Mr. Potosi Netters,
1. I do not recall pronouncing an opinion about "Neogy, Abu Mayanja, Ali Mazur", but this doesn't prevent anyone else from doing so. My intent in posting those excerpts, speaking of which you may expect more, is to use "bwino" to refute this hogwash floating around about how great Obote was; and to show similiraties between his tactics and style of government and that of Museveni. Anyone who does not not agree with anything is free to tell us about it, and to defend his/her position vs. the "ink", rather than me, since I did not write it (I am just a simple messenger).
2. Where have I stated that it is impossible or even undesirable to "all work together at some level"?
3. All Mr. Chirs Opoka was asked whether he is now, or if he has ever been in any of the intelligence agencies of any government of Uganda; and if so which? I agree with Mr Potosi "That, per say, it is never a crime to accept employment in the Public service of your country!!". But that does not answer the question that was raised. However, Mr. Opoka's refusal to address the issue speaks volumes.
Mr. Potosi (and others), would you consider membership in the Gestapo and other death-squads as 'service to your country'? Why or why not? What of membership in Kalangala Action Plan?
Mr. Potosi, how does any of this mount to a suggestion that we "dismiss Mr. Chris Opoka's suggestion"?
Finally Mr. Potosi, given the demonstrable fact that in, in NONE of the offensive (Transition) articles did I ever mention Mr. Chris Opoka's name even once, where does all this come from? Are you perhaps confusing me with someone else? Perhaps you are just making assumptions (jumping to conclusions?).
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Mr. Ssemakula and netters,
This all about "Transition", Neogy, Abu Mayanja, Ali Mazuri etc... is all well and good.But, are we just going to dismiss Mr. Chris Opoka's suggestion that irrespective of our differences, there are some national aspects that demand that we all work together at some level?
Some went off-tangent with allegations of Mr. Opoka having served his country in some capacity or another. May be it needs to be stressed once again. That, per say, it is never a crime to accept employment in the Public service of your country!!
May be many of us also have opinions about "The Transition", Neogy, Abu Mayanja, Ali Mazur and so on, but at the end of the day we all are still bleeding under a junta imposed on us by Celtic-Anglo-Saxon imperialism!!Our people are now living like serfs in their homeland!! Our people in Acholi Province are literally being exterminated!!
I beg that we soberly again look at Mr. Opoka's suggestion of constructing some platform to pull together our energies, to address common problems in our country!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Ivinicus factus sum veritabem diceus." ( I have become an enemy for speaking the truth ) St Paul! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mitayo Potosi <<<<<<<Here is a 17K pdf attachment (clear text available) to remind us of Obote's idea of nivarna. It was written some 30 years ago.
It appeared in Transition whose editor, the late Rajat Neogy, had just 'graduated' with honors, from Luzira 'university' and countless others were busy toiling on their 'studies', at various 'extension branches of the univesity'. Transition had taken a couple of years without appearing, and when it did, it was from Accra, Ghana.
ssemakula
ps:- the author also wrote/edited/co-authored: - African images : racism and the end of anthropology (1996) - Cattle and kinship among the Gogo; a semi-pastoral society of Central Tanzania (1969) - Cattle, capitalism, and class : Ilparakuyo Maasai transformations (1992) - Persistent pastoralists : nomadic societies in transition (1985) - Society and social change in Eastern Africa (ca. 1969)Unlimited Internet access -- and 2 months free!� Try MSN. Click Here
- Cattle and kinship among the Gogo; a semi-pastoral society of Central Tanzania (1969)
- Cattle, capitalism, and class : Ilparakuyo Maasai transformations (1992)
- Persistent pastoralists : nomadic societies in transition (1985)
- Society and social change in Eastern Africa (ca. 1969)
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