From: "OWOR KIPENJI" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 29, 2003 6:10 PM Subject: Re: [Ugandacom] Banyoro meeting not anti-Bakiga
> Listers is this development a sign of the malaise > that the Ugandan society has degenerated into due > to lack of common national values hence the recourse > to our primordial survival instincts. > At this rate by the time Ugandans eventually rid > themselves of the Mu7 junta,we shall have descended > into believing only in the abilities of our clansmen/w > women!. > What a waste,for a country that promised so much at > her > independence!.Does this go on to confirm the saying > "Even the Road to Hell is paved with good > intentions"?. > For so long we have failed to see and know our enemy > for who and what he really stands for hence the > brothers are being pitted against each other. > Thank you. > Kipenji. > ========================================================== > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Banyoro meeting not anti-Bakiga > > By Henry Ford Miirima > > September 30, 2003 > > > > This is in response to your article �?oBanyoro > > ministers in anti-Bakiga meeting�?� > > in The Monitor of September 26, 2003. Please kindly > > allow me to give you the > > correct version of what took place in that meeting > > of September 2, 2003 at > > Kolping House, Kampala. > > > > The Hard Facts. > > > > l The gathering was a joint Mubende Banyoro > > Committee/Kibaale District leaders > > �?T consultative meeting to exchange views on > > chronic irritating problems in > > Kibaale district. It was as regular as the > > Abanyakigezi meeting held in Toronto, > > Canada, in August 2003 also attended by Uganda > > cabinet ministers. > > > > l Mubende Banyoro Committee is the oldest civic > > body, a pressure group, > > founded in 1918 to fight to recover the seven Lost > > Counties and to fight for the > > rights of Bunyoro-Kitara > > > > l Every human being, wherever he may be, with > > Kinyoro blood is automatically > > a member of Mubende Banyoro Committee. > > > > l The September 2 meeting at Kopling House, Kampala, > > was prompted by the > > failure of the Uganda government to implement the > > 2002 Kiyonga Parliamentary Probe > > recommendations, which are: > > > > a) to immediately halt further migrations into > > Kibaale District because it is > > over-populated. > > > > b) to relocate migrants who illegally settled in > > Kibaale District, > > > > c) to activate the Land Fund Section of the 1995 > > Land Act, so that absentee > > Baganda land title owners are compensated and the > > land so recovered > > automatically reverts to the indigenous population > > who shed blood to recover it from > > Buganda. > > > > d) to adopt a Uganda national domestic re-settlement > > policy, > > > > e) to establish a commission of inquiry into Kibaale > > district chronic > > perennial, historic problems, etc. > > > > This meeting was in response to the stepped up flood > > of illegal Bakiga > > migrants to Kibaale district defying not only the > > Kiyonga Recommendations, but also > > Kibaale District Council resolutions stopping > > further migrations into the > > district. > > > > Kibaale District Council based its resolution to ban > > further migrations on > > the statistics of the 2000 Census, which revealed an > > abnormal doubling of the > > population in Kibaale from 200,000 in 1990 to over > > 500,000 in year 2000. > > > > That is an alarming population explosion caused by > > illegal migrations, > > unacceptable by any standards. > > > > This meeting discussed the catastrophe Kibaale > > district is facing if illegal > > Bakiga migrants continue flooding the district. It > > discussed ways of curbing > > this flood by regularising, guiding and directing > > the flood. > > > > Regularisation of the flooding of Bakiga migrants is > > what The Monitor termed > > Anti-Bakiga Meeting. The meeting observed that the > > flood of migrants > > originates from Kabale, Rukungiri, Kisoro, Kanungu, > > etc. The continued population > > explosion from these districts has over flowed to > > Kibaale, Kyenjojo, Kamwenge, and, > > to make matters worse, it�?Ts continuing unabated. > > > > The meeting discussed ways and means of curbing this > > population explosion > > spilling into Kibaale district uncontrollably. There > > must be ways of directing > > and guiding this population explosion. > > > > This meeting was also in response to the challenge > > the Abanyakigezi meeting > > in Toronto, Canada in August where they plotted to > > fund increased Bakiga > > migration to Kibaale district so that, come year > > 2006, Bakiga will overwhelm Banyoro > > during the general, parliamentary and local > > elections. > > > > Inflating voter register to achieve political > > control of Kibaale district > > reminded Banyoro of British and Baganda oppressive > > colonialism. > > > > It reminded them of Buganda government in 1964 > > ferrying Baganda veterans