying to guess yourself, he points out. But people hardly ever use it. In one experiment,
ugnet_: Mixed reactions as NTCs face closure(A Case of inheriting systems we do not know)
Mixed reactions as NTCs face closure By Yasser Kalyango May 3 - 9, 2004 KAMPALA- The alumni of some National Teachers Colleges (NTCs) may soon have no institutions to be proud of. This is because government is to close down some NTCs. We shall automatically phase out those National Teachers Colleges. Its a government policy, said Ms Beatrice Wabudeya, the minister of State in-charge of for higher education. NTCs mainly train Grade V or teachers with diploma certificates.The impending closure of these institutions comes after the indicative budgetary performance report released by the ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development. Education minister Mr Kidhu MakubuyaAccording to the report only four NTCs would be spared, one in each of the four regions. The impeding closure affects prominent NTCs like Kaliro, Kakoba, Masindi and Arua. The report states that the phasing out of the colleges is due to the big numbers of Grade V teachers who cannot be absorbed in the job market and financial constraints the colleges are facing. Wabudeya reiterates that the ever-increasing big numbers of diploma holders is the major reason that these NTCs are being scrapped. The only colleges to be spared are Nagongera NTC in the eastern region, Kabale NTC in the west, Mubende NTC in the central and Unyama in northern Uganda. We have very many Diploma holders, the job market cannot absorb these ever increasing big numbers. It is just too much, we are remaining with a few that we can fully fund, Wabudeya said. Students of national teachers college Nkozi at the new campus after they were dislodged from their original campus by Uganda Martyrs University. Government now wants some NTCs to close shop.She added that even if the proposed Universal Secondary Education were to start this year, there would still be too many teachers for the program. She said that the demand for teachers with a degree is high since most of the secondary schools coming up now are mostly privately owned. Wabudeya said that most upcoming secondary schools want to employ teachers who have a degree to help them compete with others. She also said that the closure is part of the governments plan to create jobs for the already existing graduate teachers and to improve welfare of teachers in the field. Everything is under control, a lot has been said about the welfare of the teachers in the country. Phasing out NTCs is one way of controlling the increasing numbers. If these diploma teachers are out, obviously we shall reduce the number of the unemployed graduate teachers, Wabudeya said. The NTCs see the move as unfriendly. For them, the closure is not the best way of reducing the number of teachers. Ms Kellen Mwesigye, the director of Kakoba NTC says that government had not consulted other stakeholders. We are the biggest stake holders, we feel we have been left out. The ministry should have discussed the issue with all the stake holders, you cant believe it the morale has since gone down ever since the issue was raised in the press, she said. Mwesigye said that Kakoba does not have the financial problems as government alleges and that if they do have, they are like any other government institutions, which are cash strapped. Even Makerere has financial problems, so that cannot be the reason why the biggest teachers centre in the Western region is closed. These things should be discussed at a high level. People are bitter about the move to close Kakoba, she said. Masindi NTC is equally unhappy. According to Mr Vigilious Egunu, the principal of Masindi NTC, other than close the NTCs that have a long history, government should consider using other ways of solving the problem. Every one has been concerned about the issue of closing Masindi NTC. Unlike other institutions that are to be closed, Masindi NTC is the only one without a university. Government should first approve the proposed Bunyoro Kitara University and then they can think about closing the only one we have in the region, Egunu said. He added that government has to compensate the people of Masindi if it is to close the institution that has been there for over 60 years. Masindi NTC produces 600 teachers with diplomas and 300 Grade III teachers every year. Some education experts however share the same view with the government. They believe that the closure of NTCs is overdue. The closure is a very wise decision, in my view it is a wise and professional idea, rather late though, said Prof. Kupuliano Odaet of Makerere Universitys school of education. According to Odaet, also former dean of education at Makerere, the country has many universities producing teachers at a graduate level. Why produce so many lower level teachers for secondary education when teachers from university could do the job? he asked. He suggested that government could also reduce the number of unemployed graduate teachers by building model secondary schools in every sub county. The
RE: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004
Mw. Kasangwawo: Thank you for your contributions. However, sometimes I feel that you are engaged in the equivalent of taking a goat to an opera. Unfortunately, no matter how frequently such a goat attends the opera, he is unlikely to ever appreciate it in any sense of the word. Otherwise, it'd be amazing to see a person who claims to be a Muganda fail to grasp a simple idea that a Muganda's love for his or her Kabaka is independent of political affiliation. Some just don't get it. There is nothing to do about that. Let's move on. MN --- jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mulindwa co, either you didn't understand what the man said or you simply didn't make an effort to read the article carefully. What should be worrying us are not the federalists but, according to him, your very own party. Referring to the UPC he said: This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers. He further advises us to concentrate on our development instead of listening to the likes of the Rwanyarares. This is what the honorable minister said and not your usual ramblings about feudalism, which you know nothing about. Kasangwawo From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:53:03 -0400 And those are the same sentiments worrying us with Federalists Visa Vie Buganda Kingdom. For one must look very