Re: [Ugnet] I heard this last night on NPR's CBC transmission
Dictator Museveni is just playing games, playing with the lives of the IDPs in the north and east of Uganda, something he has done for the last 20some years. He wants the glory of hosting the commonwealth summit next year, and more. The Kony peace talks, the discovery of exploitable oil and uranium are all a facade!!y Ochan Otim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Act ASAP before the audio disappears if you are interested.OchanUGANDA AND LRA Duration: 00:06:15It just might be the best chance for peace in Northern Uganda in years. The Ugandan government has agreed to send a delegation to Juba, in Southern Sudan, to negotiate with members of the Lord's Resistance Army. The rebel group has been terrorizing residents of Northern Uganda and southern Sudan for two decades. Three previous attempts to negotiate with the L-R-A have failed. Now its leader, Joseph Kony, and four of his deputies have been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. But the Ugandan president has said that if the peace talks are successful and Mr. Kony abandons terrorism, he will offer the rebel leader amnesty. We reached Ugandan government spokesperson Robert Kabushenga in Kampala, Uganda. http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20060704.shtml Ochan OtimNB: In case you are not aware, there is a petition to stop the Northern Uganda Genocide at: http://www.petitiononline.com/savacoli/petition.html ___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.--- Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know.___ 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] Which peace deal?!?
There is the so called "WAR" between the government of Uganda and the LRA. But then again there is this atrocity inflicted on Ugandan citizen for which the ICC is prosecuting the LRA. I reckon the negotiation in Juba is about the former. MVHNoc'lNo 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/ 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] which peace deal?!
There is the so called "WAR" between the government of Uganda and the LRA. But then again there is this atrocity inflicted on Ugandan citizen for which the ICC is prosecuting the LRA. I reckon the negotiation in Juba is about the former. MVHNoc'lNo 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/ 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] WHICH WAY BISHOP?
From a victims vantage point, a thorough fare of Rt. Rev. Bishop Ocholas recent War in the north is not genocide and Olara Otunos does not appear any pleasant reading to some of the victims who gearn for justice. To me, both arguments seem abstract and generally sweeping with gravity on the now over hauled lukewarm neutral position without concretely isolating legally tenable cases of government atrocity apart from the usual Governmente rac Kony bene rac. . To some of us, this renders their concept extra logical. I miss concrete position in their arguments. Thus my argument is not on the RIGHT or WRONG of their arguments which I have respect for, but on the ICC concept.. Further more, I am of the conviction that there are separate cases being embroiled: THE ONE IS THE LRAS WAR AGAINST THE UPDF. The other is LRA ATROCITY INFLICTED ON THE CIVIL SOCIETIES OF NORTH AND EASTERN UGANDA. THE LATTER IS WHAT THE ICC PROSECUTION IS ABOUT: THE PEACE NEGOTIATION IN SUDAN IS PRIMARILY ABOUT THE CONFLICT BETWEEN THE LRA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF UGANDA. The Rt. Rev. Bishop Ochola foe example writes: ..Terrible crimes against humanity have been committed with impunity in Northern Uganda by both the so called Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and the Uganda Peoples Defense Forces (UPDF) ..Many people have suffered mutilation of linbs, noses and lips at the hands of the waring factions, ESPECIALLY THE LRA . At the beginning of .people of Lamwo County in Kitgum District suffered terrible massacre of over 400 people at the hands of the LRA ..Lamwo County the people fled from their villages IN FEAR OF BEING KILLED BY THE LRA rebels, it was different story in Aruu County where the people were forced by the government into the IDP camps in 1997. .The LRA has done this through abductions, brutal killings, maiming, mutilation and violation of our childrens rights. On the other hand, the Government of Uganda has been unable and unwilling to improve the human conditions . Evidently, LRA atrocity is relatively more thoroughly documented. And, possibly tenable in legal processes. From the above, it seems obvious that there is need for punitive actions. The same impunity that the Bishop emphasised. So, is the Bishop for legal punitive procedures?!?! The Rt. Rev. Bishop Ochola seems to be contradicting his position. So, if the Ugandan government is not being tried (just now) by the ICC, then the LRA should not either be tried?! The way I see it, the one does not exclude the other. The Ugandan Government filed a case against the LRA for the atrocity committed. That to me, is what the ICC is acting on . OR IS THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTED TO FILE A CASE AGAINST ITSELF?! Whose fault is it that there is no legal case filed against the Government of Uganda at the ICC? My point is that, with all due respect, poles / actors who propergate for ICC prosecution against the UPDF / Govnt. Of Uganda as well, should extract legally tenable and well documented cases and file charges. In the mean time, the ICC should go ahead with the case at hand. I have respect for the Bishop position, but from the extracts above, I do not see why the ICC should not prosecute the LRA leaders unless he is not serious about Ugandan being abused with impunity Best rgds Nocla gaumoy VINCENT OTII BEWILDERS!! Lord, I hear, when two elephants fight the grass suffer. What bloody nonsense!! Have we not been told that a major motive for the armed rebellion was to protect the grass from assult?!? The guy has no remorse! Nocla gaumoy WHO WERE THE LRM!?! Who were the political fraternity of the LRA in the 1990s? Was it dissolved or were the members transformed into operative cells that now resurfaces as negotiators/ fund raisers / investees? Rgds Nocla gaumoy 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/ 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. ---
RE: [Ugnet] Uganda alert as Kony wives nabbed
