ugnet_: Suggested Reading: Another World Is Possible
something to read. MK "Another World Is Possible: Popular Alternatives to Globalization at the World Social Forum" Edited by William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah We are constantly misinformed that globalization is irresistable. But of course there are alternatives. And nothing has become more important for the development of these alternatives than the global justice movement and its annual meeting at the World Social Forum in Porto Allegre, Brazil. This remarkable collection brings together the themes and voices of these citizens' movements in Porto Allegre. Their power emerges from the very range of disparate activists and organizations (indigenous groups, trade unions, environmentalists, women's organizations, church groups, students ) that make it up. But this diversity poses a challenge - how to hammer out shared proposals for alternatives to neo-liberal globalization. This book assembles some of the most important constructive thinking around the most important issues. Here is a very different human - and humane - future. It is up to all of us, as active citizens, to think further about what it could be like, and to struggle against the vested interests in order to achieve it. Contents Editors' Preface Acknowledgements Foreword - Michael Hardt and Antonio Negri Introduction: The World Social Forum and the Reinvention of Democracy - Thomas Ponniah and William F. Fisher PART I: The Production of Wealth and Social Reproduction Overview: Key Questions, Critical Issues - William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah 1. External Debt--Abolish the Debt in Order to Free Development - Eric Toussaint and Arnaud Zacharie (Committee for the Annulment of Third World Debt) 2. Africa/Brazil Conference Synthesis - Jacques d'Adesky (Facilitator) 3. Financial Capital Controls on Financial Capital - ATTAC-France 4. International Trade Conference Synthesis - Bernard Cassen, ATTAC (Facilitator) 5. Transnational Corporations--Issues and Proposals - Joshua Karliner, CorpWatch and Karolo Aparicio, Global Exchange 6. Labour--A Strategic Perspective on the International Trade Union Movement for the 21st Century - Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) A Global Strategy for Labour - Jeff Faux (Economic Policy Institute) 7. A Solidarity Economy: Resist and Build - Economic Solidarity Group of Quebec Conference Synthesis - Sandra Quintela (Institute of Alternative Policies for the Southern Cone) (Facilitator) PART II: Access to Wealth and Sustainability Overview: Key Questions, Critical Issues - William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah 8. Environment and Sustainabity--The Living Democracy Movement: Alternatives to the Bankruptcy of Globalization - Vandana Shiva, Foundation for Science, Technology and Ecology Conference Synthesis - Sara Larrain, International Forum on Globalization, Chile (Facilitator) 9. Water - A Common Good--Conference Synthesis -Glenn Switkes, International Rivers Network, USA, and Elias Diaz Pena, Rios Vivos/Amigos de la Tierra, Paraguay (Facilitators) 10. Knowledge, Copyright and Patents--Intellectual Property and the Knowledge Gap - OXFAM, UK Conference Synthesis - Francois Houtart, Tricontinental Centre (Facilitator) 11. Medicine, Health, AIDS Conference Synthesis - Sonia Correa, IBASE and DAWN Network (Facilitator) 12. Food--People's Right to Produce, Feed Themselves and Exercise their Food Sovereignty - APM World Network 13. Cities, Urban Populations Conference Synthesis - Erminia Maricato (Facilitator) 14. Indigenous Peoples--Indigenous Commission Statement - Dionito Makuxi, Pina Tembe, Simiao Wapixana, Joel Pataxo, Lurdes Tapajos, Luiz Titia Pataxo Ha-Ha-Hae Conference Synthesis - Paulo Maldos, Centre for Popular Education, Brazil (Facilitator) PART III: The Affirmation of Civil Society and Public Space Overview: Key Questions, Critical Issues - William F. Fisher and Thomas Ponniah 15. The Media--Democratization of Communications and the Media - Osvaldo Leon, Agencia Latinoamerica de Informacion 16. Education Conference Synthesis - Bernard Charlot, World Forum on Education and Paul Belanger, International Council on Adult Education (Facilitators) 17. Culture--Cultural Diversity, Cultural Production and Identity - Fatma Alloo, Luiza Monteiro, Aureli Argemi, Imruh Bakari, Xavi Perez 18. Violence--Violence Against Women: The 'other world' must act - World March of Women Conference Synthesis on the Culture of Violence and Domestic Violence - Fatima Mello, ABONG, Brazil (Facilitator) 19. Discrimination and Intolerance--Combating Discrimination and Intolerance - National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights, India Conference Synthesis - Lilian Celiberti, Articulacion Feminista Marcosur (Facilitator) 20. Migration and the Traffic in People--The Contradictions of Globalization - Lorenzo Prencipe, Centre for Documentation and Research on International Migration, Paris 21. The Global Civil Society Movement--Discussion Document - Latin American Social Observatory (OSAL), Latin American Social Science Council
Re: ugnet_: A NURSE TO FACE FIRING SQUAD
Hello Lisa and my sister! You are absolutely right. Parents take their children to schools to learn not to have fraudrant visiters of this type. I hope the parents sue the school and the woman before she faces the firing squard. It also makes you wonder what has become of the mothers of the Continent Africa. I remember a time when if you mothered one child, you mothered the world and you would never think of a sick plan like the one this woman developed and executed (unless you were unfortunate to be recruited by the YKM of the African Continent, similar to China the child soldier??. The man who rejected her had great instincts and wonderful common sense and intelligence. She is a murderer not a wife or a mother!!! It is sad day for Mother Africa. Do you suppose if our men stopped killing each other and making women and children homeless or ended the forcing of the children to become murderers at an early age, this would stop?? Why do our men jump at the first opportunity offered to them by the Western Imperialists to kill themselves and all of us? What can the African Woman do to save herself and her children all of whom most of our men have sholved aside for guns and show of power? It is great to dialogue with you. To members of the forum, have a great week. Thank you for putting up with my poor typing. However those of ou who were on this forum the time we cared to be Ugandans and introduced ourselves full-heartedly were warned then. I will not name those who I still see. But thanks again! amk --- Lisa Toro [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have no sympathy for a woman / human being who can do this! But then failure of systems to safe guard children and the vulnerable is the major cause. How can some one who is not a parent be allowed this kind of access to CHILDREN in school? Madness!!! TORO - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Rwanda ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Lili Knight Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: ugnet_: A NURSE TO FACE FIRING SQUAD Nurse faces firing squad By Ange Ngu Thomas BBC, Douala A nurse in Cameroon has been sentenced to death by a firing squad for deliberately injecting two of her lover's children with HIV and Hepatitis B contaminated blood. The High Court in Nkongsamba convicted Yango Huguette Laure of attempted murder. The judgement in the high profile trial has been welcomed by most Cameroonians. The judge concluded that by injecting the two children, 11 and 15-years old, with the contaminated blood, Laure wanted revenge on their father, who she claimed broke a promise to marry her. Recounting her story to the court the nurse said she went to the school compound where the children were in classes and deceived both the school authorities that she had instructions from their father to inject them against Tuberculosis and Tetanus. The court was told that she then led the children to a quiet corner of the school, where she injected them with the contaminated blood. Tests During the first hearing of the case, the judge requested a medical test to be conducted on the defendant, youngsters and their father. The results of the test showed that the nurse and the children were all HIV positive, but their father, was HIV negative. The father of the children admitted in court that the lady had been his girlfriend, but that they had separated two years ago. It took the High Court in Nkongsamba 18 months to assemble all the evidence. The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie ATTACHMENT part 2 image/gif name=99.gif ATTACHMENT part 3 image/jpeg name=_39391183_cameroon_douala_203map.jpg __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
ugnet_: GALLERY UPPDATE
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ugnet_: RACING FOR NAKED AMBITION By Charles Onyango Obbo
Comment Thursday, August 14, 2003 CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO Racing for naked ambitionMy hero right now, without a shadow of doubt, is a gentle Britisher called Steve Gough, 44. He has been arrested by police dozens of times, beaten by thugs and taken to a psychiatric hospital. Why? Because he insists on walking across Britain stark naked! However, he does it like no other cross-country walker or rambler, as they call has ever done before. Gough has been on the road since June 16 and expects to end his trek late in September. The police have interrupted his journey with arrests and people have hurled abuse at or attacked him. But, asks the father of a seven-year-old daughter: "How can our bodies be illegal or disgusting?" Undeterred, then, by these and people who complain about "middle-aged ramblers with their bits swinging in the breeze" as The Independent reported it Gough soldiers on. What does his mother think? She was dismayed and dressed down her son for his "naked ambitions". But mothers will be mothers, so we learn that when the journalists got to her, she still "could not hide a tinge of maternal pride in [her sons] new-found fame". In Monrovia, though, women have reason to fear naked men. Last week The Guardian wrote about the orgy of violence and rape in the war-ravaged capital of Liberia. It was the kind of story you dont forget quickly. As the peacekeepers arrived, rebels and government troops decided it might be their last chance to exploit the anarchy. They went on the rampage and committed hundreds of rapes. "Esther Macauley, 40, was gang-raped by Lurd fighters in front of her four children", The Guardian said. "She lost count of the rapes after five, but remembers that the rapists were young: Small baby men. They disembowled her husband. "They said they were looking inside for Charles Taylor". One can only ask helplessly: Why? Why? But before we despair, consider the same Monrovia which offers us a most remarkable insights into human enterprise and the allure of the free market. Amos Wesseh was a plumber before war came to Monrovia. Then the fighting knocked out water supplies and no one wanted Wessehs services any more. He had a family to feed, so he went into a new line of business to make a living clearing bodies from the streets. He turned his coal house into a makeshift mortuary. Orders from people wanting to clear bodies from their drainage and the humanitarian agencies working in the city have overwhelmed Wesseh. The beauty of it all is that if peace returns, he will still make money as a plumber. Talking of the free market, from Iraq we have got glimpses into how to rig a tender. The Americans and Britons wanted to exclude other companies, especially Arab ones, from bidding for lucrative contracts to provide mobile phone services in Iraq. Among the rules, they required any company in which a government directly or indirectly owns more than 5 per cent not to qualify to bid. The result is that its mostly American and British firms that qualify . Iraq, however, seems to be a bonus for US business only. The real bacon was back home. Americas defence spending grew so strongly in supplying the war against Iraq that it propelled the economy to a spring boom. War output grew at an annual rate of 44 per cent in the second quarter, its fastest expansion since the Korean war in 1951. And the most unlikely Iraqis are getting some of the cash. Three months ago, American troops killed 15 people in the town of Fallujah. The incident sparked a wave of bitterness against American occupation, and attacks on US troops soared. The Americans eventually did something rather "unAmerican" to cool tempers. They paid "blood money". Or, as someone put it, they bribed the bereaved families, paying out $500 for the wounded and $1,500 for the dead. Muthana Salah, wounded in the Fullajah incident, had sworn revenge. He was one of the people sorted out and has now mellowed. "This is the only way. It is in our religion I have no grudge against them any more", hes reported to have said. Otherwise, the world continues with the incestuous investigation into itself. Thus we learn that arts students are 60 per cent more likely to die prematurely (after college) than their peers in the sciences, according to a study reported in the Journal of the Royal Society of Medicine. Medical students run the highest risk of succumbing to an alcohol-related death. The research was thorough. It followed more than 8,000 male students who attended Glasgow University between 1948 and 1968 and had died by June, 2000. It found that engineering students had the best health prospects. The high death rates of arts students was blamed on bad job prospects, a high rate of smoking and poor backgrounds. Science students, in general, live longer, helped by good employment prospects and an ascetic lifestyle. I am not sure this is true in Africa as well, because there are hardly any decent science jobs
ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic!
Kasangwawo Cut the crap if you think that I am doing research for you then as always you are on the wrong foot. You see I left the days of posting what the likes of you want to hear. And by the way let me add as well that the UPC' government's support to Muteesa did not stop on UPC government but even under Iddi Amin , moneys continued to flow to the family in London. Although some of the recipients decided not to use it better than becoming pipe fitters. On the proof of that, do not wait on me, go to Bank of Uganda where Obote made the original instructions, the records are public to today. So if you as a Muganda was thinking that your King was living from checks made from your grand father, think again. The state decided to maintain him with dignity in his exile life. The rest of the decisions on his life were made by him self and him self alone. And if you have any way to show us how Mutesa survived in London please by all means post it. Let us move from this crap of Buganda loves the Kingdom. Good day Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Mulindwa, I would hope that you have evidence about your allegation that the UPC regime maintained the late Sir Freddie Muteesa II in exile. In addition to the post-mortem report, I would also like to take a look at it. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:39:01 -0400 Bwambuga And I will add to those few notes another point just for clarification. Sir Edward Mutesa was in exile and we all know what happens in exile. The first point to hit home is poverty. However the current UPC government at the time, saw it fit to maintain the exiled King financially. Uganda Government continuously sent Mutesa funds to maintain him self in London, funds he him self decided to use to cut down on stress by drinking and throwing continuous parties. Untill when he drunk him self out on his birth day party. That is why it is very nonsensical for Lutimba Matovu to state that Mutesa was poisoned by Obote, if Obote wanted Mutesa to die in exile he would have not instructed Bank of Uganda to maintain the exiled King financially. Oh good morning, by the way. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:19 PM Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Matovu, We know that Kabaka Fred Mutesa (RIP) was a seroius alcoholic case. And he died from Alcohol Poisoning. My evidence comes from a cery good friend of mine, but he was sharing a girl friend with the Late Kabaka while he was still in power as President. This friend is a typical Muganda and big time supporter of the royalty. He says it was a well known fact among the late Kabaka's confidants that his alcohol would sooner rather than later kill him. And kill him it did. This should put to rest Matovu's false accusations of Obote. This is like the other quotation about a dead Muganda, Turns out those words were actually uttered by a typical Muganda, but hell wishers just pushed it to Obote to suit their ill intentioned politiking and subjecting Ugandans to false history. Bwambuga. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mwaami Kasangwawo I do not think that any body in a right mind needs a proof of Amin's brutality, and I do not think that there is any body arguing about it, what is bothering people is the way we want to attack this problem of a Ugandan president whose family wants to take home and the operative word home not to Kololo, remember this man has a land he is not a beggar for land to be buried on, Amin is not like Kiseka who NRM had to borrow land to burry him officially, he is not like Lule who ended up in Kololo where any government will dig him up, trust me, for better use of that real estate. Amin wants to go to Koboko and rest. Whether alive or dead. Should have I gone into this discussion? And the answer is no, but I was very disturbed to see how the Museveni virus has affected Ugandans. We are not responsible for any or all of our actions. Because Dr. Kigongo posted on Ugandanet that Amin was a bad leader so he should be buried in Saudi Arabia. Can he tell us whether Saudi Arabian dissidents are
Re: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic!
Mulindwa, I would hope that you have evidence about your allegation that the UPC regime maintained the late Sir Freddie Muteesa II in exile. In addition to the post-mortem report, I would also like to take a look at it. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:39:01 -0400 Bwambuga And I will add to those few notes another point just for clarification. Sir Edward Mutesa was in exile and we all know what happens in exile. The first point to hit home is poverty. However the current UPC government at the time, saw it fit to maintain the exiled King financially. Uganda Government continuously sent Mutesa funds to maintain him self in London, funds he him self decided to use to cut down on stress by drinking and throwing continuous parties. Untill when he drunk him self out on his birth day party. That is why it is very nonsensical for Lutimba Matovu to state that Mutesa was poisoned by Obote, if Obote wanted Mutesa to die in exile he would have not instructed Bank of Uganda to maintain the exiled King financially. Oh good morning, by the way. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:19 PM Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Matovu, We know that Kabaka Fred Mutesa (RIP) was a seroius alcoholic case. And he died from Alcohol Poisoning. My evidence comes from a cery good friend of mine, but he was sharing a girl friend with the Late Kabaka while he was still in power as President. This friend is a typical Muganda and big time supporter of the royalty. He says it was a well known fact among the late Kabaka's confidants that his alcohol would sooner rather than later kill him. And kill him it did. This should put to rest Matovu's false accusations of Obote. This is like the other quotation about a dead Muganda, Turns out those words were actually uttered by a typical Muganda, but hell wishers just pushed it to Obote to suit their ill intentioned politiking and subjecting Ugandans to false history. Bwambuga. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mwaami Kasangwawo I do not think that any body in a right mind needs a proof of Amin's brutality, and I do not think that there is any body arguing about it, what is bothering people is the way we want to attack this problem of a Ugandan president whose family wants to take home and the operative word home not to Kololo, remember this man has a land he is not a beggar for land to be buried on, Amin is not like Kiseka who NRM had to borrow land to burry him officially, he is not like Lule who ended up in Kololo where any government will dig him up, trust me, for better use of that real estate. Amin wants to go to Koboko and rest. Whether alive or dead. Should have I gone into this discussion? And the answer is no, but I was very disturbed to see how the Museveni virus has affected Ugandans. We are not responsible for any or all of our actions. Because Dr. Kigongo posted on Ugandanet that Amin was a bad leader so he should be buried in Saudi Arabia. Can he tell us whether Saudi Arabian dissidents are buried in Uganda? Our nation needs prayers, for I expected better from him but hey he is a Doctor. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: I LOVE AMIN SAYS NASUR For all apologists for the killers of Ugandans, I am posting below a letter which is representative of thousands of similar cases. The fact that these killers have not yet been taken to court does not relieve them of the responsibility for the murder of thousands of Ugandans. There are lots of reasons why people have not managed to take these killers to court - lack of resources, time, et cetera. As I said before, the following case represents thousands and thousands of similar cases in our short history. The letter appeared on 28 July (I think in the Monitor). Think about it ! Kasangwawo. == Amin killed my father, uncle on the same day! I have been following newspaper headlines about Idi Amin's health condition. Well, all of us will have to die one day but those who took away the innocent lives of others must be humiliated even in death. Those who never directly suffered the wrath of Amin have been writing and taking lightly the crimes he committed. But some of us are still bleeding with pain and sorrow, which he
RE: ugnet_: Don't Worry About Federo-Museveni
Mulindwa, I am not asking about any dupery, I am not even comparing death with any equivalence at all. Killing of Ugandans whether Luwero, Apach or Kanungu is the same. It does not mean that a Muganda's blood is thicker than that of an Acholi and that it must be mourned differently. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.506 / Virus Database: 303 - Release Date: 8/1/2003
ugnet_: THEY ARE UNDER ATTACK ACROSS IRAQ
US And British Forces Under Fire Across Iraq8-9-3 BAGHDAD (IslamOnline.net News Agencies) -- Few hours after U.S. President George Bush boasted "progress" achieved in Iraq, Iraqi resistance fighters attacked U.S. and British occupation forces across Iraq. In Baghdad, two American soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their armored Humvee vehicle, said Maj. Todd Mercer of the 82nd Airborne Division. Four other U.S. soldiers were lightly injured in a mortar attack on a U.S. base in ousted president Saddam Hussein's main palace in his hometown of Tikrit, a military officer said Saturday, August 9. "It was a 60 millimeter mortar fired at a low trajectory into the base," said Colonel James Hickey, commander of the Fourth Infantry Division's first brigade, based in Tikrit. The four soldiers returned to duty after their injuries had been treated, Agence France-Presse (AFP) quoted Hickey as saying. Tikrit has been ground zero in the hunt for Saddam, who has a 25-million-dollar price on his head. Also, a U.S. military base came under fire on the outskirts of Fallujah, a bastion of anti-U.S. sentiment 50 kilometers west of Baghdad, witnesses told Agence France-Presse (AFP) Saturday, August 9. The base came under attack around 10:15 pm (1815 GMT) Friday, when four blasts were heard and smoke was seen rising from the grounds. The compound, on the outskirts of town, comes under regular late-night mortar attack, as do other bases in the western province of Al-Anbar, which, for many, has come to symbolize Iraqi resistance to the U.S. occupation. Meanwhile, the U.S. troops arrested before dawn Saturday a former Saddam Hussein-era security chief, General Shaban Mohammed Asmir, his brother told AFP. "They sealed off the district at 5:30 am (0130 GMT) with eight Humvees and two armored vehicles as well as two helicopters flying over the sector," said former general Jamal Mohammed Asmir Mohammed. The occupation soldiers searched the home and "my brother was led out without any resistance," he added. The U.S. military had no immediate comment on either event. Fallujah has been generally quiet since U.S. troops withdrew from the center of the town in mid-July and handed over policing to Iraqis. However, three U.S. soldiers, three Iraqi police and a child were wounded Tuesday in a rocket-propelled grenade (RPG) attack on a police station. Following that attack, some 200 people gathered near the building to stage a protest, chanting: "With our blood and with our soul, we will defend you, Saddam!" In another development, clashes broke out between British troops and Iraqis Saturday after a grenade was thrown at a British military truck in the southern port city of Basra, witnesses said. The British truck came under attack at 9:15 am (0515 GMT) in front of a gas station where a man hurled a grenade and the vehicle was set on fire, said Ali Hussein, a taxi driver who had been filling up his car with fuel at the time of the attack. Four British armored vehicles and three jeeps came to seal off the area, while a crowd lobbed rocks at them. The soldiers fired shots in the air to ward them off and then started to shoot off rubber bullets, wounding at least four Iraqis, including a child, witnesses said. The crowd grew to more than 2,000 and shouted in anger over the gasoline shortage in the city, they added. The British military said it was not aware of any grenade attacks, but conceded there were protests around the city Saturday as tempers rose over fuel shortages and lack of electricity in the sweltering port. Basra has until recently been free from anti-occupation attacks seen to the north around Baghdad. But this month, British troops have come under increasing attack. Four Iraqis were wounded Wednesday, August 6, in an explosives attack targeting a British convoy near Basra. Progress However, Bush Friday lauded what he described as successes in Iraq, despite the 56 U.S. troops who have died in the 100 days since he declared the fighting all
ugnet_: ZNet Africa The failure of an African political leadership
The failure of an African political leadership An interview with Professor Wamba dia Wamba Who benefits when Congolese masses suffer? http://www.zmag.org/content/showarticle.cfm?SectionID=2ItemID=3927 ZNetAfricaThefailureofanAfricanpoliticalleadership.url Mitayo Potosi _ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
ugnet_: MEN CHOSE SLEEP OVER SEX
Men chose sleep over sex The favoured optionWhen it comes to sex men are better on theory than they are in practice. A survey has confirmed the long-held belief that men spend much of their time day-dreaming about sex. But the fast pace of modern life leaves them too tired for the real thing. In fact, given the chance of an extra hour in bed, most working men say they would rather spend it asleep than having sex. When people are completely shattered and stressed they don't feel very sexy Christine Northam The survey, for vitamins company Berocca, found that more than six out of ten men say that work is the most demanding part of their life. And it seems to take a heavy toll. More than half said they were simply too tired for a social life, or to have sex when they got home after a busy day. Thinking of sex However, most men were not too tired or stressed at work to fantasise about sex - even at inappropriate times. One in five men admitted they thought about sex within a minute of the start of a business meeting. Christine Northam, a counsellor for the charity Relate, said the survey was a good sign that people were starting to consider the impact of long working hours on emotional health. "Lots of people are suffering from stress as the result of working long hours, and the lack of security in employment. "When people are completely shattered and stressed they don't feel very sexy. "But sex is a very important part of a loving, intimate relationship. "If we value stable relationships as a foundation of society, then society needs to change. We need to get away from the culture of working too long and hard, being too materialistic and driven by money." The survey also found that more than three-quarters of men cannot stay alert throughout the working day - in fact the average man said he was only sharp for around three hours. This may be in part due to a poor diet. Seven out of ten of the 650 men who took part in the survey admitted they did not eat properly. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: ''We can't have a Hutu president'' - C. Nayinzira
Ethnicity, the root of Rwanda's troubles, is taboo issue in first election ASSOCIATED PRESS GITARAMA, Rwanda, Aug. 5 The limp of a crippled old man, the scars on a young woman's face the awful reminders are everywhere as Rwanda struggles to move away from its genocidal past by holding its first real presidential election. The Aug. 25 vote comes nine years after a government of extremists from the Hutu majority orchestrated the slaughter of more than a half million people, most of them from the Tutsi minority. Tutsis now run the country and they have tailored the campaign to suppress appeals to ethnicity a policy they say is necessary to keep old hatreds in check and to foster a sense of unity. But they haven't managed to bury the issue altogether. The leading opposition candidate is a Hutu who charges that the rhetoric of unity is the government's way of keeping his people out of power. The memories of what came before, during and after the genocide remain fresh in this Maryland-sized land of terraced hillsides and verdant old volcanoes, where fears still resonate and old divides remain deep.The election is ''an experiment to help us build the confidence to live together,'' says Patrick Mazimhaka, an adviser to President Paul Kagame ''So we have put in place a measured democracy.'' Measured it is. Presidential aspirants were given less than two months to organize their campaigns. The three opposition candidates two Hutus and one Tutsi complain they get little airtime on state-owned radio and television and hostile coverage in the largely pro-government newspapers.Still, after a long history of Belgian colonial rule followed by periodic slaughters of Tutsis by Hutu extremists that culminated in the genocide of 1994, Rwanda's 8 million people are joining a growing list of African nations that are experimenting with democracy.It's clear that Hutus are a big majority, though nobody knows just how big because the government hasn't done a count in decades. So the fact that Kagame, a Tutsi, is likely to win seems to suggest ethnicity is less of an electoral factor than might be expected. One reason is an abiding respect for authority that characterizes Rwandan society, and Kagame commands a lot of respect. The former military officer is regarded as stern and incorruptible. He is also the only politician in Rwanda with the network and staff to mount a national election campaign. Challengers have to take care not to run afoul of the vaguely outlined no-ethnicity rule.But that hasn't stopped some Hutu presidential aspirants from trying to appeal to Hutu fears that continued Tutsi rule means they will be sidelined indefinitely. The new constitution says political parties must ''reflect Rwandan unity.'' Recent statements by Faustin Twagiramungu, the leading opposition candidate, have come ''very close'' to crossing the line into ''speeches that inflame old wounds,'' said Mazimhaka, the presidential adviser.Twagiramungu, a Hutu, was a voice of moderation before the genocide, which he himself narrowly escaped. After Kagame's Rwandan Patriotic Front ousted the extremist Hutu regime in July 1994 and ended the genocide, Twagiramungu became prime minister. He lost the post in August 1995 after a falling out with Kagame and went into exile in Belgium. He returned in June. Rwanda has never had a contested presidential election, and Kagame and his largely Tutsi inner circle have run the country since July 1994, though Hutus do fill some prominent roles. ''Pretending that Hutus and Tutsis don't exist in Rwanda is just a sham,'' Twagiramungu said. ''When you go into (government) ministries ... what you find are Tutsis.''They've slowly loosened the political reins, but retain a firm grip on the army and internal security services, and few people are openly critical of the current setup.The resentments date back decades. Under the Belgians a Tutsi monarchy ruled. After independence in 1962 the Hutus seized power and held it until their genocidal 1994 campaign in which Hutu villagers were incited by extremist Hutu officials and hate propaganda and abetted by militia and the army to butcher their Tutsi neighbors with farm tools, like machetes and hoes. For the Tutsis, who remember life under Hutu rule as one pogrom after another, the last nine years have been a chance to live in Rwanda without fear. They don't want to
Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP)
Kasangwawo What is in that report is the cause of Mutesa's death. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, They say that knowledge is power. I just want to know what is in the post-mortem report. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:37:20 -0400 Kasangwawo Why? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, could you please post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa II as you threatened. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:50:10 -0400 Mwaami Matovu I am not going to be involved in name calling, you see I hate loosing the discussion. But I will stand with my original offer, that I do not want to see you again ever, posting any where a lie, like you did that Obote killed Mutesa through poison. As long as you do not state that lie I will accommodate you. If you want to see my very ugly side, lie again. For then you will leave me no option but to post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa on Ugandanet. For it is the only proof I have that Mutesa died of a very different thing than your dreams. And posting that report on Ugandanet is the very last thing I want to do. But if you ever allege any where, that Obote killed Mutesa by poison, you will leave me no option. So be very aware of the consequences while in your very silly rumblings. I am sending you a direct copy of this posting so that we are both sure, that you did not miss it on Ugandanet. I hope we are on the same page now on. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: joseph odwe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovu Not that you derseve even my comment on your silyness but I will bless you with it. By the way English is language that has been claimed by others as their own and unlike you I nkow I am not one of those. Therefore I will let you pride or worry yourself with the mastership of the language while take care of making my point understood. j.O From: Lutimba Matovu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Odwe, Your poor written English clearly exemplifies your poor and low thinking capacity. I can't waste time engaging people like you. LM --- joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks You all know that Lutimbwa Matovu is on the publicaly known movement's pay roll. As such all should have nown by now that the movement as unskilled in politics and norms is it has shown across the board strive on cheep lies,treats, opression of all sorts and their favourite-murder. I wonder why would anyone belief even for a moment that Lutimbwa with his yea sir mentality would be an exception to that. Not now probably not at any time. j.O From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:41:34 -0400 Ugandans I had a very hard time to understand why Lutimba Matovu would decide to pedal such very terrible lies, that Obote
ugnet_: Uganda's Economy: Poverty Problems as Growth Slows-BBC
Last Updated: Wednesday, 13 August, 2003, 16:41 GMT 17:41 UK E-mail this to a friend Printable version Uganda's fight against poverty By Orla Ryan Kampala, Uganda Uganda's economic growth has been impressive in the past, but a recent slowdown has raised fears that people will remain trapped in poverty. When the World Bank's Robert Blake left Uganda in July this year to return to Washington, local journalists asked him if he was leaving the country in a better state than when he had arrived seven years earlier. Kampala has benefited more than other regions from the growthHis response was an emphatic "yes". Now, he said, when he went upcountry, he saw children in school uniforms - even though they didn't have shoes - and mud huts slowly being replaced by brick houses with tin roofs. Uganda's achievements since 1986 - when President Museveni's National Resistance Movement government came to power - have long been praised. It is one of three African countries (Botswana and Mauritius are the others) that has seen sustained growth for the past 15 years. The economy is still growing, but the speed of growth has started to slow to about 4.5% on an annual basis, according to World Bank figures. The stated centre of Ugandan government policy is to eradicate poverty, and for Uganda to reach its poverty target, it needs to grow at 7% a year. New poverty plans The slowdown is causing government finance heads to spin as they revise their strategy on eradicating poverty. The revised version of the Poverty Eradication Action Plan, referred to as PEAP, is expected in February. Don't forget, the Ugandan economy is still growing fast, if you look at the past four years Keith MuhakaniziMinistry of Finance Different people give different reasons for the slowdown. The Ministry of Finance is clear. Bad weather and a low coffee price have temporarily sent the economy off track. But some local economists say that Uganda's youthful growth spurt has ended and the difficult adolescent growth stage lies ahead. In the past 15 years, shattered buildings have been rebuilt, shopping centres opened, and mobile phone networks established. Now the question is - what next? 'Still growing fast' Keith Muhakanizi, director of economic affairs at the Ministry of Finance, is dismissive of those who say the growth spurt has ended. "It is a combination of two things, in the last year, there has been bad weather that affected crop production," he said. Rapid growth could be giving away to a difficult period"Since agriculture contributes 41% to the country's gross domestic product (GDP), what happens to agriculture does heavily impact on GDP. "The terms of trade [for coffee and cotton] have not been good, that has affected the growth rate." Mr Muhakanizi points to World Bank research that says that poor "terms of trade" have taken away about 2.2% of GDP. "If you look at growth rate and suppose that had not happened, the slowdown in the growth rate would not be there. "Don't forget, the Ugandan economy is still growing fast, if you look at the past four years, you are looking at a growth rate of 6%," he said. But he does admit to awareness of a bigger problem - bad weather might be a temporary problem but poor terms of trade could be here to stay. "In that case, you have to look at other sources of growth," he said. 'Teenage' growth An independent report by Oxford University and the Economic Policy Research Centre, Kampala, says the slowdown should not be exaggerated but it could reflect the "unwinding of the growth impetus from earlier achievements". It says a 7% target could be over-ambitious, but even if growth is lower than that, it is still a substantial achievement. "The price of sustained rapid growth is continued reform," it adds. This does reflect what local economists have said. Standard Chartered's managing director Richard Etemesi said the Ugandan economy is in "teenage stage" and it is this phase of growth, which is most difficult. In the budget, which was unveiled in June, the government said it wanted to reduce reliance on donors - which pay for 53% of Uganda's budget - by increasing local tax revenue and income from exports. This heavy reliance on donors has political and economic repercussions - one World Bank economist has referred to the Ugandan economy as existing on a lifeline. Donors were angered by a government decision last year to cut welfare budgets to fight rebels in the north of the country. Need for reform It's time to concentrate on strengthening institutions - such as commercial courts - and eliminating corruption and growth will continue, the Ministry of Finance's Mr Muhakanizi said. "Suppose corruption was not there, or the bottlenecks, what would have been the rate of growth, it would have been much higher if institutions were strong and efficient," he said. Even if growth remains strong, questions remain about how many people
ugnet_: State House Lifestyle Beyond Countrys Economy, Say Mps
State House Lifestyle Beyond Countrys Economy, Say Mps MPs yesterday queried what they called the luxurious life style at State House, the official presidential residence, saying it was far beyond the means of the countrys economy, reports Richard Mutumba. This followed revelation by Samia Bugwe North MP Aggrey Awori that State House had acquired two sh200m C-class Mercedes Benzes for each of the Presidents daughters. We should not allow the prevailing lifestyle at State House to continue at the expense of the rest of Ugandans. How can the Government buy such expensive vehicles for each of the Presidents married daughters? Awori, a former presidential candidate asked. The committee, chaired by Salaamu Musumba, was considering budget estimates for the Office of the President and departments under it. Awori, a member of the committee, said whereas it may be the duty of the State to cater for the Presidents daughters, the Government should shop for items within the means of the economy. Musumba sa id the State ought not to overstretch its coffers. Ends Published on: Friday, 8th August, 2003 Email this article to a friend. Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*.
Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru
..common, even President Bush once said we want Saddam dead or alive, this was shortly b4 the invasion of Iraq. Now that didn't get Bush arrested did it. Ugandans have a right to self defence...in my opinion there is nothing wrong in telling people to defend themselves with all means possible, when those LRA thugs come around, after all they never show mercy on anyone including childrenit seems Mr. Yaobang that you have some hidden affection for the LRA. From: Y Yaobang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:51:48 + Emnmanuel: Who are these 'enemies of gthe state'? Watch your tongue, young man. Please re-read the Monitor article: inciting to kill anyone for any reason is illegal under Uganda's laws! y From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:11:44 -0500 Obviously there is a big difference between inciting people to genocide and inciting people to kill enemies of the state or crimianls such as rebels. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:43:38 EDT Prosecute RDC Ecweru . A HREF=http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Monitorpassed_location=Kampala;The Monitor/A (Kampala) OPINION August 4, 2003 Posted to the web August 4, 2003 Stephen Mwanga Kampala At the height of the 2001 acrimonious presidential election campaigns, two leading opposition politicians; Rubaga South MP. Ken Lukyamuzi and former Kampala mayor Nasser Ssebagala were arrested and charged with incitement to violence. The former was accused of inciting people at a political rally in his constituency when he allegedly called for the butchering of all Rwandese who dared to vote in the presidential elections. While the latter was accused of inciting people not to pay graduated tax. The two were charged under Penel Code sections 50(a) and 50(b) respectively. Though both politicians were acquitted, they were subjected to gross violation of their fundamental human rights. A number of other opposition politicians have fallen victim to this law. The question is; why does government enforce this law only when opposition politicians are the suspects? Recently, Kasese resident district commissioner Musa Ecweru was quoted in the media urging Iteso in Kumi, Soroti, and Katakwi, to kill every adult rebel they capture. A number of radio stations in Kampala up to a few weeks ago, were playing recordings of him saying that whereas rebels below the age of 18 years were to be arrested, those above that age should be showed their way to heaven. Ecweru's reasoning is based on the fact that the rebels, mainly Acholis, are exporting insurgency into Teso region. Ecweru now heads a militia group trained specifically to hunt, capture and kill the would be prisoners of war. According to a story; UPDF kills 5 more LRA rebels, (The Monitor July 18), Ecweru's militia group killed nine of the LRA rebels. No problem if the rebels die fighting. But it must be borne in mind that Ecweru's call for the killing of captured rebels is criminal under section 50a(l) of the Penal Code Act of Uganda. This section states that any person who without any lawful excuse, publishes, prints or to any assembly makes any statement indicating or implying that it would be incumbent or desirable to do any acts calculated to bring death or physical injury to any person or to any class or community of persons, is guilty of an offence and is under subsection(b) of the same law liable on conviction to an imprisonment for a term of 3 years. Ecweru clearly knows the role of the media - to disseminate information - and how the media was used in the 1994 Rwandan genocide. This means he had knowledge of the broader context of his statement. By the mere fact that he made such a statement through the media is enough evidence to prove that he had the mens rea (criminal mind) to commit the offence of incitement to violence within the meaning of section 50a of the Penal Code of Uganda. Even under the international laws on genocide, public incitement characterized by a call for criminal action to a number of individuals in a particular place or members of the general public at large, by such means as the mass media, constitutes an international crime. To show that the law of incitement to violence is not only meant for opposition politicians, an example must be made of Ecweru. _ STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail
ugnet_: Fw: [abujaNig] Admission
From: Mbuk, Mabel To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 3:31 AM Subject: [abujaNig] Admission Can someone give me information on University of South Africaplease? I need to know where it is located and if admissions forPost Graduate studies are still open. Admission process is alsoneeded please. Thanks.***Mabel Tete MbukDistribution DepartmentMichelin (Nigeria) LimitedTrans Amadi Industrial LayoutP. O. Box 527, Port HarcourtRivers State, NigeriaPhone: 084 237555, 237557 Extension 2270/2057Mobile: 080 23244777Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT **Keep Hope Alive!!!* Site of the Week:- http://www.iseehope.org Nigeria arise to rebuild Hope ++Nigerians for Nigeria, rebuilding a Country where No man is oppressed. - ---Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] **Keep Hope Alive!!!*Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
ugnet_: Fw: [Ugandacom] African Images - BBC London Radio
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:29 PM Subject: [Ugandacom] African Images - BBC London Radio UPCnetters Friends,I will be part of a discussion tomorrow evening on BBC London Radio from 10pm. The discussion will be centred on portrait of African images and, Africa centred stories. Some of the recent coverages have been around 'juju', 419 (Nigeria) and the so-called asylum seekers (refugees)' export of sexually transmitted diseases - etc.Those who can, tune in 94.9fm.Pinytek To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service.
ugnet_: Employment opportunity
Africa editor, SciDev.Net Closing Date: 18 August 2003Organisation : SciDev.NetLocation : London/AfricaJob Description The Science and Development Network (SciDev.Net) is an organisation that, through its website www.scidev.net, provides an authoritative source of online news and analysis about the role of science and science-based technology in addressing the economic and social needs of the developing world. SciDev.Net is seeking an Africa editor to develop its coverage of science and technology in sub-Saharan Africa, and to help build its network of contributors and partners across the region. Tasks and responsibilities: Commissioning and editing material from correspondents in sub-Saharan Africa, ensuring a regular supply of material from across the region Developing a network of individuals and institutions committed to enhancing science and technology communication in all parts of sub-Saharan Africa Helping to arrange the translation of material into (and from) French. Promoting and marketing SciDev.Net in sub-Saharan Africa Overseeing the production of a regular newsletter Co-ordinating the work of a regional advisory panel Helping to organise capacity-building workshops and other eventsRequirements Several years ofjournalistic (or equivalent) experience Broad interest in policy issues concerning the impact of science and science-based technology on African development Professional experience of working on African issues Good knowledge of English and working knowledge of French Good word processing skills, and experience in working with the Internet Knowledge of other software programmes (e.g. Excel and Access) Ability to work independently Willingness and ability to travel A scientific background is desirable but not essentialLocationThe successful candidate will initially be based in SciDev.Nets London office, but may subsequently be required work from a location in Africa. A contribution to relocation costs may be made if necessary. Application procedures Please submit: Curriculum Vitae Two examples of written material A 500-word statement on how SciDev.Net can contribute to the development needs of sub-Saharan Africa. SalarySalary will be in line with professional experience Contact details Please send your applicationelectronically to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or by post to:Office ManagerSciDev.Net 11 Rathbone Place London W1T 1HR United Kingdom Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
ugnet_: Chulu Muniini says Gen. Kazini and Maj-Gen. Muntu Should Reveal Kony Mystery
Letter to a Kampala Friend - Gen. Kazini and Maj-Gen. Muntu Should Reveal Kony Mystery The Monitor (Kampala)OPINION August 11, 2003 Posted to the web August 11, 2003 Muniini K. Mulera Kampala Dear Tingasiga,Seventeen years after the start of the war in northern Uganda, there is no end in sight. The war is escalating, the orgy of killings of civilians is on the upswing, and the killing fields have spread south east [again] into Lango and Teso. Just last week, The Monitor informed us of the latest carnage in Teso.Once again, a Uganda People's Defence Force [UPDF] helicopter gunship killed unarmed Ugandans in Abarilela and Wera sub-counties in Katakwi district on Friday. The following day, rebels attacked Atirir, 15 kilometres north of Soroti town on the Soroti-Lira road, and were seen planting land mines.The whole thing is utterly depressing. Hundreds of thousands of our people, including little children, have been killed, mostly in Acholi. Our women have been raped. A million Acholi people are homeless, living in squalid camps, bereft of human dignity, psychologically traumatised, reduced to nameless statistics on spreadsheets of the Uganda government and numerous agencies at home and abroad.There was a time when I believed the line that most of the terror and carnage in Acholi was the work of Maj. Gen. Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army [LRA.] Though I knew that the National Resistance Army [NRA]/Uganda People's Defence Force [UPDF] had committed atrocities against the civilian population, [and called for severe punishment of the culprits], I had faith in the good intentions of Lt. Gen. Yoweri Museveni and his army in their prosecution of the war in Acholi. Not even the very disturbing revelations that some army commanders were using the war in Acholi to enrich themselves shook my belief that the overall mission and objectives of the army, and Museveni's political vision for pacification of northern Uganda were honourable and worthy of my support.To be sure, I believed then, as I still do, that the UPDF had a constitutional obligation to defend the lives and property of all Ugandans from armed attacks by the LRA and any other armed rebels. I also believed that the UPDF had the discipline and the capacity to do this in northern Uganda, just as they had done in Buganda during the Itongwa rebellion and in the Rwenzori Mountains during the rebellion of the Allied Democratic Forces [ADF.] Not any more, Tingasiga.The conduct of the UPDF and of the political leadership of Uganda has extinguished the trust and optimism that I had invested in them. That Lt. Gen. Museveni and the army have failed to contain and resolve the conflict is a fact that needs no elaboration.That some members of the UPDF, an army which has the constitutional obligation to protect Ugandans, have perpetrated some of the most gruesome atrocities against non-combatants is not mere speculation. That Museveni has lost the political currency and moral authority to help put brakes on the country's interminable civil wars is evidenced by the escalation of armed conflicts by a whole new set of rebels. [The claim that the current fighting in northern and north-eastern Uganda is by the remnants of Joseph Kony's LRA is a piece of fiction that the Kampala authorities have weaved to keep the country and the international community in the dark.] It should not surprise anyone then that some of us have given up hope of witnessing the total pacification of Uganda during the reign of Museveni. Certainly, it is very unlikely that the UPDF will defeat the rebels, a point that was underscored by former army commander, Maj. Gen. James Kazini, when he addressed a crowd of well wishers in Masaka a few days ago. "I cannot understand how Kony can continue killing innocent people in the north for all these years without any cause. That is really a big puzzle to me," Kazini said.Recall that the same Gen. Kazini assured Ugandans last year that he would deliver Kony's head on a platter by the end of 2002. Recall also that Gen.Kazini informed us earlier this year that Kony and the LRA had been vanquished, evidence of which was a display of the LRA leader's treasured Kaunda suit that he had had to abandon to the UPDF fighters who missed him by whisker. The Gen. Kazini in Masaka sounded like a man who was at a loss as to how to bring an end to the war, a very discomfiting state of affairs when you think about it.If one of the country's top soldiers is baffled by the war in northern Uganda, pity the rest of us who depend on filtered reports from the killing fields. Gen. Kazini should be comforted by the knowledge that at least he "has been there" and knows some of the reasons for the persistence of the war, though the need to deceive the public compels him to feign ignorance. Furthermore, Gen. Kazini's purported puzzlement may soon be resolved if we can persuade former army commander Maj. Gen. Mugisha Muntu to share his knowledge of the real reasons for the continued
ugnet_: From the London Telegraph...Iraqis flock to Mahdi's Shia army
Iraqis flock to Mahdi's Shia army (Filed: 06/08/2003) A militia of mostly Shia men is growing in response to a call to arms made by a maverick young cleric. Harry de Quetteville in Baghdad reports on Muqtader al-Sadr's army against US occupation. As evening falls in the poor Shia suburb of Baghdad once known as Saddam City, dozens of volunteers queue under the watchful gaze of a local imam to sign up for the army.But this is not the new Iraqi army sponsored and approved by the American-led administration. These soldiers will receive no monthly salary of £40. Here, prospective warriors are ready to serve, and die, for nothing. Call to arms: volunteers sign-up at the Al-Ahrar Mosque This is "Mahdi's army", a growing militia of mostly Shia men who have responded to the fiery call to arms made by a maverick young cleric, Muqtader al-Sadr, two weeks ago in the Shia holy city of Najaf.Since then al-Sadr has led anti-US demonstrations and encouraged worshippers to resist the US "invaders" and Iraq's "Zionist" governing council, appointed by the coalition.Now the ranks of this religious army, named after an ancient imam who Shias believe will return to save the world, have swollen into tens of thousands, perhaps more."On the very first day after the call, up to 1 million people signed," claimed Sheikh Hassan al-Zurgani, a Baghdad representative of the Hawza, a Shia seminary based in Najaf."The official Iraqi army is the puppet of the USA," he added. "Now our people are willing to be martyrs and the USA must fear us."For the moment Muqtader al-Sadr, the son of a revered Shia ayatollah murdered four years ago by Saddam Hussein, has not issued any order for mobilisation against the United States.But there is no doubt that Mahdi's army has the potential to be a heavily armed force. "We do not need to issue weapons," said Sheikh Qais al-Kaza'ali, who oversees Baghdad's main rallying point for signatures from a religious centre in Saddam City. "Everybody has their own gun."The US administration has dismissed al-Sadr and his Mahdi army as nothing more than a nuisance. But on the rundown streets of Saddam City, Shia who were despised and oppressed by the former regime believe they have found a new oppressor.From their crumbling concrete tenements, they have come in droves to Sheikh al-Kaza'ali's office every night between 6 and 8 pm since al-Sadr's Najaf sermon."We are not scared of the Americans," said Ali Hadi, a 13-year-old boy who signed up yesterday evening. "Iraq is our country and we must fight to protect it and our religion."Everyone in this district of Baghdad claims to have signed up for the army, encouraged by their friends and by community leaders."My friends told me about this 10 days ago," said Salah Hassan. "They have all signed, so I came down this evening to sign up too."The process of volunteering is simple. A signature on a neatly printed form is enough to commit a volunteer to service.As pen is repeatedly put to paper outside his office, Sheikh al-Kaza'ali insisted that it did amount to a real army."Most of the former Iraqi army were Shias," he said. "They have enormous experience of battle. And we are already sorting the names we have into army divisions. This is not a symbolic army. You would be astonished how ready people are to die."One man came with his five-year-old son to put both their names on the list and we said that his son was too young. The man said, 'No, I am ready to sacrifice him for this army'."Such is the fervour boiling in this shabby neighbourhood that some may be willing to carry out their boastful threats of self-sacrifice and take an American life too.But for the moment the only army patrolling the streets around what was once called Saddam City is under the control of President George W Bush, not Muqtader al-Sadr.Even the Americans admit however, that this poor Shia district will never be known again as Saddam City. Now it is known to one and all as Sadr City instead.
ugnet_: RPF divisionism : Judge in its own case
From: Placide Muhigana To: Conflict of interest : no problem for RPF RPF "divisionism" : Partialjudge in its own case Twagiramungu Complains of Harassment of His Supporters Opposition candidate for Rwanda's presidency, Faustin Twagiramungu, has expressed concern over the 25 August poll being free and fair, saying that supporters of incumbent President Paul Kagame were making his supporters "fearful" of openly backing him. He told reporters on Tuesday in the capital, Kigali, that local government officials and Kagame's supporters were harassing his supporters and had detained some of his agents who were on the campaign trail across the country. Twagiramungu, 58, is considered the strongest opponent to Kagame in the country's first presidential poll after the 1994 genocide of 1994. Two other candidates are also contesting the presidency. He said he had received reports that the police had arrested some of his agents "under the guise of fomenting ethnic divisions within the population to win him votes". "Ethnicity is being used as a shield to openly silence, intimidate and harass my supporters," he said. "I don't mind RPF [Rwanda Patriotic Front ] supporters backing their candidate [Kagame] but let them stop harassing my campaign agents." Without giving the number of his supporters who have been detained, Twagiramungu said that his supporters from the southeastern province of Kibuye, the northern province of Ruhengeri and the western provinces of Kibungo and Umutara were the most harassed. Twagiramungu, a moderate Hutu who was prime minister for 13 months in the first government after the 1994 genocide, also said local officials were sabotaging his efforts by denying him a venue to begin his campaign. "Whenever I book a venue, I am told that the RPF has taken the place," he said. "I have decided to redesign my campaign programme, which I will be announcing soon." Only Kagame has held rallies since the campaigning period was declared officially started on Friday. Twagiramungu and the other two candidates are yet to hold any rallies, with some citing lack of resources and campaign venues as the main causes of their delay. Police spokesman Tony Kuramba told IRIN that Twagiramungu's claims were unfounded, and that the police had only questioned some politicians involved in talk or acts of fuelling ethnic divisions between the majority Hutu and minority Tutsi communities. "We have been questioning people who are spreading politics ofethnicity," Kuramba said. "We do not care whether they are Twagiramungu's supporters or not. The laws are quite clear on the issue of fomenting ethic hatred." UN Integrated Regional Information Networks
ugnet_: COMPLETLY AND ALSO AND THROUGHOUGHT, Me tell you!!!
Kiyonga warns Movt saboteurs WATCH OUT! Kiyonga addressing the press yesterday By Okello Jabweli THE Movement Secretariat has declared war on political saboteurs bent on misleading the public and tarnishing the image of the country abroad. The National Political Commissar, Dr.Crispus Kiyonga, yesterday told the media that political indiscipline was hurting Ugandas medium and long-term development objectives. Kiyonga, who was addressing a news conference at Nile Hotel gardens in Kampala, said political indiscipline among leaders was diverting the national focus from real challenges facing the country and frightening potential local and foreign investors. Kiyonga said politicians who globetrot, asking donor countries to deny Uganda aid and trade, should be exposed. When you go to London, you find them there. When you go to Washington, you find they have already been there with a message that Uganda be denied trade opportunities under AGOA (African Growth and Opportunity Act), he said. He said the saboteurs normally issue demands like, Dont allow Uganda to access the Millennium Challenge Account. You, World Bank, dont give your money to Uganda. Kiyonga said such indisciplined leaders were causing unnecessary panic and worry in the population and prompting people to question the sustainability of Ugandas stability. He said political indiscipline was partly responsible for the much-hyped third-term talk. You hear (Paul) Ssemogerere (Democratic Party leader) saying this, (James) Rwanyarare (UPC Presidential Policy Commission chairman) saying that and President Yoweri Museveni this. One of the reasons people are saying Museveni should not go is because they have learnt to trust him and fear the future without him. Kiyonga said the public was beginning to question the credibility of institutions created under the Constitution for good governance. He said the recent public condemnation of MPs over their pension scheme should be looked at in this light. He said other forms of political indiscipline include leaders who tell lies to mislead the population. He cited the current controversy over the legality of the Movement, adding that politicians alarming the public that the Movement system ceased to exist are aware the system is entrenched in the Constitution and that no court had ever annulled the Movement Act. He backed justice minister Janat Mukwayas contention that the country was not facing a constitutional crisis. He also defended the continued remuneration of Movement directors and staff as perfectly legal. He said the expiry of the terms of Movement political leaders does not affect the employment contracts of directors and staff of the Secretariat. Kiyonga said the Movement Secretariat would interact with journalists on topical issues on a bi-monthly basis. Top Secretariat leaders, including directors Oguli Oumo, Latigo Olal and Alice Muwanguzi, attended. He said the war on political indiscipline would deal with all leaders regardless of whether they are in government or in the opposition. He said other forms of indiscipline include disobeying the Constitution. He said opposition leaders opening up branches of unregistered political parties fall in this category. He supported his point by citing Article 72 of the Constitution that requires any political organisation or party to resister before opening up branches. The state and specifically the Police will be absconding in its duty if it allowed this (unregistered parties opening branches) to happen. I know for sure that some opposition politicians think they will become heroes if the Police goes after them. He said such leaders wanted to provoke the state into action so that they can run to their foreign masters, alleging foul play. Ends The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Kigongo Raps MPs Over Movt Bill
Just another one of those articles written in Rupiny language Kigongo Raps MPs Over Movt Bill By John Kakande THE Movement vice-chairman, Al-Hajji Moses Kigongo (right), has attacked MPs for dragging their feet while considering the Bill seeking to extend the term of office of the Movements leaders. I wish to express my disappointment as the vice-chairperson of the Movement, at the attitude taken by some MPs in considering the Movement extension Bill. I am aware of the ruling of the Constitutional Court and I am also aware that the Government is appealing against the ruling, Kigongo said in a two-page statement yesterday. Justice and constitutional affairs minister Janat Mukwaya last week tabled the revised Movement (Amendment) Bill, 2003, seeking to extend the term of office of the Movement leaders. The Bill was referred to the committee on legal and parliamentary affairs. But the committee on Friday deferred consideration of the Bill after Abdu Katuntu (Bugweri), raised objections, saying the Bill was illegal because it seeks to strengthen the organs set out by the Movement Act declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court. Capt. Charles Byaruhanga (Kibaale) asked Mukwaya whether it was not subjudice for the committee to consider the Bill. Mukwaya asked to be given time to respond to issues raised. President Yoweri Museveni and Hajji Kigongo were elected chairman and vice- chairman of the Movement in mid-July 1998 for a five-year term. The Government wants elections postponed until a referendum is held on the political system. Kigongos statement said, I would like to remind those that may want to use the Bill for furtherance of their personal and partisan interests that Parliament is enjoined to make law for the peace, order, development and good governance of our country and this should always be the focus. The vision of the Movement is to deliver to Ugandans the highest level of political participation and no one shall deter us from doing this. It is indeed very disappointing that in addressing a Bill that has far reaching implications for the governance of this country, some MPs go to petty issues like the surrendering of official cars of the Movement Secretariat. When we, the leadership of NRM/NRA and all those gallant Ugandans who sacrificed came to restore the democracy that the honourables are now enjoying, we came on foot and we are determined to carry on with or without vehicles for the good governance of this country. In my view, what the honourables should be concerned about is if the Movement organs are illegal and they are all members of the National Conference, how legal are they? Another question one may ask is if the Movement political system is illegal, and the honourables were elected under it, how legal are they? Possibly the final question may be who made the law that they now seem to say belongs to the Movement Secretariat? Wasnt it Parliament? Parliament is the arm of Government that is charged with the responsibility of making law. If a law made is found wanting, the concern should be how best to effect the necessary changes in order to reflect the wishes and aspirations of the people whom they represent in Parliament. The political roadmap as expressed by the organs of the Movement is to allow those that feel conscripted into the Movement political system to organise themselves as parties or organisations. We should focus on how best we go forward in view of the political roadmap for this country. Once the ruling of the Supreme Court is given, it will be addressed at that time in line with the legal framework, Kigongo said. Ends Published on: Tuesday, 5th August, 2003 \\\Always be a first rate version of yourself instead of a second rate version of someone else.\ Njoki Paul University of Pretoria
Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru
Mr. Yaobang, i will not be intimidated by your scare tactics and i am entitled to my own conclussions and opinions based on your response. You indicated that you did not think that the LRA is an enemy of the state. Well in my opinion and i think this opionion has been borne out internationally, terrorist groups such as the LRA which kill innocent civilians are classified as enemies of the state. If you don't agree with my conclusions, well, you are free to disagree and thus disprove my conclusions. Resorting to scare tactics just proves my point. From: Y Yaobang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Thu, 07 Aug 2003 13:57:10 + Emmanuel Musaazi: I demand that you immediately retract with an aopopgy to me the following statement contained in your e-mail: ... it seems Mr. Yaobang that you have some hidden affection for the LRA... Statements like these have serious implications and I take them seriously. y From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 17:09:54 -0500 ..common, even President Bush once said we want Saddam dead or alive, this was shortly b4 the invasion of Iraq. Now that didn't get Bush arrested did it. Ugandans have a right to self defence...in my opinion there is nothing wrong in telling people to defend themselves with all means possible, when those LRA thugs come around, after all they never show mercy on anyone including childrenit seems Mr. Yaobang that you have some hidden affection for the LRA. From: Y Yaobang [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Tue, 05 Aug 2003 13:51:48 + Emnmanuel: Who are these 'enemies of gthe state'? Watch your tongue, young man. Please re-read the Monitor article: inciting to kill anyone for any reason is illegal under Uganda's laws! y From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2003 17:11:44 -0500 Obviously there is a big difference between inciting people to genocide and inciting people to kill enemies of the state or crimianls such as rebels. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Prosecute RDC Ecweru Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 13:43:38 EDT Prosecute RDC Ecweru . A HREF=http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Monitorpassed_location=Kampala;The Monitor/A (Kampala) OPINION August 4, 2003 Posted to the web August 4, 2003 Stephen Mwanga Kampala At the height of the 2001 acrimonious presidential election campaigns, two leading opposition politicians; Rubaga South MP. Ken Lukyamuzi and former Kampala mayor Nasser Ssebagala were arrested and charged with incitement to violence. The former was accused of inciting people at a political rally in his constituency when he allegedly called for the butchering of all Rwandese who dared to vote in the presidential elections. While the latter was accused of inciting people not to pay graduated tax. The two were charged under Penel Code sections 50(a) and 50(b) respectively. Though both politicians were acquitted, they were subjected to gross violation of their fundamental human rights. A number of other opposition politicians have fallen victim to this law. The question is; why does government enforce this law only when opposition politicians are the suspects? Recently, Kasese resident district commissioner Musa Ecweru was quoted in the media urging Iteso in Kumi, Soroti, and Katakwi, to kill every adult rebel they capture. A number of radio stations in Kampala up to a few weeks ago, were playing recordings of him saying that whereas rebels below the age of 18 years were to be arrested, those above that age should be showed their way to heaven. Ecweru's reasoning is based on the fact that the rebels, mainly Acholis, are exporting insurgency into Teso region. Ecweru now heads a militia group trained specifically to hunt, capture and kill the would be prisoners of war. According to a story; UPDF kills 5 more LRA rebels, (The Monitor July 18), Ecweru's militia group killed nine of the LRA rebels. No problem if the rebels die fighting. But it must be borne in mind that Ecweru's call for the killing of captured rebels is criminal under section 50a(l) of the Penal Code Act of Uganda. This section states that any person who without any lawful excuse, publishes, prints or to any assembly makes any statement indicating or implying that it would be incumbent or desirable to do any acts calculated to bring death or physical injury to any person or to any class or community of persons, is guilty of an offence and is under subsection(b) of the same law
ugnet_: SV: Promises vs History was Re: small is beautiful?