carefully and look at people who are pleading for this federalism, a man like Mwami Lugemwa is a publicly known DP man, the same has been an official of external DP branch for some time now. So Lugemwa goes back to Uganda and now he is pleading for federalism for he loves Mengo and Buganda King. One can not help but ask, is Lugemwa now a KY sympathizer? For the going of Lugemwa to Uganda when Museveni is playing with Ugandans to negotiate on political partys, drives one to conclude that Lugemwa actually believes that Musveni can allow political partys to operate in Uganda. And that is not true. Museveni is just using the Lugemwas for his own staying in power. Now Lugemwa goes to Uganda under the burner of federalism and fighting for Buganda, and it is Mulindwa who is a non Ugandan and who is anti Buganda. Like I said to Mwaami Kibuuka, be very careful for this feudalism you have started under the cover of Federalism, for you will end up hurting Buganda than you ever wished. And the Kabaka's going to Museveni to ask for more powers, surely non-critical thinkers that should have raised all your red flags for many of us have been here very long, unlike the Ssenyange's who were born when UNLF was attacking Uganda to remove Iddi Amin. But where we are every one is using every one, DP will grow through Mengo and Mengo will get more powers from NRM and reform will not register as a party yet two days after they will register, to Mwaami Kironde in Colorado now starting a political party which is the 45th of the 46 partys now. What a fucked up nation? 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: Omar Kezimbira To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Baganda warned on agitating for Federo EDUCATION and sports minister Edward Kiddu Makubuya has warned Baganda against people who are supporting the Kabaka's quest for more power, reports Ronald Kalyango. This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers, he said. He said this recently during a guided tour of Kalule in Nyimbwa sub-county, Luweero district where he appealed to the residents to initiate income-generating activities to support Mengo, instead of listening to the likes of the Rwanyarares. Makubuya called upon chiefs to mobilise the people in culture, discipline and work rather than spending time in misleading political rallies. Makubuya, who is also the area MP, toured St. Kizito, Karule R/C and gardens of his electorate where he called upon them to be exemplary by guarding against swindling of funds meant for development. He also warned councillors agai nst bidding for tenders, saying a lot of money had been lost due to shoddy work. Ends Published on:
ugnet_: Social networks key to Uganda's HIV success story
Social networks key to Uganda's HIV success story 30 April 2004Source: Uganda's massive decline in HIV infections is attributable to communication about AIDS within local social networks and personal knowledge of someone with AIDS or HIV. These factors are linked to major changes in sexual behaviour based on risk avoidance, and a reduction in casual sex in particular, according to research published in Science. The study reports that the number of HIV-positive Ugandans has fallen from 1.5 million to 500,000 in the past decade a success rate equivalent to a vaccine of 80 per cent effectiveness. These findings should encourage a re-think of global HIV/AIDS intervention policies, the researchers say. Link to full article in Science Reference: Science 304, 714 (2004) Link to news story in Nature Science Update Quick guides: HIV/AIDS --- FN Lugemwa Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
ugnet_: Ugandans reduced to cannibalism by NRM?
Police arrest 3 suspected cannibalsBy Henry H. SsaliMay 4, 2004 MITYANA I eat dead people. Those words were spoken yesterday by Mr James Kityo, one of three suspects held by police over cannibalism and possible murder. Kityo, 32; Mr Rogers Kitumba, 26; and Ms Harriet Namboga, 25, were arrested by police on Sunday after a tip off from residents of Kinvunikidde village in Buye Kikundu parish, about 2km north of Mityana town. They are in police custody, we are yet to charge them, the officer in charge of Mityana Police Station, Mr Tarquins Alawy, said as they exhumed the trios victims. A womans body sliced at the heart, several decomposing body parts heaped in a sack, a human skull and bones were exhumed as horrified residents looked on. The LCI Chairman, Mr Leonard Kasibante, said residents had on Sunday razed the suspects house and about 30 small structures each about a metre high, many of them containing human remains. The residents braved a heavy downpour yesterday to witness the exhumation and bay for the blood of the suspects as police and the army guarded them. The villagers alleged that the suspects are also involved in sorcery and witchcraft. Several items from their shrine including bark cloth, cowrie shells, calabashes and bones lay about in the compound. Namboga said she has only eaten two bodies, including that of an acquaintance. They are my brothers, she said referring to the other two suspects. One time I visited after they had cooked a person and they gave me some of the meat. We also ate a woman called Betty Nakazzi who used to come here. Kityo said he is also a night dancer (omusezi) who usually gets possessed by his ancestors spirits. Mityana RDC Margaret Kivumbi was horrified. I have been hearing about night dancers all my life but I have never seen something like this. All three relatives confessed they eat dead bodies. © 2004 The Monitor Publications Sorcery, cannibalism cast spell over village SUSPECTED CANNIBALS: Mr Kityo, Ms Namboga, Mr KitimboBy Henry H. SsaliMay 4, 2004 MITYANA - The apparent end began on Sunday morning. Ms Norah Namutebi complained to the LCI chairman of Kinvunikidde village of ill health after fellow residents James Kityo and Rogers Kitumba had threatened her with death if she did not pay them their 'consultation fee'. Namutebi, who The Monitor could not find for an interview, reportedly had been consulting the two witchdoctors over two months and they had asked for Shs 500,000 in payment. She told them that she did not have the money but her only valuable possession was a piece of land in the same village. But the piece of land also belonged to her children, and therefore she could not give it away. The witchdoctors told her that she either pays their money or her life was in danger. Then she started having ailments and contacted the