ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is very normal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied should stealthily leave the table, go and belch, he said. I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe for example, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes so that he can go and eat. Buganda LC5s back 3rd term By Cyprian Musoke SEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting of presidential term limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term. The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the third term at a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closed yesterday. Moses Byaruhanga, President Musevenis assistant on political affairs, presided over the closing ceremony. The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule, Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega of Mpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza. Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers, district speakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Buganda region. The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were prompted by their chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longer afford to sit on the fence. People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This is the central region that will take over the politics of this country at one stage, and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in the middle of the line at this time, he said. Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to fight other peoples wars, in apparent reference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. He said the opposition could not guarantee their jobs. We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This is politics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If you are not interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly, he told an attentive audience. He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of those who are in power. At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is very normal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied should stealthily leave the table, go and belch, he said. Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved the third term issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzi last year and that no one would divert from their resolution. He, however, said there was need to consult their councils. He asked the chairmen to let those outside speak and us within to fight them. He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in a referendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for having usurped the supreme power of the people. They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court, he said. Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third term agitators were beaten in Masaka. In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved to back the third term, he said. Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in the NEC meeting, and there was no way his people could divert from him since their district started eating when the Movement came to power. Hajji Kabega of Mpigi district said Museveni was their resident in Kisozi and there was no way they could oppose the third term for one of them. Mubendes Maj. Kakooza said they were bound by the resolution they made at Kyankwanzi to support the opening of presidential term limits. Ends Published on: Thursday, 10th June, 2004 Email this article to a friend. \\\Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\ Njoki Paul University of Pretoria This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term? 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: Paul Njoki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ugandanet [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AM Subject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is very normal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied should stealthily leave the table, go and belch, he said. I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe for example, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes so that he can go and eat. Buganda LC5s back 3rd term By Cyprian Musoke SEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting of presidential term limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term. The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the third term at a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closed yesterday. Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs, presided over the closing ceremony. The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule, Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega of Mpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza. Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers, district speakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Buganda region. The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were prompted by their chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longer afford to sit on the fence. People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This is the central region that will take over the politics of this country at one stage, and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in the middle of the line at this time, he said. Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparent reference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. He said the opposition could not guarantee their jobs. We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This is politics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If you are not interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly, he told an attentive audience. He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of those who are in power. At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is very normal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied should stealthily leave the table, go and belch, he said. Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved the third term issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzi last year and that no one would divert from their resolution. He, however, said there was need to consult their councils. He asked the chairmen to let those outside speak and us within to fight them. He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in a referendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for having usurped the supreme power of the people. They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court, he said. Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third term agitators were beaten in Masaka. In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved to back the third term, he said. Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in the NEC meeting, and there was no way his people could divert from him since their district 'started eating' when the Movement came to power. Hajji Kabega of Mpigi district said Museveni was their resident in Kisozi and there was no way they could oppose the third term for one of them. Mubende's Maj. Kakooza said they were bound by the resolution they made at Kyankwanzi to support the opening of presidential term limits. Ends Published on: Thursday, 10th June, 2004 Email this article to a friend. \\\Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\ Njoki Paul University of Pretoria This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Mulindwa After all these years you still haven't learnt any politics? WHO pays the LC's ? Would you have expected them to support anyone else? BTW, LC's in ALL other areas of Uganda ( including your area) will be 'facilitated' by the President's office to make similar statements before the end of 2006. Nume Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term?EmToronto 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: "Paul Njoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ugandanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AMSubject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term"At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe forexample, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes sothathe can go and "eat".Buganda LC5s back 3rd termBy Cyprian MusokeSEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting ofpresidentialterm limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term.The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the thirdtermat a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closedyesterday.Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs,presidedover the closing ceremony.The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule,Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega ofMpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza.Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers,districtspeakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Bugandaregion.The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were promptedbytheir chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longeraffordto sit on the fence."People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This isthecentral region that will take over the politics of this country at onestage,and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in themiddleof the line at this time," he said.Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparentreference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. Hesaid the opposition could not guarantee their jobs."We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This ispolitics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If youarenot interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly," he told anattentive audience.He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of thosewhoare in power."At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved thethirdterm issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzilastyear and that no one would divert from their resolution.He, however, said there was need to consult their councils.He asked the chairmen to "let those outside speak and us within to fightthem."He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in areferendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for havingusurpedthe supreme power of the people."They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court," he said.Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third termagitatorswere beaten in Masaka."In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved tobackthe third term," he said.Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in theNECmeeting, and there was no way his people could divert from him since theirdistrict 'started eating' when the Movement came to power.Hajji Kabega of Mpigi district said Museveni was their resident in Kisoziandthere was no way they could oppose the third term for one of them.Mubende's Maj. Kakooza said they were bound by the resolution they made atKyankwanzi to support the opening of presidential term limits.EndsPublished on: Thursday, 10th June, 2004Email this article to a friend.\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rateversion of someone else.\"Njoki PaulUniversity of PretoriaThis service is hosted on the Infocom networkhttp://www.infocom.co.ugThis service is hosted on the Infocom networkhttp://www.infocom.co.ug Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
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NIGER DELTA REPUBLIC MOVEMENT P.O.BOX 33535 London E9 7NS Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel:+44(0)208 9853905. To: Africa Commission, announced by the British Prime Minister, Mr. Tony Blair. AFRICA'S PROBLEMS ARE ROOTED IN COLONIAL BOUNDARIES. We are greatly delighted to hear the announcement made by the British Prime Minister on Tuesday 4th May 2004 on the formation of Africa Commission. I have decided with others to form Africa Commission to take a fresh look at Africa(South of the Arabs) past, present and future. It will be a comprehensive assessment of the situation and examine a)what has worked b) what has not worked and c) what more can be done.'' In our opinion, in the Niger Delta Republic Movement, these seem to cover comprehensively the matters that need to be looked into, in respect of problems of Africa through this present age - the 4th AGE in Africa. The 1st AGE was the age of total darkness, backwardness and exclusion from the civilised world. It was a sort of pre Stone Age when the map of the continent did not show any nation; only features such as mountains, rivers and deserts. This was because there were no nations, only human settlements that were mostly unknown, even to our fellow Africans. During this time we shared the continent with wild beasts, disease carrying insects, frightening deserts and hostile rivers that were not easily navigable. All of these contributed to keep African communities, south of the Arabs, away from one another, and from the active world of civilisation nearly 2000 years ANNO Domini. Only legends flourished among us. The 2nd AGE was the age of exploration of the continent by brave Europeans. It also includes centuries of the notorious slave trade that contributed to make Africans the most submissive race of mankind. And it lasted more than three centuries. Then came the 3rd AGE when European adventurers scrambled into Africa in pursuit of colonies. They created the modern nations of Africa, south of the Arabs, and so, catapulted us to the modern civilised world of the nineteenth century. Those who look for a date for the commencement of the colonial system usually refer to the notorious Berlin Conference of 1885. That was a period of the world when no one sermonised on democracy, freedom, right and justice, only brutal force everywhere. And each of the modern nations of Africa was created by brutally merging a collection of colonial conquests that comprise disparate tribes, plus warring religions, in some cases such as Nigeria. At the Berlin Conference, Cecil Rhodes of Rhodesia, now Zimbabwe, was reported to have remarked - We have been engaged in creating boundaries and drawing lines upon maps and over places where no white man's foot ever trod. And a later author remarked These boundaries owe everything to European interests, and a little to topography; but nothing whatsoever to the African reality. Yet they determine and form the boundaries of the nations of modern Africa. Today, in post colonial Africa, their inhabitants are still coming to terms with their contrived nationhood. Hardly did the Europeans know that they were creating nations for future generations of Africans. However at about that time in the early 20th century, Mary Kingsley remarked Whatever we (Europeans) do in Africa today, a thousand years hence, there will be Africans to thrive or suffer for it. It is not quite 200 years hence, already, the people of the Niger Delta, a wholly Christian communities on the Central Atlantic coast, have been suffering for it during the past forty years. They were converted to Christianity by European Christian missionaries towards the end of the slave trade. After the slave trade they were forcibly cobbled together with hundreds of other tribes, including those from Arab orientated Islamic Africans on the fringes of the Sahara desert, to form a colony that was given the name Nigeria in 1914. In Nigeria, as in many parts of Africa, the colonial system lasted much less than a hundred years; from Bismarch to Hitler. The 4th AGE is the present age of Independence that began in the aftermath of Hitler's war in the 20th century. In many colonies such as Nigeria it came on a platter of gold. Only a handful of colonies fought hard for independence; because the moral issue in Hitler's war softened the hearts of the Imperial nations; and they scrambled out of Africa. We Africans for the first time got our brand new Free Nations that looked equal to the civilised nations of Europe, Asia, America, and the Middle East. Albeit, we, of the modern African nations did not realised that, there is one common factor that makes each of our nations different from the nations of Europe, Asia, America and the Middle East; hereafter called the civilised nations. Whereas, each of the countries of the civilised nations comprises communities of like minded peoples whose way of life
Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Doing so would have made Professor Gilbert Bukenya's efforts at "cooking" Federo a stilborn venture. Kipenji. Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term?EmToronto 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: "Paul Njoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ugandanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AMSubject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term"At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe forexample, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes sothathe can go and "eat".Buganda LC5s back 3rd termBy Cyprian MusokeSEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting ofpresidentialterm limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term.The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the thirdtermat a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closedyesterday.Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs,presidedover the closing ceremony.The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule,Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega ofMpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza.Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers,districtspeakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Bugandaregion.The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were promptedbytheir chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longeraffordto sit on the fence."People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This isthecentral region that will take over the politics of this country at onestage,and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in themiddleof the line at this time," he said.Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparentreference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. Hesaid the opposition could not guarantee their jobs."We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This ispolitics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If youarenot interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly," he told anattentive audience.He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of thosewhoare in power."At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved thethirdterm issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzilastyear and that no one would divert from their resolution.He, however, said there was need to consult their councils.He asked the chairmen to "let those outside speak and us within to fightthem."He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in areferendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for havingusurpedthe supreme power of the people."They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court," he said.Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third termagitatorswere beaten in Masaka."In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved tobackthe third term," he said.Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in theNECmeeting, and there was no way his people could divert from him since theirdistrict 'started eating' when the Movement came to power.Hajji Kabega of Mpigi district said Museveni was their resident in Kisoziandthere was no way they could oppose the third term for one of them.Mubende's Maj. Kakooza said they were bound by the resolution they made atKyankwanzi to support the opening of presidential term limits.EndsPublished on: Thursday, 10th June, 2004Email this article to a friend.\\\"Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rateversion of someone else.\"Njoki PaulUniversity of PretoriaThis service is hosted on the Infocom networkhttp://www.infocom.co.ugThis service is hosted on the Infocom networkhttp://www.infocom.co.ug Yahoo! Messenger - Communicate instantly..."Ping" your friends today! Download Messenger Now
Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Nume So if I continue with your logic you are saying that either not all LCs are paid by the government or you are saying that all of them will support third term, huh? May be politics is really not learned by the many years we spend here only. 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: Simon Nume To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term Mulindwa After all these years you still haven't learnt any politics? WHO pays the LC's ? Would you have expected them to support anyone else? BTW, LC's in ALL other areas of Uganda ( including your area) will be 'facilitated' by the President's office to make similar statements before the end of 2006. Nume Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term?EmToronto 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: "Paul Njoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ugandanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AMSubject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term"At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe forexample, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes sothathe can go and "eat".Buganda LC5s back 3rd termBy Cyprian MusokeSEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting ofpresidentialterm limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term.The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the thirdtermat a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closedyesterday.Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs,presidedover the closing ceremony.The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule,Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega ofMpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza.Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers,districtspeakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Bugandaregion.The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were promptedbytheir chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longeraffordto sit on the fence."People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This isthecentral region that will take over the politics of this country at onestage,and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in themiddleof the line at this time," he said.Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparentreference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. Hesaid the opposition could not guarantee their jobs."We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This ispolitics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If youarenot interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly," he told anattentive audience.He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of thosewhoare in power."At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved thethirdterm issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzilastyear and that no one would divert from their resolution.He, however, said there was need to consult their councils.He asked the chairmen to "let those outside speak and us within to fightthem."He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in areferendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for havingusurpedthe supreme power of the people."They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court," he said.Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third termagitatorswere beaten in Masaka."In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved tobackthe third term," he said.Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in theNECmeeting, and there was no way his people could
Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Mulindwa He who pays the piper calls the tune. NumeEdward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nume So if I continue with your logic you are saying that either not all LCs are paid by the government or you are saying that all of them will support third term, huh? May be politics is really not learned by the many years we spend here only. 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: Simon Nume To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term Mulindwa After all these years you still haven't learnt any politics? WHO pays the LC's ? Would you have expected them to support anyone else? BTW, LC's in ALL other areas of Uganda ( including your area) will be 'facilitated' by the President's office to make similar statements before the end of 2006. Nume Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term?EmToronto 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: "Paul Njoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ugandanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AMSubject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term"At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe forexample, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes sothathe can go and "eat".Buganda LC5s back 3rd termBy Cyprian MusokeSEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting ofpresidentialterm limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term.The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the thirdtermat a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closedyesterday.Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs,presidedover the closing ceremony.The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule,Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega ofMpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza.Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers,districtspeakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Bugandaregion.The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were promptedbytheir chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longeraffordto sit on the fence."People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This isthecentral region that will take over the politics of this country at onestage,and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in themiddleof the line at this time," he said.Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparentreference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. Hesaid the opposition could not guarantee their jobs."We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This ispolitics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If youarenot interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly," he told anattentive audience.He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of thosewhoare in power."At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said all chairmen resolved thethirdterm issue at the National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting at Kyankwanzilastyear and that no one would divert from their resolution.He, however, said there was need to consult their councils.He asked the chairmen to "let those outside speak and us within to fightthem."He said the best option was to leave the matter to the people to decide in areferendum, to avoid being taken to court by the opposition for havingusurpedthe supreme power of the people."They are waiting for us to make a mistake, then they go to court," he said.Masaka district vice-chairman said he was happy when anti-third termagitatorswere beaten in Masaka."In Masaka, we want the ekisanja fervently. We, as a district, resolved tobackthe third term," he said.Ssembabule chairman said he moved the motion to open the term limits in theNECmeeting, and there was no way his people could divert from him since theirdistrict 'started eating' when the Movement came to power.Hajji Kabega of Mpigi district said Museveni was their resident in Kisoziandthere was no way they could oppose the third term for one of them.Mubende's Maj. Kakooza
ugnet_: War Debt: Gaddafi Gets Tough With Uganda
Regional- EastAfrican - Nairobi - KenyaMonday, June 7, 2004 War Debt: Gaddafi Gets Tough With Uganda By WAIRAGALA WAKABI THE EASTAFRICAN BARELY A month after President Yoweri Museveni visited Libya and conferred on President Muammar Gaddafi Kampalas highest decoration, a delegation from Tripoli is expected to visit Uganda to press for payment of an outstanding debt amounting to over $170 million. Sources said last week that Libya was unhappy that Ugandan officials are giving the impression that most of the debt was incurred by the late Idi Amins regime, (1971-1979), when in fact the larger part of it was given to President Yoweri Museveni's government. Documents from the lawyers representing the Libyan government show that the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) gave some $8 million to Uganda during Amins regime and a further $70 million just after when Museveni came to power in 1986. In 2002, the Finance Ministry acknowledged owing the Libyan government $155 million most of it in accumulated interest. However, high-level talks between the two governments, also involving the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have so far failed to resolve the issue, which has culminated in the Libyans threatening to take the Uganda government to court. Sources privy to the issue told The EastAfrican last Friday that among the Ugandan officials the Libyans wanted to meet when they come to Uganda were President Museveni, Secretary to the Treasury Chris Kassami, and Finance, Planning and Economic Development Minister Gerald Sendawula. "This is the make-or-break meeting. If the issue is not resolved, the matter will be taken to court," said the source, who did not wish to be named. However, the Communications Officer in the Ministry of Finance, Ms Robinah Rubimbwa, told The EastAfrican: "I am not aware of a Libyan delegation coming to Uganda, but I do know of the debt." She referred The EastAfrican to the Director of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, Keith Muhakanizi, who could not be reached for comment last Friday. The Libyan delegation is expected to comprise officials from the Central Bank of Libya, the Secretariat of the General Peoples' Committee for Finance and the Secretariat of the General Peoples' Committee for Planning. Prominent Kampala businessman Habib Kagimu, a close friend of President Gaddafi, is the liaison person for the Libyans and is understood to have had a meeting with the Libyan leader recently at which the issue was discussed. Deo Turyahebwa, a principal policy analyst with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told The EastAfrican that some of the debt arose from the 1979 war in which Libya provided material, financial and personnel support to the government of Idi Amin. "Negotiations are going on but it is not something that can cause bad relations," he said. He added that the Finance Ministry would be in better position to comment on the matter, though it was normally the Foreign Affairs Ministry that took the lead role in bilateral relations. A source close to the case said that the Libyan government was earlier this year infuriated by a report in the Ugandan press, that suggested that the Libyan government was trying to defraud Uganda of the money. The story, which was passed on to high-ranking Libyan government officials by an associate based in Kampala, reportedly appeared to have been authorised by Ugandan government officials. President Gaddafi was reportedly unhappy about what the source said were "Ugandan ingrates," leading to a cooling in his relations with Kampala. His frequent visits to Uganda in 2001 and 2002, and the large delegations of Members of Parliament, footballers, ministers, women leaders, beauty queens and other Ugandans he used to ferry to Tripoli and Benghazi are no more. And in what appeared a clear sign of his new attitude to Kampala, Gaddafi this April failed to come to Kampala to decorate Museveni as a general in spite of spirited attempts by the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defence to have him officiate at the occasion. Still, on May 18, Museveni travelled to Tripoli and conferred the Katonga Medal on Gaddafi, "in honour of his activism for liberty and unity in Africa," and his assistance to Musevenis guerillas and government. Museveni was hosted to a banquet by Gaddafi, but it is not known whether they discussed the debt issue. Past Ugandan efforts to have the debt cancelled have included a visit by Kassami to Tripoli in 2002, during which he failed to meet Gaddafi. Three Libyan delegations have been to Kampala over the issue in recent times and had at one time suggested that Kampala give Libya assets specifically the Nile Hotel and International Conference Centre as compensation. Uganda has also attempted to have the debt written off under the Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) initiative, which entitles poor countries to debt relief from bilateral donors. Although Libya is part of HIPC, it has declined to write off the
