[Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF
Have You Heard With Timothy Bukumunhe New Vision, Saturday May 7, 2005 The Chief, President Yoweri Museveni, recently ditched his Range Rover and has been cruising tawo in a black Lexus 4x4. Now sources tell us that in the run-up to the 2006 elections, Museveni is set to acquire three new stste-of-the-art cars. The chosen car ? The Humvee, which will fully upgraded to meet his demands and security requirements. A senior official from the Presidential Guard Brigade was recently dispatched to USA to give the cars the once over. ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF
On the deaths Museveni has put on Ugandans I would also need a Humvee if I were him. 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: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ugandanet ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 6:00 AM Subject: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Have You Heard With Timothy Bukumunhe New Vision, Saturday May 7, 2005 The Chief, President Yoweri Museveni, recently ditched his Range Rover and has been cruising tawo in a black Lexus 4x4. Now sources tell us that in the run-up to the 2006 elections, Museveni is set to acquire three new stste-of-the-art cars. The chosen car ? The Humvee, which will fully upgraded to meet his demands and security requirements. A senior official from the Presidential Guard Brigade was recently dispatched to USA to give the cars the once over. ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF
Thereafter, on Sunday, we learnt about the giving to Mr. Kazibwe (yes, the husband to former 50-plus-year old VP on whom ca. $1m is being waisted for Ph.D) a Business Cluss Air Ticket to London to attend a son's graduation party. Ugandans with graduation parties ! Sometimes the annoyance by someone treating the Nation's funds as if they were personal is so much that you wish you could drown these fellas in Lake Vic ! - Original Message - From: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ugandanet ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 01:00 Subject: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Have You Heard With Timothy Bukumunhe New Vision, Saturday May 7, 2005 The Chief, President Yoweri Museveni, recently ditched his Range Rover and has been cruising tawo in a black Lexus 4x4. Now sources tell us that in the run-up to the 2006 elections, Museveni is set to acquire three new stste-of-the-art cars. The chosen car ? The Humvee, which will fully upgraded to meet his demands and security requirements. A senior official from the Presidential Guard Brigade was recently dispatched to USA to give the cars the once over. ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Re: [Mwananchi] UPC olyeto Lira aganalam ( UPC heats LIRA TOWN..words cannot describe the euphoria)
Bwana Ngufo Matek, As the saying goes, how do we call this one now.., you know, in terms of freedom?! How is it called..., freedom of association, obba...?! As some of us always say, most of the so called MASTER CONTRIVANCE, EXTRA CONSPIRATION., bla bla bla, that many M7phobians usually accord Musseveni and the NRM, are actually expressions of their own motive deficits. I believe we now begin to understand that the UPC DID NOT HAVE TO BE RULED FROM ZAMBIA. Think about all these decades in "LIMBO" when our UPC could have played better constructive opposition? What would have been more propitious to the people of Uganda? Perhaps even Vampire cheerbenchers would have been effectively marginalized?!?!?! Perhaps the disaster at Bar Lonyo would not have occurred if the Vampires felt the gravity of convergence? Now, is the dice is yours? best rgds noc'l --- On Sun 05/08, Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Matek Opoko [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Sun, 8 May 2005 14:59:29 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] Re: [Mwananchi] UPC olyeto Lira aganalam ( UPC heats LIRA TOWN..words cannot describe the euphoria) Sorry Ms. Joe: The picture is is of a UPC rally in Northern Uganda Town of Lira whcih was held about a week ago. . The Writing is in LUO, ( a language spoken in Northern/ parts of Eastern Uganda, Parts of Southern Sudan and part of Eastern DRC Congo) part of Western Kenya. The heading:"UPC olyeto Lira aganalam" means UPC HEATS LIRA TOWN behond wonders ..or words cannot describe the euphoria of the people.". I posted some other UPC picture of rallies held in Lira for netters to see...unfortunately it did not come through. My intention is to show our supporters and sympathisers the world over, that inspite of being in political limbo for 20 years under NRM Military dictatorship, we the UPC that is , is a power to be reckoned with. Have a good weekend! Matek[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Matek: What is it? Can we share in words the picture of a thousand words? -Original Message-From: Matek Opoko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ugandanet@kym.netSent: Sun, 8 May 2005 11:57:15 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Mwananchi] UPC olyeto Lira aganalam ( UPC heats LIRA TOWN..words cannot describe the euphoria) >From Rupiny! sister paper to NEW Vision UPC olyeto Lira aganalam upc oyeee: Ocwak pati me capa cing yom yic obin ociro gi oko ikare me yabo opici gi i Oyite Ojok Lane Lira iceng abicel Discover Yahoo!Find restaurants, movies, travel more fun for the weekend. Check it out! Mwananchi is an open forum that discusses/updates you on the latest news in Africa. It is a group that is made up of 900 members worldwide. To join it simply go to http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mwananchi Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mwananchi/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. Mwananchi is an open forum that discusses/updates you on the latest news in Africa. It is a group that is made up of 900 members worldwide. To join it simply go to http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/mwananchi Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Mwananchi/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] The Inexplicable Survivors of a Widespread Epidemic