LCs saying the witchdoctors had threatened her. The LCs then swung into ation. "Yesterday [Sunday] we called an LC meeting, which resolved to search their premises to see how they manage to make people sick," LC I Chairman Leonard Kasibante told The Monitor yesterday. The council contacted Mityana RDC Margaret Kivumbi who gave them army men to go search the premises. "Just as we had started, we saw a skull and became suspicious," Kasibante said. By this time residents were gathering and were in for more shock when decomposing body parts were found heaped in a sack and hidden under one of about 30 small brick structures around the compound. The residents ran amok and razed the house and the small structures each about a metre high, many of them containing human bones. "I received a call that people were about to lynch the three suspects [including a woman] so I sent a police patrol car, which rescued them," the Officer in Charge of Mityana Police Station, Mr Tarquins Alawy, said. The Monitor arrived at the gruesome scene yesterday morning. Despite the heavy downpour, hundreds of residents awaited a major search of the entire premises. ConfessionUnder a mango tree sat a young woman guarded by about five policemen."She is the one," residents shouted. She is the third suspect. Ms Harriet Namboga, 25, told The Monitor that she has eaten only two people! Mr Kityo and Mr Kitumba are her brothers and she lives nearby. She said the first time she ate human flesh she found when her brothers had already prepared the dish and they offered her some of it, to which she didn't object. The second person she ate was her acquaintance called Betty Nakazzi. "She used to come here" to see Kityo and Kitumba at their shrine."She died and we ate her," Namboga said. However, she denied that they had killed the woman. She died of natural causes sometime earlier in the year. "On their advice, I went to where we had buried her remains and I prayed to the ancestors so that her spirit does not haunt me," she added. Asked by one of the cops why she ate human flesh with all the goats and chicken around, she remained silent.She was
RE: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004
Muky. Nagadya, Thanks for your advice. I must admit I have many a time felt the same way you feel - I mean 'taking a goat to an opera'. I've only been concerned that if the communications gang repeats it's lies often enough without any challenge, some people might start believing them. I might just take you up on your advice though. As for Mulindwa being a Muganda, well we now know better, thanks to Mr. Dada's clear insight into his background. Kasangwawo From: Mary Nagadya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 12:23:39 -0700 (PDT) Mw. Kasangwawo: Thank you for your contributions. However, sometimes I feel that you are engaged in the equivalent of taking a goat to an opera. Unfortunately, no matter how frequently such a goat attends the opera, he is unlikely to ever appreciate it in any sense of the word. Otherwise, it'd be amazing to see a person who claims to be a Muganda fail to grasp a simple idea that a Muganda's love for his or her Kabaka is independent of political affiliation. Some just don't get it. There is nothing to do about that. Let's move on. MN --- jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mulindwa co, either you didn't understand what the man said or you simply didn't make an effort to read the article carefully. What should be worrying us are not the federalists but, according to him, your very own party. Referring to the UPC he said: This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers. He further advises us to concentrate on our development instead of listening to the likes of the Rwanyarares. This is what the honorable minister said and not your usual ramblings about feudalism, which you know nothing about. Kasangwawo From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:53:03 -0400 And those are the same sentiments worrying us with Federalists Visa Vie Buganda Kingdom. For one must look very carefully and look at people who are pleading for this federalism, a man like Mwami Lugemwa is a publicly known DP man, the same has been an official of external DP branch for some time now. So Lugemwa goes back to Uganda and now he is pleading for federalism for he loves Mengo and Buganda King. One can not help but ask, is Lugemwa now a KY sympathizer? For the going of Lugemwa to Uganda when Museveni is playing with Ugandans to negotiate on political partys, drives one to conclude that Lugemwa actually believes that Musveni can allow political partys to operate in Uganda. And that is not true. Museveni is just using the Lugemwas for his own staying in power. Now Lugemwa goes to Uganda under the burner of federalism and fighting for Buganda, and it is Mulindwa who is a non Ugandan and who is anti Buganda. Like I said to Mwaami Kibuuka, be very careful for this feudalism you have started under the cover of Federalism, for you will end up hurting Buganda than you ever wished. And the Kabaka's going to Museveni to ask for more powers, surely non-critical thinkers that should have raised all your red flags for many of us have been here very long, unlike the Ssenyange's who were born when UNLF was attacking Uganda to remove Iddi Amin. But where we are every one is using every one, DP will grow through Mengo and Mengo will get more powers from NRM and reform will not register as a party yet two days after they will register, to Mwaami Kironde in Colorado now starting a political party which is the 45th of the 46 partys now. What a fucked up nation? 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: Omar Kezimbira To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Baganda warned on agitating for Federo EDUCATION and sports minister Edward Kiddu Makubuya has warned Baganda against people who are supporting the Kabaka's quest for more power, reports Ronald Kalyango. This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers, he said. He said this recently during a guided tour of Kalule in Nyimbwa sub-county, Luweero district where he appealed to the residents to initiate income-generating
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We test the system 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"
ugnet_: US TORTURE COMMONPLACE