>Michael Catolico wrote: > > a thought or two on some recent threads: > > while i agree that forecasting what the world will look like "after the > revolution" is naive or pre-mature, "imagining" a better future is > indispensable for going beyond the immiseration of the present. how else > can a mass, sustainable change take place without some utopian > motivation or evolving blueprint? In debating the agitational pros and cons of making promises about the future (or what "the revolution" will bring) it is easy, too easy, to forget that the central importance (for Marx and, I hope, most Marxists) of positing a communist future is _not_ primarily as a motive for struggle but as a way of understanding the present. More and more it has come to seem to me that the single most crucial sentence in all the works of Marx is that in the _Grundrisse_, "The anatomy of man is a key to the anatomy of the ape." Understanding this is, I think, a key to understanding Marx. Several points. 1. He DOES NOT SAY that the anatomy of the ape explains the anatomy of man, for it doesn't. One can study ape anatomy (by itself) for centuries and not find a single hint of the coming of homo sapiens. (Gould is crucial here with his emphasis on contingency: that if one could play the tape of life over again many times, it is very doubtful that the same species would develop each time. Had an asteroid not hit the earth 66 million years ago, we would not be on this list today, since the dinosaurs would still dominate the earth.) 2. Knowledge is knowledge of _relations_, and cannot be reduced to knowledge of "the facts." (This and the next point are crucial in the debate between me and Stephen Block over Plato -- a debate to which I intend to return.) Many radicals who also consider themselves Marxists (and are Marxists in many ways) stumble on this point, as can be seen in their tendency to pile up endless facts re the evils of capitalism, a tendency which leads to a bourgeois understanding of capitalist evil. All class societies are brutal and exploitative. _That_ by itself does not raise the possibility (I would say the _necessity_) of socialism and socialist revoluton. 3. Relations are _processes_, not static (Platonic) forms. One can see this operating in Lenin's great work, _Imperialism: The Latest Stage of Capitalism_. Lenin got many facts wrong in that work -- but its heart lay in his recognition that the relations between imperialist powers and dominated lands were _internal_ relations -- i.e., that imperialism was not a choice or a policy (as Kautsky, for example, argued) but the very mode of existence of modern capitalism. There is doubtless a connection between Lenin's rereading of Hegel and his concern with internal relations in _Imperialism_. But this emphasis on the "non-visibility" of relations is also central to Lenin's much maligned earlier work, _Materialism and Empirio-Criticism_. Lenin was unfair to Mach, who was an important physicist and thinker, but Mach had refused to accept the existence of atoms on the basis that they were invisible (as are relations), and that was the core target of Lenin's work. Of Lenin it can be said, as Lewontin and Levins said of Engels, he "got it wrong a lot of the time, but [he] got it right where it counted" (dedication of _The Dialectical Biologist_). 4. Marx was a communist before he was a Marxist. (Marx's much quoted assertion that he was not a Marxist was in a very particular context - his rejection of a small band of self-described and sectarian French socialists. It has no general significance.) This is my reason for objecting so sharply to Stephen Block's claim that "Marx was first and foremost a philosopher." Marx was first and foremost an adherent of the early 19th-century workers movement. Before that he had indeed studied philosophy, but in so far as he became in any sense a philosopher it was in the (quite successful) attempt to make sense of that movement -- to raise it to the level of theory. And that was when, from being a mere academic and a mere adherent of the workers' movement, he became a Marxist. That movement gave a dim glimpse of the future - i.e., provided a perspective from which one (or at least Marx to begin with) could _could look back on the present_, see the present as history, and could, from understanding the anatomy of communism understand (looking back) the anatomy of capitalism. That explains both Marx's reasons for sketching the nature of communism in broad strokes _and_ his refusal to develop recipes for the cookshops of the future. This is not to reduce marxism to a mindless morass of "concrete struggles" and "pragmatic choices" as one poster suggested a few months ago, but it is to recognize the _very_ limited power of theory to project the future, and to doubt as well the practical usefulness of such broad generalities as "socialism is a system in which workers have taken power and are using this power to re-make the social order," and
ugnet_: Fwd: NYTimes.com Article: Gregory Hines, Dancer and Actor, Dies at 57
/ advertisement ---\ Explore more of Starbucks at Starbucks.com. http://www.starbucks.com/default.asp?ci=1015 \--/ Gregory Hines, Dancer and Actor, Dies at 57 August 11, 2003 By JENNIFER DUNNING Gregory Hines, the genial, suave dancer, singer and actor who for many personified the art of classical tap in the 1980's and 90's, died late Saturday on his way to a hospital from his home in Los Angeles. He was 57. The cause was cancer, said Yvette Glover, a longtime friend and the mother of the tap-dancer Savion Glover, who frequently described Mr. Hines as a mentor. Mr. Hines began dancing professionally as a young child but went on to become an unusually successful crossover actor in theater, film and television. He won a Tony Award as best actor in a musical in 1992 for his portrayal of Jelly Roll Morton, the pioneering jazz composer, his fourth Tony nomination as a performer, and he was host, with Bernadette Peters, for the Tony Award ceremony last year. He appeared in major films, including Francis Ford Coppola's "Cotton Club," and value="160255""White Nights," with Mikhail Baryshnikov, in which Mr. Hines played an American defector to the Soviet Union. He had his own sitcom, "The Gregory Hines Show," on CBS in 1997 and played recurring characters on "Will Grace" on NBC and "Lost at Home" on ABC. Mr. Hines never forgot his dance origins, however, and was a tireless advocate for tap in America. In 1988 he lobbied successfully for the creation of a National Tap Dance Day, now celebrated in 40 cities in the United States and in eight other nations. In his acceptance speech in 1996 for an award given him by Career Transition for Dancers at its annual benefit gala, he berated the gala's organizers for not including tap on the program. "Anyone who has watched his superb virtuosity over the years would notice how the dancer's weight-shifting style is now ornamented with a jaunty rhythmic filigree," Anna Kisselgoff, dance critic of The New York Times, wrote of Mr. Hines's guest performance in 1995 in a benefit for Eliot Feld's New Ballet School. "Visual elegance, as always, yields to aural power. The complexity of sound grows in intensity and range." Mr. Hines encouraged hosts of younger tap-dancers, including Mr. Glover, Dianne Walker, Ted Levy and Jane Goldberg, in their careers and frequently proclaimed the talents of the old-time stars. He was steeped in tap history from childhood. In his foreword to Rusty E. Frank's book, "Tap!," Mr. Hines recalls an informal three-hour lesson in the history given him and his brother, Maurice, by the master dancer Bunny Briggs late one night as the two children lay in their bunk beds on a train speeding the three performers to an out-of-town show. Though he had had formal training in dance, Mr. Hines spoke often of the older stylists who influenced him in tap, an art that is largely handed down rather than taught. "Gregory always thought of himself as a student with the old guys, Chuck Green, Jimmy Slyde, Buster Brown, Lon Chaney, all of the old hoofers, and Sammy Davis Jr.," Ms. Glover said. Ted Levy, one of Mr. Hines's protégés, described him as "the Pied Piper of modern tap." Born in New York, Mr. Hines began training in dance at 3 with Henry LeTang and made his professional debut two years later with his older brother, Maurice Jr., in an act called the Hines Kids (later the Hines Brothers and, when his father, Maurice Sr., joined the act in 1963, Hines, Hines and Dad). Gregory Hines left the act in 1973 and formed a rock band called Severance in Venice, Calif. It was not until he reached his late 30's, Mr. Hines said in "Gregory Hines's Tap Dance in America," a 1989 program in the public-television series "Great Performances," that he began to "relax and reach true _expression_." It was around that time, in 1978, that he had his first Broadway success, starring in the musical "Eubie," for which he received his first Tony nomination. He followed up that success with Tony-nominated performances in "Comin' Uptown" (1980) and "Sophisticated Ladies" (1981), and had featured roles in two films that year, playing a Roman slave in his film debut in Mel Brooks's "History of the World - Part I" and a coroner in value="55042""Wolfen," an allegorical mystery directed by Michael Wadleigh. Mr. Hines was generally more successful on Broadway, establishing himself as a first-rate actor with his portrayal of Morton, a chill, egocentric genius, in "Jelly's Last Jam." (He also shared a Tony nomination for choreography for that show with Hope Clarke and Mr. Levy.) But Vincent Canby, then senior film critic for The Times, singled Mr. Hines out as a noteworthy performer in 1984, writing of his "rare screen presence" in class="Movie" idsrc="nyt_ttl" value="11102""The Cotton Club" in a
ugnet_: Let a Million Ugandan Brooms Sweep Europe-Joachim Buwembo
Opinion- East African -Nairobi- KenyaMonday, August 11, 2003 JOACHIM BUWEMBO Let a Million Ugandan Brooms Sweep Europe...What would you do if your 14-year-old did not come back from school one evening? Turn over and go back to sleep, with a smile of contentment on your face? Worse still, suppose the kid goes on a group trip abroad and is nowhere to be seen at the airport when the group returns. Would you take a week before asking the organisers of the trip what happened to your kid? That is how the parents of two Ugandan boys on a football team that had gone to play in Sweden behaved. The team returned to Entebbe and the two were not among them. The parents did not even ask where they were, let alone start searching frantically for them. It was the press that noticed, and started quizzing the organisers over the whereabouts of the kids. The organisers said the boys had vanished from the group somewhere in the Netherlands and "We couldnt wait for just two kids" when everybody else wanted to return home. For a week, Dutch taxpayers money was spent on a police search for the two missing youths, until it was realised that they had just become the latest of the tens of thousands of Ugandans who go abroad in search of greener pastures. The search for a better livelihood overseas is called kyeyo (meaning big broom, to signify manual work). The two boys escape to Europe came just a few days after the government had finally given in to the persistent clamour for it to help Ugandans wanting to go kyeyo. Some of the things the government can do to facilitate kyeyo include ensuring easier access to passports, loans for air tickets and provision of information on where opportunities for kyeyo exist. Parliament learnt recently that the government was finally setting up a committee to help co-ordinate and facilitate the practice. Even before the government lifts a finger to facilitate kyeyo, our manual workers abroad are earning the country about half of all its foreign exchange inflows through cash remittances to relatives and buying property in the country. But as the saying goes, better late than never. Only 15 years ago, the government regarded kyeyo as akin to treason. Then it did an about turn and, by liberalising forex transactions, made the remission of kyeyo money safe and easy. Now it is going to co-ordinate and facilitate it. Congratulations are in order. One man who may not be impressed by the governments change of heart is the ex-mayor of Kampala city and presidential aspirant, Hajji Nasser Sebaggala. During his bid for the presidency in 2001, Sebaggala had promised to secure 100,000 kyeyo jobs for Ugandans in the Middle East. He said his Arab friends were willing to help him in this undertaking. He is the first Ugandan leader to publicly pledge to promote kyeyo. He has the copyright for the idea, you could argue. His presidential bid was, however, cut short when he was disqualified on grounds of academic qualifications. So like many Ugandans before him, he bought a ticket and a visa, flew to the UK and enrolled in a course at Oxford in order to secure the required qualifications to stand for the presidency in 2006. In a way, Sebaggala is like other Ugandans who go for kyeyo in order to increase their financial qualifications so they can return when they are of a better standing in their community. The Hajji, who recently obtained a soft loan from a London bank to finance his studies, returns next year with higher academic qualifications than he had when he left Uganda. Hopefully, he will fly Emirates, pass through the Middle East and activate those contacts who had promised the 100,000 jobs, before he lands in Entebbe to take up his presidential campaign. As for our 14-year-olds, their return will take a bit longer. Maybe 15 or 20 years from now. Maybe one them will then become manager of the national team, the Cranes. For now, everyone has reason to smile, for nobody is opposed to kyeyo any more. Joachim Buwembo is Editor of The Sunday Vision of Kampala. E-mail: newvision.co.ug Comments\Views about this article Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
ugnet_: WORLD BANK REPORT VINDICATES MUGABE
World Bank report vindicates President By Caesar Zvayi The realisation that land is the key to poverty reduction and eradication is the basis for our countrys home-grown and agrarian-driven National Economic Revival Programme (NERP). This realisation was also the reason why the land issue was a rallying point in the build-up to the June 2000 legislative and March 2002 presidential elections as was coined in the slogan "Land is the economy and the economy is land". This is why the recent World Bank report titled "Policies for growth and poverty reduction", as reported in The Sunday Mail (August 3 2003), embraces this universal truism and vindicates President Mugabe in that it identifies land to be the cause of social conflicts and the key to poverty reduction and economic growth in the developing world. President Mugabe is vindicated on three fronts. Firstly, he was right in abandoning the Bretton Woods institutions prescriptions such as Esap and its surrogate Zimprest, policies which are on record as never having worked anywhere in the developing world, and which effectively served to reverse the gains the Government had made since independence in 1980. Esap and Zimprest prescribed the reduction of State spending on essential services such as education and health delivery, the privatisation of strategic parastatals and the liberalisation of key sectors of the economy, all of which brought untold suffering on the people. The resultant economic hardships have been viewed in some sectors to have been well calculated moves which were meant to pave the way for the emergence of a pro-western opposition. Secondly, the President and the ruling party were right in embarking on the land reform programme which was a rallying point in both the First and Second Chimurengas of 1896 and 1966 respectively. To date, the Government has delivered over 11 million hectares to over 300 000 families who had been condemned to unproductive agro-ecological regions as a result of colonial injustices which privileged a few thousand whites at the expense of millions of indigenous black people. Thirdly, the World Bank report endorses the Presidents preference for a home-grown economic revival programme based on land where it says: "The possession of land rights also typically ensures a baseline of shelter and food supply and allows people to turn latent assets into live capital through entrepreneurial activity . . . strengthening of poor peoples land rights and easing of barriers to land transactions can set in motion a wide range of social and economic benefits, including improving governance, empowerment of women and other marginalised people, increase private investment, more rapid economic growth and poverty reduction." Wasnt the World Bank chief economist, Dr Nicholas Stern, talking about NERP here? The Zanu-PF election manifestoes for the 2000 legislative and 2002 presidential elections identified land as the key to poverty reduction and eradication among black Zimbabweans. Various regional bodies such as Sadc and Comesa, and even the Commonwealth Troika, with the obvious exception of Don MacKinnon, identified land to be at the core of Zimbabwes socio-economic and political problems. Thinking Zimbabweans in both rural and urban constituencies identified with the Zanu-PF election manifestoes which highlighted that land ownership was the reason for the disparity between the scandalous wealth of the white minority groups and the abysmal poverty of the black majority, which is the reason why they endorsed the ruling party at the polls. Not surprisingly, the threat posed by land reform to white sectarian interests is the reason why racist Rhodies and their misguided black surrogates hate the President and the ruling party, and spawned a stooge movement in the vain hope of subverting black empowerment through the preservation of the status quo. This is why the MDC, which was formed primarily to safeguard the interests of Rhodie commercial farmers, tried to trivialise the land issue in the run-up to the legislative and presidential elections, even to the extent of using fictitious surveys from the Helen-Suzmann Foundation and the so-called Mass Public Opinion Institute to the effect that land was not an issue among the black populace as they wanted jobs. What myopia and naivety? What will you say now Morgan Tsvangirai, now that the World Bank chief economist, Dr Nicholas Stern, says: "Land policies are the root of social conflicts in countries as diverse as Cambodia, Zimbabwe and Cote dIvoire." What will you say now that the Bretton Woods institutions, which you lobbied to cut lines of credit to Zimbabwe, are of the same mind as our revered President, whose shoe- laces you are not even fit to tie? I know you will not say anything since you do not have a mind of your own. If you are to say anything, it wont surprise me to hear you parrot Dr Sterns words,
ugnet_: AIR FORCE OFFICER BLISTERS BUSH
Air Force Officer Delivers Blistering Excoriation Of Bush Says Bush is Responsible for September 11th AttacksBy Jerry Isaacs8-11-3 A US Air Force officer in California recently accused President Bush of deliberately allowing the September 11 terror attacks to take place. The officer has been relieved of his command and faces further discipline. The controversy surrounding Lt. Col. Steve Butler's letter to the editor, in which he affirmed that Bush did nothing to warn the American people because he "needed this war on terrorism," received scant coverage in the media. Universally ignored by the press, however, was that the officer was not merely expressing a personal opinion. He was in a position to have direct knowledge of contacts between the US military and some of the hijackers in the period before the terrorist attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center and damaged the Pentagon. Lieutenant Colonel Butler, who wrote in a letter to the editor of the Monterey County Herald charging that "Bush knew about the impending attacks," was vice chancellor for student affairs at the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, California " a US military facility that one or more of the hijackers reportedly attended during the 1990s. In his May 26 letter to the newspaper, Butler responded to Bush supporters, who had written the paper opposing the congressional investigation into the September 11 events. He wrote: "Of course President Bush knew about the impending attacks on America. He did nothing to warn the American people because he needed this war on terrorism. His daddy had Saddam and he needed Osama. His presidency was going nowhere. He wasn't elected by the American people, but placed in the Oval Office by a conservative supreme court. The economy was sliding into the usual Republican pits and he needed something on which to hang his presidency This guy is a joke. What is sleazy and contemptible is the President of the United States not telling the American people what he knows for political gain." The letter provoked immediate retaliation against the 24-year Air Force veteran. Butler was transferred from the Monterey installation and threatened with court martial under Article 88 of the military code, which prohibits officers from publicly using "contemptuous words" against the president and other officials. Last week the Air Force announced it had concluded its investigation of the case and suggested Butler would likely face "nonjudicial punishment," such as a fine or a letter of reprimand, rather than a stiffer sentence. If he refuses this punishment, however, Butler, who is ready to retire, could still face a court martial. The issue is a particularly sensitive one for the Pentagon and the Bush administration. While many people believe that the Bush administration viewed September 11 as a priceless opportunity to implement an ultra-reactionary program of militarism and repression, Butler is different. His military assignment brought him into contact with at least one of the alleged hijackers. Shortly after September 11, several US news outlets reported that Saeed AlghamdiÑnamed as taking part in the hijacking of United Airlines Flight 93, which crashed in western PennsylvaniaÑhad taken courses at the Defense Language Institute, the US military's primary foreign language facility, where Butler was a leading officer overseeing students (essentially, dean of students). Alghamdi, a 41-year-old Saudi national, was one of several alleged hijackers, including accused ringleader Mohamed Atta, who reportedly trained at US military facilities, according to a series of articles published between September 15 and 17 in the Washington Post, Newsweek magazine, the New York Times and several other newspapers. On September 15, Newsweek reported: "U.S. military sources have given the FBI information that suggests five of the alleged hijackers of the planes used in Tuesday's terror attacks received training at secure U.S. military installations in the 1990s." The magazine said that Saeed Alghamdi was among three who had taken flight training at the Navy Air Station in Pensacola, FloridaÑknown as the "cradle of US Navy aviation"Ñwhich also administers training of foreign aviation students for the Navy. The magazine,
ugnet_: Fwd: Field Marshal Michael Mukula?
Field Marshal Michael Mukula? KYERE - The military uniform State Health Minister Mike Mukula dons, albeit with a civilian belt, has impressed the people of Teso immensely. Mukula excelled at his military posturing on July 24 when he arrived at Kyere, Serere, for the burial of Hellen Otekat, late wife of the Soroti LC5 chairman, in a fashion that even the UPDF commander-in-chief would envy - escorted by a mamba. The apparently smaller men like State Environment Minister Maj. Gen. Jeje Odongo arrived first in a lone civilian car. Then the crack red-beret soldiers popped up amongst the crowd. Finally, Mukula's convoy arrived, complete with an armoured battle vehicle (locally known as mamba.) Addressing the mourners, Mukula said, "You can see for yourselves from my attire, we are in charge of the situation." On departure, Maj. Gen. Jeje Odongo's car led the way, followed by the mamba and then 'Field Marshal' Mukula's car. The mourners were left whispering at the new star from their community, and immediately christened him 'Ekunyuk' which means a squirrel. The Itesot call a person ekunyuk to acknowledge his cleverness or craftiness. Incidentally, not a single rebel has been spotted or reported in Serere for many years. Published on: Sunday, 10th August, 2003 Email this article to a friend. MSN 8 helps ELIMINATE E-MAIL VIRUSES. Get 2 months FREE*.
Re: ugnet_: I LOVE AMIN SAYS NASUR
Mulindwa, I really don't care if Amin wants to go to Koboko and rest. I feel he lost the right to choose when he murdered Ugandans whose relatives don't even know how or where they were buried. I,therefore, don't give a hoot where his body is disposed of. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: I LOVE AMIN SAYS NASUR Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:47:30 -0400 Mwaami Kasangwawo I do not think that any body in a right mind needs a proof of Amin's brutality, and I do not think that there is any body arguing about it, what is bothering people is the way we want to attack this problem of a Ugandan president whose family wants to take home and the operative word home not to Kololo, remember this man has a land he is not a beggar for land to be buried on, Amin is not like Kiseka who NRM had to borrow land to burry him officially, he is not like Lule who ended up in Kololo where any government will dig him up, trust me, for better use of that real estate. Amin wants to go to Koboko and rest. Whether alive or dead. Should have I gone into this discussion? And the answer is no, but I was very disturbed to see how the Museveni virus has affected Ugandans. We are not responsible for any or all of our actions. Because Dr. Kigongo posted on Ugandanet that Amin was a bad leader so he should be buried in Saudi Arabia. Can he tell us whether Saudi Arabian dissidents are buried in Uganda? Our nation needs prayers, for I expected better from him but hey he is a Doctor. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: I LOVE AMIN SAYS NASUR For all apologists for the killers of Ugandans, I am posting below a letter which is representative of thousands of similar cases. The fact that these killers have not yet been taken to court does not relieve them of the responsibility for the murder of thousands of Ugandans. There are lots of reasons why people have not managed to take these killers to court - lack of resources, time, et cetera. As I said before, the following case represents thousands and thousands of similar cases in our short history. The letter appeared on 28 July (I think in the Monitor). Think about it ! Kasangwawo. == Amin killed my father, uncle on the same day! I have been following newspaper headlines about Idi Amin's health condition. Well, all of us will have to die one day but those who took away the innocent lives of others must be humiliated even in death. Those who never directly suffered the wrath of Amin have been writing and taking lightly the crimes he committed. But some of us are still bleeding with pain and sorrow, which he inflicted on our families. It was Sept. 18, 1972. My father, the late Gregory Akiiki Katera, Chief Accountant of what was then Tooro District Administration and his cousin Matthew Apuli Kandole, then Chief Administrative Officer, were picked from Mucwa Chambers, where they were attending a district meeting with other district officials. They were taken to Karuziika, the current palace of the King of Tooro then occupied by the military. The man who arrested them, one Jackson, later testified in court in the 1980s that it was the commanding officer named Col. Onah who had sent him to pick them. Col. Onah was later arrested but he also testified in court that the order came directly from Amin and that my father and his brother were sent to Amin that night. Both Jackson and Onah were acquitted on grounds that it was Amin responsible for the death of our father. Since that day, we never saw our dear father and his brother. I was in Primary 2 and my father passed by our school to pick us up and have lunch with us. In the evening, a family friend drove home crying that dad had been picked and taken to the barracks. How and where they were killed or buried is still a mystery. We suffered tremendously socially, physically and psychologically. I would agree with those calling for amnesty for Amin if he had only committed political crimes. But Amin was a common criminal and he should take personal responsibility and be prosecuted whether alive or post humous. How then can sections of Ugandans, for political reasons or otherwise, advocate for a decent burial for Amin when many of us had our innocent parents murdered in cold blood and buried like dogs or thrown to rivers for crocodiles to feast on? They also needed a decent burial more than Amin deserves. Those of us who had our dear ones murdered should form a club and ensure that justice is done. Joseph K. Katera, Kampala. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL
ugnet_: A washingtonpost.com article from: bwambuga@netscape.net
You have been sent this message from [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a courtesy of washingtonpost.com Ugandan Despot Amin Gets Death Threats at Hospital By John R. Bradley JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - Former dictator Idi Amin, blamed for the murder of tens of thousands of Ugandans in the 1970s, has received death threats at a Saudi hospital where he has been critically ill for weeks, a medical source said Sunday. Staff at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah got the threats by telephone Saturday, prompting mangers to post a permanent guard in Amin's room and another at the entrance to intensive care, the source said. Security measures were dramatically increased in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital where Idi Amin is staying as a result of several death threats, the source said. He gave no details on the threats. Sources said last week that Amin, one of Africa's bloodiest despots, was in a near-death-condition, and the source told Reuters Sunday he was now expected to die within days. Idi Amin's condition has deteriorated as sepsis has set in, compounding earlier multiple organ system failure. He is still hooked up to a life-support machine...(and) the prognosis is he will die within days rather than weeks, the source said. Amin, in his late 70s, has been in exile, chiefly in Saudi Arabia, since his ouster from his East African homeland in 1979. A man who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, Amin was denounced inside and outside Africa for massacring tens of thousands of people -- some estimates say more than 100,000 -- under his despotic 1971-79 rule. A former boxing champion, he came to power in a 1971 coup and his rule was characterized by eccentric behavior and violent purges. He was driven from power in 1979 by forces from neighboring Tanzania and Ugandan exiles, and was given sanctuary by Saudi Arabia in the name of Islamic charity. Amin, a Muslim, and has lived quietly in Jeddah on a government stipend with his four wives. Would you like to send this article to a friend? Go to http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/admin/emailfriend?contentId=A40553-2003Aug10sent=noreferrer=emailarticle Visit washingtonpost.com today for the latest in: News - http://www.washingtonpost.com/?referrer=emailarticle Politics - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/politics/?referrer=emailarticle Sports - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/sports/?referrer=emailarticle Entertainment - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/eg/section/main/index.html?referrer=emailarticle Travel - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/travel/?referrer=emailarticle Technology - http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/technology/?referrer=emailarticle Want the latest news in your inbox? Check out washingtonpost.com's e-mail newsletters: http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?node=admin/emailreferrer=emailarticle © 2003 The Washington Post Company
ugnet_: Niger may sue over uranium slur
"President Mamadou Tandja of Niger on Sunday again rejected the claims, on the same day that Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that the US was pressurising the West African country to keep quiet on the issue. How much , I wonder, is the US paying Niger for Niger's "silence" and "undertanding" on this very vital state matter? MK Niger may sue over uranium slur President Tandja reiterated that Niger is innocent The government of Niger is being pressurised to sue the US for damages over allegations that Iraq tried to buy uranium from the West African country. The Chairman of the opposition Alliance for Democracy and Progress, Issoufou Bachar, says that Niger must seize the opportunity and file claims for "heavy damages". "The US forged a letter on Niger's behalf this is a shame," local Tenere FM radio quoted Mr Bachar as saying. US President George W Bush claimed in his State of the Union speech to Congress in January that Iraq had been seeking to buy uranium from Niger for its nuclear programme. But supposed documents backing up the claim were then shown to be crude forgeries, leading the White House to withdraw the charge. Pressure President Mamadou Tandja of Niger on Sunday again rejected the claims, on the same day that Britain's Sunday Telegraph newspaper reported that the US was pressurising the West African country to keep quiet on the issue. President Tandja also said that the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN's nuclear watchdog, had cleared his country of all suspicion. "Even the IAEA cleared Niger of all suspicion before the United Nations Security Council," President Tandja said during an address to mark his country's 43rd anniversary of independence from France. Niger is the world's third largest exporter of uranium after Canada and Australia, which between them account for about half the world's production. In 1997, Uranium accounted for 70% of Niger's export revenues.
