ugnet_: Ugandans to re-discover their power

2004-05-03 Thread gook makanga
Ugandans to re-discover their powerBy J. L. OKELLO-OKELLOMay 4, 2004 Since the attainment of political independence in 1962, Uganda has had nine heads of state. Its East African neighbours, Kenya and Tanzania, have each had three. The turnover in Uganda is, therefore, uniquely high in the regi

ugnet_: Ugandans reduced to cannibalism by NRM?

2004-05-03 Thread gook makanga
Police arrest 3 suspected cannibalsBy Henry H. SsaliMay 4, 2004 MITYANA – “I eat dead people.” Those words were spoken yesterday by Mr James Kityo, one of three suspects held by police over cannibalism and possible murder. Kityo, 32; Mr Rogers Kitumba, 26; and Ms Harriet Namboga, 25, were arres

ugnet_: Museveni never ‘trusted’ peasants in bush

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Museveni never ‘trusted’ peasants in bush By Betty Nambooze Bakireke May 3, 2004 In Luganda we have a saying that "ak'omuntu ssi ka nte nti weyakabira jjo ne leero wenakaabir,a" meaning that "the words of a human being are not like those of a cow which maintains the same talk everyday." By this

ugnet_: New twist in taxi driver’s murder

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Is there any rule of law or has life itself got any respect in M7's Uganda? gook New twist in taxi driver’s murder By Felix Basiime May 3, 2004 MBARARA - New information about the taxi driver’s murder in Bushenyi last week indicates that the policemen fi

ugnet_: Pulkol now cites plot to kill him

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Pulkol now cites plot to kill him By Elias Biryabarema & Ignatius Ssuuna May 3, 2004 KAMPALA – Former spy chief David Pulkol yesterday revealed what he called a plot by some hardliners in the Movement to bump him off. The claim, dismissed immediately as a sympathy-seeking ploy by the Movement’s

ugnet_: VCCU operatives torture man to death

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
VCCU operatives torture man to deathBy Sheila C. KulubyaMay 2, 2004 KAMPALA - Just last Monday, Joseph Mbalire, 33, like any average man, was struggling to provide a good life for his wife and four children. By the end of the day he was lying dead, his bloodied body dumped in the city mortuary

ugnet_: Museveni to pay ex-MPs’ debts

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Members, Presidents office to pay for a private persons debts for fighting multi partyism? Is this reasonable let alone even legal? I thought NRM/A had undergone a mind change and were now all for a multi party system? If M7 wants he should pay this debt from his own resources. He is rich enough a

ugnet_: Violent Ugandans--in M7's Uganda!

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Violent UgandansBy Izama AngeloMay 2, 2004 If countries were people, how would you characterise Uganda? I guess you could say for instance, that America is rich, arrogant and spoilt, that Britain is snobbish, that Palestine (not yet a state) is frustrated and angry, and Rwanda is an unfortunate

ugnet_: Changing constitution by referendum is uphill task

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
Changing constitution by referendum is uphill task By Henry OchiengMay 2 - 8, 2004 It is time to rummage through the cobweb of political intrigue, manoeuvre and positioning that has characterised events of the past two weeks. President Museveni  Members of the political opposition are sc

ugnet_: How many must die over G. tax?

2004-05-02 Thread gook makanga
How many must die over G. tax?EditorialMay 2, 2004 On Wednesday, graduated tax claimed yet another three victims. Bernard Oketch and Moses Waiswa, hapless peasants of Busowa, in Bugiri died as they tried to escape from tax collectors – one shot by an LDU personnel, the other knocked by a speedi

ugnet_: Pulkol rejects Museveni job offer

2004-05-01 Thread gook makanga
Pulkol rejects Museveni job offerBy David Kibirige & Odoobo C. BichachiMay 2, 2004 Says president can’t be trusted KAMPALA - The former Director General of the External Security Organisation (ESO) David Pulkol has rejected an appointment as ambassador. A Free man: Former ESO chief David Pu

ugnet_: Another liberation is in the offing

2004-04-30 Thread gook makanga
Another liberation is in the offing I would like to make some observations on President Yoweri Museveni's rule. It should first be remembered that our President promised to reduce the debt, improve the human rights record, participatory democracy, security for all and a self sustained integrated in

ugnet_: And the looting continues...till when?-Minister fights for Shs 420m mansion

2004-04-30 Thread gook makanga
Minister fights for Shs 420m mansion By Daniel K. Kalinaki May 1, 2004 ‘I paid 10%. Then they said no, its been repossessed’ KAMPALA - A senior Cabinet minister wants the National Housing & Construction Company to buy a residential house at Shs 420 million and then sell it to him at a lower pri

ugnet_: M7's Uganda!

