[Ugnet] May 31, 2006: New Vision: Congolese Elite Military Unit Targets UPDF
May 31, 2006: New Vision: Congolese Elite Military Unit Targets UPDFin: International Community by: Peter The elite unit of the Congolese army (FARDC), that was sent to disarm the LRA in Garamba National Park, has instead turned against the Ugandan army (UPDF), accusing it of infiltration into its territory. "Our enemy is UPDF," said Capt. John Peter Molengo. "We are gathering evidence of UPDF infiltration and handing it to the UN." The commando battalion has deployed along the Congo-Sudan border, to fight any incursions by UPDF and the SPLA, contrary to their original mission of fighting the LRA inside the Garamba National Park. "On April 26, we killed two Ugandan soldiers, injured several others and captured some of their ammunition when a group of 300 crossed into Lagabe," Molengo said. While displaying strong hostile feelings against Uganda, the FARDC commanders in Aba talk with great excitement about the four meetings they had with the Ugandan rebels, including two encounters with the rebels second-in-command, Vincent Otti. Footage of the meeting shows the LRA delegation, led by Col. Tabu Makosa, explaining that they have come to Congo to take a rest and prepare to continue the fight against President Yoweri Museveni. Read more at The New Vision. Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] May 31, 2006: Pres. Museveni Calls for US to Lead Joint Hunt for Joseph Kony
May 31, 2006: Pres. Museveni Calls for US to Lead Joint Hunt for Joseph Konyin: International Community by: Peter Ugandan President Museveni has called on the US to facilitate Uganda, the DR Congo, Sudan and the UN to agree on a joint hunt for LRA chief Joseph Kony, who is said to be camped in Garamba National Park. Museveni said while the UPDF had the capacity to repulse any attacks, the problem was having LRA rebels "staying freely in Congo." Read more at The New VisionThere is, no doubt a limit to what the world only remaining Super Power can or should doaddress the many mushrooming conflicts in Uganda or Africa, not to mention the world. What the Museveni Military dictatorship needs to do, is explore peaceful avenues to bring about an end to wars which has been the Norm in Yoweri Museveni's Uganda for the past 20 years. and if Museveni cannot bring about peace in war torn Uganda, he need not occupy the state house period.!! This moaning whimpering andbegging addressed to the United States by the dictatorshipship in Kampala is not going to cut it period Matek Talk is cheap. Use Yahoo! Messenger to make PC-to-Phone calls. Great rates starting at 1/min.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] Uganda: Brtish Envoys Rush to West Nile
Uganda: Brtish Envoys Rush to West NileEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) May 28, 2006Posted to the web May 30, 2006 Tabu ButagiraArua A five-member team of British diplomats on Thursday flew to Arua to assess the security situation in the area. Mr John Hamilton, the press officer at the British High Commission, told Sunday Monitor during an interview that their visit was an on-going assessment of the countryside mood in the aftermath of the February general elections. "We have to reflect on the present (security) situation in Arua. We talked to the government, security agencies, NGOs and the police about this," Hamilton said. There have been long-running fears in security circles since September last year, that the West Nile region - which shares porous frontiers with Southern Sudan, and the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - could be a potential target and gateway for a possible rebel incursion into Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army, from their new lair in Garamba forestland. Also late last year, the British and United States embassies slapped a travel ban on their nationals from moving by road to 23 northern districts, including Arua, after a spate of rebel attacks. Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] Uganda: Nakasongola Weapons Not Going to DR Congo - Kutesa
Uganda: Nakasongola Weapons Not Going to DR Congo - KutesaEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) DOCUMENTMay 21, 2006Posted to the web May 22, 2006Foreign Minister Sam Kutesa was scheduled to address a Security Council Session on The UN Arms Embargo on the DR Congo this weekend. Below we reproduce the minister's speech in which he stakes out Uganda's position on the issue Needless to mention, as a member of the United Nations, Uganda takes seriously matters of this august body and especially issues of peace and security as championed by the Security Council. Uganda welcomes this opportunity to discuss the UN arms embargo pursuant to Security Council Resolution 1533 (2004) and subsequent Resolutions 1596 (2005) and 1649 (2006) and to review the work of the Group of Experts in this regard. Let me state at the outset that the idea of an arms embargo on DRC is a good idea to prevent an inflow of arms, especially in the eastern DRC which is home for