WHAT STRANGE COINCIDENCE Each time there is echo of "PEACE TALK", Kony's children, women and a couple of commanders escape to return home. Think about Banya, Kolo, etc., they all returned to drink fresh milk. IS THIS NOT UNFAIR PEACE CUT?!Why do the imaginary actors not cut a proper deal so that always three should be at least a seizable commoner slaves along with his family?Fair weatherNoc'l--- On Wed 07/05, PETER GWOKTO [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:From: PETER GWOKTO [mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], ugandanet@kym.netDate: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 05:49:28 -0700 (PDT)Subject: [Ugnet] Uganda alert as Kony wives nabbed Uganda alert as Kony wives nabbed The LRA have caused instability across northern UgandaUgandan security forces are on alert along the eastern border with Kenya, after several relatives of rebel leader Joseph Kony were caught trying to flee. Those arrested include two of Mr Kony's wives, Min Abia and Betty Aku, five of his children and a senior commander, said army spokesman Chris Magezi. He said they were on their way to join the Lord's Resistance Army leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Mr Kony is wanted for war crimes by the International Criminal Court. Officials say the detainees have been taken to Gulu, in northern Uganda. "We have information that some of the men who were Joseph Kony's hardened fighters in the areas of northern Uganda and the Southern Sudan are planning to reach DR Congo to rejoin their leader after they were flushed out of the bush by the Uganda army," a senior army intelligence officer told the BBC in Busia, the border town where the group was captured. The security officers would not say whether or not Mr Kony's wives and children could face any criminal charges. They could however be charged with using forged travel documents, the BBC's Abraham Odeke reports. Peace talks between the LRA and the Ugandan government are due to take place next week. ___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.---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/ 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] The LRA's LRM resurfaces??!
WHO WERE THE LRM!?! Who were the political fraternity of the LRA in the 1990s? Was it dissolved or were the members transformed into operative cells that now resurfaces as negotiators/ fund raisers / investors? Rgds Nocla gaumoyNo 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/ 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. ---
Re: [Ugnet] which peace deal?!
Noc, I agree. The latter should definitely go on if only to give Northern victims of both the NRM and LRA atrocitioes some peace of mind that someone, anyone cared. Arguing for granting total forgiveness/amnesty to Kony et al., Odama says on a BBC report that "Revenge should not be seen as justice." This dude is cooking empfuta and goat-meat in the same pot. No known culprit should get away with the murders of Acoli, be he/she a blue-bloodAcoli. GP - Original Message From: Okuto del Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: Ugandanet@kym.net; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2006 7:51:53 AMSubject: [Ugnet] which peace deal?! There is the so called "WAR" between the government of Uganda and the LRA.But then again there is this atrocity inflicted on Ugandan citizen for which the ICC is prosecuting the LRA.I reckon the negotiation in Juba is about the former.MVHNoc'l No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___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.--- ___ 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] [abujaNig] A Girl's Mental Development
I am an African girl child and I am speaking for myself and my own experience plus what I know about why women are oppressed.Patriarchy (African culture)is a social system that is designed to disable agirl child's mental development so that she is incapable of performing mental task to protect herself against a man's use, abuse, misuse and degradation. But that is not what we call it, we callit building a family and that a woman who follows culture and tradition is a good woman. Little didI know thatI was programmed from childhood like a robot so that I can invite a man to use and abuse me sexually, emotionally andphysically. Expertsthat program robots know what will come out because they know what they put in. Africancultureknows what will come out of me becauseit knows whatit put in my brain. An African man knows thatmy brian is not fully developed enough to think beyondculture and tradition and religion.Why? Because African culture has destroyed my ability to use my brain (mind)to protect myself. But African mennever told me that I wasstupid, instead, they praised me as a good woman with strong moral values. Now, that sounds like something really good. Well, I am 33 years old today adn I know what that means.Well, now I am a 33 year old woman and I fully understand the human reproductive mechanism. I am no longer a robot. My brain is fully developed andI am capapable ofmaximizing my mind tothink about the core of human sexual organs and its role in the chain of reproduction. I have discovered the power of thinking. In general, "I know that I am a woman. I don't need to get married in order to garantee that the product of nine months after conception is actually 50% my DNA. I can get pregnant in the backseat of my car, in the bushes, in the air, through the sperm bank, I still would not need a DNA test. So why do I, a woman, have to get married before I have a child? Why do I have to get married at all? [EMAIL PROTECTED] EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER "The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __._,_.___ ** Share a Smile!!!* ++ Opportunity for NIGERIAN BUSINESSes Register your Company or Business for almost free.. ..Get a global presence!! http://www.nigeriaplaza.com/default.html **Keep Hope Alive!!!* Internet Solution http://www.nigeriaplaza.com/default.html Welcome to Nigeriaplaza. Nigeriaplaza is an affiliate of D-Net Communications, Norway. This site is created for small and medium sized companies in Nigeria. We provide them with web space, help with their Internet presence needs and provide 10 free email accounts when they sign up to our service. http://www.nigeriaplaza.com/default.html signed PJ Adamz Moderator Abuja Nigeria. SPONSORED LINKS Abuja nigeria YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "abujaNig" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___ ___ 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] THE LRM resurfaces?!?