2004-04-30 Thread gook makanga
Graduated tax collection gets bloody in Bugiri A graduated tax swoop in Busowa trading centre, in Bugiri district on Wednesday turned tragic, when three people died, reports Moses Nampala. Trouble started when an armed local defence unit (LDU) personnel opened fire and shot a tax defaul

ugnet_: Portrait of a peasant

2004-04-30 Thread gook makanga
Portrait of a peasant By David Kibirige April 30, 2004 President Yoweri Museveni is mad at Justice George Kanyeihamba for saying peasants are not equipped to decide on certain matters of national significance like constitutional amendment. He has even promised to fix him, adding that peasants a

ugnet_: Peasants trapped in politics of greed

2004-04-28 Thread gook makanga
Peasants trapped in politics of greed By Odoi Erisa Yoga April 29, 2004 It is not uncommon and in fact real, for political organisations to draw the bulk of their political support from the rural masses as they ignore the often strong and critical opposition from the ‘minority urban elite’. Thi

ugnet_: M7 relagated to the dustbin of things in SA?

2004-04-27 Thread gook makanga
    From :  ... Sent :  Tuesday, April 27, 2004 3:17 PM To :  [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject :  What a friend in Azania had to say about M7 | | | Inbox Today is a public holiday here in RSA. So we have the day off. But mostly so we can admire what Mandela,

ugnet_: Baruuli clan opt out of Buganda federal state

2004-04-26 Thread gook makanga
Baruuli clan opt out of Buganda federal state HAPPY: Kabaka’s representative from Goma sub-county Abbas Male greets Kabaka Ronald Mutebi who was recently touring his land and forests in Mukono By Frederick Kiwanuka THE Baruuli clan heads have opted out of the proposed Buganda federal st

ugnet_: Prof. Kiwanuka wrong about Wapa

2004-04-26 Thread gook makanga
Prof. Kiwanuka wrong about WapaBy DR J. Oloka - OnyangoApril 27, 2004 It was rather dishonest of Prof. Ssemakula Kiwanuka, minister of state for Luwero to begin by apologising to the late James Wapakhabulo and then going on to completely distort and misrepresent the contents of his letter on th

ugnet_: Otto attacks Mao over third term talk

2004-04-26 Thread gook makanga
Otto attacks Mao over third term talk By Apollo Mubiru ARUU county Member of Parliament Otto Odonga has accused Gulu Municipality MP Nobert Mao for supporting a third term for President Museveni. “It was a crazy statement from my colleague Mao to say that he wanted President Museveni to contest

ugnet_: Law society gets new boss

2004-04-26 Thread gook makanga
Law society gets new boss FOCUS: Outgoing ULS boss Andrew Kasirye and Adriko By Jude Etyang Moses Adriko is the new president of the Uganda Law Society (ULS) after securing a landslide victory in a two-man race on Saturday. Adriko, who polled 149 votes against John Mike Musisi’s 49, prom

ugnet_: Alan Tacca on Two ways of destroying a people

2004-04-24 Thread gook makanga
On The Mark With Alan Tacca Can Buganda betray Museveni?April 25 - May 1, 2004 The Luweero District (LCV) chairman, Hajji Abdul Nadduli, can sound completely rational; like on days when he defied his more strict fellow Muslims and argued that he was a political leader in a multi-religio

ugnet_: The link between Movement and war

2004-04-24 Thread gook makanga
The link between Movement and warBy Andrew M. MwendaApril 25, 2004 Last December, Members of Parliament from the war affected districts of north and north eastern Uganda walked out of the house in protest against the inability of government and the military to perform their basic functions—to e

ugnet_: No govt plot to kill Oyite Ojok — Otai

2004-04-24 Thread gook makanga
No govt plot to kill Oyite Ojok — OtaiBy Badru MulumbaApril 25 - May 1, 2004 Following various theories about David Oyite Ojok’s death, which we published last Sunday, Badru Mulumba sent e-mail to Mr Peter Otai, former State Minster for Defence at the time and asked him to explain the mystery s

ugnet_: Where the NRA (LRA?)leart its Art of cutting off lips!