negative forces that threaten our regional security by heightening tensions and disrupting livelihoods of our people. As you are aware, eastern DRC harbours Ugandan terrorist groups notably LRA, ADF and PRA as well as other neighbouring countries negative forces such as ex-FAR/Interahamwe authors of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. We, therefore, get amazed when we read reports accusing Uganda of infiltrating arms into eastern DRC and yet that is a haven for our enemies. Really, how can we am our enemies? The fact of the matter is that as a neighbouring country, we have an interest in a stable and prosperous Congo. That would be good for our security and also our economy. We want a stable Congo with durable and functional state institutions, more than any other country in the region. Uganda remains committed to restoration of security and stability in the region so as to pave the way for regional cooperation and integration for development. That is why we welcome and enforce the UN Arms Embargo. That is why we have always given all the cooperation to the UN Group of Experts on the Arms Embargo as manifested during their last three visits to Uganda in June and November 2005 and in April this year. Our Task Force back home receives them, holds discussions with them and provides them with the information they require even when the visits are extremely brief. However, on the question of enforcement of the arms embargo in DRC, Uganda has recommended, like when H.E. Yoweri Museveni the President of Uganda received the UN Security Council Mission to Central Africa on November 9, 2005, that there is need for a radar and aerial surveillance capability for DRC. This is because we strongly believe that most of the arms into DRC, if any, get in by air taking advantage of the absence of the technical capacity to detect flights in and out of eastern DRC's 324 airstrips. Our recommendation is based on our own experience; when Uganda took control of the key airports in eastern DRC it became impossible for sponsors of terrorists to replenish supplies and weaponry; that is why, by the time the Ugandan Peoples Defence Forces left DRC in 2003, the ADF had been diminished to under 50. But since MONUC took charge of that area, ADF alone has expanded to 1,500 and other groups have sprouted as I just mentioned. It has been disappointing to note that despite our plea, the international community has not provided that capacity for DRC and instead DRC's neighbours have been targeted for allegations of violations of the arms embargo and hence investigations by the Group of Experts. In September last year, on the recommendation from a meeting in Kampala between President Museveni and DRC's Vice President [Azarias] Ruberwa, the two countries set up a Joint Military Intelligence Team which worked together for three weeks with MONUC to investigate allegations of arms trafficking, among others. At the end of their mission, they signed a joint report which showed no basis for such allegations. We, therefore, get amazed when we read the Reports of the Group of Experts which often visits the region for only a few days but persistently pedal these allegations. As President Museveni also had occasion to recommend, we want to build a partnership where the Group of Experts works with our existing bilateral and regional mechanisms to verify such allegations. Uganda and Rwanda, for example, have Joint Verification Mechanisms with DRC. Uganda went a step further to propose the establishment of a Joint Security Liaison Office at our common border with DRC. Our countries have now also established a Tripartite Fusion Cell for sharing intelligence. We do not think there can be any better approach than that in enforcing the arms embargo and promoting security.Relevant LinksCentral Africa East Africa Arms and Military Affairs Uganda Congo-Kinshasa There is also need to think of capacity
[Ugnet] Byanyima rejects Museveni's cash
Byanyima rejects Museveni's cash FELIX BASIIME I can't accept money from questionable sources MBARARA Monitor, June 1, 2006MZEE Boniface Byanyima, the former national chairman of the Democratic Party, has rejected 'amazika' of Shs1 million from President Yoweri Museveni. The money had been sent to Byanyima as a condolence for the loss of his eldest son, Bernard Muyogoma.Byanyima told Daily Monitor on Tuesday night that he turned down the cash largely because he feared it could have been taken from the Global Fund (GF) to fight Tuberculosis, Malaria and Aids.Bernard died last Tuesday at Mbarara Regional Referral Hospital. He was buried at their home in Ruti, 3kms on Mbarara-Kabale Road on Sunday, May 28. Mzee Byanyima was Museveni's teacher in junior secondary level at Mbarara High school in Ruharo. Museveni, who used to spend school holidays at Byanyima's home in Ruti in the 1960s, did not attend the burial and nor was any message from him read at the funeral service or burial.Mzee Byanyima called this reporter yesterday and told him he had rejected Museveni's money which was brought to him on