[Ugnet] A brief commentary

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
Fellow Citizens: By now all of you must have heard of the move by Yoweri Museveni's members of the so called Uganda Parliament to grant Yoweri Museveni his so called "third Term". All I can say is that a sad chapter in the Ugandan Political History is once again about to unfold. Those so called

RE: [Ugnet] Kisanja big gamble-Church: All this is because of Obote

2005-07-14 Thread Okuto del Coli
The way I look at it, there are better and more urgent issues to prioritize than Presidential term limit. Peace in Northern Uganda is one such so that we can all participate in national politics on equal terms. Another is regular free and fair democratic elections as provided by the

RE: [Ugnet] We cannot join other parties, says UPC

2005-07-14 Thread Okuto del Coli
Sounds very logical. I must confess even I myself have been finding it difficult to isolate both ideological and interest differences. Certain UPC Abembem with legs spread in both the FDC and UPC have not been helpful in making it easier for us Ugandan commonality. Some of the seem to have

[Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] A brief commentary

2005-07-14 Thread Edward Mulindwa
If Museveni did not come to power through a vote, why does voting for a third term make him stay in power? And I am starting to look at this problem from another end. Suppose all MPs voted against third term then what? Museveni would have walked? I do not think so. I think Uganda is screwed

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] A brief commentary

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
EM: Let politics play on... Museveni thinks he has "won"..and yet in the game of politics , like in a chess game, if one merely captures a PAWN, one cannot run arround screaming that he has "won"...only a fool does that! because the next move by the opponent could be to capture the"QUEEN" or the

[Ugnet] Re: Ugandanet Digest, Vol 12, Issue 91

2005-07-14 Thread bamugambwa
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Re: [Ugnet] Re: Ugandanet Digest, Vol 12, Issue 91

2005-07-14 Thread Owor Kipenji
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[Ugnet] UGANDA IS UNDER ANARCHY

2005-07-14 Thread Edward Mulindwa
Uganda plane crashes in Lagos Simon Kasyate KAMPALA A UGANDAN registered Lockheed Tristar plane crashed on Wednesday while landing at Lagos Airport in Nigeria. According to Uganda's High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ms Joan Rwabyomere, the plane,

[Ugnet] THE MATCHETTE CULTURE SURVIVES IN GREAT LAKES (Thanks to Kagame and Museveni)

2005-07-14 Thread Edward Mulindwa
DRC: Two Mass Graves Reported in Eastern Village of Ntulumamba 75 km north of Bukavu, Attacked by Rwandan Hutu RebelsUN Integrated Regional Information Networks (Bunia), July 13, 2005 Two mass graves believed to contain the remains of 39 civilians killed on Saturday 9 July 2005 in

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] A brief commentary

2005-07-14 Thread Edward Mulindwa
Matek You and I have followed Uganda politics for many many years.A change to what? Have you evaluated the long term damage Museveni has done to the political structure of Uganda at a long time? This man is so shrewd that he has damaged Uganda for a long haul. Look on Buganda and the king

[Ugnet] I wish sychophant Nsibambi acted the same way on corruption!

2005-07-14 Thread Y Yaobang
Drinking hours to be restricted By Henry Mukasa and James Odong YOU might have a deeper pocket and in the habit of drowning in alcohol anytime you wish, but that is set to change within a few months. Stung by the World Health Organisation (WHO) report ranking Uganda as having the highest alcohol

Re: [Ugnet] Re: [Ugandacom] A brief commentary

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
EM: Of course some of us do realize the damage Yoweri Museveni's NRM military dictatorship has done and continues to do on the verypsychic of the people of Uganda. When all is said and done, some of us can only begin to wonder aloud as to how the Tutsis ( Museveni's tribesmen) and the Acholi

[Ugnet] No murders Mr Wilson, we're British

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
No murders Mr Wilson, we're British Mike MolloyWednesday July 13, 2005The Guardian Turning away from the acres of heart-rending coverage devoted to the bombings on Sunday, I came upon a reminder of gentler times in the Observer. It was Roy Hattersley's review of my old friend Bernard Donoughue's

[Ugnet] Kisanja ‘success’ an anti-climax

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
Kisanja ‘success’ an anti-climax Dani W. Nabudere Mbale President Museveni can now rest, relieved that his “struggle” to amend the constitution to accommodate his quest for an undetermined length of his presidency, has now been achieved. Both national newspapers reported that the kisanja

[Ugnet] Museveni Should Just Let Go

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
A Ugandan Politician observed a couple of days ago, Museveni is Like Germany's Adolf Hitler !!!... The fellow is simply impervious to sound political advise. His actions are pretty much dictated by pure GREED and appetite for power. He cares less what or how the consequences of his action will

[Ugnet] The so called International Community is as damm as a door Nail!!!

2005-07-14 Thread Matek Opoko
...and you thought Germans were smart!... What don't this Germans Understand? We, the parties have already told you for the 100th time, that we are NOT participating in Yoweri Museveni's Referendum...and you simply refuse to understand this fact. Let Museveni hold his referendum... we shall