Peter DaSilva for The New York Times Kai Brothers, left, who has H.I.V. but no signs of AIDS, with Dr. Jay Levy in his office. May 3, 2005 The Inexplicable Survivors of a Widespread EpidemicBy CAROL POGASH AN FRANCISCO, April 28 - Before powerful antiviral medicines became available, Kai Brothers lost his partner and many friends to AIDS. Thinking he was next, he quit his job, emptied his 401(k) and waited to die. Nothing happened. It has been 16 years since Mr. Brothers learned he was H.I.V. positive. Since then, he has never taken AIDS drugs or had any illnesses associated with the disease. Despite his good fortune, Mr. Brothers says he feels isolated. "I don't identify with people who are H.I.V. negative because I'm not," he said. "I could infect someone. I don't identify with the positive people, because I don't have to deal with my health and medications and the things they have to worry about." Once a month Mr. Brothers visits the laboratory of Dr. Jay Levy, a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, who is director of the university's laboratory for tumor and AIDS virus research. Since the epidemic began in 1981, Dr. Levy has been trying to understand why Mr. Brothers and others who are H.I.V. positive can remain medicine-free yet fit for decades, while the average person with H.I.V. progresses to AIDS within 10 years, if untreated. An answer to that question could help in the development of a vaccine. As a long-term survivor, also known as a long-term nonprogressor, Mr. Brothers, 42, is a much sought after anomaly. Dr. Levy believes that about 5 percent of people with H.I.V. are medicine-free and still healthy after 10 years. Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases defines nonprogressors as treatment-free people with H.I.V. who have so little virus in their blood that it cannot be routinely detected. He suggests their numbers are far smaller, more like 0.2 to 0.4 percent. Whatever the percentage, locating these research subjects is challenging. In the early years, one of Dr. Levy's volunteers trolled gay bars looking for survivors. A number of Dr. Levy's volunteers take part in other studies, here and at the infectious diseases institute in Bethesda, Md. Long-term survivors have been around for a long time, said Dr. Mike McCune, senior investigator at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology. "We just don't know why they do what they do," Dr. McCune said. Martin Delaney, founder of Project Inform, an H.I.V. information and advocacy organization based in San Francisco, said: "The disappointing thing is that there's no consensus about what the long-term nonprogressors do. Different things explain it in different people." For many years, Mr. Brothers said, he carried a sense of guilt. Before his infection was discovered, his church encouraged him to donate blood four times a year. The blood bank discovered that one of its donors was H.I.V. positive and asked that Mr. Brothers, too, be tested. Reluctant to learn the truth, he refused and quit donating blood. In retrospect, Mr. Brothers, who had a flu-like illness in 1981, an early symptom of infection with the virus, believes he was H.I.V. positive before he began donating blood. "This is something I contributed to and could possibly have meant dozens of people contracting the virus and dying," he said in an interview. For years, he wanted to be part of a study. Five years ago, friends told him about Dr. Levy's research. Even when AIDS was a death sentence, Dr. Levy, a virologist, knew that every virus had its survivors. He believed he could learn from those whose bodies had kept the virus in check. Some of Dr. Levy's subjects have been H.I.V. positive for 27 years, longer than there has been an epidemic. The dates of infection were confirmed by the San Francisco Department of Public Health, which in 1978 began a hepatitis B study of 6,704 gay men, whose blood was preserved. Over time, some of these nonprogressors have turned into slow-progressors, dying of AIDS. But there remain a dozen who are infected but have stayed healthy for more than 20 years without treatment. In 1986, Dr. Levy discovered that in survivors, the white blood cells, known as CD8 cells secreted minuscule amounts of an antiviral factor that blocked replication of viruses in cells but did not kill them. The better the antiviral activity of those cells, the healthier the individual. Dr. Levy has devoted his career to trying to determine what that factor is. "It is the hardest thing I've ever had to do," he said. When Dr. David Ho, the founder of the Aaron Diamond AIDS Research Center, reported that he had found the substance, Dr. Levy told him he was mistaken. Repeatedly, Dr. Levy has told peers that they are wrong. He is also his own worst critic: "After a while they say 'Levy is spending all this time telling us what it isn't. What is it?' " he said. Over the years, Dr.
Re: [Ugnet] 10, 000 Ugandans to get Iraq, US jobs ...talk about fools!!!