2004-04-23 Thread gook makanga
Kerry's 1971 testimony on Vietnam reverberates Vivid words alleged atrocities by soldiers Friday, April 23, 2004 Posted: 1:26 PM EDT (1726 GMT) John Kerry, in the tan uniform, is seen in this 1969 photo with members of his crew during the war in Vietnam. ON CNN TV A look at

ugnet_: Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power

2004-04-23 Thread gook makanga
Comment Their beliefs are bonkers, but they are at the heart of power US Christian fundamentalists are driving Bush's Middle East policy George Monbiot Tuesday April 20, 2004The Guardian To understand what is happening in the Middle East, you must first understand what is happening in Texas. To u

ugnet_: About a judge, goats and political mischief

2004-04-23 Thread gook makanga
About a judge, goats and political mischiefThis & That By Henry OchiengApril 24, 2004 When the President went to ‘open’ the new Wakiso district office block, I knew that was the perfect moment for him to come out with another of his disparaging remarks about perceived political opponents.

ugnet_: Kayira disturbed us-M7

2004-04-23 Thread gook makanga
From The Monitor, April 24, 2004   Kayiira disturbed us, says MuseveniBy Ignatius SsuunaApril 24, 2004 WAKISO – President Museveni has said the late Dr Andrew Kayiira was a huge stumbling block to the National Resistance Army bush war effort. He said the late freedom fighter made unrea

RE: ugnet_: MILTON,S MEN ON ARMY PROMOTIONS

2004-04-23 Thread gook makanga
Kabonero, Is Opondo talking about Foba(a creation of the his rich imagination) or FOMBA( force museveni back again) aka "sad" term bid? Funny world indeed! Gook   "Rang guthe agithi marapu!" A karamonjong word of wisdom Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PR

ugnet_: 1988 story that told Uganda’s sad future

2004-04-18 Thread gook makanga
Letter to A Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto 1988 story that told Uganda’s sad future April 19, 2004 Dear Tingasiga:The Toronto Branch of the National Resistance Movement (NRM) used to publish a magazine called The Ugandan Newsletter, copies of which were distributed to NR

ugnet_: Binaisa: From grace to grass and back to grass

2004-04-18 Thread gook makanga
Binaisa: From grace to grass and back to grassUganda Journal By Acut LwaniJune 22, 2003 In this second and last part of our Uganda Journal flashback on former Uganda President Godfrey Lukongwa Binaisa, Acut Lwani takes us through the five months of his presidency from June 1979 and recounts how

ugnet_: Will Museveni retire in peace?

2004-04-18 Thread gook makanga
Will Museveni retire in peace? By F.D.R.Gureme Oct 5, 2003 On Tuesday September 9, I undertook to discuss peaceful retirement of faded presidents. Let’s examine why President Museveni and his Movement have overstayed. It was, in my view, accidental and opportunistic, as I shall indicate. The ba

ugnet_: 20 years later, mystery of oyite liggers on

2004-04-18 Thread gook makanga
20 years later, mystery of Oyite’s death lingersBy Badru D. MulumbaKAMPALA – For David Oyite-Ojok, 43, it was a flight ofno return.The man who led Ugandan troops alongside Tanzaniantroops to overthrow Idi Amin 25 years ago today, wouldstep out of his Kololo home never to step back alive.It was Frid

RE: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok’s family secrets buried here\

2004-04-17 Thread gook makanga
e celebration paid off 2 years later. J. Ssenyange ------- >From: "gook makanga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok’s fam

ugnet_: Ezra to campaign for Museveni

2004-04-17 Thread gook makanga
Ezra to campaign for Museveni Michael Ezra By Alfred Wasike Sports-loving tycoon Michael Ezra has said he will campaign for President Yoweri Museveni if he seeks any elective office in future. “He is very reliable, dependable and God’s gift to Uganda” the tycoon said of Museveni in an i

ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok’s family secrets buried here

2004-04-17 Thread gook makanga
Oyite-Ojok’s family secrets buried hereBy Badru D. MulumbaApril 18 - 24, 2004 LORO, Apac: - Becca Arach Oyite-Ojok would never let go. She was 18, a career girl with prospects of her own, stalked by a relentless army captain, 24, who she held in her spell. The author at Oyite’s home.That

ugnet_: Oyite-Ojok remains Uganda's best soldier

2004-04-17 Thread gook makanga
Oyite-Ojok remains Uganda's best soldierBy Joseph Pinytek OchienoApril 18 - 24, 2004 I was a young student at the time, and actively involved with the National Union of Students of Uganda (NUSU). Only a few months earlier, we had been entertained by this giant of a magic figure, commonly known a