US Torture Commonplace Say Inmate Families By Luke Harding at Abu Ghraib prisonThe Guardian - UK5-3-4 Abu Ghraib prison, near Baghdad, where stories of US guards routinely abusing prisoners come as no surprise to Iraqis... For the families standing in the dusty car park of Abu Ghraib prison yesterday, the revelations of torture and abuse came as no surprise. Every morning, relatives of Iraqi detainees inside the US prison, just west of Baghdad, gather in the hope that their loved ones might be released. They rarely are. The photos of US soldiers abusing and humiliating Iraqi detainees may have provoked outrage across the world. But for Hiyam Abbas they merely confirmed what she already knew - that US guards had tortured her 22-year-old son Hassan. Breaking down in tears, Mrs Abbas said US guards had refused to let her in. She had so far only managed to see Hassan once - two months ago - following his arrest last November. "He told me: 'Mum, they are taking our clothes off. We are nude all the time. They are getting dogs to smell our arses. They are also beating us with cables.' "It's completely humiliating," Mrs Abbas said. "My son is sick and suffering from hypertension. During the interview the American soldiers were standing so close to us. My son was crying." Her son had been detained in the Baghdad suburb of Al-Dora, after a gang broke into their house. What did she think of the Americans now? "They are rubbish," she said. "Saddam Hussein may have oppressed us but he was better than the Americans. They are garbage." Yesterday other Iraqis gave similar accounts of what goes on inside Abu Ghraib, once a centre of torture and execution under Saddam. The US military last week claimed that "no more than 20" US soldiers had been involved in abusing and humiliating inmates. The vast majority of US guards were not involved, Brigadier General Mark Kimmitt suggested. Yesterday, however, Abu Salem, who spent six months inside Abu Ghraib between August and February, said abuse by US guards went on all the time. Mr Salem, 41, said he had also known about the practice of US soldiers posing for pictures with Iraqi prisoners for five months. "This didn't take place in the general camp but in individual cells," he said. Naked Mr Salem said he had been in the jail shortly before a visit from the International Red Cross in January. Until then, detainees in the prison wing had been kept naked. "The night before the Red Cross arrived, the American soldiers gave them some new clothes. They told us that if we complained to the Red Cross about our treatment we would be kept in prison forever. They said they would never let us out." Mr Salem said he had come to the jail, a short drive from the town's chaotic vegetable market, to try to find out what had happened to his three brothers. They were still inside the prison, he said, behind its outer fence and a vast razor wire- topped inner wall. Generally, detainees were only tortured in the days immediately after their arrest, during interrogation, he added. Many of the allegations made by Mr Salem and other former detainees yesterday correspond with the damning internal US army report into Abu Ghraib obtained by the Guardian and the New Yorker magazine. Yesterday the mother of one detainee, Samira Hassan, said the latest allegations were horribly familiar. Her 22-year-old son Abbas had been arrested three months ago while walking past a US military base in the Baghdad suburb of Amariya. She finally managed to see him in prison two weeks ago. "He told me they are using electric shocks against the prisoners and taking off their clothes. He also told me something I can hardly talk about - that the Americans are raping the Iraqi men. "This is terrible," Mrs Hassan said. "This is shame for us. We have a different culture and different religion. They should not do that. "We are not talking about one case but of thousands of cases," she said. "The Americans said they would bring us freedom. Is this what they mean?" Not all the detainees
ugnet_: New Vision: Gulu man trades kid for truck, Lango wants Obote back,etc
Gulu man trades kid for truck By Chris Ochowun THE Police in Gulu have arrested a couple for allegedly bartering a two-year-old child for a tipper lorry and sh20m. Gulu CID chief Vincent Ouma on Thursday identified the suspects as Godfrey Komakech and Filder Atim, residents of Te-gwana parish in Gulu. Ouma said Komakech received a numberless tipper lorry from a Danish lady, Keizer, in exchange for the baby. We will punish this man severely. He was recently arrested for stealing two motorbikes but he was released on court bail. This time he stole a baby, Ouma said. The mother of the baby Janet Akello, 18, a former senior three student of Kyambogo College in Kampala, said she met Komakech last December in Apac district and he promised to help her take care of the baby. She said Komkech was her lover for less than three months. Akello said she had not seen her baby since December, adding that Komakech told her he had taken the child to his relative in Entebbe. She claims that a Danish woman deposited sh20m on Komakechs account and that he had received a tipper lorry from the same woman in exchange for the child. Ouma said the Police were trying to recover the baby before taking Komakech to court. Published on: Monday, 3rd May, 2004 Lango wants Obote back The Uganda Peoples Congress Apac branch secretary general Willy Chong recently appealed to President Yowerei Museveni to allow exiled former president Milton Obote return to the country for the 2006 elections, reports Patrick Opio. He told journalists that Obote would make an alternative and reliable candidate when allowed to return. Published on: Monday, 3rd May, 2004 Adrisi to speak on third term The former Vice-President in the late Idi Amins regime, General Mustafa Adrisi, has promised to give his views on the presidential third term soon, reports Ahmed Angulibo. Speaking to journalists at his home in Anyafio in Arua Municipality after being discharged from Arua Referral Hospital recently, Adrisi said he would make his views on the third term issue public after he had recovered fully. He thanked President Yoweri Museveni for improving the health services in the country, without which he would not have been able to get the excellent medical care he received. The medical staff were really helpful. I was powerless and my blood pressure and diabetes stood at 180. They put me on a drip and 24-hour surveillance, he said. Adrisi, who was admitted to a private wing in the hospital with hypertension, diabetes and malaria recently, said the Government had allocated him a monthly medical stipend