ugnet_: transfer out (USD 12.6 M)
> From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Aug 10 01:55:59 2003 > Return-path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Envelope-to: dbwanika > Delivery-date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:55:59 +0200 > Received: from [80.179.102.245] (helo=azhg1210.com) > by dns. with smtp (Exim 4.20) > id 19ldYd-0003Gr-VT > for dbwanika; Sun, 10 Aug 2003 01:55:40 +0200 > From: "Dr. Nicholas Ted" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: dbwanika > Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 00:55:31 +0100 > Subject: > X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2919.6900 DM > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Status: R Simple headers > From: Dr. Nicholas Ted > Tel: 234-8033074806 > Mobile:234-1-7751682 > fax: 234-1-7596714 > Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Dear sir/Madam, > In order to transfer out (USD 12.6 M) Twelve million Six Hundred > United States Dollars) from African Development Bank. I have the > courage to ask you to look for a reliable and honest person who will be > capable for this important business believing that you will never let > me down either now or in future. > I am Dr. Nicholas Ted, the Chief Auditor of African Development Bank > (ADB). > There is an account opened in this bank in 1998 and since nobody has > operated on this account again. > After going through some old files in the records, I discovered that if > I do not remit this money out urgently it would be forfeited for > nothing. The owner of this account is > Mr.Smith B.Andreas, a foreigner,and a miner at kruger gold co., a > geologist by profession and he died since 1998. No other person knows > about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other > beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that this company > does not know anything about this account and the amount involved is > (USD 12.6M) Twelve Million, six Hundred United States > Dollars million dollars. I want to first transfer US$6,000,000:00 Six > million United States Dollars from this money into a safe foreigners > account abroad before the rest, but I don't know any foreigner. > I am only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be > approved to a local bank here, but can only be approved to any foreign > account because the money is in us dollars and the former owner of the > account is Mr. Smith B.Andreas he is a foreigner too. > I know that this message will come to you as a surprise as we don't > know ourselves before. We will sign an agreement, but be sure that it > is real and a genuine business. > I only got your contact address from International Business > Directory,with believe in God that you will never let me down in this > business. You are the only person that I have contacted in this > business; so please reply urgently so that I will inform you the next > step to take immediately. > Send also your private telephone and fax number including the full > details of the account to be used for the deposit. I want us to meet > face to face or sign a binding agreement to bind us together so that > you can receive this money into a foreign account or any account of > your choice where the fund will be safe. And I will fly to your country > for withdrawal and sharing and other investments. > I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreigner with > foreign account and foreign beneficiary. I need your full co-operation > to make this work fine because the management is ready to approve this > payment to any foreigner, who has correct information of this account, > which I will give to you later immediately, if you are able and with > capability to handle such amount in strict confidence and trust > according to my instructions and advice for our mutual benefit because > this opportunity will never come again in my life. I need truthful > person in this business because I don't want > to make mistake I need your strong assurance and trust. With my > position now in the office I can transfer this money to any foreigner's > reliable account, which you > can provide with assurance that this money will be intact pending my > physical arrival in your country for sharing. I will destroy all > documents of transaction immediately we receive this money leaving no > trace to any place. You can also come to discuss with me face to face > after which I will make this remittance in your presence and two of us > will fly to your country at least two days ahead of the money going > into the account. > I will apply for annual leave to get visa immediately I hear from you > that you are ready to act and receive this fund in your account. I will > use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward > transfer of this money to your account with appropriate clearance forms > of the ministries and foreign exchange departments. > At the conclusion of this business, you will be given 35% of the total > amount, 60% will be for me, while 5% will be for
Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP)
Mulindwa, They say that knowledge is power. I just want to know what is in the post-mortem report. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:37:20 -0400 Kasangwawo Why? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, could you please post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa II as you threatened. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:50:10 -0400 Mwaami Matovu I am not going to be involved in name calling, you see I hate loosing the discussion. But I will stand with my original offer, that I do not want to see you again ever, posting any where a lie, like you did that Obote killed Mutesa through poison. As long as you do not state that lie I will accommodate you. If you want to see my very ugly side, lie again. For then you will leave me no option but to post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa on Ugandanet. For it is the only proof I have that Mutesa died of a very different thing than your dreams. And posting that report on Ugandanet is the very last thing I want to do. But if you ever allege any where, that Obote killed Mutesa by poison, you will leave me no option. So be very aware of the consequences while in your very silly rumblings. I am sending you a direct copy of this posting so that we are both sure, that you did not miss it on Ugandanet. I hope we are on the same page now on. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: joseph odwe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovu Not that you derseve even my comment on your silyness but I will bless you with it. By the way English is language that has been claimed by others as their own and unlike you I nkow I am not one of those. Therefore I will let you pride or worry yourself with the mastership of the language while take care of making my point understood. j.O From: Lutimba Matovu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Odwe, Your poor written English clearly exemplifies your poor and low thinking capacity. I can't waste time engaging people like you. LM --- joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks You all know that Lutimbwa Matovu is on the publicaly known movement's pay roll. As such all should have nown by now that the movement as unskilled in politics and norms is it has shown across the board strive on cheep lies,treats, opression of all sorts and their favourite-murder. I wonder why would anyone belief even for a moment that Lutimbwa with his yea sir mentality would be an exception to that. Not now probably not at any time. j.O From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:41:34 -0400 Ugandans I had a very hard time to understand why Lutimba Matovu would decide to pedal such very terrible lies, that Obote killed Mutesa when such a lie can be proven and with facts. And Matovu has every right to hate Obote but why lie like that? And such lies have been shaken very many times in these forums by facts, yet the best the paddlers have done is to cry those are paid by Obote. Just for the record the death of Mutesa was a public knowledge, and so was the cause. So let us not scoop to such unbelievable levels. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans
ugnet_: CIA LOOTED THE VILLA IN IRAQ
CIA 'loots' villa where Saddam's sons died By Cécile Hennion in Mosul, northern Iraq 10 August 2003 The four-storey house in Mosul where Saddam Hussein's sons, Uday and Qusay, made their last stand has been demolished to prevent it being made into a shrine by Iraqis nostalgic for their father's rule. But before the bulldozers moved in, the site was picked over by American souvenir hunters. Four armed CIA men in plain clothes were prowling through the rubble in Mosul's Chalalat Street last week. One, a bald man with an automatic rifle slung over his shoulders who said he was from Colorado, admitted he was collecting souvenirs for himself and his colleagues. He and other armed Americans were removing pieces of blue and pink marble from interior walls and stacking them in the back of their vehicle. The Americans spent two hours in the rubble, watched silently by Iraqi workers and resentful local residents. Some said the demolition was unnecessary and compared the CIA men to looters. "They act with no honour," said one of the Iraqis bulldozing the house. Onlookers also condemned the owner of the house, Nawaf al-Zaidan, for "selling" Uday and Qusay, who died along with Qusay's son Mustafa, 14, and a bodyguard. "What he did is against Arab traditions," said Fida Ibrahim el-Uqadi, one of the workers demolishing the villa. "This is going to give us a very bad reputation among Arab countries and the rest of the world. Eventually, the $30m Nawaf got from selling his brothers will kill him." Two shopkeepers on the other side of the street who witnessed the end of Saddam's sons expressed similar views, even though they thought Uday and Qusay were indeed "bad guys". The two brothers, they said, made a fatal mistake by staying in the same house for 23 days. "At the beginning, we didn't know they were hiding there, but we knew something was wrong when Nawaf decided to transfer all his valuable furniture out of the building, claiming to neighbours that he was moving to a new apartment," a grocery shop owner said. He was still afraid to give his name. "Just call me Salwan," he said. He added that Mr al-Zaidan watched Saddam's sons meet their end. "They say Nawaf took his millions to Kuwait or the Emirates. But he still owed me 40,000 dinars [£27]." The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: RWANDA OPPOSITION CANDIDATE CHARGES INTERFERENCE IN CAMPAIGN
Rwandan opposition candidate charges interference in campaign Rwanda map (AfricaOnline.com) Staff ReporterKIGALI, 13 August 2003 A candidate in Rwanda's August 25 presidential election said the ruling party is using unfair tactics to frustrate his campaign efforts. But the electoral commission has denied the charge. KIGALI: Faustin Twagiramungu is one of four candidates vying for the position of president, a post currently held by President Paul Kagame of the ruling Rwandese Patriotic Front. Kagame is also running for president, as are Alivera Mukabaramba and Jean Nepomuscene Nayinzira. Twagiramungu said it is difficult for him to campaign effectively. He said he has been prevented from holding public rallies until recently, and claims that government agents are assaulting and detaining his supporters. "People who support us in different corners of the country are not in safety. They are being threatened. The only propaganda would be for the president, not for the competitors of his campaign," he said. Twagiramungu also claims that the Tutsi-led ruling party is warning that if Rwandans elect a Hutu such as him, there may be a repeat of the 1994 genocide in which up to one million people were killed when Hutu extremists indiscriminately killed members of the Tutsi ethnic group and moderate Hutus. The chairman of the National Electoral Commission of Rwanda, Chrisologue Karangwa, disputes Twagiramungu's claims, insisting the campaigns are free and fair. Karangwa also denies that government or party agents have been harassing the candidates' supporters. "I can assure you, in our commission, we follow everything within this campaign time. Neither Twagiramungu nor other candidates is intimidated or his supporters are intimidated. The commission is taking every measure to assure every candidate that he can have his rights in this campaign time," he said. Karangwa said it is Twagiramungu who is basing his campaign on ethnic politics by telling Hutus to take back power. "He's saying that the RPF [Rwandese Patriotic Front] is using that way [ethnic politics]. That is the contrary of what is being done here in our country." The August 25 election will be Rwanda's first since the 1994 genocide. After the violence, the RPF took power to deal with the genocide's aftermath and restore order. Since then, arrangements have been made to allow for multi-party elections. But despite these changes, observers are worried that these elections may not be free and fair. (Voice of America News)
ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP)
Kasangwawo Why would I fake something about a cause of a death of an individual? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:38 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) So why don't you post the whole report for everyone to see ? Or is this another of your fake claims ! Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 16:05:40 -0400 Kasangwawo What is in that report is the cause of Mutesa's death. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 3:29 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, They say that knowledge is power. I just want to know what is in the post-mortem report. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2003 18:37:20 -0400 Kasangwawo Why? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, could you please post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa II as you threatened. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:50:10 -0400 Mwaami Matovu I am not going to be involved in name calling, you see I hate loosing the discussion. But I will stand with my original offer, that I do not want to see you again ever, posting any where a lie, like you did that Obote killed Mutesa through poison. As long as you do not state that lie I will accommodate you. If you want to see my very ugly side, lie again. For then you will leave me no option but to post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa on Ugandanet. For it is the only proof I have that Mutesa died of a very different thing than your dreams. And posting that report on Ugandanet is the very last thing I want to do. But if you ever allege any where, that Obote killed Mutesa by poison, you will leave me no option. So be very aware of the consequences while in your very silly rumblings. I am sending you a direct copy of this posting so that we are both sure, that you did not miss it on Ugandanet. I hope we are on the same page now on. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: joseph odwe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovu Not that you derseve even my comment on your silyness but I will bless you with it. By the way English is language that has been claimed by others as their own and unlike you I nkow I am not one of those. Therefore I will let you pride or worry yourself with the mastership of the language while take care of making my point understood. j.O From: Lutimba Matovu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Odwe, Your poor written English clearly exemplifies your poor and low thinking capacity. I can't waste time engaging people like you. LM --- joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks You all know that Lutimbwa Matovu is on the
ugnet_: Zambian Politics
LUSAKA - Zambia's embattled ex-president Frederick Chiluba was arrested and charged with stealing $29.7 million after a prolonged anti-graft investigation by his successor. Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa has launched the biggest crackdown on corruption since Zambia gained independence from Britain in 1964, prosecuting Chiluba, several former ministers and senior government officials.
Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
Mulindwa, Please save your breath. Many like Musaazi will be showing up now since it is becoming more and more apparent to them that the NRM party is over and it is time to jump ship. As usual. Bwambuga. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When did Emanuel Musaazi arrive from Mars? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto ...as horrible as the northern crisis is, one can't help but notice the silence and lack of outrage of notherners (particularly those on this forum) towards Kony and his band of criminals and to me that is surprising. I would hope that this tragedy is not being used by die-hard opponents of the government as a political trump card, because that would be a shame and a disgrace (petty politics at it's worst). We should also remember that hundreds of UPDF soldiers have died trying to protect innocent civilians in the north, they also deserve some sympathy. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Anne Mugisha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:11:07 -0400 Ugandans It is very interesting to see Dr Mulera writing this kind of statements today, but I think he is too late to join the rest of Ugandans who have condemned daily these kinds of killings in Northern and eastern. And we must as well remember that Ugandans who are in those areas know full well who have supported their being killed. For let us not kid our selves, killing Northerners was not started yesterday, it has been going on for the last 20 years, so I will not challenge my friend Mulera to go back into history very long ago, so I will ask him only two very simple questions. 1) In the early 80's when Yoweri Museveni stated Northerners are Biological substances, and many of these people are not fit to live with us Can Dr Mulera produce where he publicly opposed that statement? 2) When Kiiza besigye stated Acholis and Langis should be eradicated from Uganda Can he produce where he opposed it? You see the danger is that today Northern Uganda has become a public case, and there is no one who has done this apart from the Northerners them selves, and if today in 2003 people like my friend and neighbour Dr Muniini Mulera can come up with such sentiments, can you imagine if he stood for the population in Northern Uganda from 1984 when he was the best seller of the NRM government in Canada? There is allot of blood that has been poured in Northern and Eastern Uganda, but we must never delude our selves that it is Museveni alone to blame, for that will be the greatest delusion. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: gook makanga To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Letter to A Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Northern killings bring out racism of Ugandans August 4, 2003 Dear Tingasiga: On July 22, 2003, a Uganda People's Defence Force [UPDF] helicopter gunship killed nine civilians in Obalanga, Katakwi District. The victims were attending a funeral ceremony. Two days later, a military helicopter gunship killed 13 civilians who were tilling their gardens in Acholi-Bur, Pader District. Many others were injured. While these killings were duly reported by the Kampala news media, there has been little manifestation of our collective outrage at these massacres of unarmed civilians. I have scanned the newspapers from Kampala and around the world. The Kampala paers have told the story. The rest of the world's scribes have been silent on the matter. I have read postings on UNAANET, an Internet Discussion group that brings together largely sober-minded and empathetic Ugandans in North America. Silence. Save for statements by a few Ugandan MPs and Prime Minister Apolo Nsibambi's statement to parliament expressing the government's sadness at the news of the Pader incident, there has been little public expression of outrage by regular citizens. It is business as usual. Perhaps the explanation is simply that Ugandans have murdered each other for so long that a few more deaths are
ugnet_: REBELS Kill 20 In Lira
Rebels Kill 20 in Lira The Monitor (Kampala)August 6, 2003 Posted to the web August 6, 2003 Kennedy Lule Kampala Rebels of the Lord's Resistance Army have killed 20 people in three incidents in Lira.The Otuke County MP, Mr Omara Atubo, told the Parliamentary Committee on Defence and Internal Affairs yesterday that the attacks took place in three sub-counties in his constituency last week.Otuke is found in Lira. Atubo said the first attack was on Okee village in Odwari sub-county on Thursday where the LRA hacked seven unidentified civilians to death.The rebels then attacked Okum internally displaced persons' camp in Orum sub-county on Saturday night where the UPDF repulsed them, but killed two civilians while fleeing. The latest incident took place on Sunday night at Olilim trading centre where the rebels hacked 11 civilians to death, Atubo said.Some of those killed at Olilim are Acuma, son of Opio; Omara, son of Okwir; Bony Okello, Okello Awany, Awici Akal, Richard Ebong, Richard Eryang, Janet Angom and two other unidentified people. Two more civilians were killed by a UPDF soldier, who earlier on had raped a woman at Olilim, Atubo said. The soldier was arrested.However, 2nd Lt. Chris Magezi, the spokesman of the 5 Division, could not confirm the exact number of Mr Joseph Kony's victims."I know those terrorists killed some people, but how does Atubo get the exact figures?" Magezi said on phone yesterday. Magezi said he was aware of the Okum incident where fleeing rebels shot some people dead, leaving others injured.Atubo, however, said that he has a network of local council leaders in his constituency who give him information on phone daily."I got information about the attack on Olilim that very Sunday night but waited to release it until I had got some of the names of the victims," Atubo added. He said he was not blaming the UPDF for the attacks but as an MP he had to notify the world of the plight of his constituents.He said that about 90 percent of his people live in camps and that has given rebels the opportunity to access free food, chicken, goats and cows. He said rebels have camped at Omwonyele village in Orum sub-county from where they train.Atubo said the rebels from Pader district use Otuke to connect to Teso in Katakwi where they have been terrorising locals since June.The MP, however, commended UPDF's efforts of recruiting local youth to help beef up security.
Re: ugnet_: Open Letter to all those who want African and Human Liberation
It is all lies that PBS is an independent media. It is just propaganda. Same with BBC. When I came to live in N America in the mid 1980's , I was shocked that the media here was worse than the apartheid-era type I had left behind. Mitayo Potosi From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Open Letter to all those who want African and Human Liberation Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 10:21:39 EDT To the limited degree we have been able to organize our movement(s) we have realized success, although it does not always seem evident. But all we have to do is look at the reaction of our enemies, because we will see that they spend a lot of energy studying and analyzing the impact of peoples' struggles for national and social liberation, to sharpen their systemic responses to these struggles. If I may, let me give you a few quick examples. I. Cambridge University Cambridge University in the UK has a special academic program totally devoted to the issue of land as a central economic factor. I have excerpted a section from their web site: We are a specialised department within Cambridge, devoted to the multidisciplinary study of land, property, the environment and resource management. Our two primary disciplines are law and economics. We have a full, three year, undergraduate degree course (known as the Tripos) and we have a strong postgraduate programme. Our teaching has been certified by an independent Panel from the Government's Quality Assurance Agency as being of the highest quality. We are a small department by Cambridge standards, with a lively and active group of staff and students, operating within an intensive research-oriented environment. Yet we have over 40 teaching and research staff, including: economists with specialist interests ranging from urban and regional economics to housing, from environmental economics to property markets, and from agricultural economics to the economics of less developed countries; lawyers with interests that include real property law, environmental law, land tenure and aboriginal rights, land-use planning law, public and constitutional law and central and local government. planners, urban geographers, statisticians and econometricians. http://www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/about.htm I think we should pay close attention to their emphasis on areas such as agricultural economics to the economics of less developed countries and land tenure and aboriginal rights, because they speak directly to the current issues being waged in various international fora and on the ground in many places around the world For example the relationship between possession and use of the land and indigenous rights is raging in various localities, Zimbabwe, Azania/South Africa, Namibia, Kenya, Brazil, Palestine, Australia and even here in the US (for example the just struggles of the indigenous peoples of the North American continent, and those of Hawaii). The issue of agricultural economics has been a vocal point of trade and related talks between the so-called developed world, i.e., most of the world, and the capitalist powers. The question of the general economic uses of land has been a hotly contested issue in states such as Nigeria, where significant sections of the population are unhappy with the way the transnational corporations conduct their petroleum discovery and extraction activities. Similar concerns about petroleum, and other extraction industries such as the mining of precious and strategic metals, the use of precious resources such as water and plant life, have been voiced in other countries across the globe. The lesson I think we should learn from the approach of institutions such as Cambridge, because it is important to recognize that Cambridge's interest in these areas is not an isolated phenomena, is that we must develop more efficient and comprehensive institutions to study our struggle and advance our own knowledge and expertise in these areas as means of sharpening the production of our organizations and institutions at every level. My second example is the Public Broadcasting System here in the USA. II. PBS programming PBS has several very revealing programs that speak to the struggle between the majority of humanity and capitalism. I wish to cite two here; one is called Commanding Heights the second is called The Wind of Change: The End of Colonialism in Africa; the first tries to demonstrate that what is euphemistically called globalization is the logical outcome of the political economic struggles and development of the 20th century; the second attempts to prove that the African Liberation Movement and the drive for a United States of Africa, launched with the independence of Ghana, faltered because of the ill preparedness of the Africans and because of the cold war. To give you
ugnet_: Re: Bwamguga, read Abdullah Anyuru's confirmation
Mr. Bwambuga, you wrote that those words ( a good Muganda is a dead one) were actually uttered by a typical Muganda. Who is that typical Muganda? Please read more evidence from a politician of those days below: ... Welcome To The Sunday Vision online: Uganda's leading weekly Amin with Archbishop Janan Luwum .. On February 17, former chairman of the Public Service Commission Abdallah Anyuru made an astounding revelation, confirming that the most despicable scourge of Africa was tribalism, the disease that made Obote say, The best Muganda is a dead Muganda. It was difficult to imagine someone who ruled Uganda for eight years under the distinguished umbrella of unity, turn around to drive a wedge between people. If he planned to exterminate the masses after he had used them to regain power, did he prefer to come back to rule the elephants and the Uganda Kobs roaming in our national parks? Obotes criminal obsession with tribalism put otherwise innocent Acholi and Langi in immeasurable danger... _ J. Ssenyange _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
ugnet_: War in Iraq to cost over 1/2 of a TRILLION DOLLARS!now that is totally insane
Taxpayers for Common Sense said postwar costs over the next decade could range from $114 billion to $465 billion. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences projected 10-year expenses from $106 billion to $615 billion. ( Damn folks did you hear that... that is like over 1/2 of a TRILLION DOLLARS) By ALAN FRAM The Associated Press Tuesday, August 12, 2003; 3:42 AM WASHINGTON - The U.S. bill for rebuilding Iraq and maintaining security there is widely expected to far exceed the war's price tag, and some private analysts estimate it could reach as high as $600 billion. The Bush administration is offering only hazy details so far, and that is upsetting Republican as well as Democratic lawmakers. The closest the administration has come to estimating America's postwar burden was when L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of occupied Iraq, said last month that "getting the country up and running again" could cost $100 billion and take three years. He estimated that repairing Iraq's electrical grid alone will cost $13 billion and getting the water system in shape will require an additional $16 billion. In a recent interview on CNBC's "Capital Report," Bremer said of rebuilding costs: "It's probably well above $50 billion, $60 billion, maybe $100 billion. It's a lot of money." President Bush and other administration officials have refused to provide projections, saying too much is unpredictable. That has angered lawmakers of both parties, who are writing the budget for the coming election year even as federal deficits approach $500 billion. "I think they're fearful of having Congress say, 'Oh, my God, this thing is going to be very costly,'" said Rep. Jim Kolbe, R-Ariz., chairman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that controls foreign aid. More than three months after Bush declared an end to major combat operations in Iraq, even the cost of the ongoing U.S. military campaign remains clouded in confusing numbers. Defense Department officials have said U.S. operations are costing about $3.9 billion monthly. But that figure excludes indirect expenses like replacing damaged equipment and munitions expended in combat. Dov Zakheim, the Pentagon's top budget official, has said that when all the costs are combined, he expects U.S. military activities in Iraq to total $58 billion for the nine months from last January through September. That includes part of the buildup, the six weeks of heaviest combat that began March 20, and the aftermath. That sum, however, is what Congress provided this year for Defense Department activities not only in Iraq but also against terrorism worldwide - including Afghanistan, where U.S. military costs are running about $1 billion a month, according to officials. In a report last month, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projected that Pentagon costs in Afghanistan and Iraq plus other U.S. military efforts against terrorism around the globe could reach $59 billion next year. "What is necessary is to achieve an overall strategy and whatever it takes to achieve the strategy, this administration is committed to," Bush told reporters Friday, adding that accurate cost projections would come "next year at the appropriate time." Lawmakers, meanwhile, are girding for a White House request for another $40 billion to $50 billion for 2004. While acknowledging the difficulty of predicting Iraq costs, even White House allies find political factors behind the administration's reluctance to discuss dollars. "They've got one eye on the deficit and they're trying to make sure the conservatives stay with them," said James Dyer, Republican chief of staff for the House Appropriations Committee. "Having said that, we have to pay these bills whether there's a deficit or not." Kolbe, who is traveling with other members of Congress to Iraq and Afghanistan later this month, said the administration's reticence is "undermining the credibility that might exist" for the U.S. reconstruction of Iraq. "We've got to get on with it here and start acknowledging what some of these costs are going to be." Private groups have produced their own estimates on postwar costs in Iraq. Brookings Institution fellows Lael Brainard and Michael O'Hanlon said in a Financial Times article this month that military and reconstruction costs could be from $300 billion to $450 billion. Taxpayers for Common Sense said postwar costs over the next decade could range from $114 billion to $465 billion. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences projected 10-year expenses from $106 billion to $615 billion. Whatever the costs, administration officials have resisted making estimates on how much of them will be shouldered by U.S. taxpayers. They cite several uncertainties: the future numbers and missions of U.S. troops, contributions by allies, and revenue from the hobbled Iraqi oil industry and seized Iraqi assets. © 2003 The Associated Press "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can
ugnet_: TEXT-Extracts from Liberian president's farewell speech
TEXT-Extracts from Liberian president's farewell speech MONROVIA, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Liberia's President Charles Taylor said on Sunday he was being forced into exile as he prepared to step down under U.S. pressure to end 14 years of strife that have spawned chaos in West Africa. Below are extracts from what Taylor said: His "people's revolution" had been justified as former President Samuel Doe's administration was corrupt and responsible for numerous atrocities and human rights abuses. The LURD rebels emerged after his 1997 poll victory and terrorised the countryside. "Our friend and ally the United States refused to acknowledge the existence of war." The international community, led by the United States and Britain, had denied Liberians the right to defend themselves by imposing an arms embargo. A U.N. travel ban prevented government officials from visiting Western nations to defend their cause and timber sanctions starved the country of revenue. "Something as simple as a toothpick cannot be exported from Liberia." His exit from office was a "self-fulfilling prophecy." "This is an American war. LURD is a surrogate force." Taylor said the LURD rebels had been trained in Guinea with American money. "(The United States) caused this war...but we appreciate their presence. They can call off their dogs now." "I realised that I could no longer see the blood of our people wasted." He had decided to make the ultimate sacrifice, and be the "sacrificial lamb," the "whipping boy." "I must stop fighting now. I do not stop out of fear of the fight. I stop now out of love for you," he said. "For me it is no longer important that I fight. What is important is that you live and there is peace." The United States was the "architect of the anti-Taylor policy" but it could make a huge difference to Liberia if it spent just a tiny fraction of what it will spend in Iraq. "There are massive resources here...gold, diamonds all they needed to support you, our people." "I have fought for you. I have resisted attempts in the past to sign agreements that would take everything. I hope they do not sign these agreements now." "I challenge George Bush, with due respect Mr President, please, you are man of God, do something for our people." "It must be for real now. Liberia is bleeding. It's being raped by foreigners. Guineans and Sierra Leonean Kamajors are cutting the breasts off women, cutting the hearts out of people and eating them on camera, Mr President." "Liberians will never forget this period if America did not come in and come in right." "LURD must submit itself to the democratic process. I urge the new administration and the West African community not to tamper with the constitution of Liberia." "I'm stepping down from office of my own volition. No one can take credit for asking me to step down. I did not want to leave this country. I can say I am being forced into exile." "I can no longer see you suffering, the suffering is enough." "God willing, I will be back." 08/10/03 16:07 ET
ugnet_: Pak not to send troops to Iraq
Pak not to send troops to Iraq BAGHDAD(AUG 5):Five US soldiers and an Iraqi translator were wounded in a pair of attacks in Iraq as Pakistan said it would not send fresh troops unless Iraqis wanted them. The British government said it is examining a new UN resolution that would allow other countries to replace war-weary US and British troops. Iraqi civilians were also struck down in the low-level war between US troops and Saddam loyalists as a military spokesman acknowledged four people were killed by US fire during a hunt for the fugitive strongman in Baghdad's posh Mansur neighbourhood last week. In a bold move, insurgents wounded three soldiers and an Iraqi translator in an anti-tank rocket and bomb attack on Monday near the heavily fortified Baghdad police headquarters for the city of five million. It was the second attack of the day, an ambush on the Baghdad airport road, where convoys regularly come under fire. A US soldier and two Iraqi civilians were wounded in an attack near Baquba, 60 kilometres north of Baghdad. On Monday, the coalition said it had captured another key fighter in the chain of localized resistance in Tikrit, the hub of the US operations to catch or kill Saddam and the rest of his supporters. Witnesses also said that Iraqi police opened fire Monday on armed men who fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a US military vehicle and accompanying police in Khaldiya, 100 kilometres west of Baghdad, witnesses said. Resident Ismael Turki said that US forces carried out house raids looking for the assailants, triggering protests from residents who attacked the town hall and a police post, which they set alight. The US army called in helicopter-backed reinforcements and the situation became calm. Meanwhile, Iraq's interim Governing Council was poised Monday to name lawyers and judges to a 15-member committee charged with drafting a new constitution, the launch pad to elections and an end to US stewardship of the war-battered country. The council, which has established a nine-man monthly rotation of its presidency, is due to choose its cabinet ministers in the coming days, in another milestone for the young US-sponsored body as it seeks to win the confidence of Iraqis. Pakistan on Monday said it would send troops only if Iraqis welcomed such a mission and the deployment was under a "legitimate" cover. "There has to be a particular environment for sending the troops and the environment is defined by the legitimacy of the cover," foreign ministry spokesman Masood Khan said, referring to Pakistan's repeated demand for a UN or Organisation of Islamic Conference (OIC) green light. "The other factor is whether or not the people of Iraq will be hospitable to this kind of mission." It was the first time Pakistan acknowledged that it was not sure if the people of Iraq would welcome the presence of Pakistani troops. Khan confirmed that Britain and the United States had requested two brigades of Pakistani troops to join peacekeeping forces in post-war Iraq. Other countries the United States has approached for help, including India and Turkey, have also said they couldn't send troops without a new UN mandate. Debate on a draft to replace Resolution 1483, which confines the UN role in Iraq to humanitarian and political assistance, is set for August 21. However, as casualties mount, US and British governments are under increasing pressure to share the burden. The British government is exploring the possibility of a new UN Security Council resolution setting up a multinational force in Iraq, Britain's special representative to Iraq said in an interview Monday. Preliminary negotiations on such a resolution could start within weeks, the Financial Times daily said quoting John Sawers. "We are exploring among ourselves - and we are exploring with the Americans - what the pros and cons (of a new UN resolution) might be," Sawers said. Sawers, the top British official in the US-led occupation administration, added however that London and Washington were waiting to see what demands France and Russia would make as to the role the UN might play in Iraq. "We are all conscious of tensions in the UN Security Council," he told the Financial Times. "They have not gone away. But before we go down the road of seeking a new UN resolution we would want to be confident it was achievable in a way that would support the coalition's present efforts." A mixed unit comprising mainly troops from Poland and Spain, Washington's main supporters in the war in Iraq after Britain and Australia, is arriving in Iraq, but most other states are still hanging back. Arab countries for their part, many of them strong opponents of the US-led occupation, are to meet in Cairo Tuesday to discuss the possibility of contributing to the country's reconstruction after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime. But Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher ruled out any dispatch of troops.
ugnet_: Indian environmentalists cry foul
Last Updated: Friday, 8 August 2003 ; www.herald.co.zw Indian environmentalists cry foul KASARGODE (India)-A year ago, the Indian media was flooded with photo-features and spot reports on some strange deaths in the prosperous southern state of Kerala. Hard-hitting exposes, studies by experts and a whole showcase of dead and maimed people of Keralas Kasargode district put the blame squarely on a pesticide called endosulfan. The district is home to lucrative cashew plantations where extensive aerial spraying of endosulfan has taken place over the past 20 years. In some areas the chemical was sprayed directly over the houses of families living near plantations. But the exposes have not deterred the manufacturers of endosulfan from selling the deadly pesticide on the Indian market if anything, they are hitting back at environmental activists. A panel of experts set up by the Central Insecticides Board of India and headed by scientist O.P. Dubey, concluded in March that endosulfan is not responsible for the health problems in Kasargode. The result: endosulfan continues to be sprayed over the villages of Kasargode. But a fundamental flaw in the composition of the panel has raised a few eyebrows. Its funny, says Cheloton Jayakumar of Thanal, a public interest research group that studies environmental toxins. It was O.P. Dubey, the young scientist, who recommended the use of endosulfan to the Plantation Corporation of Kerala about 22 years back. Now the government has put the same person to chair a committee that will decide if endosulfan is safe to people or not. The obvious conflict of interest has prompted the leader of the opposition in Kerala to write to the federal agriculture minister asking for the Dubey panel to be disbanded. He says that members of the panel, during a visit to Kasargode, did not even bother to consult the affected people or representatives of the State legislature or elected village-level bodies. That the Indian government chose Dubey to chair the panel has led Jayakumar and other activists to question the motives of the government. They are convinced the large pesticides companies are influencing the supposedly democratic decisions being made on behalf of Indians. Officials from Keralas agriculture department procured endosulfan late last year. This was done despite all the controversy and fair knowledge spreading around about the ill effects caused by the pesticide. This proves the administration and the endosulfan lobby are hand-in-glove, says Jayakumar. Indias pesticide industry has a total market value of about US$8,7 million. According to the Pesticides Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI), India is the worlds leading manufacturer of endosulfan. Kerala gives priority for cash crops dependent on fertilisers and pesticides, says Soolapani Usha, a researcher who has studied the pesticide affected areas. There are no tests for chemical residues or health problems. But even without any health monitoring, the use of pesticides is encouraged, she says. This January, Kalathiparambil Gauri, Keralas minister for agriculture, issued a statement on a visit to Kasargode. She said: We are not ready to ban endosulfan because we simply have not received any concrete proof that connects endosulfan with the diseases in Kasargode. Activists beg to differ: several studies from around the world, including India, have independently concluded that endosulfan is dangerous. The US Environmental Protection Agency classifies the chemical as a Category 1B (highly hazardous) pesticide. It has been banned on the rice fields of Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand. And its use is severely restricted in Britain, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, the Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Madagascar. Pastel brown in colour with a smell like turpentine, endosulfan is an organo-chlorine insecticide that acts as a contact poison to a wide variety of insects and mites on a wide variety of crops, including cereals, coffee, cotton, fruit, oilseeds, potato, tea and vegetables. On the cashew plantations of Kerala a foreign exchange earner it is used to counter the tea mosquito pest. Animal studies have shown effects on the kidneys, foetus, and liver from longer-term exposure to low levels of endosulfan. Studies have also proved that endosulfan can harm aquatic systems and is highly toxic to fish, birds, bees and wildlife. In India, the National Institute of Occupational Health proved conclusively over a year ago that endosulfan is the causative factor in the incidence of all crippling illnesses in the Kasargode area. Several independent field studies have shown that to date at least 60 people have died in Kerala due to reasons directly related to endosulfan. Cancers, congenital anomalies, mental retardation and manic depression have all been reported in large numbers from six areas of Kasargode.
ugnet_: A COMPLAING TO TECHINICAL SUPPORT
Dear Tech Support, Last year I upgraded from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 and noticed that the new program began unexpected child processing that took up a lot of new space and valuable resources. No mention of this phenomenon was included in the product brochure. In addition, Wife 1.0 installs itself into all other programs and launches during system initialization, where it monitors all other system activity. Applications such as Poker Night 10.3, Drunken Boys Night 2.5 and Saturday Football 5.0 no longer run, crashing the system whenever selected. I cannot seem to keep wife 1.0 in the background while attempting to run some of my other favorite applications. I am thinking about going back to Girlfriend 7.0, but the uninstall does not work on this program. Can you please help me? Signed:A Troubled User -Reply Separator- Dear Troubled User, This is a very common problem men complain about, but is mostly due to a primary misconception. Many people upgrade from Girlfriend 7.0 to Wife 1.0 with the idea that Wife 1.0 is merely a UTILITIES ENTERTAINMENT program. Wife 1.0 is an OPERATING SYSTEM and designed by it's creator to run everything. It is unlikely you would be able to purge Wife 1.0 and still convert back to Girlfriend 7.0. Hidden operating files within your system would cause Girlfriend 7.0 to emulate Wife 1.0 so nothing is gained. It is impossible to uninstall, delete, or purge the program files from the system once installed. You cannot go back to Girlfriend 7.0 because Wife 1.0 is not designed to do this. Some have tried to install Girlfriend 8.0 or Wife 2.0 but end up with more problems than the original system. Look in your manual under "Warnings- Alimony/Child support". I recommend you keep Wife 1.0 and deal with the situation. I suggest installing background application program C:\YES DEAR to alleviate software augmentation. Having installed Wife 1.0 myself, I might also suggest you read the entire section regarding General Partnership Faults (GPFs). You must assume all responsibility for faults and problems that might occur, regardless of their cause. The best course of action will be to enter the command C:\APOLOGIZE. In any case avoid excessive use of C:\YES DEAR because ultimately you may have to give the APOLOGIZE command before the operating system will return to normal. The system will run smoothly as long as you take the blame for all the GPFs. Wife 1.0 is a great program, but very high-maintenance. Consider buying additional software to improve the performance of Wife 1.0. I recommend Flowers 3.1 and Diamonds 2K. Do not, under any circumstances install Secretary with Short Skirt 3.3. This is not a supported application for Wife 1.0 and is likely to cause irreversible damage to the operating system. Best of Luck,Tech Support
ugnet_: We can get a better sense of what the privatizing.............