ugnet_: Talk Peace, I Insist - Ochola

2004-04-16 Thread gook makanga
| Talk Peace, I Insist - Ochola New Vision (Kampala) INTERVIEWApril 15, 2004 Posted to the web April 15, 2004 Kampala Question: Do you still hold the view of peace talks? Answer: One of the things that we want the world to know is that war does not solve p

ugnet_: Allow People talk, Pastor tells govt

2004-04-15 Thread gook makanga
Allow People talk, Pastor tells govtBy Herbert MugaggaApril 16, 2004 MUKONO - A born again pastor has asked government to stop beating up people who meet to talk politics because it is their God given right. The pastor said he as a religious leader is totally opposed to torture and harassments

ugnet_: Leave Ezra alone, says Muhwezi

2004-04-15 Thread gook makanga
So this now still leaves the question of who Ezra is, who is behind him, who is protecting him, un answered. But at least now we know that Bgd Jimmy Muhwezi does support him and wants him left alone. Ministers and even the president have been asked to account for their wealth, but apparently Ezra i

RE: ugnet_: No Time for Bullies: Baboons Retool Their Culture

2004-04-15 Thread gook makanga
Ssemakula, Does this mean that if we can poison Bush Rumsfield,Dick and Rice with Athrax we could probably have a more peaceful world? If white tourists could do it to the Baboons  why cannt Arabs to the Americans? Interesting findings indeed. I hope Annan reads this and implements it in the worlds

ugnet_: ‘Police pierced nose, burnt friend’

2004-04-14 Thread gook makanga
http://www.monitor.co.ug/news/news04148.php‘Police pierced nose, burnt friend’April 14, 2004 KAMPALA – A local businessman, Sunday Sekatte, has accused police of torturing him and burning his colleague’s buttocks with acid. He was appearing before the Uganda Human Rights Tribunal. Mr Sekatte sa

ugnet_: Michael Ezra was ESO link

2004-04-14 Thread gook makanga
Michael Ezra was ESO linkBy Daniel K. KalinakiApril 14, 2004 Pulkol explains red passport KAMPALA – Government gave businessman Michael Ezra a diplomatic passport to help some exiles return, a former spy chief said yesterday. Mr David Pulkol, the former director general of the External Security

ugnet_: What lessons from Rwanda?

2004-04-13 Thread gook makanga
What lessons from Rwanda?By Andrew M. MwendaApril 11, 2004In Rwanda, there is a deliberate effort to attract the most talented of itspeople into government. If this policy is sustained, Rwanda will certainlybecome the first country in Sub Sahara Africa to realize its developmentpotentialKigali : I

ugnet_: Subject : Re: I do not kill my rivals - Museveni

2004-04-13 Thread gook makanga
In a recent newspaper article Killer M7 claimed not to be a killer of his enemies, here is a few that he killed in case he "kirrudi"   I thought people said the guy is so heartless that he killed his girl friend in TZ. Re read his speeches, and he only talks of

ugnet_: The Story of Ezra the Uganda billioner!

2004-04-11 Thread gook makanga
Blackmail! EVIDENCE: Above Ministry of Defence identity card. Right, Michael Ezra Kato after his 1999 arrest. Michael Ezra Kato’s past revealed By Fortunate Ahimbisibwe SECURITY agencies have renewed investigations into the case of a Kampala businessman, Michael Ezra Kato, who was arrest

ugnet_: Wamala decries Police violence

2004-04-08 Thread gook makanga
Wamala decries Police violence PEACE UNTO YOU: Wamala delivering his Easter message By Josephine Maseruka Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala has criticised the Police for breaking up peaceful political rallies and meetings. “There are good laws to that effect and if such meetings and rallies are p

ugnet_: Here’s Wapa’s full letter to Museveni

2004-04-07 Thread gook makanga
Here’s Wapa’s full letter to MuseveniApril 8, 2004 19 November 2003 H.E. The PresidentState HouseKampala Your Excellency, I am putting my views in writing regarding this matter because I was not able to attend Cabinet in Soroti this morning. Late WapakhabuloThe reason was that my Ministr

ugnet_: Barlonyo, Abia in a 3rd term perspective

2004-04-07 Thread gook makanga
Barlonyo, Abia in a 3rd term perspective By Andrew M. Mwenda April 7 - 13, 2004 I had planned to write about how President Yoweri Museveni can manage the political process to get a constitutional amendment on the third term and also get re-elected in 2006. overtime: Museveni Those who rea

ugnet_: M7 quits army thanks Nyerere, libya but NOt Kabaka Mutebi!