ugnet_: Abuse Africans, But Beware Their Leaders
Opinion - EastAfrican - Nairobi - Kenya Monday, June 7, 2004 Abuse Africans, But Beware Their Leaders By CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO Denis Hills, who died recently aged 90, became world famous when, in June 1975, when he was sentenced to death for "treason" by Idi Amin after describing the Ugandan dictator as a "black Nero" and a "village tyrant" in a book he was writing. Hills had been a lecturer at Uganda's Makerere University since 1963, and had stayed behind after Amin seized power in a 1971 coup, and made the country dangerous for Western expatriates. Though the offensive book, The White Pumpkin, hadn't yet been published, the secret police got word of the contents of the typescript, and arrested him. A magistrate's court dismissed the charges, but Amin intervened personally, ordering that Hills be tried by a military tribunal. He was found guilty and sentenced to death by firing squad. British prime minister Harold Wilson wrote an apology, and the Queen sent Amin a personal appeal to spare Hills's life. Finally, foreign secretary James Callaghan went to Uganda, and flew back to London with Hills. What often escapes attention is that the episode was a major victory for Amin, because when the book was published the following year, the offending phrases had been deleted. Hills authored many books, but none of them were famously political. One of his titles, which is hardly known in Uganda, is Man With a Lobelia Flute. Published in 1969, to the unsuspecting the book will read like a light travelogue on East Africa. But it is also an acerbic tale that mercilessly slashes and burns everything in its path. If you are thin-skinned, and given to reacting strongly to what you consider to be a racist put-down, then steer clear of Man With a Lobelia Flute. Hills, for example, describes in highly pejorative terms the sight of Africans crammed onto the floor in the "servants' quarters." In his eyes, they have sneaked into the compound in the dark after the master (to use the politically incorrect language of the time) and his wife have gone to sleep in the main house, to sponge off their relative who is employed there as a "house boy". He paints a pathetic picture of a woman he encounters on the roadside while travelling south-westward to Masaka, who is poking away at an anthill in search of the day's meal. Just for sheer annoyance, Man With a Lobelia Flute reads like the book over which someone should have tried to execute Hills, not White Pumpkin. That it didn't happen that way reveals a very African political mindset. Our leaders, and many times we their subjects, don't get irritated when the country and its people are trashed. But when the ruler is described accurately for what he is, a dictator, or a thief, the whole government machinery is deployed to arrest the writer and sue the publisher in London or New York in an attempt to stop distribution of the book; meanwhile, the ambassador who represents the country of the offending author will be hauled over hot charcoal. It's hard to figure out exactly what the masses think of all this. Maybe the people think that since the politicians are the ones milking the country, it is their business to defend it when it's written about without respect and sufficient sensitivity. Perhaps, in the scale of their priorities, the torment they are facing at the hands of the strongman is more important than a disparaging chapter in a cynical Western writer's book most of them will never read. For the big men, however, the issue is clearer... Since they consider that their countries (and Treasuries) are private property that they can do with as they please, being described as a "village tyrant" is not an attack only on the person of the president. Because they see themselves and their countries as one and the same thing, criticism of the leader is also an insult to the nation. That is what makes journalism extremely perilous in Africa. Charles Onyango-Obbo is managing editor in charge of media convergence at the Nation Media Group. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comments\Views about this article Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: Kampala dogs face death sentence - BBC
Last Updated: Thursday, 10 June, 2004, 13:12 GMT 14:12 UK -BBC E-mail this to a friend Printable version Kampala dogs face death sentence Stray dogs are killed by poisoning in KampalaUganda's Kampala City Council is to enforce dog owners to licence their pets with ID tags. Dogs that fail to wear the ID tags will be viewed by the city's authorities as strays and impounded. Stray hounds in the capital are destroyed by the council after a certain period of time. It is hoped the new law, yet to be ratified by the Ministry of Justice, will combat the high prevalence of rabies amongst stray dogs. Painful death "The owner of any dog of six months of age and above commits an offence if such a dog does not at all times wear a badge," says a copy of the Kampala City Maintenance of Law and Order Ordinance 2004 seen by Uganda's New Vision newspaper. "The council usually kills strays by poisoning," Kampala City Council's public relations officer, Simon Muhumuza, told BBC News Online. You do not want to see a person suffering from rabies Kampala City Council's public relations officer Simon Muhumuza Owners applying for a dog licence dog will have to provide a vet's certificate proving the dog has had a rabies inoculation. "There are many strays here with rabies, it is a big problem in Kampala," confirmed Mr Muhumuza. He said there have been cases of rabies being passed to local residents through bites from infected animals. It is a painful disease characterised by muscle spasms of the throat induced by swallowing and can be fatal it not treated. "You do not want to see a person suffering from rabies," Mr Muhumuza said. E-mail this to a friend Printable version Do you Yahoo!?Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger
ugnet_: bush still screwing Iraq and America
Bush Still Screwing Iraq and America Sam Hamod 06/09/04 ICH -- Not only did Bush succeed in putting his puppets back into the governance of Iraq, he also stabbed Brahimi and the UN in the backall to the detriment of Iraq. Allawi is nothing but a Bush agent. Brahimi put it clearly when he said, Bremer is the dictator of Iraq. He has the money. He has the signature. As a diplomat, it was the strongest possible language he could use without being fired from the UN. Even Kofi Annan has been unhappy with Bushs behavior, but he must also be aware that the U.S. has such influence at the UN they could undermine him just as they did Butros Ghali Ghali when he tried to help make the UN more independent of Bush and America. This new mess in Iraq will get worse and worse; killings will increase, and bloodshed will spread throughout the land because of Bushs doing. Thus, the guilt of the deaths in Iraq are on Bushs head. Many in the international community feel he should be tried for war crimes when he leaves office; well see if this happens or if he just goes back to his ranch in Crawford and continues making his absurd pronouncements matters about which he knows little. This morning, many in the Iraqi security force in Fallujah were attacked for the first time since General Latif was put in charge, with Americans withdrawing. But few know this attack occurred because the Americans told the Iraqis they were going to come in with them and do a joint patrol. This patrol was a violation of the cease fire in Fallujah, and since things were peaceful, the Americans were not to come in again. But, as usual, America cannot allow peace to prevail in Iraqso they once again upset the apple carton purpose. More devilment. American rhetoric is always of peace, but American actions are always for war and chaos in Iraq. Also, just outside of Fallujah, which helped cause the unrest, American troops attacked some people in their homes, when the people resisted their brutal search methods. This led to the killing of over a dozen Iraqis, many of them women and children. No one in the US media or the US government ever wonders what type of threat women and children are because our troops kill so many of them. Have you ever wondered about this yourself? If so, why not ask your congressperson to question the military about this. Or are you and they willing to just keep calling this by the euphemism of collateral damage? Think about how far US morality has slipped since Clinton and GW Bush. America is now thinking of sending troops back into Fallujah, now that many of the insurgent fighters have been disarmed. But they may be making a big mistake because many of the Iraqi security force may turn on the Americans, because many of them are Sunni Baathists who live in, or have relatives in, Fallujah. But, as usual, the American military is being led by Bush and Rumsfeld who are fools, and military leaders in Iraq such as Kimmit, Abizaid and others who are foolsor devils who want to keep the Iraqi pot boiling. Either way, it will not be good for Iraqis or for American troops who will be killed or maimed in the process. Add to this, that the Iraqi and the American economies will continue to suffer major losses and further instability. America has already been warned by the IMF about the instability of the dollar and the Iraqi currencybut Bush just ignores these warnings as if they dont matter. In time, America will realize that Bush has taken them further down the path of debt, first started by Ronald Reagan; but, this time, it may not be reversible according to some prominent Nobel Prize wining economists. Dr. Brahimi had asked that none of the Iraqi Governing Council be Prime Minister or President, but Bush made sure he was ignored. Ayatollah Sistani has given tentative approval, but only with great reservations, to this new interim government. But, if the truth be known, Sistani is disappointed in the Bush influence, the keeping of US troops in control, and most of the Iraqis do not support this new Bush government. France should have never given in on the UN resolution, even with the changes Bush/Blair put into it. But, the deed is done, now more hell will reign in Iraq. More people will die. More people will be maimed. More people will go poor in Iraq and in America because of the war in Iraq. But, this war in Iraq will never end until America leaves, either by force or voluntarily just as they had to leave Viet Nam. Americas standing in the Arab and Muslim world will continue to be further tarnished; trust in the US going down the drain at an alarming rate. It is hard to see how this can be repaired because of the actions by the US in Najaf, Karbala and Kufa, as well as in Fallujah, Mosul and Baghdad. Add to this that Kerry has not given an alternative policy for Iraqso even if he wins, things may not get any better unless he awakens from his stupor that has cloaked
ugnet_: some good soul please translate for our fellow countrymen and women
Lumony UPDF, LDU giwunu reya James Ojwiya LUMONY UPDF ma gurube ki LDU ma gitye ka gwoko lwak luring ayela ma i kema Lira Palwo kombedi dok gucako tim aranyi woko me pwodo reya ma i kema meno calo olum olum. Ripot man lacoc omoko ki bot lwak mapol ma i kema meno kun gitito ni lumonyi ka kicwalo gi otyeno ka gwoko lwak, gin dok loke ka pwodo dano nono nono. Lumonyi teki gunongi ibedo i dog odi mot, joni turu mere ma lut (Ingia ndani) dony i ot. Ikit tim gi ni gubin gupwodo mon aryo me Bulok 18 naka guwano gi woko. Ikare ma kicwalo loki i opici pa latela kema ki wonkom LC3 joni gukwanyo mon ni gucwalo wa i barak bot lalub kor ladit Captain Okech ma pud owoto i pass ni. Lalub kor laditi obin okwayo kica bot mon ni kun tito ni en onongo epeke ki ngec mo. ! Dong ka lok tye kumeno, ci ebilubo kor lubali ki cik. En kono obin oye mado mon aryo ni. Luloc gubin gunyutu cwer cwiny gi kun gitito ni ka lakit tim ni bimede ci gibimiyo ripot woko bot Lt. Colonel Lokech. Captain Karuma pud tye i buc pi tic caro ne ma oweko adui LRA obin oneko dano 23 kulu idwe 3, 2004. Lok me lumony ki LDUs goyo reya winye malik, ento tye ka time. Myero lutela me mony oyab wang gi me juko lakodi tim man. Tim man omyero ogik bot LRA pa Kony ma kwiya piny. Published on: Wednesday, 9th June, 2004 This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Sweden watches Uganda politics
Sweden Watches Uganda Politics Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 9, 2004 Posted to the web June 9, 2004 David Muwanga Kampala The Swedish ambassador, Erik Aberg , has said his government's strategy for Uganda puts emphasis on the process of democratisation. Therefore, the political situation will be followed closely in the coming two years with the upcoming elections in 2006 and the envisaged change to a multiparty system, he said recently while addressing officials of the Uganda Investment Authority and a Swedish delegation at Speke Resort Munyonyo. He, however, said the details of the process were not for the Swedish government to dictate since each country has to establish its own road map. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda We would, however, encourage that the process involves stakeholders from all regions and changes be decided by consensus. now that a multiparty system has been declared to be the aim of the 2006 elections, we certainly support such a process, he said. He also decried the conflict that has been raging for the past 18 years in northern Uganda had led to immense humanitarian suffering. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: stop lecturing to us about elections Dictator Museveni's tells the West.
