From: Owor Kipenji <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: ugnet_: Forgive Amin, says Cardinal Wamala Date: Mon, 28 Jul 2003 22:54:40 +0100 (BST)
Listers over the past couple of weeks ever since the story of Amin's
ill-health came up,there has been a plethora of articles about Amin
and all that happenned during his reign as "Life"president of Uganda.
If anybody in Uganda strongly felt that Amin deserved trial for all the
litany of ills he and his henchmen were said to have committed,we had
over 25 years in which to do that.Let's forget about the statutes of limitation that may be occassioned on prosecuting certain cases based on time factors,does any seriuos Uganda now believe on his death bed Amin should be tried?.Is this not a case of hypocrisy?.Mu7 who was quoted as having said Amin would be arrested and tried should Amin return to Uganda has been president for 17 years to date.Why did not ask for Amin's extradition to stand trial all these 17 years.I think we are making too much political hot air("Binyampo") over this issue.I really do not think it should take the person of the Cardinal's standing to tell us this.Some of us suffered personal losses during Amin's reign yet despite that I still believe like most other believers that Amin will soon face the ultimate judge who definately will offer the best justice that no other human judge could because it will be judgment of his soul not his physical body that will die and rot away.
Common sense,they say is very un common and yet this is what we all need to have in abundance!
Thanks.
Kipenji.
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Omar Kezimbira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Forgive Amin, says cardinal By Sserwaniko John Vivian July 29, 2003-Monitor
Former president Idi Amin's ill health is nothing to celebrate, Emmanuel Cardinal Wamala has said.
The Catholic prelate instead wants Ugandans to learn to forgive; and finds it hard to comprehend how God-loving people could rejoice at another person's misfortune.
The Cardinal's remarks were contained in a speech read for him by Bishop Emeritus Edward Baharagate on Sunday.
Baharagate represented the Cardinal at the 10th anniversary celebrations for St. Augustine's College in Wakiso.
The bishop said that the government should now not prosecute Amin as it never bothered to extradite him when he was still in good health.
Baharagate said that it is not godly to be vengeful and unforgiving to an ailing former president, his alleged crimes notwithstanding.
Baharagate also asked how President Museveni could pardon Mr Abdalla Nasur, who was convicted for murder, and refuse to forgive Amin.
The former president is admitted at a Saudi hospital in Jeddah. He is suffering from hypertension, overweight and general fatigue.
Amin's health has caused hot debates, with some Ugandans urging the government to let him return home unharmed.
Mr Museveni has however said that Amin would be arrested and prosecuted for his alleged crimes if he returned to Uganda alive.
Museveni also said that Amin would never be accorded a state funeral, although his family may return his body home should the man who promoted himself to field marshal die in exile.
� 2003 The Monitor Publications
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