MERCOSURS HOPE By Fred Rosen www.nacla.org We can get a better sense of what the privatizing, austerity-driven Washington Consensus for the South is all about if we remember the market-based economic programs put in place in the North over two decades ago by Margaret Thatcher and Ronald Reagan. Back in the early 1980s, for example, as the Reagan administration was gearing up its economic program of privatization, deregulation, union busting and fiscal cutbacksa program that went under the rubric supply-side economics,a liberal critic of the supply-siders quipped that Reaganomics amounted to the simple belief that people werent working hard enough: the rich because they werent rich enough, and the poor because they werent poor enough. The quip was not far off the mark. The rich became richer and the poor became poorer and the global economythen known as the capitalist worldrecovered from the doldrums in which it found itself in the late 1970s and early 1980s. In the interim, the imperfect egalitarian instincts of Keynesian economics and social democratic policies were swept into the dustbin of ideas, left there to commingle with other antiquities like alchemy and astrology. The growing inequality and concomitant resentment we see throughout Latin America today is not a simple by-product of the recovery of the past two decades, but its very essence. Discipline, the creation of a willing, sometimes desperate, always available workforce has been at the center of the recovery engendered by the Washington Consensus, a legacy of the Reagan and Thatcher years. In early June, the UNs Economic Commission on Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) released its latest figures on hemispheric poverty. In 2001, there were 214 million poor people in Latin America, 43% of the regions population, people who, by ECLACs estimation, could not afford to adequately feed and shelter themselvesnearly half of whom were extremely poor, or indigent. By ECLACs estimates, there had been 209 million Latin Americans living in poverty in 1994, and 197 million in 1990; the trend has been upward. And during the 1990s, a period of almost unprecedented accumulation of individual wealth, the UN Development Program tells us that 60 countries actually grew poorer. In Latin America, even those countries that have not grown poorer have grown more powerless. Indeed, among the demands the Washington Consensus makes on Latin American countries is that they produce principally for export to the North, a process that has led to foreign markets setting the priorities of many domestic economies. Until now, individual Latin American economies have been too small and/or too weak to negotiate their way into the world economy on more favorable terms. Given the easy mobility of capital, and the concomitant power that has accrued to it since Thatcher and Reagan changed the rules and sensibilities of economic politics, policymakers in poorer, peripheral countries have seen their choices severely constricted. That is why a group of South American governments, led by Brazil and Argentina, are attempting to expand their choicesand their economiesby revitalizing MERCOSUR, the "South American Common Market". Meeting on June 18 in Asuncin, Paraguay, under the leadership of Brazils indefatigable President Lula, the presidents of seven South American countriesMercosur members Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay; associate members Chile and Bolivia; and invited guest Venezuelamet to reinvigorate the dormant organization and perhaps expand it northward to include Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. With the European Union as a rough model, the seven presidents even talked about forming a Mercosur parliament and, eventually, a common currency. Lula told the press that active cooperation within Mercosur is what could awaken in our South American brothers the idea that integration is more than a word used during election campaigns. This struck a chord with Venezuelas Hugo Chvez, whose Bolivarian Revolution exalts regional strength and integration. Nstor Kirchner, the newly elected Argentine president, was enthusiastic. Our future lies in the political integration of Latin America, he remarked at the Asuncin meeting, not in the automatic alignment with the U.S.A. Even more notable is the so-far willing participation of Chiles Ricardo Lagos who up to now has been much more interested in joining an expanded NAFTA. Lagos emphasized his interest in seeing Mercosur develop as a political union and to see the South Americans negotiate with the North Americans as a bloc. All present would be happy to see their economies produce for an expanded domestic market of South Americas nearly 400 million people. "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent,
ugnet_: NEW ATTACKS WOUND 4 U.S TROOPS IN IRAQ
1 hour, 17 minutes ago By TAREK AL-ISSAWI, Associated Press Writer BAGHDAD, Iraq - U.S. troops came under renewed attacks Saturday that wounded at least four soldiers, and a team of FBI (news - web sites) investigators prepared to take control of the probe into the car bombing of the Jordanian Embassy. Soldiers from the 173rd Airborne Brigade on patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk were fired on with a rocket-propelled grenade and small arms early Saturday, said Lt. Col. Bill McDonald, spokesman for the 4th Infantry Division operating in the area. Two soldiers were wounded in the explosion and were in stable condition, McDonald said. The troops returned fire, he said. Also Saturday, soldiers west of Kirkuk opened fire on a car that ran a military checkpoint, wounding two Iraqis, McDonald said. The victims were evacuated to a Kirkuk hospital in stable condition, he said. In south-central Baghdad, two soldiers were wounded in a roadside bomb attack on their armored Humvee vehicle, said Maj. Todd Mercer of the 82nd Airborne Division. Thursday's bombing of the Jordanian Embassy, which killed 19 people and injured at least 50 raised fears that al-Qaida-linked terrorists were at work in Iraq (news - web sites). The bombing was the first large-scale terrorist attack since Baghdad fell to U.S. forces April 9. Authorities are looking at Ansar al-Islam, which U.S. officials claim is linked to al-Qaida, as a potential suspect, according to Lt. Gen. Norton Schwartz, director of operations for the Joint Chiefs of Staff. "The one organization that we have confidence and that we know is in Iraq and in the Baghdad area is Ansar al-Islam," he said. "It is unknown whether this particular organization was associated with the (bombing). Perhaps that'll become clear as we go down the road. "But that is an al-Qaida-related organization and one that we are focusing attention on," Schwartz said. Fewer than a dozen FBI agents were dispatched to secure and analyze evidence. They also will train Iraqi investigators. It was not clear when the team would begin work or how long it would stay. "We will do all we can to help the Iraqi authorities find these people and bring them to justice," L. Paul Bremer, the U.S. administrator of Iraq, said in a press release distributed by the Pentagon (news - web sites). The Bush administration fears Iraqi police don't have the techniques or tools to properly investigate the deadly attack, according to a senior Justice Department (news - web sites) official, speaking on condition of anonymity from Washington. So far, American authorities have said, they do not believe terrorist groups like Ansar or any other foreign fighters have played a major role in the guerrilla war against American occupation forces. They believe instead that the attacks are the work of remnants of Saddam Hussein (news - web sites)'s regime his Republican Guard, Fedayeen militia and intelligence services. Before the U.S. invasion of Iraq, Ansar al-Islam was known for bombings and assassinations of Kurdish figures. But the group, which has included veterans of bin Laden's training camps in Afghanistan (news - web sites), has not previously been linked to attacks on the scale of the embassy blast. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell (news - web sites) said the group was a link between Baghdad and al-Qaida when he made his case for war to the U.N. Security Council in February. Others have questioned whether there was any connection to Saddam Hussein's regime. U.S. forces knocked out Ansar-al-Islam's main headquarters in northeastern Iraq early in the war. Bremer has said the group has been rebuilding in the country, with surviving members filtering back from Iran. ___ AP writers D'Arcy Doran in Tikrit and Curt Anderson in Washington contributed to this report. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
Re: ugnet_: ON THE SO CALLED AGOA
Chulu Musaazi! There is no good news to report in Yoweri Museveni's Uganda. Your man Yosweri Mucebeni Kaguta is a murderer, a con man, a thief, a manipulator who has destroyed MY beloved Uganda. Secondly, it is not a question of hating American and Americans. Indeed how can Hate America, I am but a product of their Education system. Most of my professors were Americans And I hold them in high Esteem. Many of my very close friends are Americans (some of whom, by the way are serving in the GULF WAR against Iraq). What I hate are wrong US Government policy which result in putting this young boys and girls (my friends) in arm way.. over there in Arab Desert! I also hate American Government policy of supporting dictator Yoweri Kaguta Museveni . Museveni, as you very well know, is pretty much responsible for the death of thousands of our fellow citizens and citizens of the Great Lakes Region. MK "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
ugnet_: PM Makuza : I failed to reform my party, MDR
PM Makuza's Interview with Ugandan Paper "The Monitor" Excerpts I am the prime minister and I am not from the RPF. I am from MDR, the party that was recently banned. The responsibility of government falls on all of us collectively and RPF cannot impose its will on us. Let us look at the facts: RPF is in a minority in parliament with only 13 out of 74 members of the legislature. So, most of the people who say RPF dictates national policies and other political parties just rubber stamp are either ignorant of the facts or simply believe in confrontation. We the partners to the coalition government recognized the need for a transition period to heal old wounds. Do you really have any clout in government? People think you are just a figure-head prime minister. Oh yes, I exercise a lot of influence in parliament, in cabinet, and in different commissions, because policies in this country are agreed upon collectively. Just ignore this talk of rubber stamp and figure head prime minister. People who say these things do not know how the government of Rwanda works. They just speak about what they would want to see happening. We listen to each other. In any case, I should inform you that constitutionally, I chair cabinet, actually most of the time. The president only does so occasionally. You are the Prime Minister. Parliament banned your party. What do you feel? Aren't you angry? It is regrettable that MDR had ample time to modify its message and public perception of it. There was so much effort on my part to reform the party but I failed. Parliament made an inquiry and referred the matter to cabinet, which in turn referred it to the courts. That is the rule of law. There is consensus in government and parliament to ban the party. And we all must accept the rule of law and the principles of democracy. Prime Minister talks about progress over the years BERNARD MAKUZA, Prime minister of the republic of Rwanda, was interviewed by Monitor's Andrew M. Mwenda on political reconciliation in the Central African nation. Back to main page Mr Makuza (Courtesy Photo).Q ... What are the major milestones on the process of political reconciliation? Cause of genocide was bad leadership based on ethnic discrimination. The unity of our country had been destroyed. We had many of our people living in exile as refugees, while many inside were displaced. Services like the army were involved in these divisions. Our 1st priority in 1994 was to bring refugees back home from Congo, Tanzania and Burundi and Uganda, establish a stable political order and then work towards re unifying our people. Q ...How has the government one about the challenge of unifying the people?We did this by opening up space to discuss our past through the National Commission for Reconciliation and Unity (NCRU). It had many programs, conferences etc to discuss our past differences openly. We went out to seek people's views-both here and broad on what our major causes of divisions are. The NCRU also went abroad to discuss these issues in Europe and North America. But more importantly, although many former army people were involved in the genocide, we re-integrated many of them into the present army. We have also had some symbols in this country which represented only one social group in the nation. Take the example of the former flag, not all Rwandese recognized these symbols as national symbols. There was a machete in the court of arms. When you look back at how the machete has historically been used in Rwanda in 1959 and 1994 it was a killing instrument used by one social group against the other. Q ... You have changed the national symbols, now you have brought a new constitution. How does the new constitution answer Rwanda's problems? ANS. if you don't have peace and stability, you cannot progress. When you establish peace, you must create institutions to defend it and sustain it. In the past, Rwandans were a united people. Colonialism brought divisions and were later adopted and instrumentalised by the post-independence governments. Now our challenge is to re-establish national unity and build a strong constitutional basis for it. So the new constitution rejects discrimination based on ethnic group, gender or creed. Unity is the foundation of development. There is no country that has developed without unity. Our constitution is therefore strong in the rejection of sectarian politics and punishes these who propagated it. Q ... Critics say that you have
ugnet_: Germany rules out troops to Iraq
Germany rules out troops to IraqBERLIN: Germany has ruled out sending troops to Iraq to assist US-led forces in stabilizing the war-shattered country, government spokesman Thomas Steg said on Monday."Our position is clear. The government is abiding by its stance not to engage militarily in Iraq," Steg told reporters, noting the government had not been formally asked for help by the United States. Steg was asked about the German position after Defence Minister Peter Struck said in a weekend newspaper interview he could envisage NATO assuming a role in post-war Iraq and said that German peacekeeping troops could join such a mission.Struck had said such participation would be contingent on a United Nations mandate and a formal request from the occupying powers for assistance, and described the issue of German participation as "theoretical".Steg did not comment on Germany's position on NATO joining the peacekeeping effort in Iraq at Monday's routine government news conference. Meanwhile the chairman of NATO's Military Committee, General Harald Kujat, called for the alliance to play a role in Iraq and said such an operation would be possible under a UN mandate, in an interview with Deutschland radio Berlin. "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
ugnet_: Arrow Group marks Uganda out as a failed state
Arrow Group marks Uganda out as a failed stateBy Sam AkakiAugust 14, 2003 While I would encourage all Ugandans of goodwill will to do everything possible to bring an end to the 17-year long war in the north and its attendant human tragedy to a speedy end, and to stop its spread to Teso and other regions, I am seriously concerned about the creation of tribal militia armies for the purpose. The proliferation of tribal armies could have a number of disastrous consequences for Uganda, not least because these militias are not trained in any basic military combat skills. There is a real risk of an infinite abuse by the militia armies of fundamental human rights of civilians in the war zones. For example, The Monitor recently reported: The Kasese Resident District Commissioner, Mr Musa Ecweru and has issued an order for the Teso militia force, the Arrow Group, to kill on sight any Lords Resistance Army (LRA) warrior above 18 (See [Kony wants fresh talks; The Monitor August 11). This statement raises several serious questions: who is Ecweru to issue an order to kill on sight any LRA warrior above 18? How will the Arrow Group establish that their prospective victim is LRA and how will they establish that he/she is 18? The use of militias is likely to degenerate into wider inter-tribal wars. At the recent launching ceremony of the Amuka (Lango voluntary defence force), state minister for health and head of the Teso militia, Capt. Mike Mukula reportedly said: The rebels had used Lango region to launch attacks on Teso soil. The rebels had found safe havens in Omoro, Orum from where they plan attacks on Katakwi and Kaberamaido districts. He added, ominously: We in the Teso region have shown rebel leader Joseph Kony that he has no monopoly of violence, Langi join anti-Kony uprising. (See The New Vision August 11). These judgmental and inflammatory statements are highly unlikely to go down well with the Langi politicians and the leaders of their new militia force. By appearing to blame the Langi, who are themselves victims, of the recent incursion by the LRA into Teso region, Mukula is acting more like an agent provocateur than a peacemaker. The only people to blame are the leaders of the Movement government who have failed to protect the people of Lango and Teso. The militia men and women being enlisted for war against the LRA are likely to add to the long statistics of the unknown numbers of young people who never came back from front lines in the DR. Congo (DRC) and in the north where they were sent. The donor countries, the ones who really matter, are unlikely to be amused by Ecwerus orders to his tribal army to kill on sight any . If unchecked, Ecweru and other tribal militia leaders would become the self-styled policemen, prosecutors, judges, jury and executioners in the killing fields of the new war in the north and east. Already, Ecwerus statement is sending shockwaves in London and other capitals about the rule of law in Uganda. Tribal militias without any military training are unlikely to have an impact on the LRA given that the UPDF with its superior manpower and military hardware has failed to do so for more than a decade. By resorting to militia armies to fight the war, the Movement government is deliberately prolonging the 17-year long war and its unspeakable human tragedy. Finally and the most serious of all, the proliferation of tribal militia armies could mark the beginning of Uganda as a failed state. Militia armies have already brought down Somalia, Sierra Leone, the Ivory Cost and Liberia. Thankfully, many people at home an abroad now seem to have reached the conclusion that only a negotiated settlement would bring this war to an end. One hopes that the Movement leadership will soon realise the futility of war and reach the same inevitable conclusion. The writer is the European Co-ordinator International Lobby for Reform in Uganda (ILORU) © 2003 The Monitor Publications Gook "You can't separate peace from freedom because no one can be at peace unless he has his freedom."- Malcom X STOP MORE SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
ugnet_: Neither Uganda Nor Sudan Can Stop the LRA
Opinion- East African - Nairobi - KenyaMonday, August 11, 2003 CHARLES ONYANGO-OBBO Neither Uganda Nor Sudan Can Stop the LRAThe Church Missionary Society (CMS) was founded in Britain 200 years ago by Christians to campaign for the abolition of slavery. One hundred years after it arrived in Uganda, it is getting back to some unfinished business. On August 21, it will launch a campaign to break what it calls "an international conspiracy of silence" on the horrors of the 16-year rebellion in northern Uganda. Based mostly in the area where the Acholi live, the brutal rebellion, led by the incongruously named Lord's Resistance Army, has left nearly 800,000 in squalid "protected villages." The LRA is a cult movement, and its hallmark is terror and abductions. In a statement last week, CMS said "More than 20,000 children, some as young as seven, have been abducted by the cult for use as soldiers, pack animals and sex slaves. "CMS was founded 200 years ago by the abolitionists, but child slavery is still with us in this particularly horrifying way." Among other activities, the church will host a six-week national tour by the Bishop of Kitgum, the Rt Rev Benjamin Ojwang, whose diocese is the worst affected by the war. Bishop Ojwang's own six children were abducted last year. Last month a grouping of Roman Catholic, Protestant, Greek Orthodox and Muslim leaders slept for days on shop verandahs in the streets of Gulu where thousands of people from the outskirts flock to spend the night to escape attacks by rebels. About 10,000 children, many unaccompanied, sleep on the Gulu verandahs. The conflict in northern Uganda has caused deep divisions. In the north, the view is that the government of President Yoweri Museveni is not doing enough to end it, and some even accuse it of doing so to exact revenge on the people of the north because of opposition to his government from the region. The Museveni government blames some local leaders for fanning the conflict and not campaigning enough to undermine the LRA. It has also fingered Sudan for continuing to secretly support the rebels in spite of commitments to cut links with them. After various peace deals between the government and LRA failed to work because of deep suspicions, the churches have been thrust into the centre of the conflict as peacemakers. However, the rebels have many times threatened religious leaders with death, and the government has often been hostile to some of their initiatives. Because of this deadlock, some people are beginning to contemplate taboo recipes for peace. n the early years of the Museveni government, the north-south divide was so raw, many in the south were suggesting that the troubled part of the country should be "cut off" and become part of Sudan if it wished. Many were horrified by these sentiments which still occasionally pop up. However, the The situation might also have entered a stage where the Kampala regime no longer has the means to end it, and has run out of the political will to invest further in a negotiated settlement. And the LRA has created a situation in which it can't come to terms with the Museveni government. An end to the conflict requires that both the LRA and the Kampala government cease to be dominant factors in it. In the desperation, therefore, there are voices that see a solution that horrifies many people autonomy for northern Uganda. They argue that because of the credibility of the church leaders among the people, a civilian authority created in consultation with them might have the acceptance neither the Museveni government nor the rebels have. In addition, it seems the only force that will uproot the LRA from southern Sudan is not Khartoum, but the south Sudanese rebels. An independent southern Sudan, in confederation with northern Uganda, would probably bring peace to the region quicker than anything else can right now. This solution is totally unacceptable to Kampala and Khartoum, of course. Therefore the conflict is likely to continue because the belligerents might have lost the means to end it. Charles Onyango-Obbo is managing editor in charge of media convergence at the Nation Media Group. E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Comments\Views about this article Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software
ugnet_: DO YOU TRUST YOUR DOCTOR?
Aug. 11 -- After 67-year-old Hurshell Ralls went into surgery for bladder cancer, he came out of surgery missing more than he ever expected. His penis and testicles were gone. "My wife had to hold my hand in the bed there. And she said 'Honey it's over. They got all the cancer.' And she waited a few minutes and then said 'But they had to remove your penis.' And I was one mad dude, you know," Ralls said on ABCNEWS' Good Morning America.Ralls, a mechanic, says doctors never warned him or his wife that amputation of the penis and testicles might have been part of surgery before he went in for the procedure in November 1999. Ralls filed a negligence lawsuit against the Clinics of North Texas in Wichita Falls, and the doctors who operated on him. The civil case is set for trial Aug. 25. "It was never even discussed. And I felt like he ought to have at least told us that this might be a possibility so that we could have talked it over even before he was admitted to the hospital," said Thelma Ralls, his wife. In a February deposition, Ralls' doctor said that he determined the cancer had spread to the penis while he was removing Ralls' bladder. Doctors did not send a tissue sample to the lab until after the surgery. A Dallas doctor who examined cell slides later found that Ralls did not have penile cancer. The Ralls' case may sound outrageous, but for cancer patients across the country, medical errors are something they and many other hospital patients face with alarming frequency. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation reported in 2001 that 95 percent of doctors have witnessed a major medical mistake, and that many of them involved cancer. When Johns Hopkins reviewed tissue samples from thousands of cancer patients around the country, they found one out of every 71 cases was misdiagnosed. Both Breasts Removed, No Cancer Frank Barerra is another cancer patient who was the victim of an error. He was actually in surgery, about to have his prostate removed, when a call came from the pathology department there had been a mistake. His slides showed no cancer. "You can imagine it was like waking up from a bad dream," Barerra said. "It never occurred to me that a pathology lab could just bungle a decision like that." Last January, Good Morning America interviewed Linda McDougal, who was misdiagnosed with breast cancer. McDougal was given a double mastectomy at the United Hospital of St. Paul, Minn., in May 2002. After the surgery, McDougal was told that she actually had no signs of cancer. "My surgeon walked in and said that she had bad news, and she had no other way of telling us other than to put it on the table. And that I didn't have cancer," McDougal said. "And my immediate reaction was, great, you got it all. And then she said, you don't understand. You never had cancer. And it was instant shock. I couldn't even react to it." When McDougal appeared on Good Morning America, the hospital that did the operation offered an apology. Dr. Laurel Krause, a senior pathologist at the hospital said that two patient slides at the hospital were inadvertently switched. "We deeply regret what happened, and wish we had made that clear at the time," Krause said. "At the time, Linda was very angry, and justifiably so." But to victims of medical errors, sometimes an apology can't make up for what they've lost. "I really felt like they played God and took it in their hands and decided to do it," Thelma Ralls said. "This is Hurshell's life, and my life. And to me they destroyed our sexual life." Understand Your Doctor Dr. Rache Simmons, a breast cancer surgeon with Weill Cornell Medical Center in New York, said that there are steps that patients can take to protect themselves. First of all, patients should listen carefully to their doctors, and all of their options and recommendations. If you don't understand your doctor, get a new one, she advises. "Part of being a good doctor is being able to communicate with your patients," Simmons said. "If you don't understand your doctor, and you've asked him or her to explain it again and your still don't get it, find another physician." Patients who are told they need surgery should also seek out a second opinion. It makes good sense, and almost all health plans will pay for it. If the opinions disagree, call your health plan and ask if they will pay for a third. If they won't go with your gut on whether to proceed with the surgery, Simmons said. Once the decision is made, all patients should bring a family member or friend to a pre-surgical appointment to write down information and ask questions. "I give out hand-outs and videos at my practice because, as a breast cancer surgeon, it's hard for anyone to be calm enough to take in all the information at the appointment," Simmons said. Ready for the WorstIt is also important for patients to designate someone as their health care proxy before surgery, Simmons said. The
Re: ugnet_: Ibingira on Obote:Efforts to Impose a one-Party State
Mr. Kipenji: Either you are impervious to facts, or have trouble grasping reality. Either way, the fact is that Obote rulled Uganda twice. On both occassions, he left an irrefutable record, e.g. speeches commentsin public -- and, even more 'interesting' or rather damning, what he may have assumed to be private conversations. Then there are his forays into Ndeeba's bars and other nite-spots, like the Peacock. Some of these found there way into newspapers, e.g. Uganda Argus, to say nothing of the vernacular press. These newspapers accounts are fortunately still available to us, as are Uganda's Parliamentary Debates (a.k.a. Hansard) -- which, incidentally, Mr. Ibingira made extensive use of. One would, of course, hope that in time you'll come to accept distasteful facts about Obote, learn what sorry excuse he is for humanity and move on. For me, Ibingira makes a compelling and well documented case for this inescapable conclusion: Obote only cares about Obote and power -- at whatever cost. He manipulated and even undermined his own party, the UPC in order to stay in power. He is very simply devoid of even an atom of nationalism in him. Read his favorite quote (Paradise Lost) carefully and analytically; and then look at his record critically in light of it and see what is obvious to just about eveyone else. As for court-cases, get real! But even here, if you cared to check the archives of Ugandanet, you'll see excerpts of Abu Mayanja's article that appeared in Transition. You'll also see that Abu was detained, along with Transition's editor in Luzira Maximum Security Prison. Their crime? Daring to be critical of Obote in writing. (Incidentally, one Bataringaya used to refer to Luzira Maximum Security Prison as a 'university' when taunting and/or threatening political opponents). It is to be hoped thast Mr. Abu Mayanja will write his account and publish it in a book so Uganda and the world can see what he witnessed first hand -- like Mr. Ibingira did in his two books: The Forging of African Nation and the less well known, but very informative;African Upheavals Since Independence, both of which still speak to us today so authoritatively and are chokeful of revelations of the UPC's ugly truths. Finally, in Kiganda etiquette, being a "Muko" (in-law) enjoins one to be very careful and respectful of the Bako and one must always be on their best behavior in matters concerning them. Obote is the very antithesis of a muko in our culture. I'd hope that you can avoid the same label. Original Message Follows From: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Ibingira on Obote:Efforts to Impose a one-Party State Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 15:07:52 +0100 (BST) Mwaami Ssemakula,sometime ago,I did state to you that you have a very serious case of judgemental attitude which you claimed you were not and it is indeed very pathetic because we really have a long way to salvage you from your attitudes. You like many present day "non Obote" supporters want to wallow on the musings of those whose theses may as well been to get back to the one they have a grudge with so as to demonize them as the gold standard for judging Obote as a dictator!. On this fora,just yesterday I forwarded an article from the monitor publication titled:"I love Amin by Nasur".My reason was more to use what Nasur said regarding the many allegations levelled against him buy Ugandans who,despite their intellect tend to be governed by hearsay rather than facts that can be proven in the law courts.Many claims and counter claims have been made regarding Obote,Amin,Mu7 Binaisa ,Sir Frederick Edward Muteesa II (RIP) and many others and yet at no time have we even made steps to have these claims reaffirmed in the courts of law.Why is this?.Is this nature of African style leadership?or it is the way many of us up coming politicians want to gain a foothold in the political process by demonizing others without authenticating the views we feed our very manipulable population?. There are very many eminent Lawyers of international repute in Buganda some of whom were near privy to Obote and or MuteesaII i.e the likes of born-again Joash Mayanja Nka ngi and Abu Kakyama Mayanja among others.If the Baganda were so much wronged by Obote,I believe they should have approached these eminent sons and filed a case against Obote in the last close to 40 years that they have been grieving about how bad Obote is and I am sure if the courts found merit in their plaint,they would have exacted the justice they needed from Obote.That they have failed to date to so to do,baffles me and left me wondering whether they are there to maintain the flow of this perceived hatred message to their grand-grand children for the purposes of expressing their own hidden incompentences. Promoting hatred without facts that is verifiable and validated by the law courts will not help any of us.I
Re: ugnet_: Indian environmentalists cry foul
The irony is that some bankrupt empty head NRM minister is calling for the USE of DDT in Uganda. It does not occur to the the NRM "Minister" that the use of DDT in Uganda has very serious Health implication on the people of Uganda... including kid yet to be born. MK In a message dated 8/7/2003 7:17:51 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Last Updated: Friday, 8 August 2003 ; www.herald.co.zw Indian environmentalists cry foul KASARGODE (India)-A year ago, the Indian media was flooded with photo-features and spot reports on some strange deaths in the prosperous southern state of Kerala. Hard-hitting exposes, studies by experts and a whole showcase of dead and maimed people of Keralas Kasargode district put the blame squarely on a pesticide called endosulfan. The district is home to lucrative cashew plantations where extensive aerial spraying of endosulfan has taken place over the past 20 years. In some areas the chemical was sprayed directly over the houses of families living near plantations. But the exposes have not deterred the manufacturers of endosulfan from selling the deadly pesticide on the Indian market if anything, they are hitting back at environmental activists. A panel of experts set up by the Central Insecticides Board of India and headed by scientist O.P. Dubey, concluded in March that endosulfan is not responsible for the health problems in Kasargode. The result: endosulfan continues to be sprayed over the villages of Kasargode. But a fundamental flaw in the composition of the panel has raised a few eyebrows. "Its funny," says Cheloton Jayakumar of Thanal, a public interest research group that studies environmental toxins. "It was O.P. Dubey, the young scientist, who recommended the use of endosulfan to the Plantation Corporation of Kerala about 22 years back. "Now the government has put the same person to chair a committee that will decide if endosulfan is safe to people or not." The obvious conflict of interest has prompted the leader of the opposition in Kerala to write to the federal agriculture minister asking for the Dubey panel to be disbanded. He says that members of the panel, during a visit to Kasargode, did not even bother to consult the affected people or representatives of the State legislature or elected village-level bodies. That the Indian government chose Dubey to chair the panel has led Jayakumar and other activists to question the motives of the government. They are convinced the large pesticides companies are influencing the supposedly democratic decisions being made on behalf of Indians. "Officials from Keralas agriculture department procured endosulfan late last year. This was done despite all the controversy and fair knowledge spreading around about the ill effects caused by the pesticide. "This proves the administration and the endosulfan lobby are hand-in-glove," says Jayakumar. Indias pesticide industry has a total market value of about US$8,7 million. According to the Pesticides Manufacturers and Formulators Association of India (PMFAI), India is the worlds leading manufacturer of endosulfan. "Kerala gives priority for cash crops dependent on fertilisers and pesticides," says Soolapani Usha, a researcher who has studied the pesticide affected areas. "There are no tests for chemical residues or health problems. "But even without any health monitoring, the use of pesticides is encouraged," she says. This January, Kalathiparambil Gauri, Keralas minister for agriculture, issued a statement on a visit to Kasargode. She said: "We are not ready to ban endosulfan because we simply have not received any concrete proof that connects endosulfan with the diseases in Kasargode." Activists beg to differ: several studies from around the world, including India, have independently concluded that endosulfan is dangerous. The US Environmental Protection Agency classifies the chemical as a Category 1B (highly hazardous) pesticide. It has been banned on the rice fields of Bangladesh, Indonesia, South Korea and Thailand. And its use is severely restricted in Britain, Canada, Finland, Kuwait, the Philippines, Russia, Sri Lanka, Thailand and Madagascar. Pastel brown in colour with a smell like turpentine, endosulfan is an organo-chlorine insecticide that acts as a contact poison to a wide variety of insects and mites on a wide variety of crops, including cereals, coffee, cotton, fruit, oilseeds, potato, tea and vegetables. On the cashew plantations of Kerala a foreign exchange earner it is used to counter the tea mosquito pest. Animal studies have shown effects on the kidneys, foetus, and liver from QUOTES for today "Man's dearest possession is life, and since it is given to him to live but once, he must so live as not to be seared by the shame of a cowardly and trivial past; so live as to have no torturing regrets for years without purpose; so live that dying he can say all my life and
Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
Mr. Mulindwa, you always make a lot of statements without facts. Your opinions appear to be based on rumours and gossip. When you do put up articles to support your position, you immediately procede to put your own spin on them. You even deny historical facts. I would like to believe that Ugandans who log on to this site are intelligent and know the history of there country. You apparently don't believe so or are just ignorant about this fact. Hence all the postings highlighting the gruesome situation in the north while they are accurate, tend to lose there significance because of the spin you attach to them and that offends me. Then if one does not accept your opinion of the crisis, you procede to brand them as apologists of what is going on. I want to remind you that their are many northerners in the UPDF who are in the north fighting to protect those innocent civilians in the north. Their are northern politicians IN Uganda who also support the government's approach to the crisis. I think it is very disingenuous of you to use the abominable and catastrophic crisis in the north to score cheap political points. We refuse to by your VERY CHEAP DOPE. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:48:30 -0400 When did Emanuel Musaazi arrive from Mars? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto ...as horrible as the northern crisis is, one can't help but notice the silence and lack of outrage of notherners (particularly those on this forum) towards Kony and his band of criminals and to me that is surprising. I would hope that this tragedy is not being used by die-hard opponents of the government as a political trump card, because that would be a shame and a disgrace (petty politics at it's worst). We should also remember that hundreds of UPDF soldiers have died trying to protect innocent civilians in the north, they also deserve some sympathy. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Anne Mugisha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:11:07 -0400 Ugandans It is very interesting to see Dr Mulera writing this kind of statements today, but I think he is too late to join the rest of Ugandans who have condemned daily these kinds of killings in Northern and eastern. And we must as well remember that Ugandans who are in those areas know full well who have supported their being killed. For let us not kid our selves, killing Northerners was not started yesterday, it has been going on for the last 20 years, so I will not challenge my friend Mulera to go back into history very long ago, so I will ask him only two very simple questions. 1) In the early 80's when Yoweri Museveni stated Northerners are Biological substances, and many of these people are not fit to live with us Can Dr Mulera produce where he publicly opposed that statement? 2) When Kiiza besigye stated Acholis and Langis should be eradicated from Uganda Can he produce where he opposed it? You see the danger is that today Northern Uganda has become a public case, and there is no one who has done this apart from the Northerners them selves, and if today in 2003 people like my friend and neighbour Dr Muniini Mulera can come up with such sentiments, can you imagine if he stood for the population in Northern Uganda from 1984 when he was the best seller of the NRM government in Canada? There is allot of blood that has been poured in Northern and Eastern Uganda, but we must never delude our selves that it is Museveni alone to blame, for that will be the greatest delusion. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: gook makanga To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Letter to A Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Northern killings bring out racism of Ugandans August 4, 2003 Dear Tingasiga: On July 22, 2003, a Uganda People's Defence Force [UPDF] helicopter gunship killed nine civilians in Obalanga, Katakwi District. The
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ugnet_: UGANDA: the death of Idi Amin Dada is imminent.