WHO WERE THE LRM!?! Who were the political fraternity of the LRA in the 1990s? Was it dissolved or were the members transformed into operative cells that now resurfaces as negotiators/ fund raisers / investors? Rgds Nocla gaumoyNo 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/ 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] Re: A Girl's Mental Development
Correction. Patriarchy (African culture) is a social system that is designed to disable a girl child's mental development so that she is incapable of performing mental task to protect herself against a man's use, abuse, misuse and degradation. Should read:Patriarchy (African culture) is a social system that is designed to disable a girl child's mental development by replacing her innate moral conviction with culture and tradition and religion so that she is incapable of performing mental task to protect herself against a man's use, abuse, misuse and degradation.Anyo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:I am an African girl child and I am speaking for myself and my own experience plus what I know about why women are oppressed.Patriarchy (African culture)is a social system that is designed to disable agirl child's mental development so that she is incapable of performing mental task to protect herself against a man's use, abuse, misuse and degradation. But that is not what we call it, we callit building a family and that a woman who follows culture and tradition is a good woman. Little didI know thatI was programmed from childhood like a robot so that I can invite a man to use and abuse me sexually, emotionally andphysically. Expertsthat program robots know what will come out because they know what they put in. Africancultureknows what will come out of me becauseit knows whatit put in my brain. An African man knows thatmy brian is not fully developed enough to think beyondculture and tradition and religion.Why? Because African culture has destroyed my ability to use my brain (mind)to protect myself. But African mennever told me that I wasstupid, instead, they praised me as a good woman with strong moral values. Now, that sounds like something really good. Well, I am 33 years old today adn I know what that means.Well, now I am a 33 year old woman and I fully understand the human reproductive mechanism. I am no longer a robot. My brain is fully developed andI am capapable ofmaximizing my mind tothink about the core of human sexual organs and its role in the chain of reproduction. I have discovered the power of thinking. In general, "I know that I am a woman. I don't need to get married in order to garantee that the product of nine months after conception is actually 50% my DNA. I can get pregnant in the backseat of my car, in the bushes, in the air, through the sperm bank, I still would not need a DNA test. So why do I, a woman, have to get married before I have a child? Why do I have to get married at all? [EMAIL PROTECTED] EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER "The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER __Do You Yahoo!?Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER "The significant problems we face cannot be solved by the same level of thinking that created them." Albert Einstein EQUALITY FOR KNOWLEDGE IS POWER Make free worldwide PC-to-PC calls. Try the new Yahoo! Canada 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. ---
RE: [Ugnet] DDT 'link' to slow child progress
Hey Peter, Thanks, too, for this info on DDT. There has been a group of Ugandans, masquerading as scientists, who have been pushing for use of DDT. Some local NGOs even want m7 to champion it's use, irrespective of effects predicted byscience. The more evidence to counter them the better !! On another note: You recently posted here some mail from some whites, and I got the impression that they want to set us up against Sudan. Language like 'Islamo fascists' does not help us. It is irrational to haul blanket insults, as Brother Muhammad Ali wisely once pointed out. It also is unfair to many of our Muslim relatives and friends. Irrespective of tension born out of ethnicity among our people, we cannot disregard foreign inspired interests and machinations. Some