[Ugnet] Asocial, Social Vs Biological issues
Avsändare: George Moore georgemoore Ämne: RE: BHA: bawanika, human foibles bawanika wrote: However on a second thought, I remembered you offering a historical trajectory on this perspective, might the new science i.e. criminals discovered with some social problems have biological related asocial problems? Actually, there is need for a thorough understanding of the underlying issues here. My thoughts might as well be confused. bawanika, i am not an authority on biologically related social problems - so no comments. but, my point is why these problems are there in the first place? what causes them? can you simply explicate them by way of \'capital\', or \'developed\'/\'undeveloped\' societies and so on. primitive societies had all those problems which you had enumerated in your previous mail. now, even the most advanced, industrial nations confont those problems. unless we get a grasp on what causes these problems, how can we resolve them? marx failed, john h. noyes failed, \'new haven\' failed. WHY? that\'s the key question. the first and foremost question, then, is CAN WE REALLY SUCCEED? g.m. _ Bwanika http://www.idr.co.ug -- for your consultancy needs http://p201.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1 --- Spela poker mot verkliga människor över Internet. Över 60 000 spelare online http://www.multipoker.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
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[Ugnet] FROM THE WASHINGTON TIMES
UGANDA OPTIMISTIC FOR PEACE, CITES REBEL FLIGHT By Tom Maliti ASSOCIATED PRESS --- GULU, Uganda Through the dense brush of Uganda's northern savanna, Patrick made a desperate flight for freedom. Kidnapped five years ago at age 13 by rebels calling themselves the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), beaten regularly and forced to maraud through villages in a pack of boy soldiers, Patrick decided he would rather die than take part in another massacre. If I lost weight, I was beaten, and yet they never gave us food. We received beatings over petty things, said Patrick, whose surname is withheld to protect him. The 18-year insurgency, a chess piece in a broader conflict involving Sudan, Uganda and their respective rebellions, is wilting under a government onslaught, and a peace deal is in sight, the Ugandan government insists. It says scores of rebels from adolescent foot soldiers to senior commanders have broken away from the group in recent months. But the Rev. Carlos Rodriguez, a clergyman mediating between government and rebels, is among many skeptics, saying international intervention is needed. It will be very difficult to solve this problem with local resources, he said. The LRA is one of Africa's most mysterious and murderous rebel groups. Its leader, Joseph Kony, claims to be possessed by a spirit sent by God to liberate humanity, but has no stated aim aside from overthrowing Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni. The rebels make daily raids into villages in the north, chopping off arms, lips and ears and carting away a human loot of girls to turn into sex slaves and boys to replenish their ranks. The rebellion dates to the late 1980s, when the Ugandan government began supporting the southern-based Sudan People's Liberation Army in its battle with the government in Khartoum, and the latter gave the LRA bases from which to raid Ugandan villages. Since then, aid agencies estimate, more than 30,000 children have been kidnapped, more than 23,000 people killed and 1.6 million a third of northern Uganda's population driven into refugee camps. After Sudan and Uganda normalized relations in 2001, Ugandan troops were allowed to enter southern Sudan and flush out Kony's rebels. But the short-term effect was more misery for northern Uganda: LRA legions poured back into the country, slaughtering families and torching villages. There are reports that senior Sudanese officials continue to buy the LRA's loyalty with money and arms, but the Ugandan army has been making significant inroads against the rebels. Last month, it announced it had captured Kony'sB /Bchief bodyguard and killed a senior commander and an intelligence officer during a raid on a rebel hide-out in southern Sudan. The rebels are being finished. ... We are now dealing with the nucleus. We are shattering the nucleus of terror, army spokesman Maj. Shaban Bantariza said after the operation. But critics point out that the Ugandan army has made similar triumphant claims in the past after killing or capturing rebel commanders, yet the fighting continues. The government is not capable of ending this war by shooting it out, said Zachary Olum, a northern Uganda lawmaker. New York-based Human Rights Watch says that as Uganda has stepped up its war on the LRA, rebel kidnappings have multiplied fiftyfold from 100 children in all of 2001 to 5,000 between June 2002 and March 2003. But as Kony deputies defect to the government side, the LRA has been dispatching envoys from rebel camps in the bush to talk to Mr. Museveni's representatives. In one positive sign, Ugandan diplomat Joseph Ocwet announced in late August that he had contacted three LRA commanders and discussed the prospect of initiating peace talks. A big obstacle, however, is that there is little to negotiate; the LRA has no agenda beyond dreams of a nebulous theocracy. While talks founder, thousands of boys and girls snatched from their families have lost their childhood in horrendous violence and squalor. Patrick is among the lucky ones. One day in May, he simply decided he had had enough. He escaped near the village of Palac, and met some villagers. They took him to an army unit, which brought him to a reception center in Gulu, the main town in northern Uganda, for debriefing. Days later, social workers managed to reunite him with his family. Now he says he is eager to recover his five lost school years. --- This article was mailed from The Washington Times (http://www.washingtontimes.com/world/20041020-095955-1169r.htm) For more great articles, visit us at http://www.washingtontimes.com Copyright (c) 2004 News World Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. Move messages to.. Saved on AOL
[Ugnet] Nursery Boarding School!
