Dear all, Acholi, Banyarwanda, or whatever, and wherever one was born or raised, can we get out of those cocoons and LIVE?
We have a lot that unites us and we can all do one another a lot of good working together rather than tearing at one another. By now if you have not seen through Museveni's NARROW designs, you still have a long way to go. Some of us were close to him, we know. A friend from Rwanda, Rutigita --- musamize <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. Ssemogerere, > > I don't know what gives you the notion that > Banyarwanda are so numerous in Uganda as to be the > 8th largest ethnic group in Uganda. > > At 4.6% of Uganda's population, the Acholi are in > fact Uganda's 8th largest ethnic group. The > Banyarwanda, at 2.1% of Uganda's population come in > at 15th. > > The Acholi are more numerous than the Lugbara, > Banyoro, Batooro, Alur, Bakonjo, Karimajong and > Banyarwanda; in that order. > > Granted these data are based on the 1991 census, but > in my experience these proportions are quite steady > over quite long time, decades certainly. > > For the situation to change enough to elevate the > Banyarwanda to the 8th place in a mere 15 years, > some thing very, very drastic and catastrophic would > have to have happened. Alternatively, of course, > someone might have found it expedient to just > reclassify people, something not exactly unheard of > in Uganda. > > Anyhow, here is a table ging the rankings: > > > ETHNICITY > > PERCENT OF TOTAL > > Baganda > > 18.8 > > Banyakole, Bahima > > 10.2 > > Bakiga > > 8.7 > > Basoga > > 8.5 > > Iteso > > 6.2 > > Langi > > 6.1 > > Bagisu, Bamasaba > > 4.7 > > Acholi, Labwor > > 4.6 > > Lugbara, Aringa > > 3.7 > > Banyoro, Bagungu > > 3.1 > > Batoro, Batuku, Basongora > > 3.0 > > Alur, Jonam > > 2.5 > > Bakonjo > > 2.3 > > Karimojong, Dodoth, Tepeth, Suk > > 2.2 > > Banyarwanda > > 2.1 > > Bagwere > > 1.7 > > Badama, Japadhola > > 1.5 > > Banyole > > 1.4 > > Bafumbira > > 1.3 > > Samia > > 1.2 > > Madi > > 1.1 > > Bahororo > > 0.9 > > Kumam > > 0.7 > > Sebei > > 0.7 > > Other, Not Stated Ugandans > > 0.6 > > Barundi > > 0.6 > > Kakwa > > 0.5 > > Baruli > > 0.4 > > Baamba > > 0.4 > > Bagwe > > 0.2 > > Nubian > > 0.1 > > Bachope > > 0.1 > > Lendu > > 0.1 > > Batwa Pgymies > > 0.0 > > > > > musamize <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mr. Kibuka, > > The UPDF is no more capable of taking on Rwanda than > I am capable of flying to the moon. And I don't > doubt that Museveni realizes that that would be the > end of his regime. > > "M. Kibuka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bwana Ssemo, > > Having stated that "Museveni being the person he is > will do anything > to remain President", are you in other words saying > that: > > 1. The beatings in Kisangani > 2. The humiliation at the border > 3. Apologists such as those at the Kigali Research > Center > > Museveni finds himslef between a hard place and > rock, which may force > his reaction with a fully blown war with "our" > cousins across the > border? > > Cheers, M. Kibuka > === message truncated ===> _______________________________________________ > Ugandanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet > % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Ugandanet mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/ugandanet % UGANDANET is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