Westerners, indeed,simply take us for infantiles !! They urge that we Africanshave to shun Chinabecause China tolerates our human rights' abusers (can you imagine this when Anglo-America is poisoning Iraq with Uranium 238 ?); They also urge usnot to be seduced by "cheap and low quality" Chinese products. As if the USA, EUand all the West are not rushing to buy Chinese goods !! All the best comrade. Mitayo Potosi From: PETER GWOKTO [EMAIL PROTECTED]Reply-To: PETER GWOKTO [EMAIL PROTECTED],The First Virtual Network for friends of Uganda ugandanet@kym.netTo: Ugnet ugandanet@kym.net, Acolinet [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [Ugnet] DDT 'link' to slow child progressDate: Wed, 5 Jul 2006 05:39:45 -0700 (PDT) DDT 'link' to slow child progress DDT is used to protect against malariaChildren exposed to the pesticide DDT while in the womb experience development problems, researchers say. The pesticide was banned in the US and UK in the 1970s, but it is still used in some countries to kill malaria-carrying mosquitoes. It was already known DDT was linked to premature births and low birthweight. The University of California Berkeley researchers say their findings, published in Pediatrics, should be borne in mind when addressing malaria. DDT, an organochlorine, persists in the environment long after use, accumulating in the food chain and in fatty tissues of animals and humans. Over time, it degrades into DDE and DDD, which have similar chemical and physical properties. Thirty-three years after its use was banned in the US, DDT is still detectable in about five to 10% of people, while DDE is detectable in nearly everyone. Breastfeeding protection The UC Berkeley researchers measured blood levels of DDT and one of its breakdown products, DDE, in 360 pregnant women, the majority of whom were born in Mexico, where agricultural use of the chemical was only banned in 2000. We need to think of ways to protect women and children Dr Brenda Eskenazi, UC Berkeley Factors including age, income, education, marital and work status, the child's gender, duration of breastfeeding and the quality of the home environment for young children were considered. The researchers tested the mental and physical skills of the women's babies at six, 12 and 24 months using established tests to measure the children's development. For each tenfold increase in DDT levels measured in the mother, the team found a corresponding two to three-point decrease in the children's mental development scores at 12 and 24 months. Children with the highest DDT exposures in the womb were associated with a seven to 10-point decrease in test scores, compared to the lowest exposures. When the children's physical skills were measured, there were two-point decreases in children's scores at six and 12 months for each tenfold increase in DDT levels in the mothers. Similar, but weaker effects, were linked to DDE exposure. The team also found that the longer babies were breastfed for, the better they scored on the developmental tests - even though they would have been exposed to DDT through the milk. Chemical delivery Dr Brenda Eskenazi, who led the research, said: "People need to consider these data if they are going to continue using DDT or reintroduce it in countries where it's been banned. "Given the impact of malaria on child health, I'm not saying that we shouldn't use it. "But if we do, we need to think of ways to protect women and children." The researchers plan to continue to follow the children as they develop. Professor Richard Sharpe, of the Medical Research Council's Human Reproductive Sciences Unit in Edinburgh, said: "The older the woman before her first breastfeeding episode and the longer and the higher her DDT exposure has been, the greater will be the amount of chemical delivered to the baby. "So the first baby gets the worst of the chemicals stored in the mum's fat. "There may also be a bonus to the mum in that she is ridding herself and her fat tissue of the chemicals in question and because some of these chemicals are potentially implicated in the development of breast cancer - the breast is mainly fat. "This could be one of the ways in which early breastfeeding
[Ugnet] Uganda: Torture Persists!