Ugandans ae about to migrate to Mars - imagine a Nursery Boarding school. May be I never understood what I learnt from School - you take a baby to a nursery boarding school - goodness. bwanika. and this The schools extra-curriculum offers include music, dance and drama, sports and games, swimming, brass band, digital television (DSTV) connections and a fully equipped disco machine to entertain the children. - Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in Uganda Movers Shakers: By Ibrahim Kasita Oct 26 - Nov 2, 2004 Basic education providers must not be taxed at the same high level as commercial institutions, says Mr Vincent Matovu, proprietor and headmaster of Vincentalex Boarding Primary School. The school is located in Mukono, 20Km from Kampala City centre on the just off the Jinja-Kampala highway. We provide social services to the people in order to eradicate illiteracy. But we are taxed as if we are commercialising the education services, he says. Government should scrutinise business oriented schools and genuine education providers before hiking tax on us. For the last 20 years, since he opened the first nursery boarding school in Uganda. Matovu has been involved in private education in Mukono District. I started my school to experiment the new approach of teaching young kids, he says.At that time, children were taken for granted and taught forcefully something which could not generate interest in learning. Teaching young ones need logic. They require freedom to generate interest in learning and guide them what is good for them, he further says. Matovu, who is a professional teacher specialising in child psychology, was a teacher in Kisaasi Primary School and Namiryango Juniour Boys School, before his enterpreneurial instincts took better of him. I first rented land in Seeta in 1984 to set up the nursery school for four years before acquiring land in Mukono, he recalls. Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in Uganda At the time of setting up the nursery school several areas around Kampala, especially Mukono were insecure because of the intensive civil strife in the country. Ironically this is one of the reasons that prompted Matovu. Children are innocent, he says. In fact it is because of insecurity that I started a school to provide them with the security as their parents were hiding from the enemies. Why did he choose Mukono? I bought a piece of land suitable for constructing a school, he replies. Vincentalex is now a fully-fledged boarding nursery and primary school. It has both day and boarding students with varying school fees. Nursery to primary three students pay Shs270,000 (boarding) and Shs170,000 (day) per term. Primary four and primary seven students pay Shs330,000 (boarding) and Shs230,000 (day) per term. Matovu is worried about the infiltration of rich people into the field of primary education who aim at making profit. Such people are not always teaching professionals. And their involvement has lowered the standard of education and led to an increase of violent strikes against schools. Matovu calls such people multiplication table planners. He says, With the liberalisation of the education sector, standards of education have improved vastly. However, there are those wealthy people who have invested in building school just to make money but not considering the standards of education. In the hands of private sector, and where management is driven by revenue-generation and competition, schools are bound to collapse, he says, because parents will pay for good services. For this reason, despite the introduction of Universal Primary Education in 1997, many parents have opted to put their children into private schools and this is reflected in the mushrooming number of new private schools. Matovu says money matters because it allows the implementation of new programmes, not for profit. Vincentalex has won accolades including the Children Challenge Week in Mombasa two years consecutively from 1994-1996. Matovu explains that sometimes private schools have budget shortfalls in the middle of the term, which affects their operations in providing education. Sometimes, parents forget to visit their children and leave everything to school authorities. The schools charges just one fee that covers all requirements plus pocket money. A parent pays Shs330, 000 a term. Matovu is pleased that liberalisation of education has resulted in higher literacy and better health for children. He says the standards of education must be the priority and then money. Business comes on how to build the school, payment of teachers and implementation of school policies. Matovu is convinced that the liberalisation of the education sector is the only way to go, he would like to commend government for the conducive atmosphere for competition. For his part, Matovu is so convinced that liberalisation of the
Fwd: [Ugnet] Fwd: Uganda should be a maize republic - ( not with this liar ..)
Musamize The writer of this article is a consumate liar who must have been set up to lobby for the demise of matoke/small farmer - tojustifiybig maize farms which M7 wants to bring with the Boers to Uganda. Attached is what this man said at a conference in Thailand where M7 was justifying how this fake organisation (Uganda Debt network) polices the big money they gave Uganda when they cancelled all Uganda loans in 2000. = International Network for Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Inaugural Conference: Creating New Paths towards Social Justice 8-11 June 2003, Chiang Mai Thailand WORKSHOP REPORT Workshop Title: Budget Analysis and ESC Rights Workshop Time: 9 June 2003, 16:00-17:30 hrs Coordinator: Ann Blyberg, International Human Rights Internship Program Rapporteur: Caroline Lambert Part One: Current Experiences Case Study One: Basil Kandyomunda, Uganda Debt Network (UDN) Basil noted that Uganda has a population of 24.5 people, with a per capita income of $350USD. The country is dependent on external resources, borrowed resources to survive as a country. Uganda Debt Network started as Jubilee 2000 campaign, campaigning for debt relief. But after Uganda got debt relief, it realized that there was still more to do; it had to define the landscape on how to continue its work. It realized had to do a lot with good governance, to campaign against corruption, and to empower communities to participate in their own development. The World Bank required the negotiation of Poverty Reductions Strategy Papers (PRSPs), which were meant to address issues of governance, corruption, so the Uganda Debt Network used this as a vehicle to ask how could individuals/organizations be empowered to be involved in elements associated with PRSPs. In this process they werent using a rights framework. Received advice from Ann that what they were doing however was a rights based framework, so they adopted it. UDN works at grassroots level, with district based groups/local groups working with village level government units. Identified those structures, and developed formal groups which would be able to work to influence the agenda of the government groups. The Uganda Debt Network uses participatory learning to monitor public expenditures, whether it comes from World Bank or government, the Network wants to know how the monies have been spent. UDN argues that this work has increased accountability, and also the capacity of the government to actually respond to the needs of communities. For example, Basil talked about a road construction/maintenance program which had received funding in one local government area. The rainy seasons came and disrupted the works. The project manager, along with the bureaucrat in charge of the program came and sought out the Uganda Debt Relief chairperson for that village to explain that the rainy season had delayed work, that it would go ahead, that they were aware of the problems, and would the chairperson please not raise the issue in any public inquiry into expenditure of monies. Basil noted that the work of the Network in this regard is not just related to budget analysis, but to accountability and monitoring of public expenditure.Note: forwarded message attached. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.---BeginMessage--- Note: forwarded message attached.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---BeginMessage--- Uganda should be a maize republic THE WRITER: Basil Kandyomunda Those close to me know my love-hate relationship with bananas. One of the wars that might have to be fought in my family is likely to be caused by bananas. Every passing day I come to hate bananas more and more. Why? Just because every time I am reminded that my district, Bushenyi, has a very high rate of malnutrition and stunted growth among children partly because of over-relying on bananas which almost have zero nutritional value. I now think that given the level of stunted growth of Uganda it seems it has been fed on bananas for 42 years. I suggest that if we do not want to keep Uganda a banana republic and stunted we have to look for a serious crop to promote our ima ge and lead us out of poverty. My crop is maize. Having lived for over four decades in Uganda, I agree with those who assert that Uganda can be a food basket for Africa. But then why is it that Uganda might be one of those countries with the most precarious food security systems? Whenever we have prolonged drought, some districts go to the verge of starvation, and start calling on World Food Programme for relief! I strongly believer that our biggest asset to trade us out of poverty is agriculture. The only problem is that we are an agricultural country without agriculturalists both by culture and trade. Agriculture is not a priority in
[Ugnet] Fwd: Sayansi n'omuntu wabulijjo: can a rat fly an F-22 jet?