which covered most of his hospital bi lls. He said, however, the accomodation and feeding bill for his stay in hospital exceeded the amount. Adrisi said he was still under medical supervision at home. The medical superintendant still supervises me at home and has advised me not to talk too much. I have improved, he said. Published on: Tuesday, 4th May, 2004 Mukula raps Gulu bishop By Christopher Kiwawulo THE state minister for health, Captain Mike Mukula, has reprimanded the Gulu Archdiocese Bishop, John Baptist Odama, over his assertion that the Government has refused to hold peace talks with Kony. It is not correct for Bishop Odama to say that the Government has refused to talk to Kony. We are willing to talk to Kony,Mukula said. There is a peace team already initiated but it is Kony who is not willing to talk, he added. Mukula was addressing celebrants of the Joint Medical Stores silver jubilee at its headquarters in Nsambya on Friday, where he represented the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya. He said the Government would not relent in their fight against Kony if he continued to refuse to reach a peaceful resolution of the bloody war that has devastated much of northern and eastern Uganda over the last two decades. He said President Yoweri Museveni is camped in the north to ensure that t he 18-year-old war ends. Mukula said the situation in Pader was now calm, and people were now leaving the camps and returning home. Published on: Tuesday, 4th May, 2004 Express yourself with the new version of MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Good news: Death sentence is going
Good news: Death sentence is going GOVERNMENT CONSIDERING: Janat Mukwaya THE OTHER SIDE OF THE COIN By Paul Waibale Senior THE recent disclosure by the Minister of Justice and Constitutional Affairs, Mrs Janat Mukwaya, that the death penalty is itself on the brink of facing the guillotine is perhaps the best human-interest story of the year. According to Mrs Mukwaya, the Government is considering scrapping the death penalty currently imposed on those convicted of what is known as capital offences. The death penalty will then be replaced by lengthy terms of imprisonment. The story in the New Vision headlined Death sentence to be replaced gave only defilement and rape as examples of cases for which the punishment would be changed from the death sentence to imprisonment. But in my contention, the abolishion of the death sentence has to affect the whole range of offences for which the death penalty applies under the current laws. This should include treason, murder, robbery with aggravation, et cetra. The imposition of the death sentence is, in the 21st century, a very old-fashioned mode of punishment, akin to Moses Old Testament law of an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. The argument for such punishment is that it gives the victims or their relatives, in the case of murder, the satisfaction that the culprit has been paid in his own coins. It is also argued that, death being so frightening, the execution of culprit acts as a deterrent. But there is no evidence to suggest that the death sentence has any deterrent effect. In fact, a man who commits aggravated robbery considers it safer to murder anybody in the house who sees him in a bid to destroy the evidence of an eye-witness. It is a fact that cases of murder are more numerous in the United States, where the death penalty still exists, than in Britain where it was abolished several decades ago. You cannot, for example, argue that Christopher Kasoma, the man w ho hacked his eight children to death in Wakiso last week, had the time to think about being sent to the gallows when convicted. He was determined to terminate the lives of his children as well as his own. As Mrs Mukwaya pointed out, the death penalty does not give the convict any opportunity to reform, whereas that should be the basic purpose of all forms of punishment. Another negative aspect of the death penalty is its irreversibility. Once the death sentence is carried out, nothing can be done even if enormous evidence emerges which proves beyond all reasonable doubt that the man who was executed was innocent. Imagine what would have happened in South Africa if Nelson Mandela had been sentenced to death and executed by the cruel apartheid regime, a sentence which he escaped miraculously by a whisker. Twenty-six years in jail was indeed a very long time, but not too long for Mandela to come out and become South Africas first black Presiden t. The theory that every killer must pay for his crime by being killed cannot pass the humanitarian criterion for social administration. It is because humanity has to consider bandits, thugs, and other criminal perpetrators such as Joseph Kony as part of mankind, that amnesty is made available to those who kill, maim and torture their own people. It is against that backdrop that I would appeal to the Government to hasten the scrapping of capital punishment for any offence under the sun. Of course, it will take sometime to amend all the relevant laws on our statute books. But there is one thing the President can do immediately which does not need any amendment of any law. Let him commute all death sentences pending against everybody on the death row to life imprisonment (or in some special cases various terms of imprisonment) and ensure that the hangman is out of business in Uganda. Published on: Monday, 3rd May, 2004 === The abolition of the death penalty in Ugandawould be a welcome development (although I cannot help but feel that it should be reserved for vicious criminals like Milton Obote for his crimes against humanity, e.g. 'panda gari', etc) Stop worrying about overloading your inbox - get MSN Hotmail Extra Storage! This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: re ugnet:
thank you mukooza for teachgin g the use of no critical htinker , Maggie From: "Edward Mulindwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]The man lied that the elections were rigid, up to today he has never told us who won or even let the one who won make a Uganda government, non critical thinkers like you still sing the rigging of election and that is how far Whatever you are willing to put up with, is exactly what you will have. We will reach the middle road if we put our minds together and work deligently on an issue.[EMAIL PROTECTED] Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
RE: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue!