"We have no reason to torture people," Kulayigye says, "as a policy torture is outlawed."Ugandans the evidence on the ground is self evident... no matter what the Ugandan Military dictatorship states, no matter the amount of denial they issue, members of the International Community and Ugandans know for a fact that the NRM Military dictatorship under Yoweri Museveni Kaguta over the past 20 years has systematically engaged in the dubious inhuman act on torturing Ugandans to extract "confessions"involving alleged "terrosist activity" against the state.That many citizens have lost their lives in Yoweri Museveni's Gulags, also known as "safe house" is but an deniable fact!!!MatekUganda: Torture Persists!Email This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) July 5, 2006Posted to the web July 5, 2006 Kampala It is a contradiction that while the army says it is doing all it can to be a people's force and respect the laws against torture, local and international human rights bodies insist that torture persists in Uganda. Last week, on June 26th, as Uganda joined the rest of the world to mark the International Day in Support of Torture victims, new evidence emerged to show that the practice continues. In Fort Portal, some 360 kilometers from Kampala, a man brought guests to tears when he narrated his ordeal at the hands of state security agencies. Francis Opio, 35 of Liyala village in Gulu district had to have his hands amputated as a result of the torture he went through. In Kampala, another man appeared at a press conference to show off serious torture marks he claimed were inflicted on him in a safe house. But the army and defence spokesman, Maj. Felix Kulaiygye insists the army neither has will nor reason to torture people. "We have no reason to torture people," Kulayigye says, "as a policy torture is outlawed." But his words are sharply disputed by new testimonies and reports by numerous human rights bodies including the government's Human Rights Commission. In its report on the state of human rights in Uganda released in May, Amnesty International noted that the situation has not improved. "Torture by state security agents persisted." it said. The local Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) also says torture is still with us. "Our findings from research suggest that a wide variety of government agents continued using torture as a method of imposing their will on citizens," the FHRI report says. FHRI executive Director Mr Livingstone Sewanyana says, "generally speaking the practice of torture persists; of course the army is doing something about it but the practice is there." New methods used According to the victims, the army has devised new and more gruesome means of torture. The latest is alleged to be the heating of beer and soda bottle tops in a fire and them making the victim kneel on them. Several people are still tied the Kandoya style where a rope is tied around their ankles and tightened at the back. Victims show the media how they were tortured (knelt on hot beer tops and beaten) inside safe houses The practice stretches chest bones and is reportedly one of the most painful. Mr Patrick Ssentogo, who had a stint in a torture house and was released on June 26, says he was handcuffed in one hand and tied to a pole on the roof. "On another occasion, I was taken to another pit that has snakes in it. Big snakes," Ssentongo said at the opposition political party, Forum for Democratic Change (FDC) press conference last week. Ssentogo showed off torture marks on almost all parts of his body indicating beating, cuts by sharp objects and rope marks. FHRI, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch accuse the Chietaincy of Military Intelligence (CMI), THE violent Crime Unit (VCCU) of the police department, the Joint Anti-Terrorism Task as the major perpetrators of torture. "The Violent Crime Crack Unit, CMI, and UPDF have again been identified as the most persistent in violators of human rights in Uganda," says FHRI in its report. Army reacts Kulayigye told Inside Politics that the army is seeking to return to its old bush days edict where respect for the civilian is upper most of priorities.Relevant LinksEast Africa Human Rights Legal and Judicial Affairs Arms and Military Affairs Uganda "The reason we have sent 80 officers to Kyankwanzi is actually intended to re-invigorate the old ideological thinking of the UPDF based on 'the civilian was the principle reason we exist'," he said. He says that as much as individuals might overstep their authority and torture suspects in the course of interrogation, the systems has tough penalties if one is reported. "We do not condone torture. We do internal checks and when someone is found guilty the consequences are really bad," he said. How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call
Re: [Ugnet] Which peace deal?!?
Okuto We dello Ngunyi in iwaci Nguny gwok i lok ma pe inyang ka Tere! MKOkuto del Coli [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is the so called "WAR" between the government of Uganda and the LRA.But then again there is this atrocity inflicted on Ugandan citizen for which the ICC is prosecuting the LRA.I reckon the negotiation in Juba is about the former.MVHNoc'l No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding.Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com ___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.--- Do you Yahoo!? Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta.___ 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: Govt to Install Alarms in Resettlement Homes