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[Ugnet] Fwd: NYT: Big Fish, Little Fish Battle Over the Amazon's Bounty
Note: forwarded message attached. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.---BeginMessage--- October 26, 2004 Nicolas Reynard for The New York TimesA fisherman on the Amazon casting his net at the mouth of a channel, waiting for pacú to swim by. The fishermen of Santa Maria do Tapará are increasingly threatened by large commercial vessels. The New York Times October 26, 2004 SANTA MARIA DO TAPARÁ JOURNAL Big Fish, Little Fish Battle Over the Amazon's Bounty By LARRY ROHTER ANTA MARIA DO TAPARÁ, Brazil - It was one of those days that the peasant fishermen on this tributary of the Amazon River dream about. With water levels falling rapidly at the peak of the dry season, a giant school of migrating pacú, a tasty game fish that fetches a good price at markets, was swimming right into the nets being cast from a dozen small canoes here. "With a bit of luck, you can make $350 on a day like this," Lauro Souza Almeida, a leader of the local fishermen's cooperative, exulted as he moved into position. "That is a fortune for people like us," he said, the equivalent of four months at the minimum wage earned by those fortunate enough to find work. But hovering nearby was a large commercial fishing vessel, a "mother boat" equipped with large ice chests for storage and hauling more than a dozen smaller craft. The crew onboard was just waiting for the remainder of the fish to move into the river's main channel, where they intended to scoop up as many as they could with their efficient gill nets. A symbol of abundance to the rest of the world, the Amazon is experiencing a crisis of overfishing. As stocks of the most popular species diminish to worrisome levels, tensions are growing between subsistence fishermen and their commercial rivals, who are eager to enrich their bottom line and sate the growing appetite for fish of city-dwellers in Brazil and abroad. In response, peasant communities up and down the Amazon, here in Brazil and in neighboring countries like Peru, are forming cooperatives to control fish catches and restock their rivers and lakes. But that effort, increasingly successful, has only encouraged the commercial fishing operations, as well as some of the peasants' less disciplined neighbors, to step up their depredations. "The industrial fishing boats, the big 20- to 30-ton vessels, they have a different mentality than us artisanal fishermen, who have learned to take the protection of the environment into account," said Miguel Costa Teixeira, president of the local fishermen's union. "They want to sweep everything up with their dragnets and then move on, benefiting from our work and sacrifice and leaving us with nothing." Local authorities are sympathetic to the fishermen's plight but say there is little they can do. Brazil's Constitution and supporting legislation have established an open channel policy, which makes it illegal to close a river or lake to public navigation or even to charge access fees. The biggest source of conflict is the mighty pirarucu, a type of striped peacock bass that is the largest freshwater fish in the world. Notable also because it "breathes" with specially evolved lungs and an air bladder and can survive a nasty dry season by lying in river mud until the flow of water returns, the pirarucu can reach lengths of up to eight feet and weigh over 200 pounds. "The pirarucu is the boss of all fish in the Amazon, definitely the king," said Antônio Pinto, president of a regional council of 11 cooperatives that practice managed fishing. "Everyone wants to catch them, not only because they are so big, but also because the price for them is so good once they get to market. That's why we need to be so careful." Here, for example, an initial fish census in 2000 found only 26 bass in the local lake, which the commercial operators and poachers from neighboring villages can reach by sending skiffs through channels that connect with the river. Alarmed residents agreed on a fishing accord that imposed a moratorium on catches. A year later, that number had grown to 96, and a year after that to 146. With stocks rising, residents here have resumed fishing for bass, limiting the season to just three days a year but using nets to increase their catch. Even so, the most recent census, taken last November, counted 476 pirarucu in the lake. Thanks to the new system, fishermen here are not only earning more money, they are doing so with much less effort, "which gives us more time to grow crops and tend cattle," Mr. Almeida said. Some fish processing plants serving finicky urban customers also see advantages. "With this kind of planned management, you not only can be assured of a stock of raw materials, but can specify how the fish has to be cut and what kind of hygiene the market demands," said José Vicente Silva Ribeiro, manager of a large plant in Santarém, a city of 200,000 just down river from here. But the large commercial operations are
[Ugnet] Blacks becoming minorities at Historically Black Colleges?
Note: forwarded message attached.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---BeginMessage--- A new NCES report on historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) shows that women made up 61 percent of enrollment at HBCUs in 2001, up from 53 percent in 1976. Total enrollment at HBCUs rose from 223,000 in 1976 to 290,000 in 2001, which was slower than the rate of increase overall of college and university enrollment. The report, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, 1976 to 2001 presents data on enrollment, degrees conferred, staff, finances, and student financial aid at historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs) from 1976 to 2001. HBCUs are institutions established prior to 1964 whose principal mission is the education of Black Americans. OTHER HIGHLIGHTS FROM THE REPORT INCLUDE: Enrollment · Two percent of all college students were enrolled in HBCUs in 2001. Black students at HBCUs accounted for 16 percent of all Black college students. · In 2001, Blacks constituted 82 percent of all those enrolled in HBCUs and in 1976, they made up 86 percent . Degrees conferred · In 2001, more than one-fifth of all bachelors degrees awarded to Blacks were from HBCUs. Compared with 197677, there were proportionately fewer Blacks earning bachelors degrees at HBCUs in 200102 (35 percent vs. 22 percent). Although the number of bachelors degrees earned by Blacks at HBCUs increased from 20,800 to 25,100 during this period, the number of Blacks earning degrees at other types of institutions has risen more rapidly. · Since 199091, 60 percent or more of associates, bachelors, and masters degrees at HBCUs have been earned by women. Since 19992000, women have earned more than half of doctoral degrees. Staff · Of the 14,100 full-time faculty at HBCUs in 2001, 58 percent were male and 42 percent were female. Blacks constituted 59 percent of the full- time faculty at HBCUs and Whites constituted 26 percent. · In 2001, a total of 54,551 persons were employed at HBCUs, of which 76 percent were Black. Finance · In 197677, current-fund revenue for public HBCUs from tuition and fees was 14 percent; by 2000-01, it had increased to 20 percent. · Educational and general expenditures per full-time-equivalent (FTE) student for public HBCUs increased from $10,100 in 197677 to $15,100 in 21 (in constant 2000-01 dollars); expenditures per FTE student for all public institutions increased from $10,800 in 197677 to $16,500 in 21 (constant 2000-01 dollars). Student financial aid · Full-time, first-time undergraduate students enrolled at HBCUs were more likely to receive financial aid, compared with full-time, first- time students attending all institutions (77 vs. 70 percent). · The average federal grant amount for students enrolled in private, not-for-profit 4-year HBCUs was $3,200, and the comparable average for all private, not-for-profit 4-year schools was $2,900. · Average institutional grant amounts for students attending public HBCU colleges were higher than the average for all public college students. The opposite was the case for private, not-for-profit HBCUs. The average institutional grant amount was $4,500 for private 4-year HBCU students compared to $7,500 for all 4-year private, not- for-profit college students. To download, view and print the report as a pdf file, please visit: http://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2004062 ---End Message--- ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Papa Wemba back in Court
