Marry
I will answer you with two folds
1) Do we actually have an entity in Uganda called "The Northerners"? And I
do not know how much you know about Northern Uganda, but do we have a group
of people thinking the same and making a decision as "Northerners"?
2) It bothers to see that Northern Uganda has all along got a shot side of a
stick. The governments we have all along been with in Uganda have done very
little to develop Northern Uganda, yes I was forced to go to Gulu for the
first time in my life as soon as a record was played in 1971 "Emisolo
ne'gyongerwa byona Akokoro, Akokoro nabera nga Akokoro, byona Akokoro. And
to my mind I wanted to prove to my self that actually Uganda's economy was
all drained due to Akokoro. So I boarded a bus and went to Lango and to
Akokoro. I found nothing there except some Catholic schools and one street
towns. So was Uganda's economy sucked up due to Akokoro? Well the next
thinking would be that Obote swindled Uganda Shillings to abroad accounts,
for he had the power to, But to today 15th April 2004, there is no one with
information that Obote swindled Uganda Shillings, even a penny. For trust me
if Obote took any shilling out of bank of Uganda, he would have been eaten
alive. And this scares me about Obote, that he is a man who left Uganda and
lived in exile for many years before he fought the war to over throw Amin,
Obote lived in Tanzania under great poverty, but he came back to Uganda and
became not only a president but a minister of finance. Obote knew how loose
was Uganda politics at that time, He knew that his government was in trouble
for many Ugandans were not focused, yet still Obote never stole State
finances for his own endings. Today Obote is still a poor man in Lusaka.
What lesson does that teach us as Ugandans?
Having said all that. As a Muganda and as a Ugandan who has seen Uganda
under leadership of people from Northern Uganda, when I see how patronizing
we have become to them that we are today addressing them as those
Northerners to learn anything. Isn't it God's mercy that we are never in
power in Uganda? Would we as Baganda pay our taxes to develop Gulu if it was
the capital?
I have to go to bed for I have a long weekend to fly back to my own nest,
but as Baganda we must start to pray God so hard that he makes us as
productive as our mouths are. And thanks to the Northerners who have lade
our nation to this far for you know what, a Rwandese never commanded our
national army until when the coin was flipped.
Em
Hong-Kong
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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From: "Mary Nagadya" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Thursday, April 15, 2004 5:40 PM
Subject: Re: ugnet_: NYTimes.com Article: Illinois Tells Mormons It Regrets
Expulsion
>
> Can Northern Uganda be expected to learn anything from
> this story and the experience of S. Africa?
>
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> > Illinois Tells Mormons It Regrets Expulsion
> >
> > April 8, 2004
> > By MELISSA SANFORD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > SALT LAKE CITY, April 7 - Illinois officials came to
> > this
> > predominantly Mormon city Wednesday to apologize for
> > the
> > expulsion of the faith's earliest members and the
> > killing
> > of its founder.
> >
> > "The murder of Joseph Smith and the expulsions of
> > the
> > members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
> > Saints
> > was a time we are not proud of," Representative
> > Daniel J.
> > Burke of the Illinois House said in a meeting with
> > Gov.
> > Olene S. Walker of Utah and Mormon leaders at the
> > church
> > administration building.
> >
> > The meeting was held in a room with towering
> > columns,
> > marble walls and gilded molding. There, Illinois's
> > lieutenant governor, Pat Quinn, presented church
> > leaders a
> > copy of House Resolution 793, which expressed
> > "official
> > regret" for the violence and state-sanctioned
> > condemnation
> > that caused the Mormons to leave in 1846 on the trek
> > that
> > led them to Utah.
> >
> > An earlier draft of the resolution asked the Mormons
> > for
> > their "pardon and forgiveness," but the language was
> > weakened at the behest of Illinois lawmakers who
> > said they
> > could not ask forgiveness for acts they had not
> > personally
> > committed.
> >
> > The events that led to Wednesday's meeting began in
> > 1839,
> > when the Mormons, having fled persecution in
> > Missouri (and
> > before that in New York and Ohio), founded the
> > Mississippi
> > River town of Nauvoo, Ill. The town prospered, but
> > its
> > rapid growth and strong voting power, along with
> > further
> > religious bias, drew outsiders' antagonism.
> >
> > Smith was also besieged by dissension within the
> > church. As
> > mayor of the town, he ordered the suppression of the
> > dissidents and, when violence resulted, called out
> > the
> > Nauvoo militia. The Illinois authorities arrested
> > him and
> > his brother Hyrum on charges of treason and
> > conspiracy, and
> > jailed them in the town of Carthage. A mob stormed
> > the jail
> > on June 27, 1844, and killed the brothers. Expulsion
> > followed two years later.
> >
> > The idea for the new resolution dates from a ski
> > trip that
> > Anne Burke, an Illinois appellate justice who is the
> > sister
> > of Representative Burke, took to Utah. At a dinner
> > party
> > there, she chatted with Governor Walker's husband,
> > Myron,
> > who told her his great-grandfather had been expelled
> > from
> > Illinois because of his religion. Justice Burke had
> > never
> > heard of the expulsion.
> >
> > "I could not get over that this kind of religious
> > persecution happened and this was not so long ago,"
> > she
> > said in an interview after Wednesday's ceremony.
> > "Myron
> > Walker knew his great-grandfather."
> >
> > When Justice Burke returned home, she learned that
> > Illinois
> > had never issued an apology to the Mormons. She
> > contacted
> > her brother, who co-sponsored the resolution with
> > Representative Jack D. Franks.
> >
> > "For somebody to hear my great-grandfather's story
> > and pick
> > up on it in the manner she has is very meaningful to
> > me,"
> > Mr. Walker said. "I'm overwhelmed by a feeling of
> > good will
> > that has been extended by the people of Illinois."
> >
> > Illinois is now home to 50,000 Mormons. They rebuilt
> > their
> > Nauvoo temple in 2002, and more than 300,000 people
> > a year
> > visit the town. Thomas Monson, a leader of the
> > church, said
> > that with this resolution, he expected even more
> > tourism
> > there.
> >
> > "We are going to see an epic trend of people making
> > the
> > reverse trek to Nauvoo," Mr. Monson said.
> >
> > The church's president, Gordon B. Hinckley, did not
> > attend
> > the ceremony; his wife of 67 years, Marjorie, died
> > Tuesday
> > evening. He was represented at the gathering by Mr.
> > Monson
> > and another church leader, James Faust.
> >
> > "We view this resolution," Mr. Faust said, "as an
> > affirmation that Nauvoo is a place of peace and an
> > affirmation that Latter-day Saints will always have
> > a place
> > in Illinois."
> >
> >
>
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/08/national/08APOL.html?ex=1082468165&ei=1&en=7e20640045e783e8
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