Now that is stupid.. I hear the NRM is installing alarms in Ressettlement Homes. What needs to happen is that the NRM needs to comprehensively address the 20 year insecurity in Northern and Eastern Uganda..period.. installing alarms, is a childess move to say the least..if the alarm sounds then what? will the UPDf come to the rescue of the people, given the fact that the so called UPDF will simply sweat in their shoes if they as much as hear that "kony rebels" are in the neigbourhood. Give me a break!!MKUganda: Govt to Install Alarms in Resettlement HomesEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) July 5, 2006Posted to the web July 5, 2006 Emma Mutaizibwa Judith NyakaisikiKampala THE Commander of the Land Forces, Lt. Gen. Katumba Wamala, has said the government will install alarm systems in resettlement homes in northern Uganda to fight insecurity. He made the remarks during a workshop on the implementation of the internally displaced persons policy in the war-ravaged northern Uganda at Hotel Africana yesterday. "A plan to have the frontline villages equipped with communication to enhance security monitoring has been put in place," Katumba said. While presenting a security situation report on the once volatile region, Wamala said, "Relative peace is clearly evident and socio-economic activities being conducted all over these districts." Peace prevailing He said there was no doubt peace and tranquility would soon prevail throughout the northern region. Katumba said as the process of resettling IDPs kicks off in earnest, new security roads such as Orit-Barjobi and Adilang-Awach will be constructed. He said as a process of decongesting the camps to improve sanitation, about 53 IDP camps in Gulu have been decongested to smaller satellite villages. "So far 10 have been established at parish level further enhancing freedom of movement," he said. Some of the new camps in Gulu are Biira, Cet Kana, Ato Hill and Corner Agulu. LRA insurgencyRelevant LinksEast Africa Civil War and Communal Conflict Post-Conflict Challenges Refugees and Displacement Uganda Northern Uganda, a region that has suffered the brunt of warfare for the last 20 years has of recent experienced a glimmer of hope after a reduction of attacks by the notorious Lords Resistance Army. In October 2005, the International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants against Joseph Kony and his top commanders Vincent Otti, Dominic Ogwen, Okot Odhiambo and Raska Lukwiya. They are charged with crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Uganda. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.___ 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. ---
Re: [Ugnet] I heard this last night on NPR's CBC transmission
YI tend to agree with your assertions below.MatekY Yaobang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:Dictator Museveni is just playing games, playing with the lives of the IDPs in the north and east of Uganda, something he has done for the last 20some years. He wants the glory of hosting the commonwealth summit next year, and more. The Kony peace talks, the discovery of exploitable oil and uranium are all a facade!!y Ochan Otim [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Act ASAP before the audio disappears if you are interested.OchanUGANDA AND LRA Duration: 00:06:15It just might be the best chance for peace in Northern Uganda in years. The Ugandan government has agreed to send a delegation to Juba, in Southern Sudan, to negotiate with members of the Lord's Resistance Army. The rebel group has been terrorizing residents of Northern Uganda and southern Sudan for two decades. Three previous attempts to negotiate with the L-R-A have failed. Now its leader, Joseph Kony, and four of his deputies have been indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes. But the Ugandan president has said that if the peace talks are successful and Mr. Kony abandons terrorism, he will offer the rebel leader amnesty. We reached Ugandan government spokesperson Robert Kabushenga in Kampala, Uganda. http://www.cbc.ca/radioshows/AS_IT_HAPPENS/20060704.shtml Ochan OtimNB: In case you are not aware, there is a petition to stop the Northern Uganda Genocide at: http://www.petitiononline.com/savacoli/petition.html ___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.--- Real people. Real questions. Real answers. Share what you know.___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.--- Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ___ 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] Isreali trained commando Batallion formed to fight the so called lra
The question become what can a handful of the so called "Isreali trained Commandos" accomplished which the 40,000 strong UPDF troops deployed in Northern and Eastern Uganda could not accomplish in 20 years!!MatekUganda: Commando Battalion To Fight RebelsEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) July 4, 2006Posted to the web July 5, 2006 Oketch BitekGulu THE Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Gen. Yoweri Museveni, has ordered the formation of a commando battalion to fight the Lord's Resistance Army rebels, the regional army spokesman has said. In a press release dated June 30, Lt Chris Magezi said Museveni ordered the formation of the battalion on June 28. "The Commander -in- Chief of the UPDF, Gen. Yoweri Museveni, has ordered the formation of a commando battalion to be known as the First Commando Battalion," Magezi said in the release. "The battalion, the first of its kind in the UPDF, will be comprised of troops trained by the best commandos in the world such as Israelis." The troops will be based in Bar - Legi in Otuke County, Lira district where, a new barracks will be constructed Sources said a Presidential Guard Brigade officer, Capt. Noel Mwesigye, will head the battalion. Magezi said the new development was in line with the professionalisation of the army. "This is in line with the continued professionalisation of the UPDF and the commandos will support regular UPDF troops to deal with any threats especially LRA remnants, Karimojong warriors and terrorists," he said.Relevant LinksEast Africa Arms and Military Affairs Uganda Conflict, Peace and Security Civil War and Communal Conflict However, the formation of the battalion to fight LRA rebels comes at a time when the government has sent a team to Southern Sudan capital Juba for peace talks with the rebels. The Ugandan team arrived in Juba yesterday for preliminary talks with LRA negotiators meant to largely agree on modalities for the proposed peace talks. Internal Affairs Minister Ruhakana Rugunda led the team 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] Govt, NGOs benefit from north war - camp leaders