Museveni Raps West Over Polls Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site New Vision (Kampala) June 9, 2004 Posted to the web June 9, 2004 Felix Osike Kampala President Yoweri Museveni has told Western countries to stop lecturing Africa on how to hold elections. He said this after commissioning Apparels Tri-Star (U) Ltd's second factory in Bugolobi on Monday. Presidents Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe and Mwai Kibaki of Kenya accompanied him. We must tell Europeans and Americans to give us what we do not have; that is access to their markets. They should stop lecturing to us about small things like elections, Museveni said. We don't need aid for elections and women emancipation. What we need is what we don't have, he added. Museveni urged African countries to demand for access to markets, negotiate as a block and stop exporting raw materials. Museveni received samples of the Tri-star products from the managing director, Villepillai Kananathan. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Europe and Africa United States, Canada and Africa Trade He said Tri-star had linked Uganda to the US market, imparted skills to more than 3,000 people and created jobs for over 2,000 girls. Kananathan said the company contributed to the Government's poverty reduction strategy and foreign exchange inflow. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: uganda..soldier arrested
UGANDA 10/6/2004 12:22 SOLDIER ARRESTED FOR FLEEING FROM LRA REBELS General, Brief The army chief responsible for security in the Aboke camp for displaced people in the northern Ugandan district of Apac has been arrested for failing to obey orders following Tuesday attack by the rebels of the self-styled LRA (Lord Resistance Army). Army spokesman Paddy Ankunda told the BBC ocus on Africa?programme that there is proof that the commander in question and some of his men took flight shortly before the attack. However, Ankunda also emphasised the difficulties faced by the Ugandan army in guaranteeing security in over 60 camps for displaced people in the north of the country. According to adio Wa? one of the main radios in the region, at least 26 people are believed to have died in Tuesday evening attack, while others are in a serious condition in hospital. The Aboke camp holds almost 12,000 civilians, who have been forced to abandon their land and villages due to the insecurity in the area, where the LRA rebels have been terrorising the local population under the leadership of Joseph Kony for years. [LC]
ugnet_: Our people live short brutish lives, you have to cry!!
In the whole of Northern and North-East Uganda, fellow Ugandans live cruel, short and brutish lives. One could even ask who is better off: the living or the dead? Elsewhere in the country, except for a small elite drunk on hubris, corruption and bankruptcy things are only better by comparison. And this is how those that survive on this decay have designed 'fate' for the lot of us miserable humanity. i.e. In DRC one Rwandese Tutsi, 'General' Laurent Nkunda, has grabbed all the land, he competes with m7 in number of cattle held, avails his fighters with very smart uniforms and powerful weaponary (follow the money as to who is the financer); and the world seems to bend backwards to find cover for such agents of death and mass murder!! Our salvation will only come if we are united in purpose and effort. It is nuts to keep on wallowing in cheap tribalistic rhetoric. Letters To Leaders All messages are published with permission of the sender. The general topic of this message is Civil Liberties: Subject: Crisis in Acholiland of Northern Uganda To: Sen. Trent Lott May 26, 2004 SILENT GENOCIDE OF ACHOLI PEOPLE IN UGANDA With great concern, I write to call the attention of Washington and the International Community to the devastating effect of the American foreign policy toward the government of Uganda, namely the praise for his purported success in the fight against Aids and terrorism, is having on the silent genocide in Acholiland. I am calling it genocide in the real term of the word, being fully aware of its seriousness. By the end of 2002, the most conservative estimate by UNESCO put the number of Acholi children, as young as five years old, abducted as a result of the militaristic policy of the Uganda government toward the rebellion in the north at 15,000. This estimate excluded the number of children killed by government soldiers, UPDF, and the rebels of the so-called Lords Resistance Army, LRA. Since operation Iron Fist was launched by the government at the beginning of 2003, it has been estimated that nearly 20,000 children have been abducted to date. Meanwhile, a report from a concentration camp in Omoro County, where 10,000 Acholi have been forcibly confined by government soldiers indicated this month that on average, 17 children are dying every week due to lack of food, water, and basic medical treatment. This staggering death toll, accompanied by the daily LRA abduction and UPDF killing of former abducted children forcibly conscripted into the LRA, is almost impossible to comprehend. I try to understand it by thinking of the scene at the terrible Bar-lonyo massacre in neighboring Lira, when 200 men, women, and children were killed and the government concern was contesting the number of the dead. A week earlier, about 48 people were axed to death; the president retorted that the killing of those innocent civilians was a hiccup, and not a massacre. This week, two members of parliament from Acholi region reported to Monitor newspaper in Kampala that alleged LRA have massacred about 200 Acholi. The government, through its spokesman, Major Bantariza, disputed the number, arguing instead that if the Acholi members of parliament were not satisfied with how the NRM government of Museveni is protecting Acholi, then they should bring Acholi people to protect Acholi civilians. I continue to imagine the little bodies of Acholi children littering the grassland in Acholiland, having been killed by bullets from helicopter gunship operated by UPDF, and those left behind to die by fellow fleeing child soldier of LRA on a daily basis. The militaristic policy of the government of Museveni and his avowed agenda of exterminating the Acholi people of northern Uganda, are responsible for this monstrous scale of deaths of Acholi people and the cause of complete cultural, economic, and social collapse that has plunged Acholiland. Most crucially, for over a decade, since Acholi people were forcibly herded into the concentration camps under the barrel of the guns of UPDF, their livestock rustled under the supervision of UPDF, and food reserves burnt and/or destroyed by UPDF, they have continued to live in these concentration camps without any proper sanitation, water supply, and medical treatment. The conditions are so bad that a UN representative reported in late 2003, that the humanitarian crisis was worse than that in Iraq. As the death of Acholi people, their cultural, economic, and social breakdown continue, the government is busy conscripting former abducted child LRA soldier whom they may rescue, into the UPDF rank to continue the vicious cycle of massacre. It is simply terrifying. It is criminal and immoral. In my view, any person with a conscience should look at the basic facts and conclude that what has been going on in Acholi under the 18 years of the leadership of president Museveni is
ugnet_: For Budding Authors, a Rapid-Fire Publisher
Folks, This looks like a technology and business model Africans and people of African ancestry everywhere can seize/appropriate to promote literacy,a sorely needed reading culture, and every other initiative designed to uplift our peoples-- guerrilla-style publishing if you like. vukoni ___ For Budding Authors, a Rapid-Fire Publisher By ERIC A. TAUB (www.nytimes.com) "HOT off the presses" has taken on a newly literal meaning with the installation of the first instant book-printing machine in an American bookstore. Take a floppy disk or CD-ROM to Bookends in Ridgewood, N.J., or e-mail the store a file, and pow! - in as little as 17 minutes a perfect-bound paperback version of your novel, family memoir, or favorite Bulgarian desserts can be printed. Every book comes complete with a customized cover chosen from among several thousand designs. For an additional fee, it can also be trademarked and registered with a machine-readable ISBN number, essential for any author hoping to get the work stocked by a major chain and on its way to becoming a best seller. Of course, the chances of best-seller status are as likely as sudden world peace. Which is why Victor Celorio, president of InstaBook in Gainesville, Fla., created his print-on-demand machine in the first place. "Best-selling books are so outside the norm that they're an anomaly," said Mr. Celorio, who comes from a long line of inventors. (He says his uncle created an automated tortilla-making machine.) "Real bookselling means selling a book here and a book there over a long period." Walter Boyer, who owns Bookends with his wife, Pat, decided to offer print-on-demand services after he was regularly asked by novice writers how they could publish their books. With the large capital outlay involved in traditional publishing, which involves printing and storing thousands of copies, mainstream publishers are more reluctant to take on titles that they doubt will generate quick, substantial sales. One alternative that has surfaced in recent years is the use of Internet-based print-on-demand companies like AuthorHouse, iUniverse and Xlibris. These online services cost more than Bookends, although they may offer more assistance in getting a book sold. Copies are printed when ordered, and royalties are split between the company and the author. Customers pay AuthorHouse (www.authorhouse.com) a minimum of $698 to prepare a black-and-white paperback book for printing and to obtain an ISBN number to make the work available at retail outlets. IUniverse (www.iuniverse .com) charges $459 for its basic package, which includes, among other items, five paperback copies, an ISBN number and availability through online and retail merchants. The $500 Xlibris package (www .xlibris.com) includes an ISBN number and bar code, registration with Amazon /redirect/marketwatch/redirect.ctx?MW=http://custom.marketwatch.com/custom/nyt-com/html-companyprofile.aspsymb=AMZN and other online merchants, a Web page and one author copy. But the Bookends store in Ridgewood charges $150 for printing 10 copies of any work up to 200 pages. Larger books are priced higher, and and subsequent 10-book orders are discounted. All royalties are kept by the author. The store also offers editing and marketing services through associates at an additional cost. Several forms of digital encryption protect an author's work from being stolen and reprinted without permission. Files can only be read through the Instabook machine. And once the book is printed, the file is automatically erased. Customers can also choose to print any of 10,000 public-domain titles stored on InstaBook's servers. Using a high-speed Internet connection, the store downloads the file and prints the title within minutes. Mr. Boyer believes that the print-on-demand machine helps distinguish independent booksellers from the large discount chains. "Our goal is to have lots of booksellers across the country hooked into a print-on-demand network," he said. "Anything that makes us different from the chain bookstores is useful." In addition to working with Bookends, Mr. Celorio has placed four machines in Toronto bookstores and one each in Mexico and Italy. He envisages a day when an author instructs a bookstore in Los Angeles to send a digital book file to another shop in Lagos, to be printed in seconds for a single customer thousands of miles away. While nothing that striking has happened at Bookends, the store, which operates a separate Web site for its printing service (www .booksbybookends.com), has received inquiries from authors as far away as Florida and California. One of Mr. Boyer's first assignments was to print copies of a Hungarian book for distribution to Hungarian bookstores throughout the United States. "This is another important part of our mix," Mr. Boyer said. "The more books we print, the more salespeople we have out there." This service is hosted on the