Wemba on French smuggling charge Wemba's unique music brought him a global following One of Africa's biggest music stars, the Congolese singer Papa Wemba, is due to appear in court in France charged with aiding illegal immigration. Papa Wemba is suspected of having received payment to procure visas for Congolese nationals who entered France claiming to be his road crew members. The maximum sentence if he found guilty is 10 years in jail and a fine of 750,000 euros ($1m). Papa Wemba, 55, faces similar charges in Belgium, where he holds citizenship. The singer, whose real name is Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was arrested in Paris in February last year. 'Humanitarian concern' According to the French authorities, would-be immigrants from DR Congo paid him $4,500 in return for which he told the French embassy in Kinshasa that they were members of his band or road crew. French officials became suspicious in 2000 when some 200 people formed his musical entourage, many of them turning up to the airport without instruments. Papa Wemba admitted receiving money from the would-be immigrants but said he was acting out of humanitarian concern. He was granted conditional release after four months in prison during which he said he underwent a religious conversion. He has since been allowed to leave France to give concerts. He is expected though to be in court in person in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. A flamboyant figure who has been dubbed the king of rumba rock, Papa Wemba was already a hugely popular performer in the then Zaire before the fashion for African and world music brought him fame in Europe and the US. He is also renowned as the moving spirit behind a cult movement known as the Sapeurs whose members, young men, spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes. Paris is one of the cult's centres and many of Papa Wemba's supporters are expected to attend the trial. There are known knowns - there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns - that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns ... things we do not know we don't know. And each year we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns. Us Secretary of Defense 2001 -? Donald Rumsfeld --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.771 / Virus Database: 518 - Release Date: 9/28/2004 image001.gifimage002.jpg___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Fw: [Mwananchi] Africa Gets First HIV/AIDS Hospital
Africa Gets First HIV/AIDS HospitalTWO Nigerian doctors, Comfort Datong and Shamaki Abdulrahman are among 25 medical practitioners currently receiving training at the first teaching hospital deicated to training African physicians on the latest advances in treatment and care of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases. Ten of the trainees are from other African countries while the rest are from Uganda.The doctors mid last week witnessed the commissioning of the facility located at the Makerere University, Kampala.World's largest pharmaceutical company, Pfizer Inc. provided $15m for the building as partners of the Uganda university.The initiative for the project came from The Academic Alliance for AIDS Care, with the support of non-governmental organisations such as the San Francisco-based AIDS Foundation, the Pangaea Global AIDS Foundation, the Infectious Diseases Society of America and the AIDS Support Organisation (TASO) in Uganda.President Yoweri Nakata Museveni of Uganda commissioned the facility, which provides enhanced HIV care for adults, children and families, including antiretrovirals and prophylaxis for opportunistic infections; educates and trains African health care providers in HIV care and prevention. The hospital will also plans to establishe a state-of-the-art diagnostic laboratory to monitor HIV therapy and to support diagnosis of opportunistic infections, tropical diseases and sexually transmitted diseases.The construction of the IDI was completed last April with the HIV clinic opening on August 20. The Institute is said to be the first substantial infrastructural component added to Makerere University's medical school in 35 years.The Institute according to the management, will run as a research, training and care institution devoted to tackling the HIV/AIDS scourge primarily, and will train 250 doctors from all over Africa yearly in intensive one-month courses for persons working in AIDS care or who need specialist knowledge about the disease.Source: http://odili.net/news/source/2004/oct/24/3.html ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] UN finally admits Uganda has worlds most neglected tragedy
UN finally admits Uganda has worlds most neglected tragedyBy Peter Okema OtikaOct 27, 2004 Since 1986 when Ugandan president Yoweri Museveni took power, the Acholi people of northern Uganda have never enjoyed peace.Numerous rebel groups have emerged and disappeared leaving room for new ones to emerge just to continue fighting to overthrow the government of Museveni which they believe is oppressive and undemocratic. Along the way since 1986, hundreds of thousands of the Acholi people have been killed, maimed or disappeared. Children in an Internally Displaced Peoples camp in Gulu (File photo) In fact, human rights organizations put the deaths at as high as 300,000 lives and United Nations Childrens Cultural Fund, UNICEF estimates that over 25,000 children forcefully abducted by the rebels of the Lords Resistance Army, LRA have either been killed or disappeared.All these have been happening in the open but the UN, Western media and the world at large preferred to look the other way. While the Acholi people continued to suffer under the brutalities of both LRA rebels and Ugandan government forces, the UN joined the rank of the group thinkers who conspired to ignore the plight of the people and instead, believed the consummate lies that President Museveni has been telling them about the situation in northern Uganda.Museveni has befriended Western nations and especially Britain and the US whom he has always told lies about the real human, political and economic situations in Uganda. H e has awlays told the world, everything is fine in Uganda and even the international media took his words without questioning.Last week 21 October 2004 however, the UN finally came open and admitted that the human situation in northern Uganda is the worse human tragedy, even worse than Darfur. Briefing reporters after addressing