Sunday night by the State House Permanent Secretary (Comptroller) Mr Richard Muhinda."I have rejected Museveni's Shs1 million. It was brought by his PS Muhinda at my home at night, he met me alone and secretly gave me the money, why?" Mzee Byanyima wondered, adding, "I have rejected it, because this could be part of Global Fund money meant for TB, Malaria and HIV patients.""Secondly, this man (Muhinda) attended the funeral service at Nyamitanga and burial at Ruti, why bring the condolences after and incognito to me? I have rejected it," the Mzee said."I should not in future be listed among those who ate GF like they did to Rukikaire (Mathew) when he was sick and they (Ministry of Health) gave him money to go to Nairobi but he was not aware that it was part of GF," Mzee Byanyima added.The government picked Rukikaire's bill (Shs40 million) in Nairobi Hospital in 2004 but later it emerged at the Justice James Ogoola Commission Inquiry into the mismanagement of the Global Fund, that the money came from the Fund's coffer.Muhinda, however, told this reporter that he attended the burial in his personal capacity as a relative and a neighbour to the Byanyimas in Ruti. He said the money Mzee Byanyima rejected was his personal contribution.Muhinda's up country home is in Ruti. Byanyima called earlier on Monday to ask this reporter to hold the story until he and his family took a final position on the money. He called twice yesterday to restate their position.Mzee Byanyima went on: "Another reason why I rejected this condolence money is that when Museveni's mother, Esteri Kokundeka (RIP) was being harassed by the Obote forces (1981-85) at her home and she was sick, it was my son Bernard (RIP) who went and picked her and nursed her from our home here (Ruti) until Museveni came back from the bush (Jan 1986). "But since then, Museveni has never come here to thank the family and particularly poor Bernard. How then does he now send money to me?" he wondered. www.monitor.co.ug/news/news06012.php Sneak preview the all-new Yahoo.com. It's not radically different. Just radically better. ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] Museveni discovers that The World Bank is still the Boss.
Ssemakula [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This story would be funny were it not so tragic for Uganda. See, it isn't that long ago that our wise leader Museveni -- then still smarting from the sting of donors withdrawing their perennial charity in support of our failed state -- announced to the whole world that Uganda could do without international donations and grants, which has accounted for over 50% of Uganda's annual budget for each of the last 5-10 years, thanks to his "vision".It now appears that Museveni is once again on his knees, hat in hand, begging the same international agencies he so disdainfully dismissed barely3 months ago.What makes it more shameful this time around is that the man, who cornered the âVision" market in Uganda, is apparently not even allowed to bring his bowl directly to his former benefactors.Rather he now has had to go through third parties to intercede on his behalf: he has had to resort toseeking the help of one Sen. James Inhofe, a man who Counterpunch Magazine characterized as"May be the Dumbest Senator of Them All", a couple of years back (see: www.counterpunch.org/jackson05122004.html).Museveni has been in power, continuously,for 20 years and counting -- half of Uganda's 42 years of independence. He is responsible for the current shortages of electricity in the country, because he failed to heed advise given him over 10 years ago about the country's energy needs. When monies to build a new hydro-dam became available he made sure it was stolen and that the thieves got away Scot-free. Now that CHOGM is just around the corner, he ispanicking like an old maid with a beein her bonnet. Well, soon the whole world will find out just how much damage he has wrought on the country's economy and infrastructure during his long tenure.The Baganda have a saying that "W'okubira omulalu mu kyama, nga ayogera obulungi gw'olaba?â essentially: when all have deserted you, you seek the solace of a madman. Museveni's fortunes and mercurial attitude have landed him here. Now, he has to go begging those whom he publicly demeaned by calling them snakes, rats, and all sorts of other names when they would jump on the Kisanja bandwagon to come and be ministers in his government. Worse, behind the scenes he has even had the audacity of making personal calls to those whose votes he stole in order to create the impression that the NRM is popular in the West and elsewhere to come be ministers in his government. Thankfully, a few principled souls told him in no uncertain terms to shove his ministries where the sun don't shine. = M7 woos USTuesday, 30th May, 2006 By Henry Mukasa PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has called on the US to facilitate Uganda, the DR Congo, Sudan and the UN to agree on a joint hunt for LRA chief Joseph Kony, who is said to be camped in Garamba National