ugnet_: coke benefiting from chile labor in sugar cane fields
Published on Thursday, June 10, 2004 by OneWorld.net Coke Benefiting From Child Labor in Sugar Cane Fields by Jim Lobe WASHINGTON - Coca-Cola and other large businesses are indirectly benefiting from the use of child labor in sugarcane fields in El Salvador, according to a new report released here Thursday by Human Rights Watch (HRW) which is calling on the company to take more responsibility to ensure that such abuses are halted. From 5,000 to 30,000 Salvadoran children, some as young as eight years old, are working in El Salvador's sugarcane plantations where injuries, particularly severe cuts, are common, according to the report, 'Turning a Blind Eye: Hazardous Labor in El Salvador's Sugarcane Cultivation.' Under Salvadoran law, 18 is the minimum age for dangerous work and 14 for most other kinds. But the relevant provisions generally go unenforced in part because the children are hired as helpers, rather than employees that would entitle them to certain protections. Not only is the law circumvented in this way, but children who are injured in the fields often must pay for their own medical treatment despite another provision in the labor code that makes employers responsible for medical expenses for injuries incurred on the job. Child labor is rampant on El Salvador's sugarcane plantations, said Michael Bochenek of HRW's Children's Rights division. Companies that buy or use Salvadoran sugar should realize that fact and take responsibility for doing something about it. The 139-page report, which was based on interviews with 32 children and youths between the ages of 12 and 22, as well as with parents, teachers, activists, academics, lawyers, government officials, and representatives of the Salvadoran Sugar Association, during a trip to El Salvador last year, is the eleventh in a series on child labor issues and the fourth that concerns child labor in El Salvador. Cutting sugar cane is back-breaking and hazardous work for a variety of reasons. The most common tools are machetes and similar sharp devices, and both the monotony of the work and the fact that it is usually conducted under direct sunlight make for frequent accidents, even among experienced workers. In addition, because cane is often burned before it is cut to clear away the leaves, workers risk smoke inhalation and sometimes suffer burns of their feet. As one former labor inspector told HRW, Sugarcane has the most risks. It's indisputable - sugarcane is the most dangerous (agricultural work). Although not as hazardous, planting sugar cane, which is often performed by girls, is also difficult and exhausting as planters must keep up with tractors that make rows for the cane, also in the hot sun. In addition, children who work on sugarcane plantations, particularly during the harvest, are often required to miss the first several months of school each year, while older children often drop out of school entirely. Sugar production has grown in importance in El Salvador since the 1950s and by 1971 exceeded the production of basic grains. By the 1990s, sugar, which was produced mainly by state-owned plantations, had become El Salvador's second-largest export crop after coffee. Beginning in 1995, most of the plantations were privatized. Coca-Cola does not own any of these plantations nor does it buy the cane directly from them. Instead, it buys the sugar milled from the cane from El Salvador's largest sugar mill, Central Izalco. Coca-Cola's own guiding principles provide that its direct suppliers will not use child labor as defined by local law, but, according to correspondence exchanged between HRW and the company, Coca-Cola has applied this requirement only to Izalco, even though HRW's research found that Izalco purchased sugar cane from at least four plantations that use child labor in violation of the law. (That) means that Coca-Cola's supplier mill can comply with Coca-Cola's guiding principles even though it is aware that the sugar it refines is harvested in part by child labor, HRW concluded. If Coca-Cola is serious about avoiding complicity in the use of hazardous child labor, said Bochenek, the company should recognize its responsibility to ensure that respect for human rights extend beyond its direct suppliers. To do so, Coca-Cola and other businesses that buy Salvadoran sugar from mills should also require their suppliers to incorporate international standards on child labor in their contracts with the plantations and adopt effective monitoring systems to verify that compliance, according to HRW. Its report marks the latest in a growing number of efforts by non-governmental organizations (NGOs) to press multinational corporations to take more responsibility for labor conditions under which their products, or components of their products, are produced. Under pressure from NGOs, for example, major chocolate manufacturers agreed last year to take part
ugnet_: Well armed Rebels may have killed 34..so says speaker of Otwal subcounty
where and how 100 rebels are often well armed, is pretty much beyond comprehension. Rebels Kill 25 in Lira Email This Page Print This Page Visit The Publisher's Site The Monitor (Kampala) June 10, 2004 Posted to the web June 10, 2004 Emma Mutaizibwa Joe Wacha Apac The Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels last night struck Apok camp in, Oyam North and killed 25 people. The LC-V of Apac, Ben Chwa visited the scene of the attack in Otwal-sub county, 30 miles northwest of Apac town. He told The Monitor yesterday that he had counted 25 dead bodies. We counted 19 bodies of which six were children. Six other bodies were found on the way, he said. The Gombolola Internal Security Officer, Tony Okello, said the rebels who were dressed in army fatigue, duped the wananchi in the camp, before staging the attack. The UPDF soldiers had been deployed in the night patrols and the camp was left vulnerable, he said. Mr Okello said the LRA then rounded up the camp firing bullets in all directions and torching huts in the camp accommodating about 11,000 people. Okello said the rebels had dodged the army as they headed to the camp. They were well armed with guns, he said. He expressed fear that the rebels may attack Achokora camp that is next to Apok camp. Another witness who visited the attacked scene, the Speaker of Otwal sub-county said the number of the dead had gone up to 34. The UPDF northern region spokesman Lt. Paddy Ankunda, however, said that 19 had been killed. Rebels attacked and killed 19 people and left about ten seriously injured. They burnt about 200 huts, he said. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Conflict, Peace and Security He said that the UPDF pursued the group and rescued three captives. We also captured one rebel with a rifle, he added. Ankunda said the rebels were under the command of Dominic Ongwen. He said, that the UPDF commander whose name he had not yet established, was arrested for laxity. The LRA has sown mayhem in the north and northeast Uganda for the last 17 years. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: war debt Gaddafi gets tough with uganda
So fellow citizens, Gaddafi offered Museveni 70 million US dollars worth of Arms which Museveni Museveni used to terrorising citizens in 1986. Whereas many ugandans were aware of this fact, and suspected Gaddafi's hand in the murder of Uganda, that now Gaddafi Government is revealing this facts , is quiet refreshing . Remember the murder of Barlow, Museveni did it. In fact he murdered many more Uganda in such manner. The butcher of Kampala must be brought to justice. Matek Regional Monday, June 7, 2004 War Debt: Gaddafi Gets Tough With Uganda By WAIRAGALA WAKABI THE EASTAFRICAN BARELY A month after President Yoweri Museveni visited Libya and conferred on President Muammar Gaddafi Kampalas highest decoration, a delegation from Tripoli is expected to visit Uganda to press for payment of an outstanding debt amounting to over $170 million. Sources said last week that Libya was unhappy that Ugandan officials are giving the impression that most of the debt was incurred by the late Idi Amins regime, (1971-1979), when in fact the larger part of it was given to President Yoweri Museveni's government. Documents from the lawyers representing the Libyan government show that the Central Bank of Libya (CBL) gave some $8 million to Uganda during Amins regime and a further $70 million just after when Museveni came to power in 1986. In 2002, the Finance Ministry acknowledged owing the Libyan government $155 million most of it in accumulated interest. However, high-level talks between the two governments, also involving the International Monetary Fund (IMF), have so far failed to resolve the issue, which has culminated in the Libyans threatening to take the Uganda government to court. Sources privy to the issue told The EastAfrican last Friday that among the Ugandan officials the Libyans wanted to meet when they come to Uganda were President Museveni, Secretary to the Treasury Chris Kassami, and Finance, Planning and Economic Development Minister Gerald Sendawula. This is the make-or-break meeting. If the issue is not resolved, the matter will be taken to court, said the source, who did not wish to be named. However, the Communications Officer in the Ministry of Finance, Ms Robinah Rubimbwa, told The EastAfrican: I am not aware of a Libyan delegation coming to Uganda, but I do know of the debt. She referred The EastAfrican to the Director of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, Keith Muhakanizi, who could not be reached for comment last Friday. The Libyan delegation is expected to comprise officials from the Central Bank of Libya, the Secretariat of the General Peoples' Committee