the UN Security Council, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs who also doubles as the UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland, admitted the fact that the situation in northen Uganda has been the most neglected and yet it is worse than the Darfur crisis in Sudan.Where else in the world have there been 20,000 kidnaped children? Where else in the world have 90 per cent of the population in large districts been displaced? Where else in the world do children make up 80 per cent of the terrorist insurgency movement? Jan Egeland rhetorically asked reporters.Egeland who believes there is no military solution to the war also told reporters that the world should make bigger international investment in money, in political engagement, in diplomacyand in order to help bring the war and suffering of the people to an end.Although the UN has all along been aware of the human situations in northern Uganda, the UN has for the last two decades chose a policy of ignore and neglect when it came to northern Uganda. In fact, it has been hard for the Acholi people of northern Uganda to believe whether the UN was separate or whether it was part of Musevenis government that has as well chosen to perpetuate a policy that intentionally ignores the need to bring to an end, the suffering of the Acholi people.Because of this neglect, Museveni has grown to think that the world condones his policy to neglect the war and suffering of the people as long as he remained in power. This is why, Musevenis government immediately reacted angrily at Egelands remark saying the situation in northern U ganda is normal and nothing closer to that in Darfur.This is the kind of attitude that Museveni has always held when he realizes that information is coming out about the real situation in the north of Uganda. It is the same attitude that motivated him to ban media reporting on the war in the late 1980s and persecute news reporters who try to report to the world, the grave human tragedy in northern Uganda. Both local and international reporters have been forced to flee the region of northern Uganda after being assaulted or threatened with jail or death should they continue to report about the war and worsening human conditions in the region.Although the UN admission of the grave human situation has come long awaited and late, it should be applauded and used as a signal for action. The international community and Western nations that have been the backbones of Musevenis support should use the UN declaration as evidence on which they can put Museveni to task to either bring an end to the human suffering or be held accountable.It should be remembered that, hypocrisy and neglect by the UN and the West helped morale boost the perpetuation of the genocide in Rwanda as well as the massacres of over three million innocent civilians by Ugandan and Rwandan troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The Acholi have suffered for the last two decades while the world looked the other way. If the UN and the international community continue to ignore the plight of the Acholi people, it will not be a surprise.
[Ugnet] UN Hypocrisy
Ming x Ming= Ming squared! Knowing African politics with its unquenchable want for Revenge,one can only hope that when the tables turn, those who have perpetuated acts of genocide against the people of Uganda, will not thistime shout of "human Rights violation when their turn comes!!!..and guess what NObody will listen to the UN!!! Matek It should be remembered that, hypocrisy and neglect by the UN and the West helped morale boost the perpetuation of the genocide in Rwanda as well as the massacres of over three million innocent civilians by Ugandan and Rwandan troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo.The Acholi have suffered for the last two decades while the world looked the other way. If the UN and the international community continue to ignore the plight of the Acholi people, it will not be a surprise. But the UN, the West and the international community should remember that, their practice of neglect and selective justice is unfair, genocidal and criminal to mankind.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Arm LDUs, Lc3 Cadre Appeals to RDC
Dodo Head Kaguta is most probably going to comply with this request. After all his is but a culture of Guns , Artillary and Bullets, Tanks,APC, Bazooka, Machine gun ...what more must I say! Ming xMing =Ming squared! Matek Arm LDUs, Lc3 Cadre Appeals to RDC Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) October 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Ahmed WetakaMbale The district security committee has been asked to arm Local Defence Unit (LDU) militia in Bufumbo sub-county to deal with armed gangs who have perpetuated thefts in the area, making it insecure. According to a circular issued on October 18 by the subcounty cadre, Mr Yahaya Masaba Nabudo, to the Resident District Commissioner Hajji Abasa Sseguya, there have been incidents of shootings in the sub-county by unknown gunmen recently. "There is tension in Bufumbo after unknown gunmen opened fire on the residents in Jewa Upper Village at dawn," the letter reads. Sseguya chairs the district security committee. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Crime and Corruption Arms and Military Affairs "It was a narrow survival because the shooter pointed the barrel directly to a resident who was making an alarm," Nabudo said. "We request the district security committee to arm the Local Defence Units in Bufumbo sub-county to ensure security there as the situation is deteriorating," Nabudo wrote.__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Museveni at his best...UPDF to Expand Artillery School
UPDF to Expand Artillery School Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) October 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Kyetume KasangaKampala PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has said the Government will degazette part of Bugungu Wildlife Reserve in Buliisa county, Masindi district, to allow for the expansion of the School of Artillery and Air Defence at Butiaba. Museveni stressed the importance of field and air fire power in the security of the country. He was recently responding to a request by the acting Field Artillery Division commander, Lt. Col. Fred Mugisha, for more land for the school. Museveni passed out 844 officers and other ranks of the UPDF Field Artillery and Air Defence at Butiaba. They had separately completed eight-month courses in nine disciplines, seven of which were in the field of artillery and two in air defence. Mugisha said the 700 hectares of land donated by Masindi district and Biiso sub-county authorities to kick-start the school was insufficient due to the long artillery range. He asked that part of the nearby wildlife reserve be degazetted for effective training. "We are not going to fail to get land, that is just impossible, especially if it is not a national park. But if it is a wildlife reserve, we shall see," Museveni said. He said construction of modern structures at the Butiaba base would begin next year. Relevant Links East Africa Wildlife Arms and Military Affairs Environment Uganda Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Museveni said Masindi, which accommodates about 70,000 internally displaced people (IDPs) from the north, would soon start benefiting from the Northern Uganda Social Action Fund. District leaders had complained that the Fund was not benefiting the IDPs. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - You care about security. So do we.___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Ogwal Launches Tororo, Busia UPC Branches