AFRICA CONFIDENTIAL Vol 44 Number 16 - 08 August 2003 Father and son The death of Idi Amin Dada, prematurely reported several times by Kampala newspapers in recent weeks, may indeed be imminent. Bizarrely, Amin still has sympathisers some of whom are serving in President Yoweri Museveni's government. Deputy Prime Minister Moses Ali announced he was grieving for Amin. Former Vice-President General Mustafa Adrisi openly wept at the news of Amin's reported death. Even former President Milton Obote, who was ousted by Amin in 1971 but also succeeded him in the (heavily rigged) 1980 elections, has equivocated, as have some more radical opposition groups, such as the Reform Agenda.
ugnet_: If only he could use the kidneys in Nnamanve
Do not kill them, lest you might need an organ -ESK Amin needs a kidney donor By David Kibirige August 14, 2003 Ex-leader's body has rejected two kidneys Former President Idi Amin Dada's life is hanging onto a haemo-dialysis machine, which acts as an external kidney, family sources have said. Amin needs a new kidney to stay alive, the sources added. Medical sources told The Monitor that a dialyser is a piece of medical equipment through which blood is passed for purification, and then back into the body. It is normally used with patients whose kidneys have failed. The dialyser removes impurities like urea, excess salts and uric acid. If the urea is not removed, it affects the brain among others things. Amin was admitted to a Saudi hospital on July 18, where he has been battling for life since. Quoting medical sources, Reuters news agency reported on Sunday that Amin has only a few days to live. Family sources said that when Amin was first admitted, dialysis was carried out once a week. When the condition deteriorated the frequency rose to three times a week. As of yesterday, dialysis was being done after every one hour, indicating the gravity of the former leader's condition. A source in Amin's family told The Monitor that two people have so far gone to Saudi Arabia to donate kidneys to the ex-leader. However, both were found to be incompatible with the patient's. Amin ruled Uganda from January 25, 1971 until a combined force of Ugandan exiles and the Tanzanian army ousted him on April 11, 1979. He fled to Libya then Iraq before settling in Saudi Arabia in December 1980. He has been surviving on a stipend offered by his hosts. The Saudi royal family is also picking Amin's hospital bills. 2003 The Monitor Publications --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.506 / Virus Database: 303 - Release Date: 8/1/2003 image001.gif
Re: ugnet_: A NURSE TO FACE FIRING SQUAD
I have no sympathy for a woman / human being who can do this!But then failure of systems to safe guard children and the vulnerable is the major cause. How can some one who is not a parent be allowed this kind of accessto CHILDREN in school?Madness!!! TORO - Original Message - From: Mulindwa Edward To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Rwanda ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; Lili Knight Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2003 10:29 PM Subject: ugnet_: A NURSE TO FACE FIRING SQUAD Nurse faces firing squad By Ange Ngu Thomas BBC, Douala A nurse in Cameroon has been sentenced to death by a firing squad for deliberately injecting two of her lover's children with HIV and Hepatitis B contaminated blood. The High Court in Nkongsamba convicted Yango Huguette Laure of attempted murder. The judgement in the high profile trial has been welcomed by most Cameroonians. The judge concluded that by injecting the two children, 11 and 15-years old, with the contaminated blood, Laure wanted revenge on their father, who she claimed broke a promise to marry her. Recounting her story to the court the nurse said she went to the school compound where the children were in classes and deceived both the school authorities that she had instructions from their father to inject them against Tuberculosis and Tetanus. The court was told that she then led the children to a quiet corner of the school, where she injected them with the contaminated blood. Tests During the first hearing of the case, the judge requested a medical test to be conducted on the defendant, youngsters and their father. The results of the test showed that the nurse and the children were all HIV positive, but their father, was HIV negative. The father of the children admitted in court that the lady had been his girlfriend, but that they had separated two years ago. It took the High Court in Nkongsamba 18 months to assemble all the evidence. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: PAC Secretary General's Report on the PAC National Elections
PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA (PAC) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAC NATIONAL CONGRESS AND ELECTIONS HELD 14th-15th JUNE 2OO3 AT VISTA UNIVERSITY SOWETO. There has been a lot of myths and distortions written about the 8th PAC National Congress which was held at Vista University in SOWETO on 14th to 15th June 2OO3. Some half-baked journalists who are lazy to find facts for themselves and have no regard for journalistic objectivity and professional ethics; have been reporting the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) as being "under siege," "in the limbo" "having a rebellion", "embattled" and "splitting". Those who walked out of the Congress at O5.15am on 15th June 2OO3 after failing to disrupt the Congress were only 1O out of over 11OO delegates and observers. Strangely a person who is not even a PAC branch leader led them. He is a leader of the Islamic Unity Convention. The shame of it is that even the impressionist presidential candidate, who is known for his empty revolutionary rhetoric, followed this non-PAC leader like a sheep to a slaughter. These anarchists realised that they were going to be losers in a democratic election. As they walked out there were shouts of "HAMBANI" "GO AWAY" from the remaining 11OO delegates and observers. The reality and the facts about the 8th PAC Congress in Soweto. It was attended by over 11OO delegates and observers. 825 delegates voted for two contesting Presidential candidates, namely Mr. Maxwell Nemadzivhanani and Dr. Motsoko Pheko. Nemadzivhanani received 2O9 votes. Pheko received 616 votes and was declared the new President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania by an independent body, which conducted the PAC elections. Mr. Themba Godi and Mr. Philip Kgosana contested the position of the Deputy President. Kgosana received 2O votes while Godi received 548 votes and was declared the new elected Deputy President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. The National Chairman, Mr. Joseph Mkwanazi, the Secretary-General, Mr. Mofihli Likotsi, the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Selinah "Pinkie" Hlabedi, the Finance Secretary, Mr. Nkrumah Kgagudi and the National Organiser, Mr. Ntsie Mohloai were elected unopposed. These PAC Congress results were received with jubilation by the nation of this country and by all progressive forces around the world, especially Pan Africanists, who saw these results as strengthening Pan Africanism around the world. The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) is the most democratic political party in South Africa. Its constitution, therefore, in section 5.6 provides that, "Upon receipt of a requisition signed by one third of the number of the branches represented at the previous National Congress, a special national conference shall be called by the National Executive Council (NEC) in connection with the subject matter of the requisition within four weeks of such a requisition by the Secretary-General, provided that such a requisition is lodged with the Secretary-General within a period of 3O days after the last day of the previous congress." In accordance with this PAC constitutional provision, three branches requisitioned for a special conference. Six others also requisitioned, though disqualified by the Constitution because they were not delegates at the "previous Congress". 239 branches attended the PAC Congress. One third of these branches amount to 79 branches. The nine branches, which requisitioned for the special conference, did not meet the 79 branches notch required by the constitution; therefore, no such conference could be held. It would be unconstitutional. Those who unconstitutionally demanded an unconstitutional conference failed to produce the constitutionally required 79 branches out of 239. THERE WAS THEREFORE TO BE NO SPECIAL CONFERENCE. The PAC thanks the nation, all PAC supporters and friends and respecters of constitutions and the rule of law, for their support, sympathy and understanding as expressed by so many of them in various ways after the Congress results and even NOW. The PAC appeals to all right-thinking and justice-loving CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY to focus their minds on voting for the PAC in the coming 2OO4 national elections and ignore the desperate anarchists who seem to be in the pay of imperialism and neo-colonialism, hired to destroy the PAC. VOTE for the PAC in large numbers in the coming elections. Your VOTE for the PAC will bring about a caring Africanist government, which will introduce an UNEMPLOYMENT ALLOWANCE for the unemployed and reverse the present ANC policy of privatisation and sale of state assets to the rich and the foreigners. Privatisation of state assets has created massive unemployment and loss of jobs. The PAC will also introduce FREE EDUCATION for our children and increase the pension for the old, the disabled and increase the children's allowance. MORE LAND will be given to the landless so that they can build themselves decent houses.
ugnet_: professor Paul Krueger spent 12 years in prison- 1965 to a triple murder
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/09/arts/09CRIM.html While there have long been isolated ex-convicts keeping a low profile in academia last month a Pennsylvania State University education professor named Paul Krueger resigned when the university discovered he had spent 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in 1965 to a triple murder these criminologists are the first group of ex-convict professors to organize into a scholarly movement. Professors With a Past By WARREN ST. JOHN When Stephen C. Richards, a criminology professor, steps up to the rostrum on the first day of his sociology of corrections classes at Northern Kentucky University, he usually begins his lecture with a confession and a promise. "I'm an ex-con," Mr. Richards, who served nine years in federal prison for selling marijuana, tells his students. "I'm going to tell some stories and use some profane language. You'll read books that you might not read in other classes. And by the end of the semester, you're going to know more about prisons than you ever imagined." Mr. Richards is a self-described "convict criminologist," one of a small, tightly knit group of ex-convict professors who are shaking up the criminal justice field by challenging some of the academic establishment's assumptions about prisons and inmates. With convictions ranging from selling heroin to armed robbery and even murder, they have tenure-track positions at public universities, attend academic conferences and act as mentors to current convicts who hope some day to join their ranks. While there have long been isolated ex-convicts keeping a low profile in academia last month a Pennsylvania State University education professor named Paul Krueger resigned when the university discovered he had spent 12 years in prison after pleading guilty in 1965 to a triple murder these criminologists are the first group of ex-convict professors to organize into a scholarly movement. "What's different about the convict criminologists is that they publicly proclaim their ex-offender status," said Francis T. Cullen, a criminal justice professor at the University of Cincinnati. "And they're consciously coming together and arguing that if you systematize their experience, you can come up with a new criminology." The movement has sparked controversy, not so much because of its members' backgrounds as because of their ideas, which were set forth in a manifesto of sorts published this year, "Convict Criminology," which Mr. Richards edited along with Jeffrey Ian Ross, a professor of criminology at the University of Baltimore (Thomson Wadsworth). The book's thesis is that having spent time in jail, convict criminologists have a better understanding of the criminal justice system than professors who have studied prison from the comfort of their offices. The former inmates engage in research to support their argument that incarceration is overused in the United States which has a prison population of 2.2 million and that prison is needlessly dehumanizing. "Ex-cons make good criminology professors because we know so much about the system," Mr. Richards said. "There are academics who feel somewhat threatened because we're challenging their expertise. Very few venture into prisons, and they never really get it." The debate about firsthand experience echoes others that have roiled the academy about who is best suited to teach women's studies, Jewish studies and black studies, as well as less contentious discussions about whether published novelists make the best writing teachers, former corporate executives make the best business professors and so on. There are around a dozen ex-convict criminology professors around the country; another dozen in the late stages of their graduate school work, soon to become junior faculty members; and still others studying for degrees in prison. Most say they are motivated toward academia by a combination of idealism and practicality: deeply affected by the experience of prison, they share an urge to improve conditions for fellow inmates. And because getting jobs in the private sector is difficult for those with felonies on their records, academia offers at least the chance of a career. "A lot of convicts want to make use of their time and come out better prepared," said John Irwin, a professor of criminology at San Francisco State University who spent five years in prison for armed robbery. "This couples with the fact that you can never get away from your prison experience." __ bwanika url: www.idr.co.ug Logon & Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html List ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your Email address: ~~ ~~ url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug http://pub59.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1
ugnet_: A U. K MAN ARRESTED IN ALLEGED MISSILE PLOT
Netters Can you imagine if this was an African? Em === 13 minutes ago By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The FBI (news - web sites) has arrested a British man as part of an international sting operation targeting an alleged plot to smuggle shoulder-fired missiles into the United States, authorities said Tuesday. AP Photo The man was arrested in Newark, N.J., according to a senior law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity. The man's name and the charges were not immediately disclosed. The arrest was part of a broader investigation by the FBI, British and Russian authorities, the official said. At least two more arrests were expected. Another law enforcement official who spoke on condition of anonymity said the British man does not appear to be connected to a known terrorist group. The suspect is thought to be more of an arms dealer or smuggler, the official said. Authorities stressed no specific credible threat was connected to the alleged plot. Justice Department (news - web sites) officials had no immediate comment on the case. Concerns about terrorists using shoulder-fired missiles to shoot down commercial airliners increased in November when two SA-7 missiles narrowly missed an Israeli passenger jet after it took off from Mombassa, Kenya. Officials concluded that al-Qaida probably was behind the attack, which coincided with a bomb blast at a nearby hotel. Hundreds and perhaps thousands of SA-7s heat-seeking rockets that can hit low-flying aircraft within three miles are said to be available on the worldwide arms market. Older missile launchers can be bought for as little as several thousand dollars. The Homeland Security Department has asked high-tech companies to look into developing anti-missile technology for commercial planes. Some in Congress have been pushing for more money for the project. Meantime, the United States has sent experts to domestic airports as well as to airports in Iraq (news - web sites) and major capitals in Europe and Asia to assess security. Among other things, the investigators are determining whether the airports can be defended against shoulder-fired missiles. World leaders meeting in Evian, France, in June acknowledged the threat posed by shoulder-fired missiles and adopted a plan to restrict sales of the weapons. ___ On the Net: FBI: http://www.fbi.gov The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: AGAALI AGAAANGEEEEE!!!!!!!
Museveni praises Spe SAVE THE LAST DANCE: Museveni and Kazibwe The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
Can the communications gang ever make a point without distorting the truth or even telling outright lies ! As has been pointed out, Ssabasajja has over the years expressed concern about the situation in Acholi. But here they are, telling us that he has just started caring and that he was actually involved in The arrangement to kill Northerners and Easterners ! I sometimes wonder why he even bothers. The only encouraging thing is that not all people coming from the northern and eastern parts of Uganda have a similar kind of warped thinking as the gang. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED],Anne Mugisha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2003 18:16:31 -0400 Matek It is so sad that our people can flip this well. Museveni comes to power and every Northerner is a biological substance, and well they can die as long as we sleep. Today the same Ugandans, Lutimba Matovu and Muniini Mulera are the very same ones who are very concerned for Northerners are dying. And on what I have even read on Ugandanet, Even Ssabasajja now cares. Under normal circumstances I would have flipped, but there is a point which is very important that we must never forget. The arrangement to kill Northerners and Easterners, was made between them and the Mulera's the Matovu's the Ssabasaja's and every single Ugandan who decided to blindly support NRM for his/her own financial gains. But under the belly of this problem are Ugandans with real life who have lost millions and millions of their own, people who have passed through ages of suffering that we can not even temper to understand the equivalence. And I come from Luwero where I was all the time when the Museveni's and Kiiza Besigye's were killing indiscriminately, but we were not held for 20 years, so I can not even equate my self to the understanding. The Easterners who are killed at random. Those are the people Dr. Muniini Mulera Kwehangana and Lutimba Matovu should explain to why they allowed these massacres to continue under the dubious praise of NRM. And the little information we are getting from Northern Uganda, you bet they will want to know. And if I was Mulera and Matovu I would start my mission in Paida not on Ugandnet or Monitor. But that is me. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 5:50 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto This in the year 2003. Where was the kabaka for all those 17 years when Yoweri Mucebeni troops were murdering citizens in Northern Uganda? That , then, is the question. MK In a message dated 8/4/2003 5:28:19 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Mulindwa, Everybody cares, read on. The Kabaka pleaded with the government to end the 17-year-old insurgency in the northern region. Kabaka Mutebi said that he feels a lot of sympathy especially for the innocent children suffering in the north. “We pray that everything possible is done to restore peace in this region,” he said. © 2003 The Monitor Publications --- Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ugandans _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus
ugnet_: Museveni, Kabila and endless wars
On The Mark By Alan Tacca Museveni, Kabila and endless wars August 10, 2003 Last Sunday a convoy of commercial barges completed its month-long voyage from Kinshasa to the northeastern city of Kisangani, delivering goods worth US$10 million to a population whose link with the Congolese capital had been virtually severed by five years of war. The UN mission, MONUC, and a business federation jointly organized the delivery. With the huge country's interior generally accessible by river or air - thanks to decades of decay and negligible investment in road infrastructure - the return of big commercial activity on the river represents a hope that peace may finally dawn on the Congo. Further east, the French-led European Union force, Artemis, has brought a semblance of sanity to Bunia. Although as I write these notes (Tuesday) reports of ethnic-related violence in areas outside Bunia are coming in. There is a perception that the scale of the mayhem may reduce if Uganda and Rwanda could be persuaded to stop fuelling the conflict. Rwanda, of course, is about to stage a fraudulent general election, which Maj. Gen. Paul Kagame will probably win. Partly because of Rwanda's tiny size and partly because so many of those associated with the old regime took refuge in the Congo, Kagame can hardly turn in his nightmares without screaming about the Congo. The election will not change this. Kagame is not about to accept that Rwanda's most fundamental problems are in fact internal, and that the best long-term shot is a gamble at genuine democracy. So he will probably continue manipulating the situation at home and retain the Congo as a useful scapegoat. On the other hand, perhaps more nervous about the possibility of prosecution of some of his military officers by the International Criminal Court, the Kony plague and the 2006 presidential term project demanding his attention, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni may be more cautious about his future role in the Congo. President Joseph Kabila of the DRC may not be smiling yet. But he is watching. Although he is the youngest in the triangle of adversaries, he has demonstrated that he may be the calmest and most accomplished statesman of the lot. In various interviews with international journalists, he comes across as the most coherent and the most diplomatic. You will not catch Kabila swearing to kill enemies of the Congo or of his regime. You are more likely to hear him make a passionate plea for the freedom and unity of the Congolese people through peaceful means. He is also lucky that the record of his adversaries in eastern Congo has been so appalling that any transgression by his own army and its armed proxies pales in comparison. Only two years ago, many watchers were openly peddling one of the aggressors' undeclared contingency plans: partitioning his country. Others were reading great strategic insight into Museveni's policy of supporting - perhaps even inventing - several Congolese rebel groups at once. (The toughest group would eventually eat Kabila or firmly hold him hostage, so the argument went.) Well, in time, old Darwin has refused to be vindicated so simplistically. Instead of leaving behind a disciplined all-conquering Congolese band shining at least with a pretence to some revolutionary idea, Uganda has left a legacy of plunder and anarchy in eastern Congo. Above all, although Kabila may be a hostage, inch by inch - and more by patience and negotiation than through military supremacy - he is reclaiming the Congo. In contrast, President Museveni is acting like a leader who has lost contact with the imagination of his people, especially their desire for peace and a more genuine brand of democracy. Unfortunately for him, his political dance is inextricably tied up with the unending war in the north, which has now spread to the east. Even if, as some claim,
ugnet_: Movement in Own Trap - UPC
Movement in Own Trap - UPC The Monitor (Kampala)August 7, 2003 Posted to the web August 7, 2003 Mwanguhya Charles Mpagi and Hallima Abdallah Kampala The Uganda People's Congress has said that the current problems within the Movement do not constitute a national or constitutional crisis. Mr Peter Walubiri, the UPC lawyer and party's policy commission member, said yesterday that the Movement has fallen into its own trap, which it had blindly hoped to use against political parties. "The authors of the 1995 Constitution built a trap by creating into the Constitution something called the Movement system well knowing that it was not a system but a party," Walubiri said while addressing UPC's weekly media conference at Uganda House. He was reacting to questions on the ongoing moves by the government to amend the Movement Act to allow current office bearers (whose term expired in July) stay in office until 2005. Parliament has rejected the amendments presented by the Minister of Constitutional Affairs, Ms Janat Mukwaya.The Movement, which has ruled the country since 1986, has been pursuing plans to transform itself into a political organisation to compete in a pluralist environment as the National Resistance Movement Organisation (NRM-O)." The Constitutional Court did us proud by declaring that the Movement organs were organs of a party [and] from that day the NRM ought to have respected the Constitution," he said. Efforts to register the Movement as a political organisation are reported to have hit a snag with the registrar general questioning the legality of using NRM as the name of the new political entity.
Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP)
Mulindwa, could you please post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa II as you threatened. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:50:10 -0400 Mwaami Matovu I am not going to be involved in name calling, you see I hate loosing the discussion. But I will stand with my original offer, that I do not want to see you again ever, posting any where a lie, like you did that Obote killed Mutesa through poison. As long as you do not state that lie I will accommodate you. If you want to see my very ugly side, lie again. For then you will leave me no option but to post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa on Ugandanet. For it is the only proof I have that Mutesa died of a very different thing than your dreams. And posting that report on Ugandanet is the very last thing I want to do. But if you ever allege any where, that Obote killed Mutesa by poison, you will leave me no option. So be very aware of the consequences while in your very silly rumblings. I am sending you a direct copy of this posting so that we are both sure, that you did not miss it on Ugandanet. I hope we are on the same page now on. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: joseph odwe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovu Not that you derseve even my comment on your silyness but I will bless you with it. By the way English is language that has been claimed by others as their own and unlike you I nkow I am not one of those. Therefore I will let you pride or worry yourself with the mastership of the language while take care of making my point understood. j.O From: Lutimba Matovu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Odwe, Your poor written English clearly exemplifies your poor and low thinking capacity. I can't waste time engaging people like you. LM --- joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks You all know that Lutimbwa Matovu is on the publicaly known movement's pay roll. As such all should have nown by now that the movement as unskilled in politics and norms is it has shown across the board strive on cheep lies,treats, opression of all sorts and their favourite-murder. I wonder why would anyone belief even for a moment that Lutimbwa with his yea sir mentality would be an exception to that. Not now probably not at any time. j.O From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:41:34 -0400 Ugandans I had a very hard time to understand why Lutimba Matovu would decide to pedal such very terrible lies, that Obote killed Mutesa when such a lie can be proven and with facts. And Matovu has every right to hate Obote but why lie like that? And such lies have been shaken very many times in these forums by facts, yet the best the paddlers have done is to cry those are paid by Obote. Just for the record the death of Mutesa was a public knowledge, and so was the cause. So let us not scoop to such unbelievable levels. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Edward Mulindwa ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:44 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovo, Lutimba Matovu is back at it again, drunk with that ceap an inexplainable unsubstantiative venomenous assertations and allegations, which he cannot defend in a court of law. The UK having been such a developed Country must have done some postmortem report and death certificate issued after the death of such an important figure and personality before whom all Buganda had bowed in awe. The late President Mutesa (Kabaka of Buganda) death certificate should be obtained and made public to bring this
Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
Good night Mwaami Musaazi Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 7:45 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Mr. Mulindwa, you always make a lot of statements without facts. Your opinions appear to be based on rumours and gossip. When you do put up articles to support your position, you immediately procede to put your own spin on them. You even deny historical facts. I would like to believe that Ugandans who log on to this site are intelligent and know the history of there country. You apparently don't believe so or are just ignorant about this fact. Hence all the postings highlighting the gruesome situation in the north while they are accurate, tend to lose there significance because of the spin you attach to them and that offends me. Then if one does not accept your opinion of the crisis, you procede to brand them as apologists of what is going on. I want to remind you that their are many northerners in the UPDF who are in the north fighting to protect those innocent civilians in the north. Their are northern politicians IN Uganda who also support the government's approach to the crisis. I think it is very disingenuous of you to use the abominable and catastrophic crisis in the north to score cheap political points. We refuse to by your VERY CHEAP DOPE. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:48:30 -0400 When did Emanuel Musaazi arrive from Mars? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto ...as horrible as the northern crisis is, one can't help but notice the silence and lack of outrage of notherners (particularly those on this forum) towards Kony and his band of criminals and to me that is surprising. I would hope that this tragedy is not being used by die-hard opponents of the government as a political trump card, because that would be a shame and a disgrace (petty politics at it's worst). We should also remember that hundreds of UPDF soldiers have died trying to protect innocent civilians in the north, they also deserve some sympathy. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Anne Mugisha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:11:07 -0400 Ugandans It is very interesting to see Dr Mulera writing this kind of statements today, but I think he is too late to join the rest of Ugandans who have condemned daily these kinds of killings in Northern and eastern. And we must as well remember that Ugandans who are in those areas know full well who have supported their being killed. For let us not kid our selves, killing Northerners was not started yesterday, it has been going on for the last 20 years, so I will not challenge my friend Mulera to go back into history very long ago, so I will ask him only two very simple questions. 1) In the early 80's when Yoweri Museveni stated Northerners are Biological substances, and many of these people are not fit to live with us Can Dr Mulera produce where he publicly opposed that statement? 2) When Kiiza besigye stated Acholis and Langis should be eradicated from Uganda Can he produce where he opposed it? You see the danger is that today Northern Uganda has become a public case, and there is no one who has done this apart from the Northerners them selves, and if today in 2003 people like my friend and neighbour Dr Muniini Mulera can come up with such sentiments, can you imagine if he stood for the population in Northern Uganda from 1984 when he was the best seller of the NRM government in Canada? There is allot of blood that has been poured in Northern and Eastern Uganda, but we must never delude our selves that it is Museveni alone to blame, for that will be the greatest delusion. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans
ugnet_: Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP)
Kasangwawo Why? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:21 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Mulindwa, could you please post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa II as you threatened. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 18:50:10 -0400 Mwaami Matovu I am not going to be involved in name calling, you see I hate loosing the discussion. But I will stand with my original offer, that I do not want to see you again ever, posting any where a lie, like you did that Obote killed Mutesa through poison. As long as you do not state that lie I will accommodate you. If you want to see my very ugly side, lie again. For then you will leave me no option but to post the entire post-mortem report of Muteesa on Ugandanet. For it is the only proof I have that Mutesa died of a very different thing than your dreams. And posting that report on Ugandanet is the very last thing I want to do. But if you ever allege any where, that Obote killed Mutesa by poison, you will leave me no option. So be very aware of the consequences while in your very silly rumblings. I am sending you a direct copy of this posting so that we are both sure, that you did not miss it on Ugandanet. I hope we are on the same page now on. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: joseph odwe To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 25, 2003 3:40 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Matovu Not that you derseve even my comment on your silyness but I will bless you with it. By the way English is language that has been claimed by others as their own and unlike you I nkow I am not one of those. Therefore I will let you pride or worry yourself with the mastership of the language while take care of making my point understood. j.O From: Lutimba Matovu [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2003 10:34:15 -0700 (PDT) Odwe, Your poor written English clearly exemplifies your poor and low thinking capacity. I can't waste time engaging people like you. LM --- joseph odwe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Folks You all know that Lutimbwa Matovu is on the publicaly known movement's pay roll. As such all should have nown by now that the movement as unskilled in politics and norms is it has shown across the board strive on cheep lies,treats, opression of all sorts and their favourite-murder. I wonder why would anyone belief even for a moment that Lutimbwa with his yea sir mentality would be an exception to that. Not now probably not at any time. j.O From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Edward Mulindwa [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President Mutesa (RIP) Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2003 04:41:34 -0400 Ugandans I had a very hard time to understand why Lutimba Matovu would decide to pedal such very terrible lies, that Obote killed Mutesa when such a lie can be proven and with facts. And Matovu has every right to hate Obote but why lie like that? And such lies have been shaken very many times in these forums by facts, yet the best the paddlers have done is to cry those are paid by Obote. Just for the record the death of Mutesa was a public knowledge, and so was the cause. So let us not scoop to such unbelievable levels. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: Edward Mulindwa ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 24, 2003 3:44 AM Subject: [Ugandacom] Kabaka-President
ugnet_: Re: NOC'[MEN ABUSE CONTINUE IN UGANDA]
Noc' Well said. Probably I am putting our men on pedestals, but in adult life, it takes two to tangle. We all go in knowing that 50% we will be accepted and 50% rejected. If itisn't mutual you count your losses and move onfor there is still plenty of fish in the see; or else many of us would have killed ourselves long ago. It sounds like there is more to this story than what meets the eye. Since I am not Kojack or Magaal of Hawaii 504 I will give it a rest. Have a great new week everyone! --- NOC´LADUMAS GEORGES [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hejsan Mary, Seems to me that although a spade is being called the small spoon here, IT IS LOVE they are referring to. It is love mystified as SEX. Our man appears to have craved love from his wife. That probably explains why other options were excluded. Some love have mite. Mite is mighty, they say! rgds noc´l From: Assumpta Kintu [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: MEN ABUSE CONTINUE IN UGANDA Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 02:53:12 -0700 (PDT) Mr. Mulindwa, Pardon me for my naivity, but in my naivity, upbringing etc. I have never seen or even for seen a so badly starved money sexually he had to commit suicide. Are you sure. In this world where women outnumber men almost 3 to one why wouldn't the man talk to another woman before he starved and finally killed himself And let us not forget that in our culture our men run the show. So please forgive me but your story does a good sale but carries no credibility. I still want to believe that my African Ugandan Man has a backbone to approach a woman and win, and if he does not move on to another available woman instead of being cowardly and kill himself. I do not remember my man ever being such a jelly fish! amk --- Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sexually starved man commits Suicide A man who is alleged to have threatened to kill himself for being sexually starved by his wife for 6 months has finally hung himself. Virado Bukenya who is 40 a peasant farmer and charcoal dealer Kisizidi village in Bageze sub county Mbubende district was found dead in his bedroom. Virado always blamed his wife for starving him sexually instead of fulfilling her conjugal obligation. Bukenya's death brings the number of people committing suicide over sexual starvation to four in a month in the same area. Recently Juma Senyonga a butcher in Mubende town committed suicide after his wife starved him sexually for three months. The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e-mail viruses. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/virus __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com
Re: ugnet_:Musaazi, too bad! By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto
emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mr. Mulindwa, you always make a lot of statements without facts. Your opinions appear to be based on rumours and gossip. When you do put up articles to support your position, you immediately procede to put your own spin on them. You even deny historical facts. I would like to believe that Ugandans who log on to this site are intelligent and know the history of there country. You apparently don't believe so or are just ignorant about this fact. Hence all the postings highlighting the gruesome situation in the north while they are accurate, tend to lose there significance because of the spin you attach to them and that offends me. Then if one does not accept your opinion of the crisis, you procede to brand them as apologists of what is going on. I want to remind you that their are many northerners in the UPDF who are in the north fighting to protect those innocent civilians in the north. Their are northern politicians IN Uganda who also support the government's approach to the crisis. I think it is very disingenuous of you to use the abominable and catastrophic crisis in the north to score cheap political points. We refuse to by your VERY CHEAP DOPE. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2003 03:48:30 -0400 When did Emanuel Musaazi arrive from Mars? Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: emmanuel musaazi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 04, 2003 12:34 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto ...as horrible as the northern crisis is, one can't help but notice the silence and lack of outrage of notherners (particularly those on this forum) towards Kony and his band of criminals and to me that is surprising. I would hope that this tragedy is not being used by die-hard opponents of the government as a political trump card, because that would be a shame and a disgrace (petty politics at it's worst). We should also remember that hundreds of UPDF soldiers have died trying to protect innocent civilians in the north, they also deserve some sympathy. From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: Anne Mugisha [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 19:11:07 -0400 Ugandans It is very interesting to see Dr Mulera writing this kind of statements today, but I think he is too late to join the rest of Ugandans who have condemned daily these kinds of killings in Northern and eastern. And we must as well remember that Ugandans who are in those areas know full well who have supported their being killed. For let us not kid our selves, killing Northerners was not started yesterday, it has been going on for the last 20 years, so I will not challenge my friend Mulera to go back into history very long ago, so I will ask him only two very simple questions. 1) In the early 80's when Yoweri Museveni stated Northerners are Biological substances, and many of these people are not fit to live with us Can Dr Mulera produce where he publicly opposed that statement? 2) When Kiiza besigye stated Acholis and Langis should be eradicated from Uganda Can he produce where he opposed it? You see the danger is that today Northern Uganda has become a public case, and there is no one who has done this apart from the Northerners them selves, and if today in 2003 people like my friend and neighbour Dr Muniini Mulera can come up with such sentiments, can you imagine if he stood for the population in Northern Uganda from 1984 when he was the best seller of the NRM government in Canada? There is allot of blood that has been poured in Northern and Eastern Uganda, but we must never delude our selves that it is Museveni alone to blame, for that will be the greatest delusion. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: gook makanga To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 6:16 PM Subject: ugnet_: By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Letter to A Kampala Friend By Muniini K. Mulera In Toronto Northern killings bring out racism of Ugandans August 4, 2003 Dear Tingasiga: On July 22, 2003, a
Re: ugnet_: ON THE SO CALLED AGOA
Mr. Matek, i've never recieved good news from you, ever. All your postings are always, gloomy, predicting doom, and generally negative. I believe you leave in the United States (which you apparently hate very much) and sheltering from Uganda (which you also apparently hate with a vengance)man, what makes you happy. Can you give us a scenario of a happy world, for you? What country (in this world, if any) would you classify as ideal. You seem to be a one man crusade against the world. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: ON THE SO CALLED AGOA Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 14:19:24 EDT The Journal reported that apparel factories in Uganda import their cotton from China and the US because Uganda's cotton is twice as expensive due to subsidised production in the developed world. The US for instance provided $3bn in direct income subsidies to cotton farmers last year alone. There you have it folks and now the rest of the story. AGOA is in essences a move by the Clinton Adm. and Now Bush's (jr) Adm. To subsidize the Chinese economy . Here is how it works forks in the case of Uganda. a)... US offers AID money to Uganda. b) The Aid money is used to buy and import COTTON from China. ( ..and I would bet you the Chinese Cotton is cultivated through FORCED CHINESE PRISON LABOR) c) Once the cotton is shipped to Uganda, an apparel textile industry (owned by a Sri Lankan) pays peasant Ugandan Girls to run a SWEAT SHOP in Kampala making tee shirts Skirts, e.t.c. The girls are paid $2.00 U.S a day for their labor of 10 hours! The finished Products are then shipped to a your nearby friendly K-Mart / Target store. You end up paying 7.99 for the shirt with a label MADE IN UGANDA. Quiet an ingeniuos way to subsize the chinese economy when people in the states need jobs I reckon Matek Read the monitor article below = Tale of Rosy Figures And a Sick Economy A HREF=http://allafrica.com/sendpage.html?ref=http://allafrica.com/stories/200308110188.html;Email/A This Page A HREF=http://allafrica.com/stories/printable/200308110188.html;Print/A This Page A HREF=http://www.monitor.co.ug/;Visit/A The Publisher's Site A HREF=http://allafrica.com/publishers.html?passed_name=The%20Monitorpassed_location=Kampala;The Monitor/A (Kampala)August 10, 2003 Posted to the web August 11, 2003 Robert Adam Kasozi Kampala Uganda's latest investor was in town, and already with him were State ministers Abel Rwendeire (Trade) , Prof. Peter Kasenene (Privatisation), the chairman Uganda Securities Exchange, Mr Onegi Obel, the secretary to the President in Charge of AGOA and Trade Related Matters, Ms Susan Muhwezi and the director of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of Finance, Planning and Economic Development, Mr Keith Muhakanizi.The Sri Lankan investor, Kumar Dewapura, was bringing $1.5m to set up a garment factory in which he would train, then employ 1,000 rural girls while helping Uganda jump onto the AGOA gravy train before it returned to Capitol Hill.In return, the government would give him use of Africa's largest disused coffee huller in Bugolobi - while in the process kicking out the grain traders who had used the facility to export at least 30,000 tonnes of maize to famine-stricken Malawi.It is interesting that one of the grain traders was the president's youthful daughter Patience Kokundeka Rwabwogo under her company Corban Ltd, and that the grain traders were being offered a new home at Transocean's former facility in Nakawa that needed a major facelift to work, at best in six months. In the mean time, they had to leave, but no matter.The grain traders were out. Kumar's TriStar Apparels was in.The African Growth and Opportunities Act (AGOA) was signed into law by then US president Bill Clinton in October 2000 but by last year, Uganda had only sold $32,000 worth of goods under AGOA. However, in the first two months of this year, according to a Wall Street Journal report, Uganda's apparel exports under AGOA had climbed to $156,000. The Journal reported that apparel factories in Uganda import their cotton from China and the US because Uganda's cotton is twice as expensive due to subsidised production in the developed world. The US for instance provided $3bn in direct income subsidies to cotton farmers last year alone. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state. - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister _ The new
ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic!
Matovu, We know that Kabaka Fred Mutesa (RIP) was a seroius alcoholic case. And he died from Alcohol Poisoning. My evidence comes from a cery good friend of mine, but he was sharing a girl friend with the Late Kabaka while he was still in power as President. This friend is a typical Muganda and big time supporter of the royalty. He says it was a well known fact among the late Kabaka's confidants that his alcohol would sooner rather than later kill him. And kill him it did. This should put to rest Matovu's false accusations of Obote. This is like the other quotation about a dead Muganda, Turns out those words were actually uttered by a typical Muganda, but hell wishers just pushed it to Obote to suit their ill intentioned politiking and subjecting Ugandans to false history. Bwambuga. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mwaami Kasangwawo I do not think that any body in a right mind needs a proof of Amin's brutality, and I do not think that there is any body arguing about it, what is bothering people is the way we want to attack this problem of a Ugandan president whose family wants to take home and the operative word home not to Kololo, remember this man has a land he is not a beggar for land to be buried on, Amin is not like Kiseka who NRM had to borrow land to burry him officially, he is not like Lule who ended up in Kololo where any government will dig him up, trust me, for better use of that real estate. Amin wants to go to Koboko and rest. Whether alive or dead. Should have I gone into this discussion? And the answer is no, but I was very disturbed to see how the Museveni virus has affected Ugandans. We are not responsible for any or all of our actions. Because Dr. Kigongo posted on Ugandanet that Amin was a bad leader so he should be buried in Saudi Arabia. Can he tell us whether Saudi Arabian dissidents are buried in Uganda? Our nation needs prayers, for I expected better from him but hey he is a Doctor. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 4:14 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: I LOVE AMIN SAYS NASUR For all apologists for the killers of Ugandans, I am posting below a letter which is representative of thousands of similar cases. The fact that these killers have not yet been taken to court does not relieve them of the responsibility for the murder of thousands of Ugandans. There are lots of reasons why people have not managed to take these killers to court - lack of resources, time, et cetera. As I said before, the following case represents thousands and thousands of similar cases in our short history. The letter appeared on 28 July (I think in the Monitor). Think about it ! Kasangwawo. == Amin killed my father, uncle on the same day! I have been following newspaper headlines about Idi Amin's health condition. Well, all of us will have to die one day but those who took away the innocent lives of others must be humiliated even in death. Those who never directly suffered the wrath of Amin have been writing and taking lightly the crimes he committed. But some of us are still bleeding with pain and sorrow, which he inflicted on our families. It was Sept. 18, 1972. My father, the late Gregory Akiiki Katera, Chief Accountant of what was then Tooro District Administration and his cousin Matthew Apuli Kandole, then Chief Administrative Officer, were picked from Mucwa Chambers, where they were attending a district meeting with other district officials. They were taken to Karuziika, the current palace of the King of Tooro then occupied by the military. The man who arrested them, one Jackson, later testified in court in the 1980s that it was the commanding officer named Col. Onah who had sent him to pick them. Col. Onah was later arrested but he also testified in court that the order came directly from Amin and that my father and his brother were sent to Amin that night. Both Jackson and Onah were acquitted on grounds that it was Amin responsible for the death of our father. Since that day, we never saw our dear father and his brother. I was in Primary 2 and my father passed by our school to pick us up and have lunch with us. In the evening, a family friend drove home crying that dad had been picked and taken to the barracks. How and where they were killed or buried is still a mystery. We suffered tremendously socially, physically and psychologically. I would agree with those calling for amnesty for Amin if he had only committed political crimes. But Amin was a common criminal and he should take personal responsibility and be prosecuted whether alive or post humous. How then can sections of Ugandans, for political reasons or otherwise, advocate
ugnet_: Is There Anything Left That Matters?
Is There Anything Left That Matters? By Sister Joan Chittister, OSB t r u t h o u t | Perspective Thursday 29 May 2003 This is what I don't understand: All of a sudden nothing seems to matter. First, they said they wanted Bin Laden "dead or alive." But they didn't get him. So now they tell us that it doesn't matter. Our mission is greater than one man. Then they said they wanted Saddam Hussein, "dead or alive." He's apparently alive but we haven't got him yet, either. However, President Bush told reporters recently, "It doesn't matter. Our mission is greater than one man." Finally, they told us that we were invading Iraq to destroy their weapons of mass destruction. Now they say those weapons probably don't exist. Maybe never existed. Apparently that doesn't matter either. Except that it does matter. I know we're not supposed to say that. I know it's called "unpatriotic." But it's also called honesty. And dishonesty matters. It matters that the infrastructure of a foreign nation that couldn't defend itself against us has been destroyed on the grounds that it was a military threat to the world. It matters that it was destroyed by us under a new doctrine of pre-emptive war" when there was apparently nothing worth pre-empting. It surely matters to the families here whose sons and daughters went to war to make the world safe from weapons of mass destruction and will never come home. It matters to families in the United States whose life support programs were ended, whose medical insurance ran out, whose food stamps were cut off, whose day care programs were eliminated so we could spend the money on sending an army to do what did not need to be done. It matters to the Iraqi girl whose face was burned by a lamp that toppled over as a result of a U.S. bombing run. It matters to Ali, the Iraqi boy who lost his family - and both his arms - in a U.S. air attack. It matters to the people in Baghdad whose water supply is now fetid, whose electricity is gone, whose streets are unsafe, whose 158 government ministries' buildings and all their records have been destroyed, whose cultural heritage and social system has been looted and whose cities teem with anti-American protests. It matters that the people we say we "liberated" do not feel liberated in the midst of the lawlessness, destruction and wholesale social suffering that so-called liberation created. It matters to the United Nations whose integrity was impugned, whose authority was denied, whose inspection teams are even now still being overlooked in the process of technical evaluation and disarmament. It matters to the reputation of the United States in the eyes of the world, both now and for decades to come, perhaps. And surely it matters to the integrity of this nation whether or not its intelligence gathering agencies have any real intelligence or not before we launch a military armada on its say-so. And it should matter whether or not our government is either incompetent and didn't know what they were doing or were dishonest and refused to say. The unspoken truth is that either as a people we were misled, or we were lied to, about the real reason for this war. Either we made a huge - and unforgivable - mistake, an arrogant or ignorant mistake, or we are swaggering around the world like a blind giant, flailing in all directions while the rest of the world watches in horror or in ridicule. If Bill Clinton's definition of "is" matters, surely this matters. If a president's sex life matters, surely a president's use of global force against some of the weakest people in the world matters. If a president's word in a court of law about a private indiscretion matters, surely a president's word to the community of nations and the security of millions of people matters. And if not, why not? If not, surely there is something as wrong with us as citizens, as thinkers, as Christians as there must be with some facet of the government. If wars that the public says are wrong yesterday - as over 70% of U.S. citizens did before the attack on Iraq - suddenly become "right" the minute the first bombs drop, what kind of national morality is that? Of what are we really capable as a nation if the considered judgment of politicians and people around the world means nothing to us as a people? What is the depth of the American soul if we can allow destruction to be done in our name and the name of "liberation" and never even demand an accounting of its costs, both personal and public, when it is over? We like to take comfort in the notion that people make a distinction between our government and ourselves. We like to say that the people of the world love Americans, they simply mistrust our government. But excoriating a distant and anonymous "government" for wreaking rubble on a nation in pretense of good requires very little of either character or intelligence. What may count most, however, is that
Re: ugnet_: Museveni, Kabila and Endless Wars
Mr. Matekopoko: Has Obote read your quote? Now, there is one man trying hard to run away from the truth! "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister = Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Museveni, Kabila and Endless Wars Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 13:26:00 EDT "Unfortunately for him, his political dance is inextricably tied up with the unending war in the north, which has now spread to the east.Even if, as some claim, Museveni's regime found in Mr Joseph Kony's Lord's Resistance Army a grotesque asset, exhibiting the stereotyped northern "mentality", attracting Weste rn sympathy vis a vis the Sudan, and graft by senior officers, the rebellion is now decidedly a serious liability." Yet, after the north, if masses of people in the east continue in their back and forth panic-driven motion, the despair and sheer exhaustion of the people may feed more into the perception - local and international - that the president is a very damaged saviour. "And mankind has a tendency of finding a Joseph to deliver the cross for damaged messiahs." Museveni, Kabila and Endless Wars The Monitor (Kampala)August 10, 2003 Posted to the web August 11, 2003 Alan Tacca Kampala Last Sunday a convoy of commercial barges completed its month-long voyage from Kinshasa to the northeastern city of Kisangani, delivering goods worth US$10 million to a population whose link with the Congolese capital had been virtually severed by five years of war. The UN mission, MONUC, and a business federation jointly organized the delivery.With the huge country's interior generally accessible by river or air - thanks to decades of decay and negligible investment in road infrastructure - the return of big commercial activity on the river represents a hope that peace may finally dawn on the Congo. Further east, the French-led European Union force, "Artemis", has brought a semblance of sanity to Bunia. Although as I write these notes (Tuesday) reports of ethnic-related violence in areas outside Bunia are coming in. There is a perception that the scale of the mayhem may reduce if Uganda and Rwanda could be persuaded to stop fuelling the conflict.Rwanda, of course, is about to stage a fraudulent general election, which Maj. Gen. Paul Kagame will probably "win". Partly because of Rwanda's tiny size and partly because so many of those associated with the old regime took refuge in the Congo, Kagame can hardly turn in his nightmares without screaming about the Congo. The election will not change this.Kagame is not about to accept that Rwanda's most fundamental problems are in fact internal, and that the best long-term shot is a gamble at genuine democracy. So he will probably continue manipulating the situation at home and retain the Congo as a useful scapegoat. On the other hand, perhaps more nervous about the possibility of prosecution of some of his military officers by the International Criminal Court, the Kony plague and the 2006 presidential term project demanding his attention, Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni may be more cautious about his future role in the Congo. President Joseph Kabila of the DRC may not be smiling yet. But he is watching. Although he is the youngest in the triangle of adversaries, he has demonstrated that he may be the calmest and most accomplished statesman of the lot.In various interviews with international journalists, he comes across as the most coherent and the most diplomatic. You will not catch Kabila swearing to "kill" enemies of the Congo or of his regime. You are more likely to hear him make a passionate plea for the freedom and unity of the Congolese people through peaceful means.He is also "lucky" that the record of his adversaries in eastern Congo has been so appalling that any transgression by his own army and its armed proxies pales in comparison. Only two years ago, many watchers were openly peddling one of the aggressors' undeclared contingency plans: partitioning his country.Others were reading great strategic insight into Museveni's policy of supporting - perhaps even inventing - several Congolese rebel groups at once.(The toughest group would eventually eat Kabila or firmly hold him hostage, so the argument went.) Well, in time, old Darwin has refused to be vindicated so simplistically. Instead of leaving behind a disciplined all-conquering Congolese band shining at least with a pretence to some revolutionary idea,
RE: ugnet_: Don't Worry About Federo-Museveni
Yaobang I congratulate you on your new position you have taken to be on the look-out for the Baganda, prophesying how Museveni is going to dupe them again on Federo. It is a brave stand you have taken to be concerned about the Bagnda at the time when it baffles many for any Southerners to make any comments about the carnage subjected to the people of Northern Uganda by Kony's ferocious banditry activities. Hopefully the Baganda whose cause you have chosen to champion will not ask where was Yaobang when thousands were not only duped, but slaughtered by previous regimes headed by Northerners. May the stars continue to guide you so that you point out to the Baganda what might befall them yet again in the future! --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.506 / Virus Database: 303 - Release Date: 8/1/2003
ugnet_: Re: [AcoliForum] Fwd: [Ugandacom] Re: A People's War
Comrades and especially political so, Mates Aniap, Ocure and Matek this is especially for you, what are your personal positions? Seems to me that this is very serious development (positive or negative). It was not so long ago when certain observers pointed out the contrast in the magnitude of response and the structure of ODURO (cry of distress or call for help) in our northern districts. I believe it is very important that we get some CLEAR comments from our established political parties. Perhaps some people do not get the beef embroiled. As an Acoli, I would really want to know why the UPC for example, reacts differently to similar atrocious acts committed by the same perpetrators in varied locations? And from our Acoli leaders, we should also pressurize comments and opinions because it is our democratic rights to know how they really think about our peoples protection. And, most importantly, how they are biased. Please do not get me wrong, ethnicity is not ethnicism! I notice that many PPC members have not reacted. Sufferance is support! When the vampires spread dung in Acoli, politicians are quick to couple it with national politics where as in other areas as in Lango and Teso for this matter, the PEOPLE`S IMMEDIATE SECURITY IS DEVINE PRIORITY. Yet, they tell my people to do nothing but wait for the movement government to be overthrown. WHY IS IT SO? Why does the UPC not tell the Langi and Atesot not to structure their security because that is constitutionally a government liability only (as they always advice the Acoli)? Moreover, there is risk that the local commonality sees the LRA as Acoli. Many have pointed out this contrast. President Musseveni for one pointed out this. Rgds Noc´l gaumoy From: Elum aniap Godfrey Ayoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Ugandacom] Re: A People's War Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2003 12:08:59 +0200 Picturally; Amuka(a Lango word) translated as Rhino in English language is the symbolic emblem of Lango District (community), It is coincidential that the name Rhino appears in the designations of Radio Rhino International-Africa co-founded by myself and others, Radio Rhino FM based in Lira and (now) Amuka (Rhino) Defence Voluntary Force. Godfrey - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 2003 2:51 AM Subject: A People's War Wow .. I hear Rhino Defense!!! A People's War New Vision (Kampala)COLUMN August 12, 2003 Posted to the web August 12, 2003 Kampala JOSEPH Kony's LRA rebels are facing an unprecedented hostile environment. In Teso the people set up the Arrow Group to curb rebel attacks and infiltration into the region. Now the Langi have mooted the Amuka (Rhino) defence voluntary force to fight the rebels. It is bad news for Kony; a people's war against LRA is forming. Tired of being soft targets, the people are now volunteering to assist the army end the rebellion. This should put to shame laid-back politicians kicking government for failing to end the war but silent about LRA's brutality towards innocent civilians. Silence, as an opposition strategy against the Government is wrong. It's time to change.Criticising and blaming the Government for the 16-year war is fine. But whoever does so should come out with better alternatives to deal with the insurgency. The Government has, besides the military option, tried out other means like the amnesty and presidential pardon of 1987-1992 which the LRA wasted. The rebels failed the 1993-1994 peace talks.The Government set up a peace team last year to negotiate, but the LRA has not reciprocated. Instead, the LRA frustrated the Government team's attempts to meet its leaders in April this year. The LRA failed to honour its own ceasefire declaration and that extended by the Government early this year.Above all, the Amnesty Act allows LRA fighters to seek pardon and be resettled. What else should the Government do?A popular uprising should be the final solution to Kony's intransigence. True, it's the Government's business to fight insurgency. But it is a responsibility of every person to contribute. For this to be possible, politicians and local leaders must mobilise the people. It started in Teso, now it is in Lango, next should be Acholi and gradually the whole nation should be armed to end this Kony nonsense. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state. - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's
ugnet_: Ugandan despot Amin gets death threats at hospital
Ugandan despot Amin gets death threats at hospital By John R. Bradley JEDDAH, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Former dictator Idi Amin, blamed for the murder of tens of thousands of Ugandans in the 1970s, has received death threats at a Saudi hospital where he has been critically ill for weeks, a medical source said on Sunday. Staff at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital in the Red Sea city of Jeddah got the threats by telephone on Saturday, prompting mangers to post a permanent guard in Amin's room and another at the entrance to intensive care, the source said. "Security measures were dramatically increased in the Intensive Care Unit at the hospital where Idi Amin is staying as a result of several death threats," the source said. He gave no details on the threats. Sources said last week that Amin, one of Africa's bloodiest despots, was in a "near-death-condition," and the source told Reuters on Sunday he was now expected to die within days. "Idi Amin's condition has deteriorated as sepsis has set in, compounding earlier multiple organ system failure. He is still hooked up to a life-support machine...(and) the prognosis is he will die within days rather than weeks," the source said. Amin, in his late 70s, has been in exile, chiefly in Saudi Arabia, since his ouster from his East African homeland in 1979. A man who expressed admiration for Adolf Hitler, Amin was denounced inside and outside Africa for massacring tens of thousands of people -- some estimates say more than 100,000 -- under his despotic 1971-79 rule. A former boxing champion, he came to power in a 1971 coup and his rule was characterised by eccentric behaviour and violent purges. He was driven from power in 1979 by forces from neighbouring Tanzania and Ugandan exiles, and was given sanctuary by Saudi Arabia in the name of Islamic charity. Amin, a Muslim, and has lived quietly in Jeddah on a government stipend with his four wives. 08/10/03 10:34 ET
ugnet_:
TWAGIRAMUNGU would not agree to serve President Kagame as a prime minister "I would not agree to serve President Kagame as a prime minister.Let me tell you the truth, we would not agree with Kagame.Unless something changes but under normal circumstances I would not do it.""Working for the country does not only mean working with the presidentafter he has won the elections. I could look for a loan and become abusinessman,I could say I am an experienced politician so let me teach, I have nowacquired enough experience in organizing conferences at universities."Excerpt:Radio Rwanda, Kigali, in Kinyarwanda 1305 gmt 9 Aug 03 The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Government Declares War On Parties
August 8, 2003 Uganda Peoples Congress Washington DC Bureau Office (Office of the Chairman) Fellow Citizens and members of the International Community: Greetings: NRM National Political Commissar DR Crispus Kiyonga has made some threats against members of Uganda Peoples Congress specifically and the other opposition political parties in general. We, Members of Uganda Peoples Congress Washington, DC Bureau, wish to note that we take Commissar Kiyongo's threats against our fellow citizens very seriously. It is our hope that members of the International Community have also noted Dr. Crispus Kiyonda comments as noted below. As Peter Walubiri, has noted quiet so eloquently, there is no law , repeat there is NO LAW ...Under which Kiyonda (and his NRM) can threaten to arrest the PPC Chairman simply for reactivating UPC party branches in Uganda. Therefore Kiyonga's threat is both illegal and a deliberate calculated act of provocation against the UPC and opposition parties in Uganda. This fact, we hope, peace loving members of the International Community and Ugandans must note and disapprove. Thank you . Matek Chairman UPC Washington Bureau. Government Declares War On Parties The Monitor (Kampala)August 9, 2003 Posted to the web August 8, 2003 Richard M. Kavuma Kampala Government will arrest opposition politicians who continue politicking without registering their parties, National Political Commissar Dr Crispus Kiyonga vowed yesterday.Declaring what he called a war on political indiscipline, Kiyonga accused partyists of trying to blackmail government and causing unnecessary alarm among the public."People have been telling you that they will not register, but they are busy opening branches in the country," Kiyonga told a press conference at Nile Hotel gardens in Kampala."They think they will provoke government into making mistakes so that they go around shouting about human rights."Kiyonga added: "We will not be blackmailed. Anyone who breaks the law will be arrested and taken to the courts."It was in apparent reference to the Uganda People's Congress (UPC), which recently opened four branches around Kampala. UPC's lawyer Peter Mukidi Walubiri however laughed off Kiyonga's ultimatum, saying there is no law under which he can be arrested for "reactivating his party's branches".Opposition lawyers have recently accused Movement directors of being in office illegally. At Kiyonga's press conference were Movement director for Legal Affairs Margaret Okumu and the deputy directors for Information, Alice Muwanguzi and for External Relations Latigo olal.The five-year term of office of the Movement Secretariat directors expired on July 11. MPs have refused to pass the secretariat's budget because of a March 31 court ruling declaring the Movement a political organisation, and its organs unconstitutional. But Kiyonga said politicians have been deliberately telling lies to the population that "the Movement political system was an organisation and not a system""There is a lot of concern in the countryside," Kiyonga said. "People call you at midnight saying 'we hear the Movement is no longer there, what do we do?"Some of the people, calling for President Museveni third term, do so because they are worried about the country's future stability, said Kiyonga.
ugnet_: Union warns small farmers against being used as fronts
Union warns small farmers against being used as fronts ; www.sundaymail.co.zw 10/8/2002 Chief Reporter Emilia Zindi INDIGENOUS Commercial Farmers Union (ICFU) president Mr Davidson Mugabe has warned small-scale farmers not to be used by former white commercial farmers who want to hold the Government to ransom in a bid to have the selling price of tobacco increased. His comments come in the wake of reports that former white farmers were behind the recent violence at tobacco auction floors which caused temporary closure of the floors. Mr Mugabe said his organisation wondered why smallholder tobacco farmers would call for a price increase of the crop now when most of them had finished selling their crop. The only farmers who were still delivering their crop to the floors were the white commercial farmers. Most, if not all, smallholder farmers had sold off all their crop. So who are they protesting for? Who are they doing it for when it is the white commercial farmers who still have their tobacco? asked Mr Mugabe. He urged indigenous farmers to remember that the effects of the closure of auction floors were detrimental to the economy, which was already in bad shape. Mr Mugabe said the Zimbabwe Tobacco Association (ZTA), which some indigenous farmers had joined, had an all-white constitution since 1890. There was no room for black people until in March this year when the organisation held a special congress to amend the constitution and allow indigenous farmers to become members. Mr Mugabe said there are 7 500 black farmers who had become members of ZTA against 600 white commercial farmers. Surprisingly the white commercial farmers, despite being out-numbered by the indigenous farmers, were still in control of the organisation's day-to-day running. We now suspect that the reason for including the smallholder farmers in the ZTA constitution was to use them to fight the Government,'' he said. He encouraged members of other farmers unions not to engage in violent protests, particularly when Government was considering farmers' cases. He said up until now, most of the farmers' requests to Government had received positive response. The concern by farmers for an increase in the price they were receiving was genuine, as what they were getting was enough to pay off what they borrowed but not enough to grow the next crop. It is all about viability. We as a union have taken the matter up with the Ministry of Finance to see whether farmers can be relieved,'' said Mr Mugabe. He said while some people had called for the devaluation of the dollar, the danger was that the cost of growing the crop would also increase. Mr Mugabe said his organisation had suggested possible solutions to the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development. Among the solutions was for the Government to allow a special exchange rate for tobacco farmers. He said his organisation was pleading with Government to put forward the same incentives on tobacco, as was the case with gold. There is a gold incentive, why not do the same on tobacco because the two are sources of foreign currency earnings? he asked. Mitayo Potosi _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail
ugnet_: Burundi peace summit to study power-sharing plans
"Army reform is the most difficult task in the peace process, say human rights groups, which accuse the military with its 90-percent Tutsi officer corps of massacring Hutu civilians. The army denies it deliberately kills civilians. FDD spokesman Gelase Ndabirabe told Reuters on Sunday that the group wanted one of its men to become either defence minister or head of the army. The FDD also called for the creation of the post of second vice president, saying it wanted the new position for itself" = Political observers well Conversant with Politics In the Great Lakes Region wish to point out that a Hutu will never be a Defense Minister or Head of the Army, ( as Hutu's are demanding ) . not when the Tustsi Minority are in Charge In Bujumbura. That stated, We predict that the war in Bujumbura will continue unabated. MK Burundi peace summit to study power-sharing plans BUJUMBURA, 10 Aug (Reuters) - African leaders trying to end Burundi's civil war will discuss rival power-sharing proposals from the government and rebels at a meeting in mid-August, officials from both sides say. The summit would focus on competing ideas on how to share out senior government, military and parliamentary jobs and try to thrash out a compromise settlement, the officials said. The two sets of plans were formulated during the latest talks between the government and the Forces for the Army reform is the most difficult task in the peace process, say human rights groups, which accuse the military with its 90-percent Tutsi officer corps of massacring Hutu civilians. The army denies it deliberately kills civilians. of Democracy (FDD) rebel group about ways to end a war that has killed an estimated 300,000 people. Hutu rebels have been fighting the government for a decade to end the political dominance of the Tutsi minority. The war has at times helped aggravate other conflicts in the region. Army reform is the most difficult task in the peace process, say human rights groups, which accuse the military with its 90-percent Tutsi officer corps of massacring Hutu civilians. The army denies it deliberately kills civilians. FDD spokesman Gelase Ndabirabe told Reuters on Sunday that the group wanted one of its men to become either defence minister or head of the army. The FDD also called for the creation of the post of second vice president, saying it wanted the new position for itself. The president is currently a Hutu, Domitien Ndayizeye, but the FDD and some other rebel groups see him as a sellout atop a system of Tutsi supremacy. The vice president is a Tutsi. "Each party has given its position and the heads of state will decide upon the proposals of each side," said Ambroise Niyonsaba, who led the government delegation to peace talks held in the Tanzanian port of Dar Es Salaam over the past two weeks. "There is hope that concrete decisions will be taken at the summit," he said. Ndayizeye said on Thursday he was prepared to offer the FDD jobs in the cabinet and army as part of a peace deal. He did not elaborate. The country is more than halfway through a three-year peace plan, and some political progress has been made but abductions, ambushes and fighting continue. At a previous summit on July 20 attended by the leaders of Uganda, Burundi and Tanzania, as well as by delegates from South Africa and Rwanda, the FDD and the government promised to abide by a widely ignored ceasefire they signed last December. No exact date has been set for the next regional summit but there is general agreement it should be held in mid-August. 08/10/03 10:07 ET
ugnet_: AMERICA GETS CLOSER TO GOD!!!!