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
Here M7 conveniently forgets to mention and thank the roles played by Kabaka Mwenda Mutebi 2 and many other Gandas who helped him get to where he is now. What ingratitude! read on and judge for yourselves. gook ...

ugnet_: Bakenyi on brinkof extinction?

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
Bakenyi on brinkof extinction? By Halima Abdallah April 7 - 13, 2004 Do you know of any Mukenyi in your office or neighbourhood? If you don’t, do not blame yourself. They are rare specie. The Bakenyi are the displaced people of the Ganda origin. They are found around Lake Victoria, Lake Kyoga a

ugnet_: Wapa and the Movt that left him to die like a Dog!

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
Ear to The Ground By Charles Onyango-Obbo Wapa: In the eyes of a Devil's Advocate April 7, 2004 No Ugandan politician has been mourned across our country's tribal and political lines, and in East Africa, in recent times like 2nd Deputy Prime Minister James Wapakhabulo. It would seem tha

ugnet_: FW: Wapa warned Museveni over third term bid

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
subject: Wapa warned Museveni over third term bid Date: Tue, 06 Apr 2004 19:46:55 + Wapa warned Museveni over third term bid By Andrew M. Mwenda April 7, 2004 KAMPALA – The late James Wapakhabulo warned President Museveni of “grave complications” if Cabinet manipulated the Constitution to remov

Re: ugnet_: Yowere Tibuhaburwa(?) M7?

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
6 Apr 2004 06:01:33 -0400 GR Kaguta is not Museveni's father, Kaguta was a fling of Museveni's mother. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group "With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l&#

Re: ugnet_: Yowere Tibuhaburwa(?) M7?

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
mmunication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie" - Original Message - From: gook makanga To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 06, 2004 3:59 AM Subject: RE: ugnet_: Yowere Tibuhaburwa(?) M7? Ssenya, I asked a good friend of mine from Rwanda a

RE: ugnet_: Yowere Tibuhaburwa(?) M7?

2004-04-06 Thread gook makanga
aburwa(?) M7? Date: Mon, 05 Apr 2004 22:02:25 -0400 Akanga, Salim Saleh's real name is Akandanwaho. It means "my first son" mbu. Mu7 is elder brother to Akandanwaho. 1+2=3. Mu7 is elder brother in the maternal lineage. Ask the meaning of "tibuhaburwa". May be you will

ugnet_: Yowere Tibuhaburwa(?) M7?

2004-04-05 Thread gook makanga
In one of his many postings Gureme discloses M7's other name "Tibuhaburwa", is this the name of his real  Rwandes father or want? Please Kabonero help us here!   "I am overwhelmed - and astonished; all the meaningful stuff I wrote comprising only: William Pike's skilful editing; the "superior" meri

ugnet_: Museveni not sincere on Uganda’s peasants

2004-04-03 Thread gook makanga
Museveni not sincere on Uganda’s peasantsBy Andrew M. MwendaApril 4, 2004 The debate between President Yoweri Museveni and Supreme Court Judge George Kanyeihamba regarding the place of peasants in our country’s decision making process is very interesting. President Museveni on a campaign t

ugnet_: UPC message not read at Wapa burial

2004-04-03 Thread gook makanga
UPC message not read at Wapa burialBy David MafabiApril 4, 2004 SIRONKO - The Uganda Peoples Congress has sharply criticised organisers at the burial of the late 2nd deputy premier and minister of foreign affairs, Mr James Wapakhabulo for failing to read their message of condolence. A member of

ugnet_: Ugandans suffering locally?-Govt Ordered To Pay Sh66m Over CMI Torture

2004-04-01 Thread gook makanga
The Duke, This is how Basoga(read ugandans) are doing locally! gook Govt Ordered To Pay Sh66m Over CMI Torture By Solomon Muyita THE Government has been ordered to pay sh66.5m to a trader who was illegally arrested and tortured for nearly four months by the Chieftaincy of Military Inte

ugnet_: Yoweri Kaguta Okello Museveni. ?

2004-03-31 Thread gook makanga
Ear to The Ground By Charles Onyango-Obbo Uganda teacher turns ‘guerrilla,’ wins war of the Kisumu bride March 31, 2004 As the saying goes, it is not over until it is over. Last week we left when Ugandan high school Mr Barack Okello, who’d travelled 300 kilometres to Kisumu, western Ken

ugnet_: Uganda police now live in kennels! Fundamental change?