Ogwal Launches Tororo, Busia UPC Branches Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) October 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Abraham OdekeKampala HUNDREDS of cheering supporters welcomed the Uganda People's Congress (UPC) iron-lady, Cecilia Ogwal, in Busia and Tororo last Saturday. She was launching the UPC campaign teams in readiness for the parliamentary and presidential elections in 2006. The Busia district UPC supporters, mobilised by Samia Bugwe MP Aggrey Awori, met Ogwal at the Busia road junction in Busitema and escorted her to the MP's home village of Namawubi in Dabani sub-county. Each of the 10 sub-counties in Busia sent 100 delegates to Namawubi. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Busia resident district commissioner Patrick Bageya said the Ogwal/Awori function was "no big deal". On arrival in Tororo, Ogwal was whisked away to West Budama county by UPC bigwigs. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Donors: Forget Empty Rhetoric And Act Now
Donors: Forget Empty Rhetoric And Act Now Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) OPINIONOctober 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Sam AkakiKampala Your Excellency the Ambassador/High Commissioner, Given that your primary role is to oversee and report on the "development partnership" between your country and Uganda, I must, on the outset, put this letter in perspective by citing the introduction to your own "Bible" the United Nation's Human Development Report (2002), "Deepening democracy in a fragmented world", which states: "Politics concerns human development. Reducing poverty depends as much on whether poor people have political power as on their opportunities for economic progress. Democracy has proven to be the system of governance most capable of mediating and preventing conflict and of securing and sustaining well-being. By expanding people's choices about how and by whom they are governed, democracy brings principles of participation and accountability to the process of human development." In this context, the overwhelming majority of Ugandans would be forgiven for thinking that this statement was made with their country in mind. Thanks to president Museveni's Movement political philosophy of "I am the only one with a vision", political activities were banned in 1986 when he shot his way to power. Since then, the whole country, particularly the rural areas where 95% of the population lives, has been trapped in conditions of abject and increasing poverty; corruption and conflicts have become instutitionalised and the northern and eastern regions, which form a third of the country, have become permanent war zones where over 1.8 million people, including women, children and other vulnerable people, are living in virtual concentration camps without adequate shelter, food, water medical care or security. To underline the point, on 22nd October, the UN's head of humanitarian affairs, Jan Egeland, "reminded" the United Nations Security Council to do more to end what he called a "litany of horrors" stretching back 18 years. Thankfully, these "horrors" appear to have attracted your attention too. In the last two years or so, many concerned Ugandans would have noted several news reports attributed to you and your diplomatic colleagues, in which you have expressed concerns not only about the deteriorating poverty and security situations, but also the uncertain political future of the country. As an aide memoir, I chronicle below the summaries of the most eye-catching statements, starting with the earliest: Led by the Irish Charge d'Affaires, Mr Mairtin O'Fainin, thirteen heads of mission and organisations (Ireland, Britiain, Austria, US, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Germany, Japan, Belgium, UNDP, Denmark and France), reportedly "called for dialogue between the Movement and the multipartyists on the opening up of the political space... We are concerned about the need to have more dialogue with the opposition and on the slowness towards the constitutional review," (See. "Envoys Call For Parties Dialogue", The New Vision, 25 May 2002). The British High Commissioner, Mr Adam Wood reportedly said: "There is a risk if you don't allow change. There might be change through violence. I am conscious of what lies in the past," (See. "British Envoy Advises Parties", The New Vision, 16th January 2003). The Netherlands Ambassador, Matthieu Peters, reportedly said: "political space should be opened up by 2004 if political parties are to effectively participate in the next presidential and parliamentary elections on level ground... Democracy, human rights, corruption, transparency, accountability and in general the (regional) security situation are issues that concern us, very much. Not only the Netherlands but all donors and especially those who are putting in general budget support,". (See. "Open political space by 2004 - envoy", The New Vision, 25 April 2003) The US Ambassador Jimmy Kolker reportedly said: "Uganda also has the chance this year, 2003, to put in place the procedures and institutions that will ensure a vibrant political evolution, leading to something Uganda has never known before...a peaceful handover of power from one leader to another,"(See. "US To Help Fight Kony", The New Vision, 7th July, 2003). The former British Secretary of State for International Development Baroness Valerie Amos reportedly said: "If we have a concern about the amount of defence spending, we are not afraid to suspend our support... Major political reforms will be needed to introduce a multiparty system before the 2006 presidential and parliamentary elections." (See. UK May Cut Aid to Uganda", The East African, 18th August 2003) The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) chief Mark Malloch Brown, reportedly said: "Uganda's development partners, while recognising the achievements the country has made, now want institutions to manage
[Ugnet] More guns and artillary stories under the NRM Military dictatorship
UPDF Soldiers Graduate in Artillery And Air Defence Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) October 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Jonathan AkweteirehoMasindi The army has said the 1,750 acre land that Masindi district offered the UPDF Artillery and Air Defence Training School, in Butaiba is not enough. "Some guns being used can shoot up to 50 miles," Lt. Col. Fred Mugisha, the Ag. Commandant of the artillery division said on Friday. He thanked the district for the offer, and requested ooficials of the game reserves of Murchison Falls National Park for more land. Mugisha was speaking at the pass-out of 95 officers and 749 UPDF soldiers upon completion of various courses in artillery and air defence at the school. Also present was the army commander, Lt. Gen. Aronda Nyakairima, who said the army would follow the law to access the land. He said as technology advances, UPDF must improve qualitatively and quantitatively as well. President Yoweri Museveni said land would not be a problem. "We are not going to fail to get land for our army to train. We should talk to authorities immediately," he said. He said construction of a new building at the school would start this or the next financial year. Relevant Links East Africa Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Arms and Military Affairs Uganda Museveni said artillery and air defence forces are vital in all wars. He advised that all weapons should have simulators to stop wastage of ammunition that would be lost without them. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Address AutoComplete - You start. We finish.___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] Papa Wemba back in Court