for Finance and the Secretariat of the General Peoples' Committee for Planning. Prominent Kampala businessman Habib Kagimu, a close friend of President Gaddafi, is the liaison person for the Libyans and is understood to have had a meeting with the Libyan leader recently at which the issue was discussed. Deo Turyahebwa, a principal policy analyst with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told The EastAfrican that some of the debt arose from the 1979 war in which Libya provided material, financial and personnel support to the government of Idi Amin. Negotiations are going on but it is not something that can cause bad relations, he said. He added that the Finance Ministry would be in better position to comment on the matter, though it was normally the Foreign Affairs Ministry that took the lead role in bilateral relations. A source close to the case said that the Libyan government was earlier this year infuriated by a report in the Ugandan press, that suggested that the Libyan government was trying to defraud Uganda of the money. The story, which was passed on to high-ranking Libyan government officials by an associate based in Kampala, reportedly appeared to have been authorised by Ugandan government officials. President Gaddafi was reportedly unhappy about what the source said were Ugandan ingrates, leading to a cooling in his relations with Kampala. His frequent visits to Uganda in 2001 and 2002, and the large delegations of Members of Parliament, footballers, ministers, women leaders, beauty queens and other Ugandans he used to ferry to Tripoli and Benghazi are no more. And in what appeared a clear sign of his new attitude to Kampala, Gaddafi this April failed to come to Kampala to decorate Museveni as a general in spite of spirited attempts by the Foreign Ministry and the Ministry of Defence to have him officiate at the occasion. Still, on May 18, Museveni travelled to Tripoli and conferred the Katonga Medal on Gaddafi, in honour of his activism for liberty and unity in Africa, and his assistance to Musevenis guerillas and government. Museveni was hosted to a banquet by Gaddafi, but it is not known whether they discussed the debt issue. Past Ugandan efforts to have the debt cancelled have included a visit by
ugnet_: rebels kill six
...and Akunde is not aware of the incident... can you believe that? How can you not be aware of the ...more still no verson of Akunde's protection for citizens against rebels felow citizens.. I have told you before I will tell you again... nobody let alone the UPDF is capable of protecting you from the so called rebels...Akandee however, has planty execuses, so to say, to explain away what ever happens to the people of Uganda. You are on your on. just pray hard!! Matek Rebels kill six By Irene Nabwire Oketch Bitek June 11, 2004 GULU - At least six people were on Wednesday killed in separate incidents when they entered the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) rebel ambushes in Gulu district. Local sources said two traders were killed and three others injured when a lorry carrying building materials entered a rebel ambush in Papa-Lira village in Patiko sub-county, about 17 kms north of Gulu town. They dead were identified as Ms Akot Odong and Mr Johnson Papa. Names of the injured were not readily established. They were taken to St. Marys Lacor Hospital. The Northern Region army spokesman in Gulu, Lt. Paddy Ankunda, said the two killed civilians were returning from the village where they had taken building materials. He said three others in the same vehicle were severely injured, but the rebels did not burn the vehicle. Four other civilians were on Tuesday evening shot dead when they entered a rebel ambush in Opit forest, Lakwana sub-county in Omoro county, about 26 kms south east of Gulu town. But Ankunda said he was not aware of the incident. Sources said the deceased were returning from their village to Opit camp for internally displaced people. The rebels headed for Ato hills in Gulu. Military sources said the rebels who attacked the campo were part of the group that raided Apac district on Monday night and killed over 25 people. 2004 The Monitor Publications This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: That is, like in Italian or something: I hear Ribelli colpiscone civile anche...meaning rebelspissed on Sudanese
UGANDA 10/6/2004 18:13 RIBELLI COLPISCONO CIVILI ANCHE IN SUDAN, DECINE DI MORTI General, Brief Almeno 41 persone sarebbero state uccise e altre decine ferite nel Sud Sudan dai ribelli del sedicente Esercito di resistenza del signore (Lords resistance army, Lra), attivi soprattutto nel nord Uganda. Lo riferiscono oggi fonti locali e internazionali, citando il reverendo Paul Yugusuk, capo della chiesa anglicana nella remota arcidiaconia di Lomega, nel territorio di Juba. Lattacco sarebbe avvenuto due giorni fa: Abbiamo contato 41 cadaveri soltanto nel villaggio di Lomega dopo lattacco di marted sera ha detto padre Yugusuk allagenzia britannica Reuters. I ribelli hanno colpito anche i villaggi di Lokiliri, Goke e Nisitu, dei quali per non si conosce anche il bilancio di eventuali vittime. Lincursione dei ribelli dello Lra avrebbe provocato anche la fuga di alcune migliaia di civili verso le aree controllate dallEsercito di liberazione popolare del Sudan (Spla), il movimento armato indipendentista che controlla gran parte del Sud del Paese. La zona di Juba, invece, uno dei capisaldi dellesercito governativo di Khartoum che secondo accuse sollevate da pi parti da anni appoggia i ribelli dello Lra; ma il governo sudanese ha sempre smentito. Al momento non vi sono altre conferme del massacro; non comunque la prima volta che lo Lra colpisce nel Sudan meridionale, dove si ritiene abbia numerose accampamenti militari. A gennaio 17 persone erano state uccise dagli stessi ribelli nella zona di Juba. Da marzo lesercito ugandese ha ottenuto il permesso di varcare il confine del Sud Sudan per dare la caccia ai ribelli, ma un portavoce delle forze armate ha detto oggi che nel territorio di Juba non vi sono per ora soldati di Kampala. Lo Lra attivo da 18 anni nel nord Uganda, nel tentativo di rovesciare il presidente Yoweri Museveni attraverso una guerriglia che in realt prende di mira i civili, soprattutto i bambini, sequestrati e costretti a combattere o a diventare schiavi dei comandanti; nel Nord Uganda oltre un milione e mezzo di persone costretta a vivere in campi per sfollati a causa dellinsicurezza in molti villaggi. [EB
ugnet_: from Misna news agency
UGANDA 10/6/2004 12:22 SOLDIER ARRESTED FOR FLEEING FROM LRA REBELS General, Brief The army chief responsible for security in the Aboke camp for displaced people in the northern Ugandan district of Apac has been arrested for failing to obey orders following Tuesdays attack by the rebels of the self-styled LRA (Lords Resistance Army). Army spokesman Paddy Ankunda told the BBCs Focus on Africa programme that there is proof that the commander in question and some of his men took flight shortly before the attack. However, Ankunda also emphasised the difficulties faced by the Ugandan army in guaranteeing security in over 60 camps for displaced people in the north of the country. According to Radio Wa, one of the main radios in the region, at least 26 people are believed to have died in Tuesday evenings attack, while others are in a serious condition in hospital. The Aboke camp holds almost 12,000 civilians, who have been forced to abandon their land and villages due to the insecurity in the area, where the LRA rebels have been terrorising the local population under the leadership of Joseph Kony for years. [LC]
ugnet_: LRA REBELS strike sudanese
UGANDA 10/6/2004 23:22 REBELS STRIKE CIVILIANS ALSO IN SUDAN, DOZENS OF VICTIMS General, Brief At least 41 people were killed and dozens wounded in South Sudan by the North Ugandan rebels of the LRA (Lords Resistance Army). The news was referred today by local and international sources, citing Reverend Paul Yugusuk, head of the Anglican Church in the remote arciducate of Lomega, in the Juba territory. The attack apparently took place two days ago: We counted 41 bodies just in the village of Lomega after Tuesday nights attack, stated Fr. Yugusuk to the British Reuters agency. The rebels also struck the villages of Lokiliri, Goke and Nisitu, tough the toll of eventual victims is still unknown. The LRA rebel incursion also reportedly caused several thousands of civilians to flee the areas controlled by the SPLA (Sudan Peoples Liberation Army), the armed separatist movement that controls a large part of South Sudan. The zone of Juba is instead a stronghold of the Khartoum government troops that based on accusations made by many parts has for years backed the LRA; but the Sudan government has for the moment denied the allegation. For the moment there are no other confirmations of the massacre. It is not however the first time that the Ugandan LRA rebels strike in South Sudan, where it is believed to have various training camps. In January 17 people were killed by the LRA rebels in the Juba areas. Since March the Ugandan armed forces obtained permission to cross the border into South Sudan to track the LRA rebels, but a military spokesman today stated that there are no Kampala soldiers in the Juba territory. Over 18 years of violence in North Uganda, the LRA, in an objective to overthrow President Yoweri Museveni that however mainly strikes civilians, for the most part children forced to combat or into slavery, has forced over 1.5-million people to live in displaced camps due to the wide insecurity in most villages. [BO]
ugnet_: DRC rebels threathen to return.. no kidding
a friend Printable version DR Congo rebel threatens return Nkunda denies taking orders from Rwanda The renegade general who last week seized the Democratic Republic of Congo town of Bukavu says he will return, unless attacks on his ethnic group end. Brig Gen Laurent Nkunda says that following the withdrawal of his forces, the Banyamulenge community has been targeted for reprisals. But a UN spokesman denied that there had been a big backlash. The fighting in and around Bukavu has posed a serious threat to DR Congo's complex power-sharing arrangements. 'Situation worse' The Congolese government has issued a warrant for Gen Nkunda's arrest. The Banyamulenge are Congolese Tutsis, who retain links to their Rwandan kinsmen. Profile: The 'Bukavu bully' Gen Nkunda said that he had captured Bukavu to end a genocide of the Banyamulenge, led by the army. He withdrew, acknowledging that there had been no genocide and under pressure from the international community to pull out. I think this is going to disrupt the entire peace process because now the situation in Bukavu is worse than before, he told Belgian radio. UN spokesman Sebastien Lapierre told BBC News Online from Bukavu that on Wednesday, there had been targeted looting of those seen as dissident collaborators and peacekeepers had been deployed to the Nguba district, where Banyamulenge live. He said that the house of one of Gen Nkunda's allies, Col Jules Mutebusi, had been burnt down but everything was now returning to normal. The new civilian governor is due to arrive in Bukavu later on Thursday, he said. Power-sharing About 1,000 Banyamulenge have fled to Burundi from the Congolese town of Uvira, south of Bukavu. They told us that they were threatened by people of Uvira from other tribes, local official Louis Niyonzima told Reuters news agency. Nkunda says he acted to protect the Banyamulenge ethnic group On Wednesday morning, thousands of Bukavu residents lined up to cheer the return of government troops. Congolese President Joseph Kabila accused Rwanda of being behind the rebellion but this was denied by Rwanda. Gen Nkunda is based in Goma, from where he led his men to take Bukavu, but his present whereabouts are unknown. He is a member of the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), a former rebel group backed by neighbouring Rwanda. Under a deal to end five years of war in DR Congo, the RCD and other rebel groups joined a power-sharing government. Their troops are supposed to be integrated into the DR Congo's new national army. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: KASTA FFE WE SLEEP TULO..who cares... that seems to be the the mode among some Ugandans