Mr. Opoko, It could be that the US has run out of idiots ...do you recall a photo of Pakistani soldiers clearing mines with simle sticks after Gulf War I? Can you find many in the US that would engage in clearing mines in that fashion? "Consider first the cost to the international community of removing a landmine, estimated at $300 to $1,000 USD. Additionally consider the cost of new demining technology. Current demining practices employ very low-tech means, like sniffing dogs and human workers using sticks to comb the ground in front of them as the beginning of a long an complicated process. New technology in demining is needed but it must be affordable, appropriate to the end-user, and the research and development of such new technology must not come at the expense of current mine action conducted with the present technology. A final financial consideration is who shoulders the costs. Many representatives in the General Assembly stress the need for demining responsibility by those states that had laid landmines and they urge the provision of adequate resources for the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Clearance. " www.unimun.org/unimun_hb_5.html a report of deaths among the deminers by country may be found at: www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/info/mines.html(?) and just in case ... let me jog your memory: Uganda manufactures landmines. Such is the "vision" of out pilgarlic leader ... Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As if to say that The US does not have enough citizens , who can be recruited and deployed to perform the Jobs, which Ugandans will be doing in Iraq? The bottom line is that I do not think Iraq Citizens will readly welcome the Ugandans in Bagdad. But then again foolsaways learn the hard way! Matek The article below appeared in the Monitor News Paper Kampala 10,000 Ugandans to get Iraq, US jobs By Gaaki Kigambo Kabona Esiara KAMPALA - At least 200 Ugandan youths on Saturday signed up for security work in Iraq and at American installations worldwide. The Ugandans who go to Iraq will be deployed to guard public and private installations in the war-ravaged country where the United States forces continue to battle local insurgents. A local law firm, Hall Partners, is working in collaboration with a local security firm, Aktar Security Services, on the recruitment exercise, which is targeting 10,000 people in three years. Mr Bob Kasango, a lawyer with Hall Partners, said the firm was hired by the World Wide Special Operations (WWSO), who work for and closely with the US government and other international organisations like the World Bank, Coca Cola, and Microsoft Corporation to provide security. Kasango said not all the recruits will be employed in in Iraq. They will work in any part of the world where America has installations. Iraq is just one of them, he said. The recruitment exercise has got clearance from the US State Department, State House in Kampala, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, sources said. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, said yesterday, Im aware that there is a programme of equipping Ugandans with capacity to do guard duties locally in Uganda and if necessary abroad, but it is strictly a private initiative. He said the exercise was strictly voluntary. But Samia Bugwe MP Aggrey Awori condemned the exercise. It is tragic for the Uganda government to allow its citizens to be recruited as mercenaries. It is not true that they are only going to provide guard services. How do you provide only guard services in a country like Iraq? These people will definitely shoot back when they are shot at, Awori said. But Kasango denied the Ugandans would work as combat personnel.No single Ugandans is going to manage roadblocks. They are going to be involved in non-combatant security. They may be at banks and at airports checking bags. Some are going to be trained in computing as they will be entering data. Others will be trained as motor vehicle mechanics and others will do secretarial work, he said.Sources said Uganda had been targeted because of its close working relations with the US government and because it was one of the African countries that supported the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Kasango said other countries had also been targeted to provide people needed for various jobs at American installations across the world.In Uganda the local firms conducting the exercise are targeting able-bodied people with high education qualifications. Military experience is an added advantage, sources said. The State Department has reportedly cleared private firms in different countries of the world to source employees for mostly security work at US installations because Americans are shunning the lucrative, but risky jobs. Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ___Ugandanet mailing
[Ugnet] Makerere University is broke!
Broke Makerere Could Close Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) May 10, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Alex B. AtuhaireKampala The Minister of Education, Ms Geraldine Namirembe Bitamazire, has appealed to the Ministry of Finance to provide additional funding to Makerere University to save it from imminent closure. Makerere has become broke and has no money to run the university this and next month. The Makerere University Bursar, Mr Ben Byambabazi, wrote to the University Vice Chancellor, Prof. Livingstone Luboobi, on Thursday telling him the university could close prematurely after the Treasury refused to provide Shs5 billion supplementary funding. The Prime Minister, Prof. Apolo Nsibambi, who is also the university chancellor, told The Monitor yesterday that Bitamazire was handling the problem. "I am aware of the problem, but it's good that you get the details from the sector minister who is trying to solve the problem with the minister of finance," Nsibambi said by telephone. However, Bitamazire declined to give details. "We are addressing the issue through the Ministry of Finance," she said. When pressed for details, Bitamazire replied, "That statement is adequate." Byambabazi's letter said the university would not meet its May and June salary obligations worth Shs4.8 billion as well as bills and commitments of Shs4.7 billion which had not been catered for. The university has for the last two months failed to pay its workers on time. "I believe you