Who can believe Moses Ali on this? He was Amin's right hand man when they murdered thousands of Acholi and Langi because of obote.
--- Omar Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > �Blame leaders, not tribes� -New Vision 18th July > 2003 > > By Richard Otim > > THE First Deputy Premier, Lt. Gen. Moses Ali, has > urged Ugandans to stop blaming some tribes for > atrocities committed by past leaders. He said there > was a growing tendency by some politicians to > instigate animosity against those who belong to > tribes of past leaders. > > He said such a habit �in a country that is healing > from wounds of past political persecution would only > prolong the insurgency currently in some parts of > the country.� > > �Stop this habit of blaming people from West Nile > because of Amin�s mistakes, or those from (Milton) > Obote�s tribe because of his mistakes, or the > Banyakole because of Museveni,� Ali said. > > Addressing residents of Soroti town at the > Independence Gardens on Monday Ali said some people, > who had fled the country when the past governments > were overthrown, had been denied their property for > sharing a tribe with the leaders. > > Ali was in Teso to assess the Lord�s Resistance Army > rebel-related atrocities. He said the Nubians in > Teso had been subjected to persecution because of > Amin�s mistakes. > > �Why do you deny these people their property! If the > Indians were given back their property why not > them?� he asked. > > He said he had directed the district to investigate > cases of such persecution and take action. > > > Published on: Friday, 18th July, 2003 > > Email this article to a friend. > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! ===== LM __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com