atleast until s#$@ hits the celing and their [EMAIL PROTECTED] is on the line! Matek Tell them about northern deaths The war in northern Uganda has killed hundreds of people and left many maimed and psychologically distraught. Thousands of people are displaced and families have been wiped out in certain cases. Many people live in camps with unimaginable sanitation conditions, with hardly any food to eat or adequate medical care. The rest of the country knows this. But who cares? The government? You think so? Is it a disaster zone or not? Do you think the people in the rest of the country care? In Kampala and other parts of the country, life goes on as usual. Bars and discotheques open, people guzzle their beers and dance until morning. You will not see a demonstration or a big mass to mourn the dead. Is 18 years of disasters not good enough for this area to be recognised as a disaster zone? The bitter truth is that we all dont care about this war. Once we start caring, we will find solutions and end it. Kimuli Mutebi, Hamburg Germany. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: DRC rebels threathen to return.. no kidding
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Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term
Nume let me try again. If Museveni pays for the MPs are all MPs going to call for a third term or only Baganda Lcs? 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: Simon Nume To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 9:18 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term Mulindwa He who pays the piper calls the tune. NumeEdward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Nume So if I continue with your logic you are saying that either not all LCs are paid by the government or you are saying that all of them will support third term, huh? May be politics is really not learned by the many years we spend here only. 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: Simon Nume To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term Mulindwa After all these years you still haven't learnt any politics? WHO pays the LC's ? Would you have expected them to support anyone else? BTW, LC's in ALL other areas of Uganda ( including your area) will be 'facilitated' by the President's office to make similar statements before the end of 2006. Nume Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Did any body expect Buganda to oppose third term?EmToronto 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: "Paul Njoki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: "Ugandanet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2004 4:37 AMSubject: ugnet_: Buganda LC5s back 3rd term"At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.I wonder if Kyeyune was honest enough to tell the people of Entebbe forexample, during his capmaigns that he was asking them to give him votes sothathe can go and "eat".Buganda LC5s back 3rd termBy Cyprian MusokeSEVEN district chairmen from Buganda have supported the lifting ofpresidentialterm limits to enable President Yoweri Museveni seek another term.The chairmen and other local leaders declared their support for the thirdtermat a two-day meeting at Enron Hotel in Mityana. The meeting closedyesterday.Moses Byaruhanga, President Museveni's assistant on political affairs,presidedover the closing ceremony.The chairmen included Ian Kyeyune of Wakiso, Herman Ssentongo of Ssembabule,Maj. Joseph Kakooza of Mubende, Ddamulira Kyeyune of Mukono, Hajji Kabega ofMpigi, Vincent Ssempijja of Masaka and that of Nakasongola, Chris Bagonza.Also present were deputy chairpersons, chief administrative officers,districtspeakers, deputy speakers, LC3 chairmen and sub-county chiefs in Bugandaregion.The seven chairmen, who attended out of the 13 in the region, were promptedbytheir chairman, Ian Kyeyune, to speak out. He said they could no longeraffordto sit on the fence."People know that what we, Baganda, want is often what is attained. This isthecentral region that will take over the politics of this country at onestage,and what we support is often what goes. There is no excuse being in themiddleof the line at this time," he said.Kyeyune urged the chairmen not to 'fight other people's wars', in apparentreference to those who were agitating against the opening of term limits. Hesaid the opposition could not guarantee their jobs."We who are in power must strive to retain our colleagues in power. This ispolitics! We are not here to joke. As leaders, we must be serious. If youarenot interested in that power you are holding, you leave quietly," he told anattentive audience.He said in order to protect the central region, they must be part of thosewhoare in power."At home, if you are satisfied, you just go aside and belch, that is verynormal. We have just started eating. Those of you who are satisfied shouldstealthily leave the table, go and belch," he said.Mukono district chairman Ddamulira Kyeyune said
ugnet_: Govt tp pay for post primary students
Govt to pay for post primary students By Richard Mutumba June 11, 2004 PARLIAMENT The government will pay school fees for students in public secondary schools whose parents live in IDP camps, the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, announced yesterday. Addressing Parliament after the presentation of the budget, Bukenya said in its effort to improve life in camps in the north and east, the government will embark on the promotion of agriculture in the camps especially cotton and upland rice. "This will enable people in the camps to earn a good income," Bukenya who represented President Yoweri Museveni, said. Museveni is attending the G8 summit in the US. He said the government would also provide lunch and porridge with milk to UPE pupils. He said the Ministry of Education would give details of the implementation of this policy. "We hope this would go a long way in improving nutrition among our children as well as creating a local market for farmers," he added. Bukenya said the way forward for peace was to eliminate Kony. "With the developments in the peace process in Sudan and the continued hot pursuit by the UPDF, which is partly a result of better equipment, Kony's chances of survival were getting narrower. We have kept the door open for a peaceful resolution of the conflict although Kony had failed to respond to holding talks," he said. He said he was happy that there has been a steady increase in local revenue to finance the budget. © 2004 The Monitor Publications ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself
ugnet_: Sex not necessarily love
Sex not necessarily love By Agiresaasi Apophia June 10 - 16, 2004 Deceptive ideologies have slowly but surely invaded our society and they could probably be responsible for the infiltration of moral decay. Here is one of them. To say I love you is a direct euphemism of I want to have sex with you stated a writer who preferred anonymity. Would you subscribe to the above view? HANDS UP IF YOU ARE A VIRGIN: Research shows that the number of virgins is increasing. And their former glory is increasing too (Photo by Eddie Chicco)If so, check your pulse. You need a sixth sense of discernment. Love is probably the most misused word under the sun and many have used it for selfish ends. It has been used to steal, abduct, kill, destroy... Kit was kicked out by her boyfriend because she doesnt believe in sex before marriage. In her boyfriends opinion she doesnt love him if she cant sleep with him. She is a principled woman and rather than yield, she chose to wait for one who shares her beliefs. Incidentally, this isnt just a male craze. Some females share the same misconception. Tim says that most women he has tried to relate to have thrown him out because he too does not believe in premarital sex. They say he doesnt love them because he does not tackle that subject. His girl friend accused him of treating her like his sister. So, is sex love or love sex? I can almost hear Shakespeare speaking.Love is not love when its mingled with regards that stand aloof from the entire point, says Shakespeare in the play, King Lear. Shakespeare is a playwright who has written extensively about the theme of love. IN THE NAME OF LOVE: Menton Cloud performs with Lady Hope at Lugogo Show Grounds last year (Photo by Wandera wOuma).If you really love somebody as whole, not just particular parts of his or her body, why should you quit a relationship for such a triviality? If you say that sex is love, what about children who are products of rape? Are they also products of love? What about spouses who deliberately infect their spouses with HIV/Aids? Is it as a result of love? Consider the sex workers? Are they doing it for love?Dr David Hernandez, an obstetrician and gynaecologist from the university of South California and the school of Medicine, Loma Linda University has this to say, Many men and women engage in sex for reasons that God did not intend. Gods initial plan was that sex be sacred, be done only in marriage for purposes of procreation and as an _expression_ of affection among the married not for fornicators. He never intended that people have it casually as has become the practice in this perverse generation. Some do it to overcome the feeling of inferiority. This is especially so in men who seek to prove their masculinity. Others do it to pay or secure favours. These are usually females who prostitute their bodies for financial, academic and job favours.Others do it as a sign of conquest or victory. These are usually males who believe that after they have uncovered ones nakedness, then she would find it hard to leave him. The other reason is because it is assumed to be a marital duty. This is portrayed in the Uganda Demographic and Health survey 2000/2001 where the coital frequency among the married in Western Uganda was around 3.5 times a week. The explanation respondents gave was not love. They said they play sex because culture dictates so. Some men use sex to depict a girls seriousness about their marriage proposals. Some girls also use sex to pay back the presents men have lavished on them. Ever wondered why sex is referred to as making love? I do. Always. Making lust would be a more appropriate definition of pre-marital sex. For love in its purest sense has the capacity for patience, endurance and tolerance, which lust does not have. So next time somebody insists on you proving your love for him or her by having sex with them you know the answer. Love can exist without sex as much as sex can exist without love. The two, therefore, are not the same. © 2004 The Monitor Publications ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself
ugnet_: Talking your way into bedroom stuff
Talking your way into bedroom stuff Sex Talk - with Sara Wamala June 10 - 16, 2004 You wouldnt mind her kissing and touching you there and there but fear to mention it because you think its too dirty for words. You chicken out every time you want to say something, not knowing that she could probably want the same thing. And you are not alone. COMMUNICATION: Such a good connection is vital for a good and healthy relationship (Photo by Eddie Chicco).Else where, some woman is worried that things are becoming a routine of sorts and would like to try something new. Her man makes love in the missionary position all the time and secretly, she is dying to find out what it is like being on top. But she also thinks that telling him might puncture his ego and give an impression that he is not as imaginative and innovative as they come. Result? Silence that is nothing but destructive as it robs fun and adventure from your sex lives. Get this now. There are easier ways to deal with sex like talking. Every manual and book on modern sex says that communication is one of the most important parts of lovemaking. Specificity in conveying your preferences and feelings about sex is essential to great sex, reveals the Redbook sex survey. Talking about sex means that you are revealing your most intimate needs and desires. In most relationships, couples usually try nonverbal means of telling each other what feels good. Touching and guiding of hands, heads and bodies are some of the ways by which couples show one another other how they would like things to go says Sarah Mackenzie, a New York based relationship expert. But non-verbal methods only work up to a certain point because many of us dont pick up on the clues we are given, she adds. On other occasions, it is the clues themselves that are not clear or specific enough. That leaves talking as the best and most direct way of knowing your partners sexual needs and meeting them in turn, says Alexandra Penney, author of How To Make Love To A Man. But where, when and how should one talk about sex? Opinions vary widely, although many people feel that the easiest place is anywhere but in bed. 29-year-old Rose is one of those who feel anxious whenever the prospect of talking about sex arises. Recently however, I discovered that talking it over with my husband whether in the kitchen, living room or at an away restaurant makes me less apprehensive. For the timing, mornings seem to be preferred. I find it easier to talk about my sex concerns in the morning when showering or at breakfast when Im still fresh and not stressed says Richard who has been married for over five years. As to how you can specifically break the ice, Alexandra Penney, recommends enquiring for your partners opinion on certain issues. Do women fancy genital kissing? or I read somewhere that men are crazy about oral sex but are afraid to ask their wives for it. Do you think that is true? And so on. At that, your partner is likely to jump in and give their view. You could also tactfully suggest that your partner reads an article that you think is provocative or informative. And where they seem reluctant to read, go the extra mile and read out interesting and amusing bits to them, she adds. And who knows, it could turn them on or get their imaginations running wild. Research says that on average, men find it easier to talk about sexual specifics than women. This is because they are more open, comfortable and grateful to have the chance to say something about what they want and how they want it to be done which is not the same for women, says Sarah Mackenzie. She advises women to drop the embarrassment and inhibitions they hold over matters of the bedroom. Getting down to details as soon as possible with your husband or lover will save you a great deal of groping, anxiety and misunderstanding, she adds. Sam Newman, a highly experienced sex therapist also suggests that lovers learn to ask each other questions. Ask him what he/she knows that you possibly dont. This is a no-fail method and one sure way of getting your partner to show off their sexual expertise, he says. Must you let that opportunity slip out of your hands when all you have to do is talk your way into something? I leave that to you but as mentioned earlier, talking will give you a chance to explore things you have always wanted to try but were afraid to ask. ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself
Re: ugnet_: Govt tp pay for post primary students
People, 'He said the government would also provide lunch and porridge with milk to UPE pupils.' is laudable. OK, in passing it provides a big market to Ankole cowherders, but where will the money come from? What is Kenya's experience here? --- Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Govt to pay for post primary students By Richard Mutumba June 11, 2004 PARLIAMENT The government will pay school fees for students in public secondary schools whose parents live in IDP camps, the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, announced yesterday. Addressing Parliament after the presentation of the budget, Bukenya said in its effort to improve life in camps in the north and east, the government will embark on the promotion of agriculture in the camps especially cotton and upland rice. This will enable people in the camps to earn a good income, Bukenya who represented President Yoweri Museveni, said. Museveni is attending the G8 summit in the US. He said the government would also provide lunch and porridge with milk to UPE pupils. He said the Ministry of Education would give details of the implementation of this policy. We hope this would go a long way in improving nutrition among our children as well as creating a local market for farmers, he added. Bukenya said the way forward for peace was to eliminate Kony. With the developments in the peace process in Sudan and the continued hot pursuit by the UPDF, which is partly a result of better equipment, Kony's chances of survival were getting narrower. We have kept the door open for a peaceful resolution of the conflict although Kony had failed to respond to holding talks, he said. He said he was happy that there has been a steady increase in local revenue to finance the budget. © 2004 The Monitor Publications - - ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
Re: ugnet_: Govt tp pay for post primary students
Dear Mary Nagadya, This is a referendum-cum-third-term budget. Please ignore the details. Gruesome. And those Western donors, those vultures! yFrom: Mary Nagadya [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Govt tp pay for post primary students Date: Thu, 10 Jun 2004 17:57:35 -0700 (PDT) People, 'He said the government would also provide lunch and porridge with milk to UPE pupils.' is laudable. OK, in passing it provides a big market to Ankole cowherders, but where will the money come from? What is Kenya's experience here? --- Owor Kipenji [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Govt to pay for post primary students By Richard Mutumba June 11, 2004 PARLIAMENT The government will pay school fees for students in public secondary schools whose parents live in IDP camps, the Vice-President, Prof. Gilbert Bukenya, announced yesterday. Addressing Parliament after the presentation of the budget, Bukenya said in its effort to improve life in camps in the north and east, the government will embark on the promotion of agriculture in the camps especially cotton and upland rice. "This will enable people in the camps to earn a good income," Bukenya who represented President Yoweri Museveni, said. Museveni is attending the G8 summit in the US. He said the government would also provide lunch and porridge with milk to UPE pupils. He said the Ministry of Education would give details of the implementation of this policy. "We hope this would go a long way in improving nutrition among our children as well as creating a local market for farmers," he added. Bukenya said the way forward for peace was to eliminate Kony. "With the developments in the peace process in Sudan and the continued hot pursuit by the UPDF, which is partly a result of better equipment, Kony's chances of survival were getting narrower. We have kept the door open for a peaceful resolution of the conflict although Kony had failed to respond to holding talks," he said. He said he was happy that there has been a steady increase in local revenue to finance the budget. © 2004 The Monitor Publications - - ALL-NEW Yahoo! Messenger - so many all-new ways to express yourself __ Do you Yahoo!? Friends.Fun.Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/ This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*. This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: NRM will never Develop Uganda
The National Resistance Movement - if it wants or not, will never develop Uganda. Indeed what's there on ground, in all its choactic configuration, from the so-called Universities , research in herbal medicine, military organisation to road design and construction- all tell a tale of its own. Mores still NRM survival is now based solely on only two arrays (1). quick dispension of repressive power through a selected military and police force to opposing forces (2). Corrupting the entire nation i.e. civil servants and politicians- whose only survival depends on hand outs. That in PRINCIPAL implies NRM has to constantly accumulate state resources to pay off these ever hungry hyenas. That is its own undoing for even in the armed forces the theory that young unknowledgable people, like the army and as such can be used as terror tools, it later dawns upon them that the army is exclusively a preserve of the rare race. if you don't believe it what I say- (a) read a speech by Museveni on his become a general (b). get the facts about what exactly was going on in Teso during the so called Kony rebel incursion. In one week the rebels were in Teso in one week they have been defeated and the arrow boys were in place with subsequent ambushes on the citizens. Bwanika --- Spela poker mot verkliga människor över Internet. Över 40 000 spelare online http://www.multipoker.com This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