have been following the trend as far as financing the university 2004/2005 is concerned. As I stated from the beginning that the year would be difficult, it has indeed become difficult," Byambabazi wrote. According to him, the university has already spent over 95 percent of the Shs28.8 billion subvention funds allocated to it in the 2004/2005 budget. He said besides that, the Treasury had not responded to the university's December 2004 request for an additional Shs5 billion funding. "On 28th April 2005, the Vice-Chancellor communicated to the Treasury by reminding them on the supplementary funds request. There is no answer yet," he said. "Without positive action on the above situation the university is heading for strikes from staff, strikes from students and premature closure. It appears we have exhausted all that could be done," Byambabazi's letter reads. Relevant Links East Africa Education Uganda The government allocated Shs28, 874,000,000 to Makerere University for 2004/2005. This included the Shs3.04 billion salary enhancement for the academic staff and Shs120 million for capital development. However, the government had by this month released Shs27.8 billion, leaving Shs991, 041,677 outstanding. Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Museveni Messing Up Economy - Kiggundu
Museveni Messing Up Economy - Kiggundu Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) May 10, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Mwanguhya Charles MpagiPaliisa President Yoweri Museveni has come under attack over his fiscal policies that critics say have driven the country into poverty. Museveni was the target of attack by the officials of the opposition of Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) at the party launch in Pallisa on Sunday. For a YEAR IN REVIEW excerpt from the Africa 2005 guidebook, click here.(Adobe Acrobat). To buy the book, click here. The former governor of the Central Bank, Dr Sulaiman Kiggundu, said Museveni had deviated from the fiscal policy the NRM set before it captured power in 1986. "I was involved in writing that fiscal policy but we never said that Shs50 billion be spent only at State House. We did not plan to pay 15,000 ghost soldiers and never provided for the President's children to give birth in Europe," Kiggundu, who was chief guest said. He said Museveni had suffocated indigenous banks and sold Uganda Commercial Bank at a give away price. The FDC, which has variously complained of harrasment from security agencies in other various parts of the country enjoyed a peaceful function at the Pallisa Boma grounds. FDC National Mobiliser, Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu, said their major task once it gets into power will be to fight poverty. "The government gives only Shs24 billion to the Ministry of Agriculture which is the engine to poverty eradication yet it is spending nearly Shs50 billion on State House alone,"he said. Relevant Links East Africa Economy, Business and Finance Uganda Prof. Ogenga Latigo said the poverty levels in the country were alarming and there was little difference between parts that have been affected by war and those that have not been. Ms Beti Kamya said Museveni had scored far less in his 20 years in power compared to the leaders of the first 20 years after independence. Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] LRA Kill 10 in New Attack
"LRA "Kill 10 in New Attack Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) May 10, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Colombus OnoGulu Ten people were on Thursday night killed by the "Lord's Resistance Army rebels" during an attack on Koch Goma camp in Nwoya county. The LC3 Chairman, Mr Victor Okello, said the number of the dead could be higher because several residents were still unaccounted for. For a YEAR IN REVIEW excerpt from the Africa 2005 guidebook, click here.(Adobe Acrobat). To buy the book, click here. Fourteen people suffered serious bullet wounds. Koch Goma camp houses internally displaced persons, about 24 kilometres southwest of Gulu town. The rebels attacked the people who had gone to their gardens at about 9.30am. The rebels carried out random shooting and hacked civilians to death. Okello identified the dead as Alipayo Anywar, Charles Otto, a pupil of Koch Goma Primary School, Florence Obina, Doreen Atuku, Ernesto Acaye, Ocaya Matata, Apiyo Okello and Opiyo Kitara, a primary school teacher at Koch Goma Central Primary School. He said the rebels circled the camp shooting and hacking the people they found in gardens. The medical officer in charge of Koch Goma Health Centre, Mr Geoffrey Oloya, identified the injured as Ms Jaqueline Apiyo, 20, Ms Betty Arach, 20, Ms Janet Adong, 26, Ms Patrick Okello, 28, Mr James Opiyo, 19 and Ms Aya Ojok, 52. Others are: Mr Charles Odong, 15, Ms Sarah Akello, 29, Ms Christine Ayet, 36 and Ms Martha Aceng. The UPDF 4th Division Commander, Col. Nathan Mugisha, who visited the camp, said the displaced persons should always inform the army before leaving the camps. "The sub-county security committee should control people's movements out of the camp to avoid rebel attacks like what took place on the people of Goma," Mugisha said. He said the rebel remnants were making desperate attacks to show that they were still strong. Meanwhile, Moses Odokonyero in Pader reports that five internally displaced persons were on Thursday found dead in their huts in Pajule camp. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Human Rights Civil War and Communal Conflict The LC5 Chairman, Mr E Komaketch, said the cause of their death had not been established. He said the District Director of Health Services, Dr Janet Oola, had led a team of doctors to the area to find out the cause of the death over the weekend. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Acholi Leaders Condemn LRA Acts