Hahahahah, oh my goodness! What's up withPapa Wemba making a quick buck? We enjoyed his music, and we still love him. I have too many memories of his music videos playing on UTV. We are behind him and support him. What's wrong with smuggling people to foreign lands for a better future? DRC is bleeding to death! Ed thanks for the news.Ed Kironde [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wemba on French smuggling charge Wemba's unique music brought him a global following One of Africa's biggest music stars, the Congolese singer Papa Wemba, is due to appear in court in France charged with aiding illegal immigration. Papa Wemba is suspected of having received payment to procure visas for Congolese nationals who entered France claiming to be his road crew members. The maximum sentence if he found guilty is 10 years in jail and a fine of 750,000 euros ($1m). Papa Wemba, 55, faces similar charges in Belgium, where he holds citizenship. The singer, whose real name is Jules Shungu Wembadio Pene Kikumba, was arrested in Paris in February last year. 'Humanitarian concern' According to the French authorities, would-be immigrants from DR Congo paid him $4,500 in return for which he told the French embassy in Kinshasa that they were members of his band or road crew. French officials became suspicious in 2000 when some 200 people formed his musical entourage, many of them turning up to the airport without instruments. Papa Wemba admitted receiving money from the would-be immigrants but said he was acting out of humanitarian concern. He was granted conditional release after four months in prison during which he said he underwent a religious conversion. He has since been allowed to leave France to give concerts. He is expected though to be in court in person in the Paris suburb of Bobigny. A flamboyant figure who has been dubbed the king of "rumba rock", Papa Wemba was already a hugely popular performer in the then Zaire before the fashion for African and world music brought him fame in Europe and the US. He is also renowned as the moving spirit behind a cult movement known as "the Sapeurs" whose members, young men, spend huge amounts of money on designer clothes. Paris is one of the cult's centres and many of Papa Wemba's supporters are expected to attend the trial. There are known knowns - there are things that we know that we know. There are known unknowns - that is to say, there are things that we now know we don't know. But there are also unknown unknowns ... things we do not know we don't know. And each year we discover a few more of those unknown unknowns." Us Secretary of Defense 2001 -? Donald Rumsfeld ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.771 / Virus Database: 518 - Release Date: 9/28/2004 ___Ugandanet mailing list[EMAIL PROTECTED]http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ Do you Yahoo!? Express yourself with Y! Messenger! Free. Download now.___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Political Commissars Urged to Disarm K'jong
People what can 24 so called NRM "political commissioner" from the Tesoarrow regiment or is it militia do to quote "disarm the Karamojongs"? The fact of the matter is that NRM'sYoseri Mucebeni armed the Karamojongs to the teeth..now the NRM turns around and wants to disarm them! This so called col Silver Kyemba is simply talking. It is a gun caulte...a bonanza if you want, for GUN lover to tott AK-47 courtesy of the NRM! MK Political Commissars Urged to Disarm K'jong Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) October 26, 2004 Posted to the web October 26, 2004 Nathan EtenguKampala The commanding officer of the UPDF Third division, Col. Silver Kayemba, has challenged political commissars (PCs) to play a leading role in the disarmament exercise in Karamoja. He said the Karimojong should be made to know that a State exists in Uganda. "You should make the Karimojong know that there are bosses in the country known as the executive and that there is also the judiciary," Kayemba said. He was on Friday passing out 124 PCs from the Teso-based Arrow Group militia and the anti-stock theft Unit from Karamoja, who had completed a six-month basic cadre course at the UPDF Third division garrison in Mbale. Kayemba said he had been mandated to ensure that all illegal guns in Karamoja were recovered. "I have been mandated to deal with whoever tries to bring confusion in the exercise. The Karimojong must give in their guns," he said. He advised the PCs to foster a strong linkage between the UPDF and the civilian population. "The moment the relationship between you and the civilians collapses, you will become the anti-UPDF," Kayemba said. Relevant Links East Africa Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Arms and Military Affairs Civil War and Communal Conflict Uganda He said the political commissars had a duty to boost the morale of soldiers. "Your inefficiency can, therefore, fail our mission," Kayemba said, adding that, "You should also be equipped with confidence-building measures so that we have the masses on our side if we are to remain the much cherished UPDF."__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Teso beefs up security ahead of disarmament
SOROTI - Teso militia and Arrow Boys have been deployed along the border between Teso and Karamoja to foil possible attacks by the Karimojong. The question then is fellow citizens, why solicit the services of a militia such as theteso Arrow Group,to do the job of UPDF or thatof Uganda police for that matter? One would argue that the NRM military dictatorship, by deploying the Iteso to do UPDF's job against the Karamojong, is basically endangering the lives of this so called TESO MILITIA...and ,moreover,this Teso Militia members are ignorantenough to carry the "governments" Olubengo or wish if you like, Mmujegga affa Alabba...as citizens of Buganda would say MK Teso beefs up security ahead of disarmament By James Odong Oct 27, 2004 SOROTI - Teso militia and Arrow Boys have been deployed along the border between Teso and Karamoja to foil possible attacks by the Karimojong. The 3rd Division Commander, Col Silver Kayemba, said the move is aimed at creating a barrier for Teso along its border with Karamoja and Lango to prevent incursions into the area. I am building a security wall around Teso by deploying Arrow Boys in Magoro, Olilim, Adacar, Ogonga, Alito, Angica and Kaberamaido border with Lira, Kayemba said during a review workshop for government programmes at Kumi Lukiiko Hall recently. He said after the deployment, he would launch a vigorous disarmament exercise in Karamoja. We shall secure even the Ugandan border areas with Kenya. Kapchorwa has already been secured, Kayemba, who was appointed by President Yoweri Museveni in September as chairman of disarmament in Karamoja, said. He expressed concern that guns had become part of the bride price in some areas of Karamoja, citing Kabong as the most notorious. Kayemba said the disarmament exercise was slightly behind schedule, but promised that once everything was set, it would take off immediately. © 2004 The Monitor Publications__Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] Nursery Boarding School!
