The NRM have been telling us this some story mamo jumbo for years ( 18 years to be precise) ... Mbu. you wait very soon the situation will be brough under control....we even have a deadline and by that time KONI will be finished...Kazini , in particular was every good at giving such assurances...only for the so called rebels and UPDF to excalate the violence in Northern Uganda.
..and each time the NRM gives us such assurance, Ugandans simply ( like sheep) believe what the NRM is telling them. Nobody, no journalist really asks the NRM the hard questions. Each of those so called Uganda Journalist simply sweat in their shoes at the sound of Museveni's roaring!!!...simply smiling and showing their teeth...mbu you know excellency eeeye!!!.. now forgive us..eeeyee... we were wrong..aayyha
Matek
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Kony Rebels Killing Co-Operatives
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The Monitor (Kampala)
November 3, 2003
Posted to the web November 3, 2003
Ssenkabirwa M. Ali
Kampala
Rebel insurgency in the north and eastern Uganda has weakened co-operative societies in the country.
"The year under review [2003] had many challenges with limited opportunities; the war in the north adversely affected our business," Mr Erisa Ochieng said at the weekend.
Ochieng is the chairman of board of directors of the Uganda Co-operative Transport Union.
Ambushes in Kitgum and Karamoja are a big threat to both the union crew and trucks, Ochieng told union members at the annual general meeting at Hotel Africana in Kampala.
He said the insecurity in Burundi is another big threat to the union's business.
"We are, however, more optimistic that with the improvement of security in northern Uganda and the progress of peace talks in Burundi, the transport business prospects are now brighter," he said.
The Minister of State for Industry, Ms Jennifer Namuyangu, who represented the Minister of Tourism, Trade and Industry, Prof. Edward Rugumayo, said the insecurity in northern Uganda is being addressed.
"Very soon the situation will be brought under control to avert the risks your trucks deployed in the north face," she said.
Namuyangu, however, urged delegates to get tired union trucks off the road.
"UCTU is in the transport business and, if it has to compete favourable with other transporters, it should have reliable and roadworthy trucks," she said.
She commended the World Food Programme, Ministry of Defence, Zzimwe Enterprises and Transami for helping the union improve its performance.
