Ms Mukooza,
You askes Noc'ladumas: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
(where is your native name? -- I'm sick and tired of Africans with colonial names! -- Names like Noc'ladumas? Georges? which have nothing to do with Christianity for they existed before the birth of Jesus. -- Jesus never taught his subjects to change their native names to Jewish names! -- Did he?. For Prophet Jesus taught that "your body is your temple" and not your name!): Please add a native name to your colonial name!-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I agree with you on the so called "christian" names. However, you're one sided because you did not mention Arabic names ( call it Islamic) like your, Rehema. Its disgusting to hear Africans calling them selves Reagan, Clinton, Wilson, Henry, Allan, Roberts, Harriet. Its also disgusting to hear African naming themselves Rehema, Saleh,Azziz, etc. All these are european and Arabic names which have their meanings that we Africans do know. The only exception is where the naming was from a famous religious person like the desciples of Jesus, those men of Mohammed who took over his work when he died ( desciples?) etc. I know many Kenyans who are naming Africa names of Martyrs like Kizito, Gonzaga, etc. I salute them.
The religious leaders in Uganda\ Africa are so white washed such that they insist that converts pick up a foreing name ( e.g above) no matter what they mean. 4 years ago I read a news story that the Imam of Makerere University was very critical of Mu7's brother, Akandwanaho, calling him self Salim Saleh, that he's disguising himself as a Moslem. Since when was Salim Saleh or Rehema, declared Muslim names? At my work place we have 2 Lebanese christian Arabs whose names are famous among Uganda Moslems ( Magid,Salim, Abed Saida etc). Also, The fomer Prime Minister of Iraq, Tariq Azziz was a Christian since birth. His names are Arabic. Have they ever ( Arabs) raised an alarm that Azziz should drop his names? No. Why? Because they know that the names are Arabic and he's an Arab.
Rehema and all of you who may be in contacts with religious leader in Uganda should educate them. I was blinded until 6 years ago when my Daughter was being Baptized. I wanted to give her one of my sisters names- Harriet. When I took the names to the Jamaican Bishop of the church, in Ottawa, he said " Deborah is a biblical name. What about Harriet? Where did you get this name and why? ..Is it after a famous Black American woman who resisted racism? .....What about Nangonzi? ....I looked a fool infront of this Jamaican Bishop. My consolation was the explanation of Nangonzi. He then replied : you see, Africans have great names....names with great meanings... but I dont understand why you name your daughte Harriet". Up to now I wish it was easy to change names I would drop my name, James, to either Kiwanuka or Yakobo. You can drop the names but not the names on the transcripts. Its a not easy.
J. Ssenyange ------------------------------------
Rehema Mukooza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:Noc'ladumas Georges:
(where is your native name? -- I'm sick and tired of Africans with colonial names! -- Names like Noc'ladumas? Georges? which have nothing to do with Christianity for they existed before the birth of Jesus. -- Jesus never taught his subjects to change their native names to Jewish names! -- Did he?. For Prophet Jesus taught that "your body is your temple" and not your name!): Please add a native name to your colonial name!
Okay, let me make this clear for you since you can not add and subtract. I'm sure you will now know which is which. I meant Acholi's suppossed "apology" to Luweero people which never happened. I also meant Acholi, Lango, Teso, W. Nile's supposed "burrying of their inbetween differences".
My question was: How come the Acholi refused to "apologize/burry" their differences with Luweero people, and yet they decided to "burry/apologize" for their differences with Lango, Teso, and W.Nile?? Why is Acholi discriminating against Luweero people?? And making a preference choice with Lango, Teso, and W.Nile?? They can apologize and burry differences with fellow Northerners and yet they can not do the same with some Southerners.
Doesn't that seem weird to you?? Doesn't it look like something is amis here?? Isn't that tribalism in its highest degree?? And then, we had some silly people here discuss that Ugandans are "one people". These folks need to wake up for Ugandans have never been "one people" in practice. The over-extension of the word "Ugandan" does not mean they are "one people". These people still agree to an apology to selected members of the overly-extended word, "Ugandans".
With such nonsense among our people, we need Federalism. We need to approach our differences and work on them in a very creative, productive manner. We need to have the Federal States of Acholi, Lango, Teso, W. Nile to seriously govern themselves and collect taxes to help with their residents. People need to get out of these concentration camps and start living normal lives. Mu7 needs to be voted out of the chair (No 3rd term)!
Zakoomu R.
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