Judge orders Ten Commandments removed from courthouse The Associated Press MONTGOMERY, Ala. -- A federal judge ordered Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore on Tuesday to remove a Ten Commandments monument from the Alabama Judicial Building within 15 days or face possible daily fines against the state. U.S. District Judge Myron Thompson of Montgomery, who has ruled the 5,300-pound monument violates the constitutional ban on government promotion of religion, lifted a stay he had previously issued while Moore appealed. Moore, whose stand was rejected by an appeals court, has said he plans to turn to the U.S. Supreme Court with his argument that the monument should remain in the judicial building. Thompson's ruling came a day after Moore filed a curt, two-paragraph brief with the court, claiming that Thompson did not have the authority to make him remove the black granite monument. Thompson's order Tuesday said the monument must be moved from the public areas of the building by Aug. 20, but could remain in a private area, such as Moore's chambers. The building houses the Supreme Court chamber and offices of appeals court judges. The monument is in the rotunda, one of the first things seen upon entering. If Moore does not comply with the order, Thompson said he does not plan to take immediate action to physically remove the monument, but may fine the state each day that the monument remains in the rotunda. An attorney for Americans United for Separation of Church and State, Ayesha Khan, one of three groups that filed suit challenging the monument, said it is time for Moore to remove it. "The monument is becoming a millstone around the neck of Alabama. It is time to let reason prevail over politics," Khan said. Tom Parker, an attorney for Moore, said they would respond after getting a chance to review Thompson's latest order. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
Re: ugnet_: Hello, I'm new
Wilkommen heissen!. Herzlichen glueck wuensh. Kipenji. ===Alexandra [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jambo dear list members!I just joined and wanted to say hello to all of you. I'm Alexandra, 25 years old and studying law at mannheim University, germany. I've always been interested and fascinated by Africa. and when I got to know my dear friends from Uganda, this interest specified in this beautiful country. I even got invited to visit Uganda. So I'm happy to be a part of a list dealing with Uganda-related matters.I'm already looking forward to hearing from you.Best wishes to all.Take care, AlexandraWant to chat instantly with your online friends? Get the FREE Yahoo! Messenger
Re: ugnet_: These captives can cause havoc if they are armed
..I would like to believe that Mulindwa, Yaobang, Ochan, Potosi and Matekopoko welcome this development and are agreeable that the UPDF derserve praise and thanks for the work that they do protecting and rescuing children from the dreaded and evil LRA. From: dbbwanika db [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: These captives can cause havoc if they are armed Date: Tue, 5 Aug 2003 19:16:23 +0200 JUSTICE PARTY http://dfwa-u.tk The army yesterday handed over 156 former rebel captives to the Concerned Parents Association of Uganda chairperson Mrs. Angelina Atyam at the Lira army barracks. Fifth Division spokesman 2nd Lt. Chris Magezi, who presided over the ceremony, said 84 of the captives were rescued from Pader, 31 from Lira and 41 from Kitgum districts. Twenty-five of the 156 rescued captives hail from Katakwi, 36 from Pader, 22 from Katakwi, 15 from Lira, 14 from Gulu, two from Apac and one from Soroti. Fourteen of the captives were girls. Kony has been abducting children with the aim of turning them into terrorists. These captives can cause havoc if they are armed, Magezi said. Among the rescued captives was a student of Lwala Girls Secondary School identified only as Teddy, 15. Atyam, who was accompanied by Lira district council vice-chairperson Rebecca Otengo said, We want to thank the State for their efforts in rescuing a huge number of children abducted by Konys Lords Resistance Army rebels. But we need to join hands with other stakeholders and support the UPDF so that we over-come this evil. __ bwanika url: www.idr.co.ug Logon Join in ug-academicsdb discussion list http://www.coollist.com/subcribe.html List ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your Email address: ~~ ~~ url: http://uhpl.uganda.co.ug http://pub59.ezboard.com/fugandamanufacturersassociationfrm1 _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963
ugnet_: YOUR MOTHER INSTRUCTED YOU TO KEEP THE RECEIPTS ALWAYS
The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Karimojong Want Shs 6bn to Rout Kony
" Mwana Watuu...Abanna Uganda, .. Abo ABAKALAMAJONG BAYAGALA OKULIYA MU KAVUYO MK The Monitor (Kampala)August 12, 2003 Posted to the web August 12, 2003 Kakaire Ayub Kirunda Kampala Youth in Karamoja are asking for about Shs 6 billion to rout the Lord's Resistance Army [LRA] rebels lodged in Teso. The Chairman Karamoja Peace and Environmental Protection Service [KAPEPS] Mr Akore John Bosco Jokothau says the money is needed for the social-economic development of the sub-region."All we need to finish off Kony and his group is this money so that we can have water, diversify our economy, build polytechnics and resettle our people," Akore said in an interview with The Monitor on August 10.He said once government releases the money, hundreds of Karimojong youths will be ready to fight the rebels."Once we are given this task... the Acholi and Iteso should support us," he said. He said causalities suffered by the LRA when they tried to cross to Karamoja are a clear manifestation that the Karimojong can tame the rebels.He said the northern insurgency had persisted because some army officers are benefiting from the rebellion."It is common sense that one cannot destroy their source of income. Much as the rebels are fighting without any fear, the UPDF soldiers fight while hiding," Akore said. He said that the war would end if the army started looking at the LRA as enemies and not as a source of income. "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
ugnet_: Bush insists on limited U.S. role in Liberia
Washington is wary of deep involvement given its ongoing commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Memories also persist of a bloody debacle in Somalia a decade ago -- the last major U.S. military involvement in Africa. (Netters isn't it amazing though... At no time was Washington worried when, in those cold wars days, Washington was using Liberia as a CIA listening post...or as a post from which Washington was launching clandestine cover wars against national Liberation forces in the African Continent...against for example SWAPO, MPLA in Angola, Nkurumha's party in Ghana, Against Patrice Lumumba ... e.t.c ) MK Bush insists on limited U.S. role in Liberia CRAWFORD, Texas, Aug 13 (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush insisted on Wednesday that U.S. forces now off the coast of Liberia would play a support role in the conflict-torn country, rebuffing suggestions that Washington do more. "We are there to support and help" West African peacekeepers, Bush told reporters at his ranch in Texas. "I made that decision and nothing's changed." Bush said the United States aimed to help create the conditions to bring in humanitarian supplies and that talks were underway to make sure the main port is "secure and open." Three U.S. warships are waiting off the capital Monrovia with a 2,300-strong Marine task force to help West African peacekeepers after the flight into exile in Nigeria on Monday of ex-President Charles Taylor. "I'm glad he's gone," Bush said of Taylor. Bush did not take a position on whether Taylor should be turned over to the war crimes tribunal, saying: "They can work that out." "My focus now is on making sure that humanitarian relief gets to the people who are suffering in Liberia," Bush said. Washington is wary of deep involvement given its ongoing commitments in Afghanistan and Iraq. Memories also persist of a bloody debacle in Somalia a decade ago -- the last major U.S. military involvement in Africa. Rebels of the Liberians United for Reconciliation and Democracy (LURD) promised the Americans on Tuesday that they would leave the vital port so aid could flow to hundreds of thousands of famished Liberians. 08/13/03 13:58 ET "The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth becomes the greatest enemy of the state." - Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels - Hitler's propaganda minister
ugnet_: JUSTICE UNDER SIEGE IN RWANDA
EDITORIALJustice under siege in RwandaJustice is supposed to be blind. Taking that idea literally, though, may cost the chief United Nations war-crimes prosecutor, Ms. Carla Del Ponte, her job. Ms. Del Ponte is under attack by the Rwandan government for believing that her mandate is to prosecute all perpetrators of war crimes in that horrendous conflict -- winners and losers. Her audacity has earned her the enmity of the Rwanda government, and the U.N. Security Council appears ready to go along. Ms. Del Ponte deserves more support. History must not be written by the victors, and their crimes forgotten. During the 1994 civil war in Rwanda, it is estimated that as many as 800,000 Rwandans lost their lives, the majority of them Tutsis, killed by members of the Hutu ethnic group. The Hutus were eventually overwhelmed by Tutsi groups that reclaimed control of the government and the country, but as many as 30,000 lives might have been lost as a result of reprisal killings. Once order was restored in Rwanda, the U.N. established a war-crimes court to try to render some justice in the aftermath of the slaughter. Ms. Del Ponte was appointed to oversee the tribunal. That move made sense since Ms. Del Ponte, a former Swiss attorney general, was also heading up prosecution in The Hague tribunal, which is hearing war-crimes trials for the former Yugoslavia. Ms. Del Ponte's four-year term is up for renewal next month, and she has come under fire for the slow pace of prosecutions in Rwanda. U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan reportedly will recommend that Ms. Del Ponte be replaced as head of the Rwanda tribunal, while retaining her charter in The Hague. Mr. Annan apparently believes that heading both posts is too much for one person. There may be something to the complaint. The court in Arusha, Rwanda, has completed 15 cases; 61 others are in progress. Fifty five individuals are being detained. Given that the court has 16 judges, more than 800 staff members and a budget of nearly $100 million a year, complaints of inefficiency deserve a hearing. Ms. Del Ponte has been blamed for being primarily responsible; her critics charge that she spends too much time in The Hague on the Yugoslavia tribunal, failing to give the Rwanda proceedings proper attention. But the real source of concern about Ms. Del Ponte is her readiness to hold Rwanda's Tutsis as accountable for their misdeeds as its Hutus. She has pushed for the investigation of the Tutsi-led Rwandan Patriotic Army, which is thought to be responsible for the tens of thousands of reprisal killings that followed the Hutu uprising in 1994. The Tutsis managed to drive the Hutus out of the country, and their readiness to prosecute their enemies is not matched by a readiness to hold members of their own ethnic group to a similar level of accountability. They have prevented people sought for questioning from traveling to the war-crimes court. Ms. Del Ponte has charged that the government is blocking prosecution of well-connected individuals who might have committed crimes. They have been pushing to have Ms. Del Ponte replaced and Tutsi crimes turned over to national courts. The U.N. Security Council appears ready to acquiesce. Mr. Annan is genuinely concerned about the slow pace of prosecutions in Rwanda and is said to be set to recommend that a new prosecutor be appointed to handle those cases. The Security Council governments are reportedly ready to agree, although they are concerned about undue influence by the Rwandan government. Complaints about inefficiency are understandable. All war-crimes prosecutions are slow and require considerable patience. Similar complaints were voiced about the Yugoslav tribunal, but they have quieted as the court continues to jail and hold accountable individuals who committed crimes during the breakup of the former Yugoslavia. Ms. Del Ponte may be stretched too thin. But if she is replaced, the new prosecutor must have a clear mandate to go after criminals no matter what ethnic group. Hutus and Tutsis must both be held accountable for their crimes. There can be no victor's justice. Neither can there be a compromise of the U.N.'s reliance on impartial justice. It is hoped that the Security Council's readiness to replace Ms. Del Ponte is not a sign of its readiness to look the other way and accept the crimes committed by the government in Rwanda. The Japan Times: Aug. 13, 2003(C) All rights reserved The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: U S TROOPS IN IRAQ HAVE PNEUMONIA
Army Stumped on Cause of Troop Illnesses By PAULINE JELINEK, Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - The Army is telling troops to take precautions as it tries to figure out the cause of pneumonia cases, including two deaths, among forces in the Afghan and Iraqi campaigns. Officials are investigating the cause of some 100 cases of the illness counted since March, focusing on 15 cases so serious the patients had to be put on ventilators and flown to Europe, defense officials said at a Pentagon (news - web sites) press conference Tuesday. "We're deeply concerned about the deaths," David N. Tornberg, a deputy assistant secretary for health policy, said of the two fatal cases. "We'd like a comprehensive understanding to be available to the families, to the husbands, to the wives of our servicemen so they better understand the nature of these conditions." So far, officials have pretty much ruled out exposure to anthrax, smallpox or any other biological or chemical weapon; to Legionnaires' disease; or to SARS (news - web sites), severe acute respiratory syndrome, said Col. Robert DeFraites, chief of preventive medicine in the Army surgeon general's office. DeFraites said officials believe two of the cases were streptococcal pneumonia, caused by common bacteria. The cause of the rest of the cases remains a mystery. The 15 serious cases among 14 men and one woman have been spread throughout Southwest Asia. Ten of the 15 were in Iraq (news - web sites), but others were as far away as Uzbekistan, DeFraites said. Fourteen of the victims were Army members and one a Marine. There was no apparent connection between the 15 most serious cases. They were from different units, and their cases were spread over time two in March, two in April, one in May, six in June and four in July. The last confirmed case was July 30, DeFraites said. A two-person investigative team has gone to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center in Germany, where most of the cases were treated after evacuation. A six-person team en route to Iraq includes infectious disease experts, laboratory workers and people who will take samples of soil, water and air as well as medical samples from patients. The two teams will review patient records and laboratory results and interview health care workers and patients, if possible. In the meantime, officials also are hoping to limit the number of new cases. Soldiers are being told to avoid becoming dehydrated in the intense heat and dust; protect themselves against breathing dust by wearing masks; and water down dusty surfaces before they sweep. Heavy dust storms have been a problem in Iraq. "And finally, we all know that definitely cigarette smoking is a risk factor for pneumonia no matter what age, no matter what population," DeFraites said. "We emphasize that normally to the troops anyway, but this is even more a reason to avoid cigarette smoking." Armywide, pneumonia cases serious enough to warrant hospitalization happen in about 9 of 10,000 soldiers per year, so the 100 cases are not unexpected. It is the severity of the 15 cases that has caused special concern. Between 400 and 500 soldiers get pneumonia every year in the Army worldwide, DeFraites said, though it might surprise some that "otherwise young, healthy adults" get the illness. From 1998 through 2002, 17 soldiers have died from complications from pneumonia, he said. "So even in this day and age, we still, unfortunately, lose some soldiers due to pneumonia," he said. The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
ugnet_: Most rally venues booked by RPF ?
Measures in place for free and fair poll, Kagame says KIGALI, 11 August (IRIN) - The government has taken action aimed at ensuring that the 25 August presidential election in Rwanda is free and fair, President Paul Kagame, himself one of the four contenders for the post,said on Sunday."We have put in place all measures that ensure a free and fair election, the first being that the vote will be done through a secret ballot," Kagame said.Speaking to reporters on his fourth campaign tour across the country, he said the election, the first since the 1994 genocide, would be held in a transparent manner, devoid of any malpractice."Thousands of monitors, including people backing my main opponent, have been invited to come and witness the poll," he saidKagame, 46, is seeking to legitimise his rule through a democratic pollsince the genocide in which at least 800,000 ethnic Tutsis and politically moderate Hutus were killed.Kagame's main challenger, Faustin Twagiramungu, recently complained that his supporters and campaign agents are being harassed by the government and Kagame's supporters. However, Kagame described the accusation as "cheap talk and campaign smear" that is backed by no credible evidence.Since launching his campaign a week ago, Kagame, considered the favourite in the poll, has promised Rwandans that he would foster national unity, improve standards of living in rural areas, boost the country's economy and deliver justice.Kagame, a Tutsi, has drawn large crowds of people in his campaign rallies across the country.Twagiramungu held his first campaign rally on Saturday, a week after Kagame, citing lack of rally venues after government officials told him that most of the spaces had been booked by Kagame's party, the Rwanda Patriotic Front.He has promised to double employment opportunities in the country, ensure the return thousands of Rwandan refugees living outside the country and to bring peace to a region beset by war.
Re: ugnet_: PAC Secretary General's Report on the PAC National Elections
Dear Brother Roy, Again many thanks for this information on the PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA (PAC). Mitayo Potosi From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lester Lewis), [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: PAC Secretary General's Report on the PAC National Elections Date: Thu, 14 Aug 2003 14:02:02 EDT PAN AFRICANIST CONGRESS OF AZANIA (PAC) OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY GENERAL THE TRUTH ABOUT THE PAC NATIONAL CONGRESS AND ELECTIONS HELD 14th-15th JUNE 2OO3 AT VISTA UNIVERSITY SOWETO. There has been a lot of myths and distortions written about the 8th PAC National Congress which was held at Vista University in SOWETO on 14th to 15th June 2OO3. Some half-baked journalists who are lazy to find facts for themselves and have no regard for journalistic objectivity and professional ethics; have been reporting the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) as being under siege, in the limbo having a rebellion, embattled and splitting. Those who walked out of the Congress at O5.15am on 15th June 2OO3 after failing to disrupt the Congress were only 1O out of over 11OO delegates and observers. Strangely a person who is not even a PAC branch leader led them. He is a leader of the Islamic Unity Convention. The shame of it is that even the impressionist presidential candidate, who is known for his empty revolutionary rhetoric, followed this non-PAC leader like a sheep to a slaughter. These anarchists realised that they were going to be losers in a democratic election. As they walked out there were shouts of HAMBANI GO AWAY from the remaining 11OO delegates and observers. The reality and the facts about the 8th PAC Congress in Soweto. It was attended by over 11OO delegates and observers. 825 delegates voted for two contesting Presidential candidates, namely Mr. Maxwell Nemadzivhanani and Dr. Motsoko Pheko. Nemadzivhanani received 2O9 votes. Pheko received 616 votes and was declared the new President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania by an independent body, which conducted the PAC elections. Mr. Themba Godi and Mr. Philip Kgosana contested the position of the Deputy President. Kgosana received 2O votes while Godi received 548 votes and was declared the new elected Deputy President of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. The National Chairman, Mr. Joseph Mkwanazi, the Secretary-General, Mr. Mofihli Likotsi, the Deputy Secretary-General, Ms Selinah Pinkie Hlabedi, the Finance Secretary, Mr. Nkrumah Kgagudi and the National Organiser, Mr. Ntsie Mohloai were elected unopposed. These PAC Congress results were received with jubilation by the nation of this country and by all progressive forces around the world, especially Pan Africanists, who saw these results as strengthening Pan Africanism around the world. The Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) is the most democratic political party in South Africa. Its constitution, therefore, in section 5.6 provides that, Upon receipt of a requisition signed by one third of the number of the branches represented at the previous National Congress, a special national conference shall be called by the National Executive Council (NEC) in connection with the subject matter of the requisition within four weeks of such a requisition by the Secretary-General, provided that such a requisition is lodged with the Secretary-General within a period of 3O days after the last day of the previous congress. In accordance with this PAC constitutional provision, three branches requisitioned for a special conference. Six others also requisitioned, though disqualified by the Constitution because they were not delegates at the previous Congress. 239 branches attended the PAC Congress. One third of these branches amount to 79 branches. The nine branches, which requisitioned for the special conference, did not meet the 79 branches notch required by the constitution; therefore, no such conference could be held. It would be unconstitutional. Those who unconstitutionally demanded an unconstitutional conference failed to produce the constitutionally required 79 branches out of 239. THERE WAS THEREFORE TO BE NO SPECIAL CONFERENCE. The PAC thanks the nation, all PAC supporters and friends and respecters of constitutions and the rule of law, for their support, sympathy and understanding as expressed by so many of them in various ways after the Congress results and even NOW. The PAC appeals to all right-thinking and justice-loving CITIZENS OF OUR COUNTRY to focus their minds on voting for the PAC in the coming 2OO4 national elections and ignore the desperate anarchists who seem to be in the pay of imperialism and neo-colonialism, hired to destroy the PAC. VOTE for the PAC in large numbers in the coming elections. Your VOTE for the PAC will bring about a caring Africanist government, which will
RE: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic!
I HOPE WE ALL REST OUR CASE ABOUT FALSE HISTORY TO INCITE FALSE ANGER IN UGANDA. OR SHOULD I SAY BUGANDA? FFELLOWS IN THE NAME OF PEACE IN UGANDA, STAY WITH THE TRUTH; OTHERWISE YOUR CHILDREN WILL PAY DEARLY FOR YOUR OWN STUPID, MYPIC, EVIL, ILL-THOUGHTS. YOU MAY BE SERVING YOUR SELF EGO, BUT YOU ARE NOT HELPING YOUR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN. GOOD EVENING. BWAMBUGA. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Kasangwawo Cut the crap if you think that I am doing research for you then as always you are on the wrong foot. You see I left the days of posting what the likes of you want to hear. And by the way let me add as well that the UPC' government's support to Muteesa did not stop on UPC government but even under Iddi Amin , moneys continued to flow to the family in London. Although some of the recipients decided not to use it better than becoming pipe fitters. On the proof of that, do not wait on me, go to Bank of Uganda where Obote made the original instructions, the records are public to today. So if you as a Muganda was thinking that your King was living from checks made from your grand father, think again. The state decided to maintain him with dignity in his exile life. The rest of the decisions on his life were made by him self and him self alone. And if you have any way to show us how Mutesa survived in London please by all means post it. Let us move from this crap of Buganda loves the Kingdom. Good day Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: jonah kasangwawo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 10, 2003 4:32 PM Subject: Re: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Mulindwa, I would hope that you have evidence about your allegation that the UPC regime maintained the late Sir Freddie Muteesa II in exile. In addition to the post-mortem report, I would also like to take a look at it. Kasangwawo From: Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Date: Sun, 10 Aug 2003 03:39:01 -0400 Bwambuga And I will add to those few notes another point just for clarification. Sir Edward Mutesa was in exile and we all know what happens in exile. The first point to hit home is poverty. However the current UPC government at the time, saw it fit to maintain the exiled King financially. Uganda Government continuously sent Mutesa funds to maintain him self in London, funds he him self decided to use to cut down on stress by drinking and throwing continuous parties. Untill when he drunk him self out on his birth day party. That is why it is very nonsensical for Lutimba Matovu to state that Mutesa was poisoned by Obote, if Obote wanted Mutesa to die in exile he would have not instructed Bank of Uganda to maintain the exiled King financially. Oh good morning, by the way. Em The Mulindwas Communication Group With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy Groupe de communication Mulindwas avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 11:19 PM Subject: ugnet_: Matovu! Eddy Mutesa (RIP) was an Alcoholic! Matovu, We know that Kabaka Fred Mutesa (RIP) was a seroius alcoholic case. And he died from Alcohol Poisoning. My evidence comes from a cery good friend of mine, but he was sharing a girl friend with the Late Kabaka while he was still in power as President. This friend is a typical Muganda and big time supporter of the royalty. He says it was a well known fact among the late Kabaka's confidants that his alcohol would sooner rather than later kill him. And kill him it did. This should put to rest Matovu's false accusations of Obote. This is like the other quotation about a dead Muganda, Turns out those words were actually uttered by a typical Muganda, but hell wishers just pushed it to Obote to suit their ill intentioned politiking and subjecting Ugandans to false history. Bwambuga. Mulindwa Edward [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mwaami Kasangwawo I do not think that any body in a right mind needs a proof of Amin's brutality, and I do not think that there is any body arguing about it, what is bothering people is the way we want to attack this problem of a Ugandan president whose family wants to take home and the operative word home not to Kololo, remember this man has a land he is not a beggar for land to be buried on, Amin is not like Kiseka who NRM had to borrow land to burry him officially, he is not like Lule who ended up in Kololo where any government will dig him up, trust me, for better use of that real estate. Amin
ugnet_: BRITISH SOLDIERS FACE WRATH OF IRAQIS
British Soldiers Face Wrath Of IraqisHatred Festers On Streets Of BasraBy Justin Huggler The Independent - UK8-12-3 BASRA -- Burnt tyres and stones that were thrown at British soldiers trying to contain riots by Iraqis infuriated by constant power cuts and a fuel crisis still littered the streets of Basra yesterday. Calm had been restored to the city after two days in which at least one Iraqi protester was killed - who fired the bullet is still unclear - and a Nepalese former Gurkha soldier was shot dead when his UN car was ambushed in the street. But you get the sense the British are sitting on a pressure cooker. How serious the riots were depends on whom you speak to. Ask the British occupation authority which runs the south of Iraq, and it was all a storm in a teacup. Ask the Iraqis on the streets of Basra, and you hear a different story. There is anger seething on the streets. "Only a thousand people were involved in the protests, out of a city of two million," says Steve Bird, a spokesman for the military. "If you ask the people here, they'll tell you they want us here, to help rebuild the infrastructure." But even as Mr Bird says reassuringly that the security situation in Basra is under control, the crackle of gunfire can be heard through his office window. Outside the fortified British compound, American soldiers arrive in a Humvee. Iraqi children shout abuse at the Americans. They want to throw stones, but some older Iraqis nervously restrain them. "If you had come yesterday, we would have beaten you," Majid al-Eidani, one of the Iraqis queuing at a local petrol station, tells me. "We are very happy that Saddam Hussein is gone," said another man in the queue, Laith al-Tayi. "But sometimes we say at least Saddam Hussein is a Muslim, but the British are foreigners. We cannot accept them. They must know they cannot stay here for 40 years. If they try, we will kick them out. What would you do if you were in our shoes?" These are the Shia heartlands, which suffered cruelty and repression at the hands of Saddam. Nowhere in Iraq were they happier to see him go, and until now, the British have been enjoying relative calm while the Americans suffer daily attacks in Baghdad and elsewhere. But the British appear to be running out of goodwill fast. The riots were spontaneous, according to everyone we spoke to in Basra - despite British claims of some shadowy group behind them. The people came on to the streets because they were enraged at a total, 24-hour power blackout, and a fuel crisis so acute that Mr Tayi says he queued for 12 hours to get petrol for his car and still went home empty-handed. To understand how important electricity and fuel are, you have to feel the heat in Basra. Temperatures soared above 50C this week. Air conditioning is vital: when the power goes, Basrans turn to their home generators. But they run on fuel. This week they have been keeping cool by drinking water, which they keep cold by buying huge blocks of ice and carrying them home. © 2003 Independent Digital (UK) Ltd http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=432843 The Mulindwas Communication Group"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in anarchy" Groupe de communication Mulindwas "avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans l'anarchie"
Re: ugnet_: Hello, I'm new
Karibu. Mitayo Potosi From: Alexandra [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: ugnet_: Hello, I'm new Date: Mon, 11 Aug 2003 18:01:23 +0200 Jambo dear list members! I just joined and wanted to say hello to all of you. I'm Alexandra, 25 years old and studying law at mannheim University, germany. I've always been interested and fascinated by Africa. and when I got to know my dear friends from Uganda, this interest specified in this beautiful country. I even got invited to visit Uganda. So I'm happy to be a part of a list dealing with Uganda-related matters. I'm already looking forward to hearing from you. Best wishes to all. Take care, Alexandra _ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail
ugnet_: TOO MUCH OF LITTLE MIXED-UP!!!
TOO MUCH OF LITTLE MIXED-UP!! Subsequent anti-LRA development in Teso and Lango reveals a lot of black holes: Firstly, it tells us a lot about support for (or lack of) the LRA. There has been some paradoxical, though distorted, argument by certain elements (including some PPC representatives) that the LRA brutality was despite all, warranted. I believe, we now see clear evidence on the contrary. We now see people in Lango and Teso who stand up to say no amount of political madness is worth the blood of their commonality. The massage is sound and clear: Dont mess with our people! So what consensus does the LRA have? Secondly, we can no longer blink to the fact that Acoli community leadership has been a stumbling block. The contrast in mentality, approach and structure tells a lot. In Lango for example, The Won Nyaci or Rwot Nyaci himself plus the youth leaders (ref: Rupiny) leads the cohesive anti LRA campaign. In Acoli there is no such rally. We have said it before; that in all organizations the toughest hurdle to jump is that from within. I think now it is clear that LRA atrocities in Acoli have persisted due to among others lack of unity from within (schism from within the community leadership). Analogue with similar situations in other regions now transpire that fact that several people established before but got scourged for it. I believe now we can no longer over look the fact that internal cleansing from within the peace vanguards is essential. We cannot have democrats, reactionaries, republicans, revolutionaries, socialists and god knows, all operating from the same platform. It should not be enough just to be an Acoli to involve in any Acoli endeavor. It has to be people who are committed and comply with the same ideal and approach. Acoli-yaa itself is the death of Acoli?! Rgds Noc´la gau _ Help STOP SPAM with the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