Acholi Leaders Condemn "LRA Acts" Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Cornes LubangakeneKampala ACHOLI leaders have condemned the renewed atrocities by the "Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebels" in Gulu and Pader districts. Pader Woman MP Santa Okot said the resumption of "LRA ambushes" on a civilian vehicle in Parabongo sub-county in Agago county Pader, district on Thursday was a sign that the rebels were not serious with the current peace efforts to end the northern insurgency. "I doubt if (LRA leader Joseph) Kony is serious with the peace talk initiative. "Why should they attack innocent people who are already suffering in the camps where the rebels drove them out of their villages?" an angry Okot asked. Relevant Links East Africa Human Rights Civil War and Communal Conflict Uganda Refugees and Displacement The MP advised the residents to be extra vigilant as the UPDF pursue the rebels. She warned the civilians against collaborating with the rebels but advised them to cooperate with the UPDF soldiers to end the insurgency. Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] LRA Slay 20 People
LRA Slay 20 People Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Justin Moro, Chris Ochowun and Dennis OjweeKampala AT least 10 more bodies of civilians battered by the LRA rebels were recovered in bushes away from Koch Goma IDP camp in Gulu district putting the death toll of the Thursday massacre to 20. The camp commandant, John Odong, told a security meeting that 10 other bodies were retrieved on Friday evening. Koch-Goma IDP camp is 24km southwest of Gulu town in Nwoya county. President Yoweri Museveni on Friday sent government condolences to families of the deceased. Gulu resident district commissioner Max Omeda delivered the President's and government message to displaced people at Koch-Goma camp on Friday. Five people were not yet accounted for by Friday evening. The UPDF 4th division commander, Col Nathan Mugisha, said the army had beefed up security around the camp. Relevant Links East Africa Civil War and Communal Conflict Human Rights Uganda Refugees and Displacement He said over 120 youths, former rebels, UPDF and LDU deserters were to be recruited into the Local Defence Force. Mugisha cautioned the youth to be law abiding and serve the people. Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Herdsmen Occupy Kampipini Reserve
Herdsmen Occupy Kampipini Reserve Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Vision ReporterKampala HERDSMEN have occupied Kampinini and Kamusenene forest reserves in Ngoma and Kinyogoga sub-counties in Luweero. Wildlife sources have said Kamusenene Forest Reserve used to harbour endangered elephants before they were relocated to Murchison Falls National Park about five years ago. "Some of the herdsmen have parceled out the forest to themselves and are fencing it off for grazing," sources said. Allans Kwiringira, a sector manager under the National Forestry Authority (NFA), said about 300 households have settled in the forests and graze cattle in the reserves. However, he said they would soon issue eviction notices. Kwiringira said Kampipini Forest Reserve would be allocated to private tree planters as part of the countrywide intervention to secure and restore degraded forests. He also said they were proposing to give grazing permits to herdsmen in Kamusenene so that they could graze without felling the trees. Kwiringira confirmed that illegal activities, including charcoal burning and hunting of wild animals, were taking place within the reserves. Relevant Links East Africa Uganda Environment Sustainable Development Wildlife He urged the people to maintain the forests because they are important in creation of rainfall. NFA is one of the three bodies that will take over the mandate of the Forest Department, which was dissolved last year. Discover Yahoo! Use Yahoo! to plan a weekend, have fun online & more. Check it out!___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Pader RDC Warns Karimojong On Camp Attacks
Pader RDC Warns Karimojong On Camp Attacks Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 7, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Maurice OkoreKampala KARIMOJONG cattle rustlers are perpetuating the suffering of people in camps for the internally displaced in Pader district, the resident district commissioner (RDC) has said. Sylvester Opira, in a brief following a meeting organised by the Pader district NGO Forum between the Karimojong and the Pader district leaders recently, said the rustlers attacked Ameil IDP camp in Lapono sub-county and stole nine head of cattle and kidnapped three children. However, two of the children escaped back to the camp. The cows were recovered and handed over to the owners in the presence of Opira, Kotido RDC Kambarage Kakonge and members of civil society organisations. "It is unfortunate that the Karimojong warriors behave as if they are above the law. They have brought more suffering to IDP camps. There is a need to enforce the law in this area," Opira said. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Sh11b Needed for New Presidential Chopper...meanwhile Makerere University is broke!!
Sh11b Needed for New Presidential Chopper Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 7, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Mary KarugabaKampala STATE house is looking for sh11.6b to purchase a new presidential helicopter in the next financial year. Presenting a report of the committee on presidential and foreign affairs to the budget committee, the committee chairperson Margaret Zziwa said there was urgent need to purchase a second helicopter for the president, to minimise the problems of the old one. In almost every financial year, state house presents a budget to service the old chopper that was acquired in 1998. Last year, the MPs rejected a government request to spend sh6b to repair the old helicopter in Kazan Helicopter Plant in Russia. The Mps recommended that a new one be bought. State House also needs sh1.3b for modern security equipment for the president and other dignitaries." Relevant Links East Africa Transport and Shipping Uganda Arms and Military Affairs Other requirements include sh5b for presidential pledges, sh5.2b for outstanding arrears and sh3b to purchase houses on the state house perimeter wall in Nakasero. It also wants sh150m to repair the presidential wing at Parliament. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Kiboga Residents Kill 30 Cows