Mulindwa gang, what's this verbiage for ? Your attempt to distract me has been noted, but the issue at hand is referenda. Your failure to give the grounds for your contradicting stand on the different referenda only expose you as hypocrites. You demand for a referendum on federalism but don't want to hear it for the political system or the term limits. My question is why ? Kasangwawo From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Date: Sun, 2 May 2004 09:51:22 -0400 Kasangwawo Do not refuse to understand my stand. There is nothing to discuss with Museveni period. What Uganda needs today is an immediate departure of Museveni and we then through other means get a leadership which can create an environment in which Ugandans can decide their future. Look the man lied to the people of Luwero and murdered them The man lied that the elections were rigid, up to today he has never told us who won or even let the one who won make a Uganda government, non critical thinkers like you still sing the rigging of election and that is how far you go. The man was with Kayiira in the bush, they agreed to come and attack Lubiri barracks, Kayiira came Museveni did not show up, he went to Hoima road and ambushed Kayiira and took all the weapons kayiira collected, he actually these days came out in open and called Kayiira a useless man. The man lied to Baganda that he will give them the Kingdom back (1) Museveni has no authority to return Kingdom and (2) Buganda Kingdom is a joke only helping Museveni to muzzle the your likes. He lied to the people of Luwero that he will pay them for their war losses, to today he has never even paid a single cent to Luwero Most of the people he used their money to fight that war are some how dead Edward Mugalu is a clear example. I can go on and on until next weekend, on lies Museveni has done to Ugandans, that you refused to notice for a simple reason that you are focusing on eating on the crams from Museveni's table than the future of Uganda. Why would I discuss anything with Museveni. Tell me one thing that he has ever promised and delivered. Or and check your records Kasangwawo that will show that Museveni's first official speech at city square as a President, he attacked Ronald Regan, do you remember why? 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: Sunday, May 02, 2004 6:54 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Mulindwa gang, this is more or less what I was expecting your response to be. You are demanding for a referendum on federalism but you are against a referendum on political systems and the presidential term limits. What criteria do you use to decide whether an issue warrants a referendum or not ? As the saying goes, you can't have your cake and eat it too ! Kasangwawo From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 21:48:51 -0400 Kasangwawo No No I am way out of all that crap, my request is very simple. Museveni is a killer so is his government and all tricks, and that is why I support nothing he does, whether it is the return of Buganda Kingdom or return of political partys or sad term. If I was believing into Museveni I would be in Uganda as DP agents are as Feudalist agents are. Mulindwa The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2004 12:35 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Mulindwa, I presume you are also for holding a referendum on political systems as well as one on the lifting of presidential term limits, am I right ? Kasangwawo From: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 04:27:34 -0400 Let us have a referendum on it, what is so wrong with that? 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: Lugemwa FN To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 3:40 PM Subject: ugnet_: Federo is a hot issue! Letters:
Re: ugnet_: U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences
Vukoni: We are no where! We are to figure out our own thingstoo if we are interested in cutting this scientific dependencyon the West. Zakoomu M. ==Vukoni Lupa-Lasaga [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And where are we in this scheme of things? On Mon, 2004-05-03 at 10:13, Lisa Toro wrote: What they stole from germans is now over and they can not figure out their own!! - Original Message - From: J Ssemakula To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 03, 2004 4:14 PM Subject: ugnet_: U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences The New York Times __ May 3, 2004 U.S. Is Losing Its Dominance in the Sciences By WILLIAM J. BROAD The United States has started to lose its worldwide dominance in critical areas of science and innovation, according to federal and private experts who point to strong evidence like prizes awarded to Americans and th e number of papers in major professional journals. Foreign advances in basic science now often rival or even exceed America's, apparently with little public awareness of the trend or its implications for jobs, industry, national security or the vigor of the nation's intellectual and cultural life. "The rest of the world is catching up," said John E. Jankowski, a senior analyst at the National Science Foundation, the federal agency that tracks science trends. "Science excellence is no longer the domain of just the U.S." Even analysts worried by the trend concede that an expansion of the world's brain trust, with new approaches, could invigorate the fight against disease, develop new sources of energy and wrestle with knotty environmental problems. But profits from the breakthroughs are likely to stay overseas, and this country will face competition for things like hiring scientific talent and getting space to showcase its work in top journals. One area of international competition involves patents. Americans still win large numbers of them, but the percentage is falling as foreigners, especially Asians, have become more active and in some fields have seized the innovation lead. The United States' share of its own industrial patents has fallen steadily over the decades and now stands at 52 percent. A more concrete decline can be seen in published