Park. Museveni said while the UPDF had the capacity to repulse any attacks, the problem was having LRA rebels staying freely in Congo. Museveni spoke while meeting a delegation from Oklahoma city at State House Nakasero yesterday, according to a statement released yesterday. The delegation included Senator James Inhofe and US ambassador Steven Browning. He called on the United States government to encourage an agreement among Congo, Sudan, UN, MONUC and Uganda to hunt Kony jointly, Museveni said. He said ending the terrorism by the LRA was no longer solely a Ugandan problem but needs the co-operation of countries he has fled to. He said the situation of Kony was under control and the people in IDP camps were voluntarily returning home. The President warned against rebels staying in Congo without anybody monitoring their activities. Museveni appealed to the visitors to talk to the World Bank to support Ugandas efforts to solve the power problem. Inhofe, who led the delegation, appreciated governments cooperation on security matters. He promised to encourage exchange of knowledge and people through having Ugandan soldiers train in America. = ps: Does Uganda need more US-trained soldiers or more US-trained engineers and other professionals to revamp the economy? Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Make PC-to-Phone Calls to the US (and 30+ countries) for 2¢/min or less.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] How to steal from the pizanti
Govt paid Tunisians twice for failed Nile Hotel deal SOLOMON MUYITA HUSSEIN BOGERE KAMPALATHE government ignored the advice of its lawyers and lost over Shs6.4 billion to a group of Tunisians it had thrown out of Nile Hotel over mismanagement and inefficiency. Tahar Fourati Hotels International (TFHI) were awarded the money in an out of court settlement after the government was given technical advice not to do so. TFHI sued the government for terminating its contract to manage the Nile Hotel Complex. Masembe Kanyerezi, a lawyer from MMAKS Advocates, whom government hired, advised that the case could be won in court but Daily Monitor has learnt that one of the outgoing finance ministers and some top politicians allegedly pressurised the Privatisation Unit (PU) and the Attorney General's (AG) office to settle the case out of court.Daily Monitor has learnt that the Solicitor General, Lucian Tibaruha, and Minister Isaac Musumba were involved in securing the out-of-court settlement. When contacted, Musumba said he was not at all involved and has never seen the cheque in question.Tibaruha confirmed to Daily Monitor yesterday by telephone that indeed he saw no merit in government's defence in the suit. But he said he lost touch with the case sometime in 2004 when he disagreed with the private lawyers over the matter."I used to tell those people [the lawyers] that PU had a very bad case. There were several grounds on which the case should have collapsed against the government," Tibaruha said, adding that maybe the private lawyers simply wanted to make some money (legal fees). The late Francis Ayume, who was AG then, hired the private lawyers apparently because the government lawyers wanted a settlement.Case closedMr Masembe declined to comment on the matter when Daily Monitor contacted him. "We performed our duties diligently according to the instructions of our client [AG] and now the matter is closed. We have nothing more to add," he said. A source in the Ministry of Finance said the company directors used the minister and another un-named official in the AG's chambers, to get a breakthrough. The money was apparently quickly withdrawn from the PU divestiture account towards the February 23 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.Another highly placed source told Daily Monitor the payment needn't have been made. "It was very clear these guys [TFHI] mismanaged the hotel and when they were thrown out, they all disappeared," the sources said. "It's those people who used their political influence to push (for) the payments."Daily Monitor has learnt that after days of pressurising top PU staff on telephone to have the cheque released, Musumba personally witnessed its signing by the PU Director, Mr Michael Opagi, and then led a group that cashed it in the bank shortly after. Musumba deniesMusumba, however, denies this. "I have never seen that cheque, I have no idea," he told Daily Monitor yesterday. An eyewitness at Stanbic Bank head office at Crested Towers said there was a lot of excitement the day the cheque was cashed. "Three musketeers and other people, who all seemed to be Ugandans, literally jammed the bank corridors as they went to cash the cheque," the source said.TFHI, a locally registered company, entered a joint venture agreement with the government to manage Nile Hotel in 1994. Mr Moses Mutagwa, a former senior Ministry of Finance official, Mr Gordon Settimba of Pan World Insurance Company and Christopher Ssebunnya of Sembule Investments, are some of the local directors.In April 1997, the PU terminated its contract