2004-03-30 Thread gook makanga
Policemen Housed In Kennels ACCOMMODATION: A kennel at Jinja Road Police Station in Kampala currently accommodating more than one family SECTIONS of Police officers in various units have taken over kennels and turned them into fully-fledged homes, highlighting an acute accommodatio

ugnet_: Uganda police now live in kennels! Fundamental change?

2004-03-30 Thread gook makanga
Policemen Housed In Kennels ACCOMMODATION: A kennel at Jinja Road Police Station in Kampala currently accommodating more than one family SECTIONS of Police officers in various units have taken over kennels and turned them into fully-fledged homes, highlighting an acute accommodatio

ugnet_: Fundamental change? Batter trade? and now Trafiffic Towers!

2004-03-23 Thread gook makanga
Traffic towers not the answerEditorialMarch 24, 2004 The Traffic Police, grappling with ways and means to resolve the traffic gridlock headache in Kampala City, has come up with what they might assume is an ingenious measure: erecting traffic towers at trouble spots. This is a 19th Century appr

ugnet_: Kevin Aliro Forced to resign!

2004-03-23 Thread gook makanga
New Paper Out On Thursday By Henry Mukasa THE Weekly Observer, a new English newspaper, hits the streets on Thursday. Its promoters are mainly journalists who recently quit The Monitor newspaper. “It shall steer clear of undue headline merchandising and try to nurture tolerance and dialogue at

ugnet_: mail impersonators! A solution?

2004-03-23 Thread gook makanga
Today's tip: Did you receive an email that impersonated Yahoo! and contained a virus? Forward it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]. Gook   “The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular” Lt. Gen. Kaguta Musev

Re: ugnet_: interesting view of a northern Ugandan

2004-03-23 Thread gook makanga
Mitayo, That is why i put that question to Ochan. I also higly doubt that one can change his views just like that. We had running battles with Otto about M/ and what he stands for and i tell you, i have never come accross anyone who believed in the goodness and wisdom of M7 like Dr.Otto did(does)!

ugnet_: Kasirye Ggwanga says NRA/M has run out of ideas!

2004-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Kasirye Ggwanga To Puff On livid: Ggwanga won’t have it ‘Hell hath no fury like a smoker scorned!’ With the impending ban on public smoking. It appears that the ‘Governor of Mubende’, Kasirye Ggwanga, is having none of it. On Saturday night the chain smoking Colonel, was in Wandegeya’s Shel

ugnet_: Long Horned cows have taken over Kla?

2004-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Sometimes back i stated that Kal was awash with long horned cattle that was untouchable. The owner or owners of these animals seems to be a resident of Nakasero near All saints church. I was called all sorts of names and eventually kicked out of the kafunda for spreading malicious pokopoko! The Du

ugnet_: Kazoora blasts Gen. Tinyefuza

2004-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Kazoora blasts Gen. TinyefuzaBy Henry OchiengMarch 23, 2004 PARLIAMENT - Kashari MP, Maj. John Kazoora yesterday joined the political ping pong between Lt. Gen. David Tinyefuza and two Movement historical members and accused the general of accepting a “package”. Kazoora did not specify what thi

ugnet_: An Imposter within the KYM network?

2004-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Kigundu, Please note that someone using a Ugandanet source is trying to open an account with tahoo using the E-mail address i use with Ugandanet. Could you use your good offices to track this thug out? Thanks in advance here are some of the particulars that may help you. : Help

ugnet_: An Imposter within the KYM network?

2004-03-22 Thread gook makanga
Kigundu, Please note that someone using a Ugandanet source is trying to open an account with tahoo using the E-mail address i use with Ugandanet. Could you use your good offices to track this thug out? Thanks in advance here are some of the particulars that may help you. : Help

ugnet_: Kategaya Attacks Ministers-New vision

2004-03-19 Thread gook makanga
Kategaya Attacks Ministers By Hamis Kaheru And Milton Olupot FORMER internal affairs minister Eriya Kategaya yesterday attacked state minister for Luweero Triangle Prof. Semakula Kiwanuka over the proposed constitutional changes. Semakula carried out a study for the Cabinet on constitutional term-

ugnet_: crc report at a glance

2004-03-18 Thread gook makanga
CRC report at a glance It will be a boost in your wallet if a Constitutional Review Commission recommendation to scale back the size of Parliament sails through. The CRC recommends one MP per 200,000 Ugandans and that army, youth and women representation cease. If implemented, these proposals could