research. Physical Review, a series of top physics journals, recently tracked a reversal in which American papers, in two decades, fell from the most to a minority. Last year the total was just 29 percent, down from 61 percent in 1983. China, said Martin Blume, the journals' editor, has surged ahead by submitting more th an 1,000 papers a year. "Other scientific publishers are seeing the same kind of thing," he added. Another downturn centers on the Nobel Prizes, an icon of scientific excellence. Traditionally, the United States, powered by heavy federal investments in basic research, the kind that pursues fundamental questions of nature, dominated the awards. But the American share, after peaking from the 1960's through the 1990's, has fallen in the 2000's to about half, 51 percent. The rest went to Britain, Japan, Russia, Germany, Sweden, Switzerland and New Zealand. "We are in a new world, and it's increasingly going to be dominated by countries other than the United States," Denis Simon, dean of management and technology at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, recently said at a scientific meeting in Washington. Europe and Asi a are ascendant, analysts say, even if their achievements go unnoticed in the United States. In March, for example, European scientists announced that one of their planetary probes had detected methane in the atmosphere of Mars — a possible sign that alien microbes live beneath the planet's surface. The finding made headlines from Paris to Melbourne. But most Americans, bombarded with images from America's own rovers successfully exploring the red planet, missed the foreign news. More aggressively, Europe is seeking to dominate particle physics by building the world's most powerful atom smasher, set for its debut in 2007. Its circular tunnel is 17 miles around. Science analysts say Asia's push for excellence promises to be even more challenging. "It's unbelievable," Diana Hicks, chairwoman of the school of public policy at the Georgia Institute of Technology, said of Asia's growth in science and technical innovation. "It's amazing to see these output numbers of papers and patents going up so fast." Analysts say comparative American declines are an inevitable result of rising standards of living around the globe. "It's all in the ebb and flow of globalization," said Jack Fritz, a senior officer at the National Academy of Engineering, an advisory body to the federal government. He called the declines "the next big thing we will have to adjust to." The rapidly changing American status has not gone unnoticed by politicians, with Democrats on the
RE: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004
Hahahahahahah, thanks Nagadya!Mary Nagadya [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mw. Kasangwawo:Thank you for your contributions. However, sometimes Ifeel that you are engaged in the equivalent of takinga goat to an opera. Unfortunately, no matter howfrequently such a goat attends the opera, he isunlikely to ever appreciate it in any sense of theword.Otherwise, it'd be amazing to see a person who claimsto be a Muganda fail to grasp a simple idea that aMuganda's love for his or her Kabaka is independent ofpolitical affiliation. Some just don't get it. Thereis nothing to do about that. Let's move on.MN--- jonah kasangwawo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: Mulindwa co, either you didn't understand what the man said or you simply didn't make an effort to read the article carefully. What should be worrying us are not the federalist s but, according to him, your very own party. Referring to the UPC he said: "This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers". He further advises us to concentrate on our development "instead of listening to the likes of the Rwanyarares." This is what the honorable minister said and not your usual ramblings about feudalism, which you know nothing about. Kasangwawo From: "Edward Mulindwa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> CC: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:53:03 -0400 And t hose are the same sentiments worrying us with Federalists Visa Vie Buganda Kingdom. For one must look very carefully and look at people who are pleading for this federalism, a man like Mwami Lugemwa is a publicly known DP man, the same has been an official of external DP branch for some time now. So Lugemwa goes back to Uganda and now he is pleading for federalism for he loves Mengo and Buganda King. One can not help but ask, is Lugemwa now a KY sympathizer? For the going of Lugemwa to Uganda when Museveni is playing with Ugandans to negotiate on political partys, drives one to conclude that Lugemwa actually believes that Musveni can allow political partys to operate in Uganda. And that is not true. Museveni is just using the Lugemwas for his own staying in power. t; Now Lugemwa goes to Uganda under the burner of federalism and fighting for Buganda, and it is Mulindwa who is a non Ugandan and who is anti Buganda. Like I said to Mwaami Kibuuka, be very careful for this feudalism you have started under the cover of Federalism, for you will end up hurting Buganda than you ever wished. And the Kabaka's going to Museveni to ask for more powers, surely non-critical thinkers that should have raised all your red flags for many of us have been here very long, unlike the Ssenyange's who were born when UNLF was attacking Uganda to remove Iddi Amin. But where we are every one is using every one, DP will grow through Mengo and Mengo will get more powers from NRM and reform will not register as a party yet two days af ter they will register, to Mwaami Kironde in Colorado now starting a political party which is the 45th of the 46 partys now. What a fucked up nation? 