citing 'incompetence at management' and the managers apparently vanished. The company had by then invested about $300 000 (about Shs550m) out of $26m agreed upon in the contract for its 49% shares. But the government paid it $1.5 million (over Shs2.7 billion) in 2001 to take over its shares in the company.But six years later when PU wanted to sell off Nile Hotel, TFHI surfaced again with a suit for breach of contract and seeking damages.Tibaruha at the time said the government was destined to lose the case and that it was safer to settle out of court because TFHI's contract did not provide for the termination. The private lawyer's case, however, received a boost in 2003 when they successfully had the injunction placed by TFHI on the sale of the hotel lifted against Tibaruha's advice. In their July 13, 2005 brief to the Attorney General Kiddu Makubuya about the status of the case, the lawyers said the government had a strong case. They argued that TFHI's claim was time barred since the suit should have been filed within six years, which expired in April 2003. TFHI filed the suit on October 16, 2003. "This is fatal," the lawyers wrote.They added that, "For government an additional defence is taken that being merely a shareholder in the Nile Hotel, government cannot be sued for contractual claims against Nile
[Ugnet] A Kaguta dynasty is no longer a far-fetched idea
A Kaguta dynasty is no longer a far-fetched idea Having President Yoweri Museveni's brother Salim Saleh as a Cabinet minister and First Lady Janet as MP could, in the next few years, make the idea of another family member in power more acceptable, writes CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO The East African, May 29, 2006Having seen off the court petition challenging his election victory, and with the inauguration behind him, President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni last week submitted a list of the people he intends to appoint as ministers to parliament. Under Ugandan law, the president sends a list of his proposed Cabinet to parliament, and appoints them to specific portfolios only after they have been passed by the MPs. Unlike previous ones, the latest list is about more than just the Cabinet. Museveni endured several tense months as he pushed for a controversial amendment to remove presidential term limits, and had to beat back a clamour in the ruling National Resistance Movement for him to name a successor. To quell internal rebellion, he purged his government of dissenting and moderate voices. The most prominent casualties of the sweep were deputy premier and foreign affairs minister Eriya Kategaya, Museveniâs childhood friend and life-long political comrade, and local government minister Bidandi Ssali, a shrewd political operative and deal maker. The rumblings inside the party, and the fact that Museveni had to fight hard and dirty to overcome the challenge by opposition leader Dr Kizza Besigye, left him no choice but to move on the question of succession, which would clarify his own future political plans. Sure enough, the new Cabinet list reveals a lot about the presidentâs game plan over the next five to 10 years. Of the 68 names on it, three are key to that game plan. First, there is Kategaya. Despite the seemingly wide gulf that existed between the two men and expectations to the contrary, his name features prominently. The second name is that of Gen Caleb Akandwanaho, better known as Salim Saleh, a scandal-tainted former army commander but decorated hero of the rebellion that brought Museveni to power in 1986. He is Museveniâs brother, and a powerful power broker. The third is Amama Mbabazi, who was defence minister in the last government, and is also secretary general of the ruling NRM. Mbabazi is a workaholic teetotaller, considered by many to be a ruthless enforcer. All these men were either once, or are still, viewed as potential successors. Until he was sacked from government, Kategaya was de facto number two, and president-in-waiting. Saleh was seen as the militaryâs choice, and together with his nephew, Museveni's son Major Kainerugaba Muhoozi, the most likely to rise to the top in the event that the president chooses to establish the so-called Kaguta dynasty. The prospect of a family dynasty returned to the grapevine with the recent election of First Lady Janet to parliament. Mbabazi is considered the current favourite, particularly after he bagged the secretary generalship of the NRM. After the purge of the moderates in 2003, and the ugliness of last Februaryâs presidential campaign, Museveni was saddled with the image of a hammer-and-axe-wielding strongman. Now, with Kategaya back in government, the moderate wing of the party will be re-energised. That effectively sets up a three-way contest between the moderates grouped around Kategaya, the military and Museveni clan led by Saleh, and the traditional party faithful rallying around Mbabazi. Two immediate effects of this scenario would be to reposition Museveni as a more centrist, "statesmanlike" figure, the wise arbiter