ugnet_: After Jinja: Tribal chiefs to eat happily ever after

2004-03-16 Thread gook makanga
Ear to The Ground By Charles Onyango-Obbo After Jinja: Tribal chiefs to eat happily ever after March 17, 2004 The violent break-up of the Pafo seminar by pro-Museveni goons in Jinja a fortnight ago shouldn't have come as a surprise. Why, you may ask. First, it fits in the way the Movem

ugnet_: Abject fear symptomatic of autocracy

2004-03-15 Thread gook makanga
Many years ago when M7 had just shoot his way into power i called him Hitler...i was then called all sorts of names including but not limited to deranged! Now a decade and half later this once ardent M7 supporter wakes up to see the similarity btwn M7 and Adolf Hitler! Time is the cure all? Read

ugnet_: Minister insults US diplomats

2004-03-15 Thread gook makanga
Minister insults US diplomatsBy Emma Mutaizibwa & Frank NyakairuMarch 16, 2004 Splashes red wine on guests Walks out on ambassador KAMPALA – A Cabinet minister stunned guests at a fete thrown by the US embassy yesterday when she hurled insults and splashed wine on guests. State minister for Se

ugnet_: Pafo lost political virginity in Jinja

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
Pafo lost political virginity in Jinja By Norbert Mao March 14 - 20, 2004 Jinja was a baptism and PAFO must now be born again as a solid opposition group or at any rate a shadow political party rather than a single-issue parliamentary caucus The honorable members of PAFO boarded their vehicles

ugnet_: NRM/A fight children?-Inside the UPDF Mamba

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
Inside the UPDF Mamba By Richard M. Kavuma March 14 - 20, 2004 It started like any other Friday but turned out like no other day before. For me, it was a day of firsts that will last long in my memory. On March 5, at 5.49pm, I saw for the first time ever the body of an LRA rebel killed by the U

ugnet_: Litmus test for Uganda democracy -By Sheila C. Kulubya

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
http://www.monitor.co.ug/insights/ins03145.php Gook   “The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular” Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guerilla army in Luwero)Help STOP spam with the new MSN

ugnet_: Quote of the day

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
"Men who babble and stutter as if their tongues were once beaten with the testicles of a he-goat have been all over the airwaves exulting at the latest glorious victory by cadres of the revolution over reactionary forces. " Take It or Leave It: With Austin Ejiet

ugnet_: Kiyara: Ssemo speaks but keeps mum!

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
Who killed Kayiira remains a question? By Paul K. Ssemogerere March 14 - 20, 2004 In your special report on "Who killed Kayiira?" (Sunday Monitor, March 7 by David Kibirige, insinuations were made against me as if to suggest, among other things, that I was hiding something I might have known ab

Re: ugnet_: interesting view of a northern Ugandan

2004-03-13 Thread gook makanga
Ochan, I remember this article well when Otto first posted it. Does he still hold this view? rgds Gook   “The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular” Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA guer

RE: ugnet_: Is Kony due to Luweero Massacres?

2004-03-12 Thread gook makanga
  Ed, I hope by talking of "Switching sides" from NRA/M to another group you are not referring to my good friend like Dr. Mulira? He is one of those who could even eat you alive if you even whispered the truth that NRA killed people in Luwero! Now..to hear him talk..you think he was UPC! This worl

RE: ugnet_: Fw: Who put Lule in power?

2004-03-11 Thread gook makanga
ot;Ed Kironde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>Subject: RE: ugnet_: Fw: Who put Lule in power? Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2004 00:08:27 -0700 Gook Makanga I thought that it was clearly mentioned in the article and would hate to patronize you leading to th

RE: ugnet_: Fw: Who put Lule in power?

2004-03-10 Thread gook makanga
Ed, You tell us even one instance  where Owen may have been  confused:-You seem to be the expert! Gook   “The strategy of the guerilla struggle was to cause maximum chaos and destruction in order to render the government of the day very unpopular” Lt. Gen. Kaguta Museveni (Leader of the NRA gu

ugnet_: We were beaten by State House - Ruzindana

2004-03-09 Thread gook makanga
We were beaten by State House - Ruzindana By Emmanuel N. Mugarura & Elias Biryabarema March 10, 2004 PARLIAMENT - The Parliamentary Advocacy Forum, Pafo, has accused State House of engineering the chaos in Jinja last Friday. "We got information that certain State House operatives had been sent

Re: ugnet_: How come all has gone quiet?

