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Mwaami Lutimba Matovu
What do you think is the right action of Museveni
today, to get out of power and leave a young/er generation to look for Uganda's
problems or to strengthen UPDF?, an army which is not a National
force?
Em
The
Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Uganda is in
anarchy"
Groupe de communication Mulindwas
"avec Yoweri Museveni, l'Ouganda est dans
l'anarchie"
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Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:48
PM
Subject: ugnet_: UPDF to Be Strengthened,
Says Museveni
..and I believe Yoweri Museveni Kaguta can count
on the Washington Administartion to finance efforts to
strenghten the UPDF. Museveni can tell the BUSh
administartion that the money is needed to fight "Terrorist" ( yup that
is the key word... that ought to get the americans moving!!)
UPDF
to Be Strengthened, Says Museveni
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New
Vision (Kampala)August 18, 2003
Posted to the web August 18, 2003
Nathan Etengu And Richard Otim
Kampala PRESIDENT Yoweri Museveni has
said the strength of the UPDF has to be beefed up to counter the lingering
insecurity in parts of the country.
Museveni was speaking at a public
rally at Soroti Sports Ground on Saturday evening. He said the Government
plans to rescind the decision taken in 1992 to reduce the number of soldiers
in order to save money for development."We had cut down the size of the army
from 100,000 soldiers to only 40,000 in order to save money for development.
However, since some people (rebels) are foolish, we are going to
mobilise and show them that we can move in both forward and reverse gear," he
said.He said the persistence of the rebel activities had forced the Government
to go into the "reverse gear" and mobilise the community against the rebels
who were anti-development.
The traditional leader for the Iteso, the
Emorimor, His Highness, Augustine Osuban Lemukol, state ministers, Mike
Mukula, Lt. Gen. Jeje Odongo, Christine Amongin Aporu and the Army commander,
Major General Aronda Nyakairima, attended the rally.
Teso leaders,
including Katakwi LC5 chairman Stephen Ilemukorit, MPs Capt. John Emily Otekat
(Soroti), Ismael Orot (Kumi) and Hajji Umar Okodel turned up in military
fatigue and declared they had joined the Arrow Group boys.Kaberamaido district
chairman Victor Ekesu told the President that the LRA rebels had in the
morning killed 13 people in Anyara sub-county.
He said the victims were
among the over 80 civilians abducted by the rebels that day from Awiri
village, Anyara.Museveni hailed the people of Teso and Lango for mobilising
voluntary forces to fight the LRA.He said the Arrow Group from Teso and the
Amuka (Rhino) Defence Unit from Lango, would be equipped to support the UPDF
to wipe out the rebels.
He said the number of volunteers should be
increased to at least one battalion (about 700) for every two sub-counties in
the areas disturbed by the rebels.Museveni said a hotline would be installed
to receive information on the rebels in any part of the region for quick
response.
He vowed to deal with indisciplined and lazy UPDF commanders
who ignore information given to them about the presence and movement of rebels
in the region.He said some of the commanding officers had been arrested for
laxity and failing to respond to tips from the
civilian.
"The lie can be
maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the
political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes
vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent,
for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth
becomes the greatest enemy of the state."
- Dr. Joseph M. Goebbels -
Hitler's propaganda minister
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