among the warring factions who stands above the fray. Kategaya, having been a leading critic of the decision to scrap term limits, and hitherto considered one of the most principled NRM men, will now suffer a blow to his reputation. He will be seen as unprincipled, leaving him little to no leverage. The Kaguta contingent and the military have always lived in the shadows of Museveni, and will not challenge seriously for the succession if he decides to stay on. Amamaâs actions have cast him as a hardliner, and thus limited his appeal outside the traditional base of the NRM. While it served him well in the contest for the secretary generalship of the party, it limits his national appeal and makes it quite easy to outmanoeuvre him if the stakes become high enough. All this would create paralysis, and the best the three factions could do is fight to a deadlock. That means that by 2011, they will not be able to agree on a candidate other than Museveni. It is vintage Museveni. One reason he has ruled nearly three times longer than the previous record of eight years, is that he is a consummate strategist. Though he does not always apply these skills to noble causes, it makes him a formidable opponent. Museveni always fights tomorrowâs wars today. The latest elections were
[Ugnet] African Prayer Day Celebration of the Uganda Martyrs
May 29, 2006African Prayer Day Celebration of the Uganda MartyrsDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:It gives us great joy to invite you to a special celebration of the Uganda Martyrs (Karoli Lwanga Companions) on Saturday, June 3, 2006This special day will begin with Mass at 1:30PM (sharp) at the Main Chapel of the Franciscan Monastery, 1400 Quincy Street, NE, Washington, DC 20017 (Phone 202-526-6800). We will continue our prayers with a special Ecumenical Prayer Service and Tribute to the Holy Martyrs and prayers for peace and the souls of those who have died in our communities followed by a feast day dinner and dance beginning at 5:00PM. The evening will conclude with the sharing of love and African Social celebration. The evening venue will be at the NOAA Auditorium, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring, Maryland 20910. You are most welcome to join us for all or any part of the day if your schedule permits it. God has poured out so many blessings through the favor of the Holy Martyrs of Uganda. This year we want to highlight the ecumenical aspect of the evening prayer service and include a special commemoration of all of our ancestors and deceased loved ones. All nations are invited to participate. Come and be blessed! Bring your entire family. Contributions to the event ( money, food, drinks) will be highly appreciated as the day and evening events are free. What is most needed is your attendance.Sincerely Yours in Christ in the Spirit of the Ugandan Martyrs,JohnBNMubiru RaymondGEast John B. N. Mubiru Rev. Msgr. Raymond G. East (202)-756-2760(301)-853-4579 For more information contact: Pastor Bataka (301)-439-9399 Pastor Lutaaya (240)-593-6302 Mr. Mrs. Aloysius Kabiritsi 301-330-1177; Mr. Mrs. Caroli Lwanga 301-735-2221; Mr. Mrs. Remigius Kintu 301-681-9035;Mr. Mrs. George Kiganda 301-926-7975 Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
[Ugnet] What can YOU and I do to stop this?
May 31, 2006As Darfur War Rages On, Disease and Hunger Kill Michael Kamber for The New York Times Mukhtar Ahmed, one month old and very ill, was treated by Dr. Sayid Obeid Bakhiet at a clinic in Zam Zam.By LYDIA POLGREENZAM ZAM, Sudan, May 24 The boy's legs were limp. Folds of skin hung loosely from his bones, easily holding the shape of the doctor's pinch a telltale sign of dehydration. His face glowed with fever, and his narrow chest heaved and fluttered. His milky eyes darted desperately around the dim tent. He was a month old but weighed less than five pounds. If this child, Mukhtar Ahmed, could be said to have had any good fortune in his short life, it is that he fell ill last week, and not a month from now. Within a few weeks even the doctor treating him may be gone. Dr. Sayid Obeid Bakhiet's clinic, one of just two left in this vast, squalid camp of 35,000 people displaced by the conflict in the huge Darfur region of western Sudan, is out of money. It will be forced to close at the end of June unless the organization that runs it, the Sudanese Red Crescent, finds more cash, Dr. Bakhiet said. "What will happen to these people when I am gone?" he asked as he rushed between the flood of patients he sees as many as 80 a day, six days a week. "Only God knows." The brutal war in Darfur has set off what the United Nations has called the "world's worst humanitarian crisis," a crucible of death that seems to grow grimmer despite a new peace agreement. But it is not bullets that kill most people here now. It is pneumonia borne on desert dust, diarrhea caused by dirty water, malaria carried by mosquitoes to straw huts with no nets. At least 200,000 and perhaps as many as 450,000 have died as a direct result of the conflict in Darfur, according to