Ocham Otim
In addition
to your observation, when you do a trecert of the IP
address, the moderator is a subscriber to British Telcom
– and uses a dial-up connection since the last octet keeps on changing. One of the names that came out though,
was Joram, who claimed to be from Kabale
when he signed the UPDF Ironfist guest book and put a
link to this anarchism thing.
Signed with a Swahili phrase Tutatawatuliyha! Other threads lead you to the forum of Radio
Rhino to which Edward Mulindwa is an ardent contributor. First I thought it was Mulindwa’s baby, but the first octet of his IP parent
net look.ca normally starts with 216. – later
guys!
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Subject: ugnet_: Fwd: thug
Museveni is WANTED dead or alive! - The role of Federalism
Rehema:
I am not sure about the ownership of the web site you provided. I have my
doubts based on two observations on visiting the site. One, there are
only 12 members as per the web address. This kind of list, as those who
are familiar with it will testify, allows all kinds of flexibility to the
creator - including stuffing its membership with bogus e-mail addresses to
swell their ranks. Which brings me to number two: 22 of the 27 messages
posted on the site since its creation appears to come from [EMAIL PROTECTED]
the administrative address for the group. This seems to bolster my
suspicion. Is this a "one-man" show? In any case, why are
some of the messages deleted (e.g. #2, 3-4, etc.)?
I could be wrong (and do help me out here), but I do not know why I feel that
buried in your interpretation of the messages on the site is the all too familiar
stereotypical generalization we have heard all to often to justify the
lackluster response the whole country gave to the genocide happening in
northern Uganda. However one looks at it, the "northern" is
still part of Uganda for now and Uganda must deal with the problems in the
north.
Ochan Otim
At 02:09 AM 11/15/2003 +0000, you wrote:
This note is written by Rehema
Mukooza. Since all of us are struggling to find some solutions to Uganda's
problems, I thought it useful to share with everyone.
>From: Rehema Mukooza
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: thug Museveni is WANTED dead or alive! - The role of Federalism
>Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2003 01:25:13 -0800 (PST)
>
>Fellow Federalists:
>
>I found this interesting discussion group on the net. Please check it out
below.
>http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ugandanarchism
Are these lies or facts?! Okay, y'all know where I got your email addresses
from [fedsnet]. Let's forget my history on fedsnet for now, I'm seriously and
curiously interested in this particular issue.
>
>For long the LRA has been painted as a "non political visionary"
rebellion, but the link above which in so many ways looks like a LRA rebel
forum has a different story to tell. I am not a LRA rebel supporter, I'm in
search for knowledge and the truth in remmedy to get a clear view of
understanding the rebellion. Anarchism is their political philosophy and they
will protect & fight for it no matter what it takes! For the 1st time I've
found out that their cause is not the 10 commandments.
>
>Before we move so quickly onto solving the northern rebellion with
federalism, let's check out how these anarchist northern federal states will
function and be governed.
>
>Uganda Anarchists/LRA rebels said - "We believe in a system that has
no leadership but delegates elected and appointed by the populace. Delegates
that can be re-called at short notice when delegation is turned into power. A
democracy that is built from the grassroot and managed by grassroot people. A
system that is accountable to its people. We don't believe in national
passports or national borders."
>
>Their message of "a democracy that is built from the grassroot and
managed by the grassroot people" rings a bell of federalism.
>
>Their ideology of "a system that has no leadership but delegates
elected and appointed by the populace. Delegates that can be re-called at short
notice when delegation is turned into power" can work within federalism by
simply forming a Northern Federal State Delegates Committee-like structure from
the grassroot upwards. However, how will an anarchist region state respect the
imperical superiority/leadership of the federal gov't of Uganda above it if it
doesn't believe in "leadership"??
>
>Their "We don't believe in national passports or national
borders" is a much advanced ideology of -no leadership- because leadership
is limited by it's geographical boundaries and they want no part of this
limitation. Such disbelief in national passports or national borders is a
violation of international, national and state laws and not compatible with
federalism where state and national borders are clearly drawn. I now know why
the LRA keeps its base in Sudan moving across the border back and forth -
because it doesn't believe in national borders.
>
>I wrote all this because I needed some answers from our federal brain
childs of Uganda. The LRA has and is proving to be resilient rebel group which
is here to stay until it's demands are up into action. We are going to have a
problem with this group even in the post-Museveni era and under a possible
federalism. The LRA's relactancy and non existing support of federalism can now
be realized why - because federalism is NOT anarchism! Bingo! There you go!
>
>The LRA's demands might look undemocratic since the populace did not ask
for it, but their demands will HAVE to be put into action, like it or not if we
are to save lives. Decisions will have to be made in accordance to the reality
(LRA) of the situation. So, whatever kind of federalism Uganda will choose, the
northern region's will by force have to be different from other states/regions.
>
>In the mean time, the federal brain childs of Uganda give me some answers,
and shapely curve up a regional practicable model for the northern region now
before it's too late. I hate to Bugandanize federalism but we need to put the
Buganda federal talk aside [buganda will be easy to deal with than the north]
and deal/focus on the northern anarchist federal model.
>
>I don't wanna hear the old talk of "they [northerns] will decide what
type of federal-in-state arrangement will work for them" because this will
be a complicated situation (no national border/passport respect and no
recognition of the leadership of the Uganda State). The decision of the
northern federalism will definately have to involve the Ugandan republic not
just the people of northern region.
>
>And if the Uganda Federal Gov't hesitates to give up some of its powers to
anarchism, I am afraid another LRA rebellion will be in the waiting ready to
happen! They don't even believe in laws imposed by legal authority, they
believe that ethics are a personal matter and should be based upon others and
the wellbeing of society! That explains why they mutilate people without any
remorse because in their thinking 'ethics are a personal matter' which depends
on how individually someone interpretes it, and 'anarchism is what society needs
for its wellbeing'. Guns can not defeat such people, we will have to fight
their beliefs which are deep rooted. I don't even know how to fight their
beliefs because they will kill any person tampering with their 'cause'.
>
>Uganda will HAVE to wake up from it's sleep and submit to the LRA rebel's
demands. No wonder the gov't has failed to make peaceful ceasefire negotiations
with the rebels because the gov't itself is "a hierachial economic
authority 'leadership' inherently detrimental to the maximization of human
potential" according to the LRA. Our gov't is power hungry, it can not
give up such powers (federal or anarchist) to any region even if it is costing
us an exstinction of groups of people.
>
>The LRA wants something way much more than federalism. I read some of Mr.
Oryema Johnson's postings on fedsnet about "seccession" of the
northern region from Uganda. Oryema had some very very very important
observations and ideas which must not be ignored as non-nationalist. If the
whole of Uganda and her gov't will not be able to accomodate and accept
northern anarchism, there will be a NORTHERN SECCESSION by the force of you
know what, the LRA gun. This is a bloody marriage with fruits of death, if one
partner can not stand/live by the rules of the other, a sensible devorce is
what is needed to stop the death fruits of the marriage.
>
>Federalists, correct me wherever I went wrong, but we need real solutions
to the war in the north. Our disguise of "nationalism" is not even
nationalism because any true nationalist would have solved this problem years
ago and saved national lives. This so called nationalism of Uganda is about
territory/land control and not its people. This makes sense why the people in
the north refused Salim Saleh's plans of abandoning their land and start
cultivating in concentration camps. The Uganda gov't does all this sh**t and
expects the LRA rebels to give up any time soon??
>
>Any federal solution to this anarchist situation in the north??
>
>
>Rehema M.