Govt, NGOs benefit from north war - camp leadersROBERT MWANJEGULU Leaders of internally displaced peoples camps in northern Uganda have blamed government officials and NGOs for turning the 20-year-long insurgency into business.Unyama camp leaders, headed by Mr Raymond Oduki Lamak, on Saturday said government officials and NGOs visit camps to shoot documentaries to solicit funds from donors, but camp residents do not receive anything.They were meeting members of the Parliamentary Forum for Children led by Ms Ruth Tuma.Unyama camp was set up in September 1996. It is located eight kilometres from Gulu town with over 24,000 people.Oduku said Gulu had the highest number of NGOs, but nothing was being delivered to the people. Apart from the World Food Programme which gives us beans once every month, we do not get any from the government or NGOs, he said. The other day four people died of hunger here. Organisations just come here to make money. We ask MPs to enforce peace so that we can return home.Camp leaders also criticised the government for not fulfilling its pledges to IDPs since 1996. They said the government had even failed to provide basics like drugs, food, security and education. Mr Benson Obua Ogwal (Moroto) said the government had not done enough to end suffering in northern Uganda. He said UPE had stalled due to lack of teachers and Shs5000 school fees charged from pupils. Do you Yahoo!? Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.___ 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: Politicians In Karamoja, Teso Explain Human Trafficking
Surely the nation state can do better then that.. now we have a situation in Yoweri Musevenbi's Uganda, were citizens must sell their offspring ( slavery) to the highest bidder in order to obtain funds to purchase food!!!MkUganda: Politicians In Karamoja, Teso Explain Human TraffickingEmail This Page Print This Page The Monitor (Kampala) July 4, 2006Posted to the web July 5, 2006 Richard Mutumba, Jane Nafula Robert IsaurEntebbe POLITICIANS in Karamoja and Teso have confirmed that some desperate Karimojong parents are selling their children to buy food for their families. Former Jie County MP John Roberts Aachila told Daily Monitor yesterday that a combination of famine and disarmament had caused the men, who are the bread winners to run away from villages with the animals that provide milk and blood for food. Ms Rhoda Acen, the woman MP for Amuria district, said women from Karamoja have been selling their children to fend for their families after their husbands fled ahead of the disarmament in region. Addressing women MPs on women rights under the multi party democracy at Entebbe Imperial Resort Beach Hotel over the weekend, Acen said each child goes for a mere Shs3,000 while each girl is sold for between Shs100,000 and Shs300,000. However, the Moroto district chairperson, Mr Peter Lochat, said parents were selling children to people they know and not just anyhow as alleged by some reports.Relevant LinksEast Africa Uganda Children and Youth Food, Agriculture and Rural Issues Human Rights "They sell them as housemaids and herds boys. The most affected area is Bokora county, which is neighbouring Teso. We have held meetings with stake holders, agreed on interventions and compiled a report which we have forwarded to the Prime Minister's office," the chairman said. However, Lochat said there were reports that there is a group of people, who kidnap children. He added that some two years, three children were kidnapped at Matany while on their way from the Church. A Moroto district councillor from Matany sub-county, Mr Lino Lokorwa, said hunger was the cause of the unusual practice, adding that though it is good if the Iteso are helping them to survive. 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] Besigye holds talks with US envoy
Citizens: Political observers can only but wonder aloud as to what transpered in the said talks. Like everything else, only time will tell!MKBesigye holds talks with US envoyDAILY MONITOR REPORTER KAMPALA THE United States Ambassador, Mr Steven A. Browning, and the leader of the opposition Forum for Democratic Change (FDC), Dr Kizza Besigye, held closed door discussions at the FDC headquarters in Najjanankumbi yesterday. Both parties confirmed that the meeting took place but declined to give details.The Public Affairs Officer at the American Embassy, Ms Alyson L. Grunder, said We dont discuss what is discussed in private diplomatic conversation. You can say there was no comment from the embassy.Besigye saysBesigye was also guarded when contacted, it was a courtesy call by the ambassador. What we discussed is private, he said. But sources told the Daily Monitor that the ambassador spent about 30 minutes at Najjanankumbi FDC headquarters.Officials attendedThe Forum for Democratic Change Chairman, Dr Sulaiman Kiggundu, the party General Secretary, Ms Alice Alaso, the Special Envoy in the office of the party president and Lubaga North Member of Parliament, Ms Beti Kamya, attended. Besigye who lost to President Museveni in both the February general elections and later in the Supreme Court where he challenged the results insists that the Museveni government is legal but illegitimate. Forum for Democratic Change party says it will sustain pressure against the Movement government both locally and among the international community. Want to be your own boss? Learn how on Yahoo! Small Business. ___ 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] Police raid passport control office