estimates by international health and human rights organizations, though no one is sure how many of the deaths have come from combat and how many from the hunger and disease that have been caused or worsened by the war. But these days, people mostly die because they cannot get health care, clean water or enough food. Local and international aid organizations here are trying to stave off these deaths, but their ranks are shrinking. They take care of 2.5 million people driven from their homes and farms with a diminishing pool of money as donors, particularly in Europe, Asia and the Middle East, have not sent all the money they pledged to Darfur. Beyond that, they work under tight restrictions imposed by Sudanese officials and face attacks by combatants who hijack their vehicles and menace their workers. The conditions are so dire that the effort faces a widespread collapse, Jan Egeland, the top United Nations aid official, told the Security Council this month. The peace agreement seeks to end the war in Darfur, in which rebels seeking autonomy and wealth for this impoverished region have fought against the government and its allied Arab militias. But the accord will not end the catastrophe here anytime soon. In the camp at Zam Zam for people displaced by the fighting, a health center run by Doctors Without Borders closed earlier this month, and no other international organization has stepped in to fill the gap. The Spanish Red Cross, the organization coordinating the handful of remaining charities working in the camp, is frantically trying to find more money to keep Dr. Bakhiet's clinic going, and is optimistic that a donor will be found. It is negotiating with one organization that has tentatively agreed to support the clinic. But that organization, like so many in Darfur, faces a shrinking pool of donations, and it has not yet committed the money, aid officials here said. In the meantime, the Sudanese Red Crescent clinic is limping along. It runs on a skeleton crew working out of a half-dozen dusty canvas tents: one doctor, the 30-year-old Dr. Bakhiet; two nurses; a midwife; a pharmacist; and a lab technician. Trying to handle an endless stream of complaints, the clinic concentrates on the most urgent cases. Dr. Bakhiet knew immediately that Mukhtar needed attention at once. His mother, Mariam Ahmed, a fire of panic burning in her eyes, urgently pressed the tiny child into the doctor's arms. "He vomits everything," she said. "It looks like he cannot breathe." Dr. Bakhiet listened to the boy's laboring chest and shook his head. "Pneumonia," he said. He felt the soft spot on top of Mukhtar's still-forming skull. It was sunken. "Dehydration," he added. Mukhtar needed an intravenous drip immediately to rehydrate him and reduce the fever, and a steady flow of antibiotics. Then he needed a hospital where he could receive care around the clock. Dr. Bakhiet and his team would shut down at 2 p.m. "If he stays in the camp with no medical attention he will die," the doctor said. "Within a few hours he will start having convulsions." There is no ambulance service here, so patients referred to the hospital
Re: [Ugnet] Uganda: Brtish Envoys Rush to West Nile
Oh, yea! What is their response totheir failure to respect the benchmack of the 'free and fair elections' in February, stolen by dictator Museveni?yMatek Opoko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Uganda: Brtish Envoys Rush to West NileEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) May 28, 2006Posted to the web May 30, 2006 Tabu ButagiraArua A five-member team of British diplomats on Thursday flew to Arua to assess the security situation in the area. Mr John Hamilton, the press officer at the British High Commission, told Sunday Monitor during an interview that their visit was an on-going assessment of the countryside mood in the aftermath of the February general elections. "We have to reflect on the present (security) situation in Arua. We talked to the government, security agencies, NGOs and the police about this," Hamilton said. There have been long-running fears in security circles since September last year, that the West Nile region - which shares porous frontiers with Southern Sudan, and the volatile eastern Democratic Republic of Congo - could be a potential target and gateway for a possible rebel incursion into Uganda by the Lord's Resistance Army, from their new lair in Garamba forestland. Also late last year, the British and United States embassies slapped a travel ban on their nationals from moving by road to 23 northern districts, including Arua, after a spate of rebel attacks. Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. PC-to-Phone calls for ridiculously low rates.___Ugandanet mailing listUgandanet@kym.nethttp://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet% UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way.--- Send instant messages to your online friends http://asia.messenger.yahoo.com ___ Ugandanet mailing list Ugandanet@kym.net http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---
