Mr. Matovu, There is no way Mariam can go and do any thing when your dictator and Kondo Museveni is on a killing spree in Acholi. That is your master's political agenda in the north. I prefer people like Marian should "Kana kori" -ie "Save the seeds" of her generation of Acholi people. That is what dictator Museveni does to my people.
You just do not get it. So do not even try to advice her. WHen the time comes, your dictator will answer at the Haige.... Bwambuga. Lutimba Matovu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Gook, > >Mariam can do something about the situation. If she >feels for her people, let her leave the comfort of UK >and go back to Gulu and help in the rebuilding effort >of both physical and moral structures of the people. > >Someone who graduated in 1966 surely should know what >to do or else she stop her so called weeping. No one >is going to rebuild those structures and she emulate >people like Dr. Lokoya who died serving their people. > >LM >--- gook makanga <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ><HR> ><html><div style='background-color:'><DIV></DIV> ><DIV></DIV> ><TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=4 width=480 border=0> ><TBODY> ><TR> ><TD class=headline1>A weeping heart: Message to my >dear youth in Acholi</TD></TR> ><TR> ><TD> ><TABLE width="30%" align=left> ><TBODY> ><TR> ><TD><IMG class=newsPic >src="http://www.newvision.co.ug/news_photos/1042730450Refugees-flee-LRA2.jpg"; >align=left border=1></TD></TR> ><TR> ><TD> ><P class=captionLeft>Internal displaced people flee >LRA rebel attacks</P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE> ><P>SIR� After visiting Gulu district recently, my >heart weeps for what I saw. Acholi is not what I used >to know. <BR><BR>I was born and lived in Gulu. When we >were young, you had the same standards of living, >whether you had grass-thatched houses, iron-roof >houses or in the town. <BR><BR>I speak as someone who >knows the district well. My first posting after I >finished my education in the UK in 1966 was as a >district health visitor. I travelled in every corner >of (the then) Acholi district. I would drive from Gulu >to Patongo (now Pader district) as a young girl, with >no companion. I had no fear. I would travel from Gulu >to Kitgum and to Agoro near the Sudan border and >return to Kitgum alone at night. Another way was from >Gulu to Atiak, 42 miles northwest of Gulu. ><BR><BR>Just once in my two years in the district did >I encounter any problem. Two leopards were spotted in >an area and the warning was sounded by elders and >opinion leaders. Workers in the area told me not to >leave ! > the area by myself. <BR><BR>The people in Acholi were >very courteous. Children would come to you and greet >you politely. When you met people on the road, they >would walk politely or greet you or just leave the way >for you. There was much respect. This respect went >with the age group of a person regardless of whether >you were a relative or family friend. There was >excellent mutual respect for everybody. Nutrition was >not a problem in the district. People had the highest >balanced meals in every home. There was even more food >in the villages. There was beans, peas, meat, game >meat, simsim, groundnuts, green vegetables and fruits >in plenty: oywelo, kano (jambula), guavas, oceyo, tugu >and many others. In every home, which I visited as a >health visitor, although we were encouraging >nutrition, there was reasonably well-balanced meals. >Talking to families, people were eating well; at least >two good meals a day. <BR><BR>As regards culture, the >youth had their own activities in every! > �village: lamokowang, larakaraka dances. All the >traditional d! >ances la >rakaraka, apiti, bwola, dingi dingi were also taught >in schools. Even cooking and cleaning houses were >taught in homes and in schools. Mothers had time to >teach their children how to cook food and take care of >the home from a very young age. From the age of six, >one knew how to sweep the house and wash dishes. >Rubbish was disposed of properly. Grass-thatched >houses were smeared with black soils and cow-dung. >Those with cemented houses washed their floors clean. ><BR><BR>Tidiness was considered part of your living, >grooming and general look. You did not have to buy a >toothbrush to brush your teeth. You used the sticks to >brush the teeth. <BR><BR>Now, when you see the >changes, it just makes you wonder. The children in the >streets of Gulu today are a sad sight. They are >malnourished, underweight, dirty and uncared-for. You >can see that there is no guidance toward their moral >behaviour. <BR><BR>It is with disappointment that at >this point of our life we see this happening. People! > �in Acholi did not like living in town; they only >came to town to do business and went to the market >once a week. Life was not town life. Today, people >have converged in towns and trading centres. ><BR><BR>It is my wish that we restore the confidence, >the activities, the culture and the well-being of the >Acholi. <BR><BR>Maliam Lakareber, UK</P> ><P>Published on: <B>Friday, 17th January, >2003</B></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><BR><BR><BR> ><DIV></DIV> ><DIV>Gook </DIV> ><DIV></DIV> ><DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> �We will have to >repent in this generation not merely for the vitriolic >words and actions of bad people but also for the >appalling silence of good people". >M.L.King</FONT><BR></DIV> ><DIV></DIV> ><DIV></DIV></div><br clear=all><hr>The new MSN 8: >smart spam protection and �<a >href="http://g.msn.com/8HMUEN/2019";>2 months FREE*. ></a> </html> > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. >http://mailplus.yahoo.com > -- He it is Who created for you all that is on earth...He is the All-knower of everything. 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