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: Omar Kezimbira To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 30, 2004 9:17 PM Subject: ugnet_: Baganda warned on agitating for Federo - New Vision - 1/5/2004Baganda warned on agitating for Federo EDUCATION and sports minister Edward Kiddu Makubuya has war ned Baganda against people who are supporting the Kabaka's quest for more power, reports Ronald Kalyango. "This is the very click that chased and deposed the Kabaka in 1966 so I urge you to be cautious of these masqueraders who have come up during Kabaka's quest for more powers," he said. He said this recently during a guided tour of Kalule in Nyimbwa sub-county, Luweero district where he appealed to the residents to initiate income-generating activities to support Mengo, "instead of listening to the likes of the Rwanyarares." Makubuya called upon chiefs to mobilise the people in culture, discipline and work rather than spending time in misleading political rallies. Makubuya, who is also the area MP, toured St. Kizito, Karule R/C and gardens of his electorate where he called upon them to be exemplary by guarding against swindling of funds meant for development. He also warned councillors agai nst bidding for tenders, saying a lot of money had been lost due to shoddy work. Ends Published on: Saturday, 1st May, 2004 Email this article to a friend. Do you Yahoo!?Win a $20,000 Career Makeover at Yahoo! HotJobs
ugnet_: Ugandans to re-discover their power
Ugandans to re-discover their powerBy J. L. OKELLO-OKELLOMay 4, 2004 Since the attainment of political independence in 1962, Uganda has had nine heads of state. Its East African neighbours, Kenya and Tanzania, have each had three. The turnover in Uganda is, therefore, uniquely high in the region. If the rapid changes in the Presidency had been made through free and fair multiparty competitive elections, Uganda could have qualified to be one of the most democratic countries in the world. Unfortunately, the high turnover of Presidents in Uganda is brought about by the political instability the country has experienced. Attempts to get multiparty democracy entrenched in Uganda have always been shot down by those who use the gun as a short-cut to political power. The late terrible dictator Idi Amin Dada was the first to do this in 1971. He then outlawed all political parties. It tool eight years to remove him. In 1979, after the ouster of Idi Amin, the new Uganda leaders, most of whom had lived in exile throughout Idi Amin's rule, returned and started preparing the stage for their continued staying in power instead of preparing the country for the resumption of multiparty politics. This was because they themselves had no political support at the grassroot. They wanted to keep themselves in power while at the same time keeping political parties in abeyance. This plunged the country into terrible political instability. The first multiparty competitive elections since 1962, were held in 1980. After that election, the losers went to the bush to fight a democratically elected government of Uganda. In two years' time, it will be another 18 years without another multiparty competitive election being held in Uganda. The reasons why Uganda has failed to sustain viable multiparty democracy are varied. One enemy that is against the development of multiparty democracy and political maturity, are the elite of Uganda, who should provide leadership to the largely ignorant masses. A great majority of our elite today have become hostages of economic and political survival - courtesy of individual merit ushered in by the Movement. They have sacrificed their intelligence and principles at the altar of money. Our elites' major pre-occupation is to maintain their privileges, comfort, ill-gotten wealth and certitudes. The disunity that has been promoted among the people of Uganda under the Movement is another major contributing factor to political instability. Over the last 18 years, Uganda has been sharply and sadly divided into two parts -South-western and North-eastern Uganda. The former is peaceful, prosperous and developing. The latter has been kept constantly insecure; people being abducted, tortured, maimed and killed in large numbers; wallowing in abject poverty; with about 1.4 million people herded into squalid internment camps without the basic necessities of life such as food, shelter, clothing, clean water and medication. The divide between is so clear that if we were honest the country would now be having two types of passport: one for South-western Uganda and the other for North-eastern Uganda. The internment camps were initiated by government in 1997 to remove the Acholi from the countryside so that they are not killed in crossfire between the rebel Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and the national army. Other reasons were to protect the people from abduction by the rebels and deny the rebels intelligence and food supply. The measure, which was intended to last only about six months, has now not only taken seven years, and spread from Acholi to Lango to Teso, covering almost precisely the areas which did not vote overwhelmingly for the President in the last two Presidential elections. The camps were originally called "protected villages". But when LRA started defying that "protection" and began to abduct and kill people within the "protected villages," the camps were renamed "Internally Displaced Persons' Camps". The word "protected" has been conveniently but quietly dropped. These camps are the worst humanitarian tragedy that has befallen the people of North-eastern Uganda. Instead of making genuine efforts to end the war, those with power seem bent on the use of clever and psychological tricks to play upon the brokenness of the people in order to attract them to a certain way of thinking. The 18-year ban on political party activities by the ruling Movement has done irreparable damage to Ugandans. All this time, the people have been denied opportunity to hear alternative views. Transparency International (TI) has from time to time rated Uganda one of the most corrupt countries in the world. In a corrupt situation like the one we have, where money speaks loudly, genuine democratic practices cannot thrive. The Movement has sustained itself in power using basically two methods: wanton use of public funds to buy support; and the use of violence against political opponents as witnessed in past
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