Musajja, I agree with you. This is crazy! A Nursery Boarding school is beyond belief! At what point will this kind of money thirst lead people? There is no way a nursery/kindergarden boarding school can be in the interest of the child's learning and educational ability. I myself went to a secondary boarding school and I must say that it was the worst decision my parents made for me. At first I liked the idea because I wanted to experience boarding life. I missed my parents, siblings,home, and homefriends like crazy! And when it came time to come back home, I had to re-learn how to interact with my own parents, siblings,and homefriends. It was a weird feeling. I don't know about other people's feelings. But for me, whenever I took long to interact with certain people, I had to re-learn how tolive with them again. I mean, my parents, siblings, and homefriends were kind-of-sort-of like halfway strangers in my perspective. There was some kind of emotional distance between them and I. It created some kind of emotional attachment disorderwhichI felt (that weird feeling). The good thing is that when I came back home for a very good amount, long period of time, I caught up with parents, siblings, and homefriends - we bonded again. To hell with boarding schools for young kids in nursery/kindergarden. These children need their parents 24/7 for emotional security and psychological development before anything else. If my parents took me (if I was child that young) to a nursery boarding school, I would die! Hahahah, oh really? Would I? I don't know. But I would be a very confused child. As a child: give me my parents or give me death! Rehema M. d b [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugandans ae about to migrate to Mars - imagine a Nursery Boarding school. May be I never understood what I learnt from School - you take a baby to a nursery boarding school - goodness.bwanika.and this The schools extra-curriculum offers include music, dance and drama, sports and games, swimming, brass band, digital television (DSTV) connections and a fully equipped disco machine to entertain the children.-Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in UgandaMovers Shakers: By Ibrahim KasitaOct 26 - Nov 2, 2004Basic education providers must not be taxed at the same high level as commercial institutions, says Mr Vincent Matovu, proprietor and headmaster of Vincentalex Boarding Primary School.The school is located in Mukono, 20Km from Kampala City centre on the just off the Jinja-Kampala highw ay. We provide social services to the people in order to eradicate illiteracy. But we are taxed as if we are commercialising the education services, he says. Government should scrutinise business oriented schools and genuine education providers before hiking tax on us.For the last 20 years, since he opened the first nursery boarding school in Uganda. Matovu has been involved in private education in Mukono District.I started my school to experiment the new approach of teaching young kids, he says.At that time, children were taken for granted and taught forcefully something which could not generate interest in learning.Teaching young ones need logic. They require freedom to generate interest in learning and guide them what is good for them, he further says.Matovu, who is a professional teacher specialising in child psychology, was a teacher in Kisaasi Primary School and Namiryango Juniour Boys School, before his enterpreneurial instincts t ook better of him.I first rented land in Seeta in 1984 to set up the nursery school for four years before acquiring land in Mukono, he recalls. Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in Uganda At the time of setting up the nursery school several areas around Kampala, especially Mukono were insecure because of the intensive civil strife in the country. Ironically this is one of the reasons that prompted Matovu.Children are innocent, he says. In fact it is because of insecurity that I started a school to provide them with the security as their parents were hiding from the enemies. Why did he choose Mukono? I bought a piece of land suitable for constructing a school, he replies.Vincentalex is now a fully-fledged boarding nursery and primary school. It has both day and boarding students with varying school fees. Nursery to primary three students pay Shs270,000 (boarding) and Shs170,000 (day) per term. Primary four and primary s even students pay Shs330,000 (boarding) and Shs230,000 (day) per term. Matovu is worried about the infiltration of rich people into the field of primary education who aim at making profit. Such people are not always teaching professionals.And their involvement has lowered the standard of education and led to an increase of violent strikes against schools.Matovu calls such people multiplication table planners.He says, With the liberalisation of the education sector, standards of
Re: [Ugnet] Nursery Boarding School!
Musajja, I agree with you. This is crazy! A Nursery Boarding school is beyond belief! At what point will this kind of money thirst lead people? There is no way a nursery/kindergarden boarding school can be in the interest of the child's learning and educational ability. I myself went to a secondary boarding school and I must say that it was the worst decision my parents made for me. At first I liked the idea because I wanted to experience boarding life. I missed my parents, siblings,home, and homefriends like crazy! And when it came time to come back home, I had to re-learn how to interact with my own parents, siblings,and homefriends. It was a weird feeling. I don't know about other people's feelings. But for me, whenever I took long to interact with certain people, I had to re-learn how tolive with them again. I mean, my parents, siblings, and homefriends were kind-of-sort-of like halfway strangers in my perspective. There was some kind of emotional distance between them and I. It created some kind of emotional attachment disorderwhichI felt (that weird feeling). The good thing is that when I came back home for a very good amount, long period of time, I caught up with parents, siblings, and homefriends - we bonded again. To hell with boarding schools for young kids in nursery/kindergarden. These children need their parents 24/7 for emotional security and psychological development before anything else. If my parents took me (if I was child that young) to a nursery boarding school, I would die! Hahahah, oh really? Would I? I don't know. But I would be a very confused child. As a child: give me my parents or give me death! Rehema M. d b [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugandans ae about to migrate to Mars - imagine a Nursery Boarding school. May be I never understood what I learnt from School - you take a baby to a nursery boarding school - goodness.bwanika.and this The schools extra-curriculum offers include music, dance and drama, sports and games, swimming, brass band, digital television (DSTV) connections and a fully equipped disco machine to entertain the children.-Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in UgandaMovers Shakers: By Ibrahim KasitaOct 26 - Nov 2, 2004Basic education providers must not be taxed at the same high level as commercial institutions, says Mr Vincent Matovu, proprietor and headmaster of Vincentalex Boarding Primary School.The school is located in Mukono, 20Km from Kampala City centre on the just off the Jinja-Kampala highw ay. We provide social services to the people in order to eradicate illiteracy. But we are taxed as if we are commercialising the education services, he says. Government should scrutinise business oriented schools and genuine education providers before hiking tax on us.For the last 20 years, since he opened the first nursery boarding school in Uganda. Matovu has been involved in private education in Mukono District.I started my school to experiment the new approach of teaching young kids, he says.At that time, children were taken for granted and taught forcefully something which could not generate interest in learning.Teaching young ones need logic. They require freedom to generate interest in learning and guide them what is good for them, he further says.Matovu, who is a professional teacher specialising in child psychology, was a teacher in Kisaasi Primary School and Namiryango Juniour Boys School, before his enterpreneurial instincts t ook better of him.I first rented land in Seeta in 1984 to set up the nursery school for four years before acquiring land in Mukono, he recalls. Pioneering nursery, primary boarding schools in Uganda At the time of setting up the nursery school several areas around Kampala, especially Mukono were insecure because of the intensive civil strife in the country. Ironically this is one of the reasons that prompted Matovu.Children are innocent, he says. In fact it is because of insecurity that I started a school to provide them with the security as their parents were hiding from the enemies. Why did he choose Mukono? I bought a piece of land suitable for constructing a school, he replies.Vincentalex is now a fully-fledged boarding nursery and primary school. It has both day and boarding students with varying school fees. Nursery to primary three students pay Shs270,000 (boarding) and Shs170,000 (day) per term. Primary four and primary s even students pay Shs330,000 (boarding) and Shs230,000 (day) per term. Matovu is worried about the infiltration of rich people into the field of primary education who aim at making profit. Such people are not always teaching professionals.And their involvement has lowered the standard of education and led to an increase of violent strikes against schools.Matovu calls such people multiplication table planners.He says, With the liberalisation of the education sector, standards of