to > > inflate the voter register ahead of the Buyaga and > > Bugangaizi Referendum so > > that Baganda could overwhelm and dominate Banyoro. > > > > Milton Obote quickly saw the trick the Baganda were > > playing. He ordered > > Buganda government to quickly recall the veterans. > > Had Milton Obote folded his > > hands, today Buyaga and Bugangaizi counties, Kibaale > > District, would still be in > > Buganda. > > > > Banyoro are watching, with awe, the numbers of > > illegal Bakiga migrants being > > registered on the voter roll increase by the day. > > Indeed, as of now Bakiga > > numbers on the voter register are so huge. > > > > There is no chance of Banyoro electing even one > > Member of Parliament in 2006, > > let alone the District chairman. > > > > In addition to the above, this meeting was prompted > > by the threatening shadow > > of the domineering presence of sectarian enemies of > > Banyoro in security > > organisations, the Police, Army, DISO, Prisons, in > > Kibaale, Hoima and Masindi. > > > > Banyoro are wondering why all these security > > organisations, in their areas, > > are manned only by Bakiga, and not Banyoro. > > > > Banyoro feel deserted, neglected, and the Government > > is turning a deaf ear to > > all their petitions, memoranda, and cries trying to > > attract attention to the > > plight they are facing in their areas. > > > > They feel they are under siege. Any minute they will > > be engulfed and > > destroyed. > > Banyoro top leaders had to close ranks and meet to > > find out why the > > Government they always give nearly 100 per cent > > support at elections, is callous and > > treats them so. > > > > l Falsehoods in The Monitor article: > > l Hon. Henry Kajura was not chairman of the meeting. > > l Kajura arrived at 5 p.m. when the meeting had > > began at 12.30 p.m. He left > > 30 minutes later. > > > > He returned at 7 pm. and left half an hour later. > > Kajura�?Ts role was basically > > to hear the views being expressed. > > > > Kajura advised consultation of lawyers before suing > > British and Buganda > > Governments for invading Bunyoro-Kitara in 1890-99 > > and for inflicting economic > > sanctions on Bunyoro- Kitara, Kibaale district in > > particular, up to today. > > > > l There was no debate on crushing Bakiga, a stand > > said to be sponsored by > > Hon. Matiya Baguma Isoke and Henry Ford Miirima, and > > vehemently opposed by Hon. > > Henry Kajura. > > > > l Hence there was no question of Baguma Isoke and > > Miirima ordering Kajura to > > walk out. > > > > l The minutes of the meeting said to have been seen > > by The Monitor, do not > > exist. Hon. Juliet Kabonesa was the secretary of the > > meeting, and to date, she > > has not yet typed and presented her drafts to any > > meeting official for > > approval. > > > > l Hon. Juliet Kabonesa was made to read to the > > meeting the drafts of her > > minutes. These drafts are available. There is no > > talk about crushing Bakiga. There > > is no report of Baguma and Miirima ordering Kajura > > to walk out. > > > > l Why did The Monitor rely on reports by spy enemies > > of Banyoro instead of > > asking Henry Ford Miirima, a fellow journalist, to > > give you a proper account, a > > factual report, of the proceedings? > > > > l You talk of oathing at this meeting at Kolping > > House. Banyoro, by > > tradition, do not administer oaths before going to > > war. > > > > Banyoro have waged many wars before, but there is no > > record anywhere in > > history books, and British army commanders recorded > > their experiences, today > > available in archives, to show that Banyoro had a > > culture of oathing before going to > > war. > > > > l Your spy is incompetent. And, by implication. > > > > (a) Chairman Kibaale District, George Nyamyaka was > > there, but your reporter > > calls him Katta Musoke. > > > > (b) Your spy says the meeting was organised by > > Masindi Banyoro Community. > > There is no such organisation. > > > > (c) There is no gist, or report of the resolutions > > we adopted. > > > > l Briefly: > > > > What your spy, and your headline writer call, > > Banyoro Ministers in > > anti-Bakiga meeting, is about Banyoro, demanding > > implementation of Kiyonga > > recommendations, which expressly stops Bakiga from > > migrating to Kibaale. Kiyonga recommends > > re-locating those Bakiga who have settled in Kibaale > > illegally. > > > > l Kibaale is a young district, barely coming out of > > the fangs of > > colonialists. We are struggling to begin economic > > reconstruction. Please, do not assist a > > re-colonisation of our district. > > > > > > > > © 2003 The Monitor Publications > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________ > Do you Yahoo!? > The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search > http://shopping.yahoo.com > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark > Printer at MyInks.com. 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