Kiboga Residents Kill 30 Cows Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite New Vision (Kampala) May 5, 2005 Posted to the web May 5, 2005 Moses NsubugaKampala IRATE residents of Nakiruuli in Kiboga district over the weekend chopped to death 30 cows and 20 goats belonging to Isma Kanobana, in revenge for the death of Harriet Namagambe. Namagambe was last Wednesday shot dead by soldiers deployed to protect a team surveying kanobana's two-square mile land in Nakiruuli. The land is at the centre of a dispute between kanobana and tenants. The tenants refused to be evicted, saying the land belongs to Buganda. Kanobana took surveyors to demarcate the land so that he could evict the tenants and sell one square mile to Lt. Col. Kasumba of the President's Office. The rampaging residents also smashed three houses belonging to relatives of Kanobana, injuring Rwego, a close relative of Kanobana. They vowed to evict Kanobana's relatives, claiming they were foreigners. Relevant Links East Africa Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Crime and Corruption Uganda The district Police chief, Charles Bidemu, said they had deployed policemen to calm the situation. Bidemu said the Police was looking for Cpl. Junior Songoro, one of the three soldiers suspected to have killed Namagambe. Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want - Yahoo! Mail SpamGuard.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Mutale Soldies Named in Kiboga Land Row Killings
Mutale Soldies Named in Kiboga Land Row Killings Email This Page Print This Page VisitThePublisher'sSite The Monitor (Kampala) May 9, 2005 Posted to the web May 9, 2005 Robert Mukomboziignatius SsuunaKampala Soldiers of Maj. Kakooza Mutale's Kalangala Action Plan have been named in a land dispute in which two people have been killed. Authorities in Kiboga told The Monitor yesterday that Lt. Col. Kasumba, attached to State House, reportedly sent Mutale's soldiers to help a landlord, Mr Isma Kanobana, survey his three-acre land. But upon reaching the site in Nakiruli, Bukomero sub-county, the tenants opposed to the demarcation of the land attacked the surveyors and the soldiers. In turn, one of the soldiers shot a woman, Harriet Namagembe, a resident of the same village, sending the whole village into violence. Armed with spears, machetes and arrows, the angry mob vandalised Kanobana's house, killings, his grandmother only identified as Mukagakanya and chopping to death 30 cows in retaliation. The Army Spokesman, Maj. Shaban Bantariza, said the soldiers were members of KAP. "I have heard about those soldiers and the incident in which they are involved. But they do not belong to the UPDF. I hear they belong to Mutale's group," he said by telephone. Efforts to contact Mutale yesterday were futile as his phone was off. The District Police Commander, Mr Charles Bidemu, said a force of policemen had been deployed to restore peace and hunt down the culprits. He said they were also looking for Cpl. Junior Songoro, one of the three soldiers suspected to have killed Namagambe. Relevant Links East Africa Arms and Military Affairs Uganda Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Crime and Corruption Legal and Judicial Affairs Kiboga RDC, Margaret Kasaijja confirmed the deaths and said they had arrested two soldiers but Cpl. Songolo fled. Kasaijja said the soldiers were arrested and detained in Kampala, but could not disclose their identities and where they were held. Yahoo! Mail Stay connected, organized, and protected. Take the tour___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
Re: [Ugnet] 10, 000 Ugandans to get Iraq, US jobs ...talk about fools!!!
Mwanawatu! There is a saying a sucker is born every minute on this planet earth!! MKmusamize [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Opoko, It could be that the US has run out of idiots ...do you recall a photo of Pakistani soldiers clearing mines with simle sticks after Gulf War I? Can you find many in the US that would engage in clearing mines in that fashion? "Consider first the cost to the international community of removing a landmine, estimated at $300 to $1,000 USD. Additionally consider the cost of new demining technology. Current demining practices employ very low-tech means, like sniffing dogs and human workers using sticks to comb the ground in front of them as the beginning of a long an complicated process. New technology in demining is needed but it must be affordable, appropriate to the end-user, and the research and development of such new technology must not come at the expense of current mine action conducted with the present technology. A final financial consideration is who shoulders the costs. Many representatives in the General Assembly stress the need for demining responsibility by those states that had laid landmines and they urge the provision of adequate resources for the Voluntary Trust Fund for Assistance in Mine Clearance. " www.unimun.org/unimun_hb_5.html a report of deaths among the deminers by country may be found at: www.mech.uwa.edu.au/jpt/demining/info/mines.html(?) and just in case ... let me jog your memory: Uganda manufactures landmines. Such is the "vision" of out pilgarlic leader ... Matek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As if to say that The US does not have enough citizens , who can be recruited and deployed to perform the Jobs, which Ugandans will be doing in Iraq? The bottom line is that I do not think Iraq Citizens will readly welcome the Ugandans in Bagdad. But then again foolsaways learn the hard way! Matek The article below appeared in the Monitor News Paper Kampala 10,000 Ugandans to get Iraq, US jobs By Gaaki Kigambo Kabona Esiara KAMPALA - At least 200 Ugandan youths on Saturday signed up for security work in Iraq and at American installations worldwide. The Ugandans who go to Iraq will be deployed to guard public and private installations in the war-ravaged country where the United States forces continue to battle local insurgents. A local law firm, Hall Partners, is working in collaboration with a local security firm, Aktar Security Services, on the recruitment exercise, which is targeting 10,000 people in three years. Mr Bob Kasango, a lawyer with Hall Partners, said the firm was hired by the World Wide Special Operations (WWSO), who work for and closely with the US government and other international organisations like the World Bank, Coca Cola, and Microsoft Corporation to provide security. Kasango said not all the recruits will be employed in in Iraq. They will work in any part of the world where America has installations. Iraq is just one of them, he said. The recruitment exercise has got clearance from the US State Department, State House in Kampala, the Ministry of Defence and the Ministry of Internal Affairs, sources said. The Minister of Internal Affairs, Dr Ruhakana