2004-03-08 Thread gook makanga
Richard, Yes, it may sound funny but chits or no chits..when you borrow something..you take it back. You don't retain it for good. To permanently deny anyone of the possession of his property is known in common parlance as theft and the person who so denies such an owner of the use of his propert

Re: ugnet_: How come all has gone quiet?

2004-03-08 Thread gook makanga
Richard, Who is /are "we" here? Tell Ugandans who Adhola is. Adhola told Ugandans who M7 was or wasn't in Fronasa..Ugandans therefore deserve the right to know who he is or wasn't in Fronasa. Let Ugandans also know if by "we" M7 is part of that so that when the Adhola'as also reply they have that

ugnet_: State of disaster in North meaningless

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Take It or Leave It With Austin Ejiet State of disaster in North meaninglessMarch 7 - 13, 2004 I salute H.E the President for upholding Article 110 of the 1995 constitution which makes it the prerogative of the chief executive to declare a state of emergency in affected parts of the cou

ugnet_: The bare bones of Hima love making

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
The bare bones of Hima love making   By Mzee FDR Gureme     After a gruelling period of remorse and incense I have decided to add my voice to the on-going debate on Bahima and sex, led by a one Rukoroboza Rwa Mayuya (obviously a pseudonym) in his article, Bahima Women Can Do It On The Roadside (Th

ugnet_: Commissions of inquiry a mockery of justice

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Commissions of inquiry a mockery of justiceBy Andrew M. MwendaMarch 7 - 13, 2004 So, the commission of inquiry into corruption in the Uganda Revenue Authority (URA) became a theatre for personal fights and recriminations instead of helping us grasp the political and institutional sources of cor

ugnet_: Who Killed Kayira?

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Who killed Kayiira?By David KibirigeMarch 7, 2004 KAMPALA - For 17 years now, mystery still surrounds the gruesome murder of former minister and guerrilla leader Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayiira. Kayiira was the Uganda Freedom Movement (UFM) military leader with lawyer Francis Bwengye as head of its

ugnet_: What price will northern ministers pay for silence?

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
What price will northern ministers pay for silence?By Sam AkakiMarch 7, 2004 Literally translated from Luo, “Bar-lonyo” means “The Field of Wealth”. The local name was not randomly selected. The area is so climatically endowed that you could throw a seed by the roadside and in no time it would

ugnet_: Mob Beats PAFO--New Vision

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Mob Beats PAFO CHAOS: Musumba (centre) roughed up by the irate youth. Katuntu (left) and Ruzindana (centre) are led out of the hotel compound by the Police. By Henry Mukasa, Hamis Kaheru and Abubaker Mukose A mob chanting pro-Movement slogans yesterday disrupted a Parliamentary Advoc

ugnet_: Who Killed Kayira?

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Who killed Kayiira?By David KibirigeMarch 7, 2004 KAMPALA - For 17 years now, mystery still surrounds the gruesome murder of former minister and guerrilla leader Dr Andrew Lutakome Kayiira. Kayiira was the Uganda Freedom Movement (UFM) military leader with lawyer Francis Bwengye as head of it

ugnet_: Violence disrupts PAFO meet

2004-03-06 Thread gook makanga
Violence disrupts PAFO meetBy Isaac Mufumba March 7, 2004 JINJA - Violence on Friday morning disrupted a workshop on national dialogue here - organised by the Parliamentary Advocacy Forum (PAFO) at the Crested Crane Hotel. The workshop, which began at around 2 p.m., close to 6 hours after it

ugnet_: How come Kony still eludes army?

2004-03-05 Thread gook makanga
How come Kony still eludes army? I am a Ugandan living and working in Senegal. I can’t thank The Monitor enough for the Internet news, since there is no other local source of news that provides this service free (I mean without having to go through the hassle of registering for subscription). I ha

ugnet_: Face of two Ugandas; Barlonyo vs Nakasero

2004-03-05 Thread gook makanga
Face of two Ugandas; Barlonyo vs Nakasero By Dr Ben O. Latigo March 6, 2004 In a civil society with a responsible government, the NRM Government would have accepted responsibility for the carnage exacted on the population by both the LRA rebels and elements within the Government army over the 1

Re: ugnet_: Are the Days of Prophet Kony numbered?

2004-03-05 Thread gook makanga
Wire, You seem to have something in common with kony then...and M7 even b4 you! He tells us he too was once a "spiritual" man. Now its  the madam Janet who, like you and and Kony, is spiritual. Kony kills in the name of the lord..you predict his demise in the same lords name.Wire..which lord do

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