For once, the government deserves credit... excellent job. GP. Police raid passport control office CHARLES MWANGUHYA SIMON KASYATE Kampala POLICE have raided the Immigration and Passport Control head office in Kampala arresting two officials. Two other officials are missing. It is suspected that they are in hiding.The Deputy Passport Control Officer, Mr Chris Onyero, and Ms Edith Manyire, an immigration officer, are being held at Jinja Road Police Station. They face two charges of abuse of office and irregular conduct. Mr Herman Owomugisha, the personal assistant to the Inspector General of Police, Maj. Gen. Kale Kayihura, said the arrests are part of a wide operation in line with the "zero tolerance to corruption policy."The two officials under detention allegedly gave genuine Ugandan passports and visas to suspected Congolese rebels who had been arrested in Belgium with forged Congolese passports.In February, 10 Congolese nationals transited through Uganda to Brussels with forged Congolese passports after the then head of the Uganda immigration department's investigations office Room 3, Onyero and his deputy Manyire allegedly cleared them, as businessmen. However, on arrival at Brussels Airport, security detained them on suspicion that they were Congolese rebels, traced their origin and deported them.On arrival at Entebbe Airport, police took them to Jinja Road Police Station where they were briefly held before being released under unclear circumstances. Linked themSecurity sources told Daily Monitor that Moses, an immigration officer, who had earlier connected the men to Onyero and Manyire, stood surety for them.The source said upon release, Onyero and Manyire allegedly gave them genuine Ugandan passports letting them 'melt' away in the Ugandan society in exchange for an undisclosed amount of money.Security agencies were tipped off of the Congolese's presence in the country and they were re-arrested. “After interrogation, they told us those in the racket in immigration of issuing other nation's dissidents with genuine Ugandan passports and visas,” the source said.After Wednesday's arrests, top officials at the department have stayed away from office. Some of them allegedly fear arrest.Ms Pearl Mutiibwa, the Immigration Commissioner, has not stepped in her office since Wednesday. She not been at her home either. Her mobile phones are also off. MR Wilberforce Ngonde, the passport control officer, has not worked since Wednesday. He reportedly showed up briefly at the office yesterday at midday, but left shortly after. Efforts by Daily Monitor to reach him by telephone were futile as his phone was switched off. Work at standstillThe atmosphere at the immigration headquarters was reported to be tense with most staff speaking in hushed tones about the developments.Those who talked to Daily Monitor on condition of anonymity confirmed the absence of the commissioner and the passport control officer. They claimed the absence of top officials could cost the government millions of shillings in uncollected revenue.“For two days now, no single passport or work permit has been issued,” said one officer who preferred anonymity. On average, passport issues and work permits collect Shs50 million daily. The immigration and passport control office has been in the spotlight on matters of fraud, including the alleged illegal issuance of passports to five Rwandans dissidents. Dr Ignance Murwanashyaka the leader of the Hutu-dominated rebel movement, the Forces démocratique pour la libération du Rwanda (FDLR) and four of his fighters were arrested in Germany with Ugandan passports sparking a fresh diplomatic row between Uganda and neighbouring Rwanda. President Yoweri Museveni has repeatedly criticised the department and threatened tough action. In December last year, following a police summons from the Criminal Investigations Directorate, Ms Pearl Mutiibwa, and three other officials were interrogated for hours at the CID on charges of abuse of office and causing financial loss.The other immigration officers interrogated are Kamugisha Ludovic, Ngonde and Mr John Kanakulya.The summons under reference number CID/C40/207 FRAUD signed by Mr Norbert Opio on behalf of the CID director was addressed to the Permanent secretary of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The summons indicate that the officials were being investigated over the loss of 2,500 visa stickers in the series UA 30001-32500 and work permits all totaling to over Shs2 billion.The police probe into corruption in the immigration department resulted from a December 6, 2005 intelligence report to the President titled 'Continued corruption, maladministration and sabotage of government policies'. The brief, prepared by the Internal Security Organisation, implicated Mutiibwa, who has been at the immigration department for 10 years now, for frustrating investors by allegedly 'sitting' on their work permits unless they part with a bribe.“The fate of close to over
[Ugnet] THIS IS RECYCLING AT BEST
Former Movement secretariat workers paid, promised jobs AGNESS NANDUTU STEVEN KIBUUKA NAMuWONGO FORMER staff and mobilisers of the defunct Movement secretariat have received Shs1 billion from the government as part of their benefits and gratuity. The sacked workers have been picking their cheques worth about Shs2 million to Shs10 million depending on their salary scale.The mobilisers have been promised jobs in the civil service to supplement their pay.The Third Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Information and National Guidance, Al-Haji Kirunda Kivejinja, and State Minister for Internal Affairs Matia Kasaija revealed this yesterday during a send off lecture at Namuwongo Community Hall.Kasaija told the mobilisers to utilise the money properly. "The process of employing all of you is about to be complete. People who are supposed to get jobs are 140 mobilisers, 100 MPs who lost elections and 30 resident district commissioners," he said. "Each of you will find a place to be. Just be patient. I know most of you are at the post graduate level but the most important thing is that you love the Movement and Uganda."While meeting MPs of the 8th Parliament recently President Yoweri Museveni said he would replace corrupt civil servants with brilliant former NRM MPs who lost in the February general elections. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" ___ 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. ---