Rugunda, said yesterday, Im aware that there is a programme of equipping Ugandans with capacity to do guard duties locally in Uganda and if necessary abroad, but it is strictly a private initiative. He said the exercise was strictly voluntary. But Samia Bugwe MP Aggrey Awori condemned the exercise. It is tragic for the Uganda government to allow its citizens to be recruited as mercenaries. It is not true that they are only going to provide guard services. How do you provide only guard services in a country like Iraq? These people will definitely shoot back when they are shot at, Awori said. But Kasango denied the Ugandans would work as combat personnel.No single Ugandans is going to manage roadblocks. They are going to be involved in non-combatant security. They may be at banks and at airports checking bags. Some are going to be trained in computing as they will be entering data. Others will be trained as motor vehicle mechanics and others will do secretarial work, he said.Sources said Uganda had been targeted because of its close working relations with the US government and because it was one of the African countries that supported the American-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. Kasango said other countries had also been targeted to provide people needed for various jobs at American installations across the world.In Uganda the local firms conducting the exercise are targeting able-bodied people with high education qualifications. Military experience is an added advantage, sources said. The State Department has reportedly cleared private firms in different countries of the world to source employees for mostly security work at US installations because Americans are shunning the lucrative, but risky jobs. Do you Yahoo!?Yahoo! Small Business - Try our
[Ugnet] Fw: [rwandanet] IS THIS THE UGANDA OF 2005?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 8:32 PM Subject: [Jambo] Is your child aware of defilement? Is your child aware of defilement? By Robert Mukombozi and Gaaki Kigambo At 7pm, 13-year old, Nakku, in her dirty white and blue uniform, retired to her dormitory on a Wednesday evening. The exhausted little girl, carrying her books after a long day's class work and play, relaxed in her dormitory as she prepared for the next day. As soon as she lay down, Nakku noticed her teacher, Mr Stanley Isabirye standing at the door of the dormitory, three strides away from her bed. The teacher walked towards Nakku. "Nakku my little pupil," the teacher called her, "Yes sir," she quickly responded, jumping out of her bed where she was resting. She just knew her night of canes had come, because Mr Isabirye is a tough teacher at school. "My heart sunk once because I did not know what Mr. Isabirye wanted."" To my surprise he asked me to go with him to his home and help him to cook supper. But I answered very politely and in a very low tone that it took him a minute to understand that I had never cooked anywhere in my life," said Nakku. Unfortunately for Nakku her teacher insisted he would teach her how to cook and they would do it together. The other young girls in the dormitory protested Isabirye's taking Nakku to cook with him, but he commanded them to keep quiet. "I was now shaking because Mr Isabirye had become tough and I could see myself about to receive uncountable strokes of the cane," narrated Nakku. "My friends looked on helplessly as I led the way to Mr Isabirye's house. There was grave silence. I could only hear stamps of his footsteps but could not make out what he was doing behind me. I had no option but to walk to his house." When Nakku reached Mr Isabirye's one-room house, the latter closed the door behind them immediately. There was no sign of smoke and fire, prompting her to imagine she was going to be punished for something she did during the day. "As I sat on the stool in his house, I patiently waited for the cooking to start but he chose to go and undress in his bedroom. The bedroom was separated from the sitting room by a transparent white curtain" She explained that when the teacher came out of the bedroom, he told her they were going to do "Things that fathers and mothers do in bed." "Under great fear and shivers, I told him that I did not understand what he meant," Nakku said."He pulled me off the stool, tore my small sized blouse and skirt while I tried to resist, She said. "He over powered me, removed his 'black thing and put it in me' as I helplessly struggled to get rid of him," she said in tears. She said she raised an alarm that attracted other teachers in the neighbourhood, to her rescue.Nakku said although Isabirye tried to cover her mouth with his palm, he never succeeded. "The alarm had already raised attention." She said fortunately for her, the defiler had forgotten to lock the door, which created easy access for the angry rescuers to reach him. She says the teacher was beaten and kicked badly until he fell off her onto another bed. With clothes in tatters, blood dripping from her private parts and tears rolling uncontrollably down her cheeks, Nakku, a primary three pupil, was rushed to Kayunga Hospital by her rescuers. Nakku is not alone. A number of young primary school girls throughout the country have fallen and are continuing to fall victim to teachers and unruly men who defile them. Most defilement cases have been reported in upcountry schools. Mr Edward Wangolo, the deputy headmaster of Shimoni Demonstration School, says these cases occur sometimes because of redundancy among teachers. However a teacher who declined to be identified, said that whereas defilement is bad, teachers should not solely be blamed. "Some of the defiled girls are actually big girls who entice teachers." Adding that "In upcountry schools, big girls are sent to school to entice teachers by laughing with them in a bid to get marks." According to Ugandan law, defilement is a criminal case only handled by High Court. As such, when someone is accused of defilement, Police immediately apprehends him and produces him in the Magistrates court, which commits him to High Court because it does not have jurisdiction over such cases. However Mr Wangolo argues that when a teacher is accused of defilement, he is summoned to the
Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF
David Nyende Did you allow Museveni to come to power? Museveni went to the bush and attacked an elected government, you stood up and supported him. Shovel it. There are reasons why we take a hard look on issues in our nation, I want you to show me where you opposed when this man was fighting an elected government. Did you oppose him when he attacked The Bank of Uganda in Kabaale? Did you oppose him when he bombed an ambulance with a patient in Mubende? You supported this man because you agreed that the elections were rigged, yet to today you or any of your followers have not told us who won that election. Bottom line Uganda is a personal property of Museveni, and any one who expects him to do better than this is naive, he is actually even doing better than I expected. Mwe mugende muwumule kasita mwebaka. Baffles how it takes the idiots 20 years to know how their nation is fucked up, now wait for the long term effects of this leadership you will see. Look I have been abroad now for almost 20 years, but I have never seen such a crime from immigrants from Uganda. Toronto as we speak has a kid who killed a Canadian, a kid, he is in jail, London a kid again killed her mother and left her in house for 3 days with out telling any one. He was cooking food and eating and sleeping in the same house for 3 firkin days. and told no one. In states , a woman went to an immigration office and told them that she lied to her immigration officer when she was coming to the states. They deported her including every person who came with her, this included 6 of his now grown up kids and their families, because she was at bottom of immigration tree. Those are the future Ugandans. Just watch out you will see how it plays after 10 years from today. 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: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Thereafter, on Sunday, we learnt about the giving to Mr. Kazibwe (yes, the husband to former 50-plus-year old VP on whom ca. $1m is being waisted for Ph.D) a Business Cluss Air Ticket to London to attend a son's graduation party. Ugandans with graduation parties ! Sometimes the annoyance by someone treating the Nation's funds as if they were personal is so much that you wish you could drown these fellas in Lake Vic ! - Original Message - From: David Nyende [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ugandanet ugandanet@kym.net Sent: Monday, May 09, 2005 01:00 Subject: [Ugnet] RE: SQUANDERING NATIONS' RESOURCES ONLY ON SELF Have You Heard With Timothy Bukumunhe New Vision, Saturday May 7, 2005 The Chief, President Yoweri Museveni, recently ditched his Range Rover and has been cruising tawo in a black Lexus 4x4. Now sources tell us that in the run-up to the 2006 elections, Museveni is set to acquire three new stste-of-the-art cars. The chosen car ? The Humvee, which will fully upgraded to meet his demands and security requirements. A senior official from the Presidential Guard Brigade was recently dispatched to USA to give the cars the once over. ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
[Ugnet] Mutale mobilises RDCs against parties..from The Monitor Kampala
That pretty much sums it all up. Yoweri Museveni's Movemtisim is not interest in any muti party politics...! For them it is still the politics of "kifua and gun violence". Now this fellow has mounted a clandestine operation against political parties( with I am sure Yoweri Museven's Approval /orwink althought Mucebeni denies it). Matek Mutale mobilises RDCs against parties By Ignatius Ssuuna Robert Mukombozi KAMPALA - Maj. Roland Kakooza Mutale is pushing resident district commissioners (RDCs) and their deputies to oppose a change to multiparty politics.The presidential adviser on political affairs is mobilising the RDCs through a new organisation dubbed "Uphold the Movement".He wants the RDCs to convince the people to vote to retain the Movement system in the forthcoming referendum.Mutale, who is the head of the paramilitary group, Kalangala Action Plan (Kap), has set up mobilisation offices in different divisions of the Kampala City and parts of the country.Nakawa Deputy RDC Mr Mpimbaza Hashaka confirmed at the weekend that Mutale tried to enlist his support for the campaign. "It is true Mutale is opening up offices to fight multipartyism," he said. "He also approached me when opening up one [office] in my area recently but I did not comply because I feel this is different from what we disc ussed with our boss (President Yoweri Museveni) at Kyankwanzi," Hashaka said.A source in State House said at the weekend President Yoweri Museveni is opposed to Mutale's campaign. "The president is very disturbed by Mutale's actions," the source said. "The government position is that we should return to pluralism."The source, that requested not to be identified, said yesterday that Movement leaders were concerned about Mutale's determined efforts to campaign against a return to multiparty politics.Dr Stanley Kinyatta, the RDC for Kampala, said they would not support Mutale's campaign."We are answerable to the president and nobody can take us for his will. It would also be indiscipline of us to join the group opposed to our NEC resolution of going multiparty," he told The Monitor by telephone yesterday. RDCs are the president's representatives in the districts. The Movement's National Executive Council (NEC) meeting in Kyankwanzi in 2002 supported opening up of the political space for political parties to freely operate.Sources said the government is worried that if Kap is not checked it can swing the referendum result and frustrate a move to multiparty politics.The six major opposition parties last week said they would boycott the referendum because the return to multiparty is not guaranteed. But the Presidential Assistant on Political Affairs, Mr Moses Byaruhanga, said Mutale was free to have a different view like other Ugandans. "Mutale is like other Ugandans who still cherish the Movement because of its success," he said on the Capital FM radio talk show, The Capital Gang, on Saturday. "But the government has to convince them to accept the return to pluralism." The Deputy National Political Commissar, Mr Kirunda Kivejinja, said the Movement Secretariat has no powers to stop Mutale's mobilisation effort."But as the secretariat, our task is to go to the grassroots and te ll our people about the political changes in the Movement," Kivejinja said. Yahoo! Mail Mobile Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Check email on your mobile phone.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
