Mr. Kezimbira,
Is there any truth to the statement that Mr. Kasirye Ggwanga retired from the UPDF quite sometime ago?
If he is, in fact, retired why and how is being urged to go to the North to fight?
If he actually goes there, how will his presence on the battlefield help the budding peace process or is nobody interested in peace talks?
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Subject: ugnet_: Col. Kasirye Ggwanga, UPDF is a national army
Date: Sat, 9 Nov 2002 01:52:30 -0800 (PST)
Ggwanga, UPDF is a national army -LETTER TO THE EDITOR- MONITOR 9/11/2002Amone C.Permit me to comment on Col. Kasirye Gwanga��s statements in The Monitor of Oct.7. According to the article , I can��t fight in the north, says Kasirye, Gwanga, while contributing on CBS�� Mambo Bado talk show in Mengo, the colonel reportedly said: ��I can��t fight in the north�m am I a foolish colonel to fight in the North when I was born in Mityana? Why should I take my head to be destroyed in the north?��
If this is a verbatim report of what this Gwanga man said, then I suggest that he should withdraw his statement.
While the topic for discussion was different, Col. Ggwanga deliberately diverted to idle issues.
Ggwanga��s utterances constitute the usual kind of sentiments which some selfish people hold against northerners in general and Acholi in particular.
By saying he would be a fool if he fought in the north because he was born in Mityana, Ggwanga is sending a wrong signal and tribalising the entire UPDF. Ggwanga��s expressions seem to offer reasons as to why the war in the north is not ending.
When the Allied Defence Forces (ADF) struck Kasese, did the Acholi in the UPDF who fought then foolishly take their heads to be destroyed? Or were they taken there for a ride? If war erupted in Mityana, would Ggwanga fight there alone?
If the president, by pitching camp in Gulu is committed to ending the war, who is this Kasirye Ggwanga to suggest that the war should continue?
I am a good supporter of the Movement, which has ushered in a period of relative peace in Uganda through its disciplined force, but the Acholi should not be ignored and subjected to prolonged suffering.
November 09, 2002 00:19:40
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